Pioneer BDR-203, BDC-203 manual Blank Command, Blank Type, Close TRACK/SESSION Command

BDR-203/BDC-203 Command Reference Manual Version 0.90

4.1 BLANK Command

This command is valid for CD-RW and DVD-RW media. The Immed bit is supported.

The READ DISC INFORMATION Command, the READ TRACK INFORMATION Command and the TEST UNIT READY Command are used to detect completion of the blank operation. While blank operation is performed by the BLANK Command that the Immed bit is set to one, the drive terminates these commands with the Check Condition status, LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, OPERATION IN PROGRESS (2/04/07).

The drive supports following Blanking Type for CD-RW and DVD-RW media.

Table 2 - Blank Type

Code	Name	CD-RW media	DVD-RW media
000b	Blank the disc	Yes	Yes
001b	Minimally blank the disc	Yes	Yes
010b	Blank a Track	No	-
011b	Unreserved a Track/RZone	No	No
100b	Blank a Track/RZone Tail	Yes	No
101b	Unclose the last Session/Border	ONFIDENTIAL
		No	No
110b	Erase Session/Border	No	No

4.2 CLOSE TRACK/SESSION Command

The Immed bit is supported.

The READ DISC INFORMATION Command or READ TRACK INFORMATION Command is used to detect completion of the close operation. During a close operation performed by the CLOSE TRACK/SESSION Command whose Immed bit is set to one, the drive terminates these commands with the Check Condition status, LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, OPERATION IN PROGRESS (2/04/07).

		Note: The TEST UNIT READY Command may be used to ide ti y the completion of close operation.
		The valid Close Function field values are extended f r ha dli g the +R/+RW media in the MMC-5 rather than the SFFC
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		This command is not valid for BD-RE.
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	Table 3 – Valid Close Function and Media
		Close	M dia
		Function
		000b	+RW
			CD-R/RW
		001b	DVD-R/RW/R DL
P			+R, +R DL
			BD-R
			CD-R/RW
		010b	DVD-R/RW/R DL
			Formatted DVD-RW
			+R/+RW/+R DL
			BD-R
		011b	Formatted DVD-RW
			+RW
		100b	+R DL
		101b	+R/+R DL
		110b	+R/+R DL
			BD-R

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