Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote: 
  I realize this falls into the category of stupid
 questions, but:
 The RL02 has to be plugged into a *live* RLV12
 before it will spin-up, right? 
Jerome Fine replies:
NO!  But the RED  FAULT light will be ON if the RL02 is
not plugged into the RLV12 (or RLV11) and the CPU is
not powered on.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine