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technote:config_file_tapemaster:remove_slot

Remove Slot Level Display In TapeMaster

Modify the TapeMaster Configuration File

Locate the TapeMaster Configuration file (default location C:\Program Files\TapeTrack\TapeTrack TapeMaster\TMSSMaster.cfg) and open with Notepad or other plain text editor.

Locate the section variables

Remove comment tags /* & */ from above and below variables.

Change the line of code
TMSSLEVELNAMES = “A,B,C”;
to
TMSSNOLEVELSLOT = “true”;

and save file.

Make sure that you have sufficient rights to save file to directory and to save as TMSS10Master.cfg and not as a text file or other file extension.

To check the modification was successful:

Login to TapeMaster and open slotted media to check display of volume location is now restricted to Zone and shelf as illustrated by the images below.

Before modification - TapeMaster displaying Zone, shelf and slot.

After modification - TapeMaster displaying Zone and shelf only.

If when opening TapeTrack TapeMaster you receive an error - Failed to read configuration file (TMSSMaster.cfg): Line( ) - Syntax error check the configuration file that you have used plain ASCII quotes (“ ”) and not rich text quotes (“ ”) and that the replaced text is correct.
technote/config_file_tapemaster/remove_slot.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/26 03:06 by scunliffe