User's Guide

Chapter 2 Media Changer Commands
Log Sense Command (4Dh)
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TapeAlert Page (2Eh) 2
The TapeAlert Log page defines error and informational flags for detailed
device diagnostics. The
TapeAlert data is event-based and the page
control bits in the
LOG SENSE command are not applicable and are
ignored.
The SuperLoader 3 supports the definition of the flags for media changer
devices as defined in SMC-2.
Figure 15 TapeAlert Log Sense
Header Format
Table 11 TapeAlert Log Sense
Header Field Descriptions
ASCII Strong for
Event n
The text includes the time of the event, the error
code identifying the event, and additional data
specific to the event.
Bit
Byte76543210
0
Page Code (2Eh)
1
Reserved
2 - 3
(MSB)
Page Length
(LSB)
Field Name Description
Page Code The
Page Code echoes the page code that was
specified in the
LOG SENSE command descriptor
block.
Page Length The
Page Length field specifies the total number of
bytes contained in this log page, not including the
four bytes that make up the header.
Field Name Description