User's Guide

Chapter 2 Media Changer Commands
Read Element Status Command (B8h)
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Element Status Page 2
The element status page is defined in figure 60. Each element status page
includes an eight-byte header followed by zero or more element
descriptor blocks. The header includes the element type code, the length
of each descriptor block and the number of bytes of element descriptor
information that follow the header for this element type.
Figure 60 Element Status Page
Number Of
Elements
Available
Indicates the number of elements meeting the request
in the command descriptor block. The status for these
elements is returned if sufficient
Allocation Length
was specified.
Byte Count
Of Report
Available
Indicates the number of bytes of element status page
data available for all elements meeting the request in
the command descriptor block. This value shall not be
adjusted to match the
Allocation Length available.
Bit
Byte 7 6 5 4 3210
0
Element Type Code
1
PVOLTAG AVOLTAG
(0)
Reserved
2-3
Element Descriptor Length
4
Reserved
5-7
(MSB)
Byte Count Of Descriptor Data Available
(all pages, y-7)
(LSB)
Field Name Description