Fujitsu M2488 manual 4.2 ACL/FACL Tables of Allowed Moves, XCL Allowed Moves

M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE MEDIA CHANGER COMMANDS

The xCL supports Storage element to Storage element moves only when no cartridges are loaded in the drive.

Send a READ ELEMENT STATUS command before sending a MOVE MEDIUM command to determine if a move operation is possible.

6-2.4.2 ACL/FACL Tables of Allowed Moves

The data in XCL MODE parameter pages 1Dh (Element Address Assignments) and 1Fh (Device Capabilities) define the valid MOVE MEDIUM SOURCE and DESTINATION pairs. However, that information is difficult to read.

The following table shows valid SOURCE/DESTINATION pairs and the result of a MOVE MEDIUM command using a valid pair.

	Table 6-16. XCL Allowed Moves
SOURCE ADDRESS	DESTINATION	RESULT
	ADDRESS
0001h	0010h	LOAD MAGAZINE
0011h-0015h	000Dh	LOAD CTG (ACL 5 CTG MAGAZINE)1
0011h-0017h	000Dh	LOAD CTG (FACL 7 CTG MAGAZINE)1
0011h-001Ah	000Dh	LOAD CTG (ACL 10 CTG MAGAZINE)1
0010h	0001h	EJECT MAGAZINE
000Dh	0002h	UNLOAD CTG TO ORIGINAL POSITION
000Dh	001Nh	UNLOAD CTG TO EMPTY SLOT N
0011h-0015h	0011h-0015h	MOVE FROM FULLSLOT S-10h TO EMPTY SLOT D-10h (5 CTG
		MAGAZINE)1
0011h-0017h	0011h-0017h	MOVE FROM FULLSLOT S-10h TO EMPTY SLOT D-10h (7 CTG
		MAGAZINE)1
0011h-001Ah	0011h-001Ah	MOVE FROM FULLSLOT S-10h TO EMPTY SLOT D-10h (10 CTG
		MAGAZINE)1

1The magazine size can be determined by looking at XCL MODE parameter page 1Dh, bytes 8 and 9.

March 1997 CG00000-011503 REV. A 6-17