INTERFACE COMMANDS
When enabling the Automatic Power Down sequence, the value placed in the Sector Count register is multiplied by five seconds to obtain the
TIMER VALUE | |
0 | |
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1 - 240 | (value * 5) seconds |
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241 - 251 | ((value - 240) * 30) minutes |
252 | 21 minutes |
253 | Vendor unique period = 10 |
| hours |
254 | Reserved |
255 | 21 minutes, 15 seconds |
While the drive is in STANDBY MODE, any commands received from the host are accepted and executed as they would in normal operation, except that the spin motor is started if required to execute a disk command. Under these conditions, the drive will set BSY when command processing would normally begin and will leave BSY set until the drive comes up to speed and the disk command can be executed. Disk commands issued while the drive is in STANDBY MODE, restarts the
SLEEP MODE.
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