Fujitsu M2488 manual Element Descriptors, Medium Transport Element Descriptor Type Code = 1h

MEDIA CHANGER COMMANDS M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE

6-2.5.2.3 Element Descriptors

See Table 6-25 through Table 6-31 for descriptions of the Element Descriptors.

Table 6-25. Medium Transport Element Descriptor (Type Code = 1h)

					BITS
BYTES	7	6	5	4		3		2	1	0
0-	MSB			Element Address
1										LSB
2			Reserved				Exception		Reserved	Full
3					Reserved
4				Additional Sense Code
5			Additional Sense Code Qualifier
6-					Reserved
8
9	SValid	Invert=0				Reserved
10	MSB		Source Storage Element Address
11										LSB
12-					Reserved
15

Table 6-26. Medium Transport Element Descriptor Field Description

BYTE	BIT	VALUE	DESCRIPTION
0-1			The Element address field indicates the address of the element for which status is
			being reported in the descriptor.
2	0	1	The Full bit, if one, indicates that a cartridge is present in the Medium transport ele-
			ment.
		0	If the Full bit is zero then no cartridge is present in the element.
2	2	1	The Exception bit, if one, indicates that the medium transport element is in an error
			condition.
		0	If the Exception bit is zero then the medium transport element is not in an error con-
			dition. When the Exception bit is one, the Additional Sense code and Additional
			sense code qualifier fields give detailed information about the error condition.
9	6	0	The Invert bit is always set to 0. The cartridges for the supported tape format cannot
			be inverted.
9	7	1	If the SValid bit is set to one then the Source storage element address field indicates
			the address of the element where the current unit of media [cartridge] in the
			medium transport element was previously stored.
		0	If the SValid bit is zero then the value in the Source storage element address field is
			not valid.

6-24 CG00000-011503 REV. A March 1997