Operating instructions

SEPTEMBER 2005 MAGNUM 1X7 LTO AUTOLOADER
10-1
10
MODE SENSE (1Ah)
10.1 ABOUT THIS COMMAND
The MODE SENSE command enables the autoloader to report its operating
mode parameters to the initiator. The initiator can request one or all pages of
mode parameters. Each response includes four bytes for the Parameter List
Header, followed by the specified number of bytes for each page:
 20 bytes for the Element Address Assignment page
 4 bytes for the Transport Geometry Descriptor page
 20 bytes for the Device Capabilities page
 6 bytes for the Unique Properties page
 36 bytes for the LCD Mode page
 4 bytes for the Cleaning Configuration page
 4 bytes for the Operating Mode page
Using the MODE SELECT (15h) command, you can change the values of all of
these parameters, except the Transport Geometry Descriptor page, the Device
Capabilities page, and the Operating Mode page.
Bit
Byte
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
00 00011010
01 Reserved DBD Reserved
02 PC Page Code
03 Reserved
04 Allocation Length
05 Reserved