PRODUCT INFORMATION BULLETIN

No. PB _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-0198

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Modes are set as described in the table below (factory default is Mode 0):

Mode

Bit 4

Bit 5

Name

Description

0

OFF

OFF

Rewritable

Read and write operations are enabled only with ISO

 

 

 

 

standard (sampled servo format) rewritable disks. Read and

 

 

 

 

write operations with WORM disks are disabled. (DE-

 

 

 

 

C7001)

1

ON

OFF

WORM

Read and write operations are enabled only with ISO

 

 

 

 

standard (sampled servo (SS) format WORM disks. Read

 

 

 

 

and write operations with rewritable disks are disabled.

 

 

 

 

SCSI specifications are same as that of DD-5101 series

 

 

 

 

except DE-SH7101 enables RDBC (Read Blank Check) as

 

 

 

 

default. (DD-C5001)

2

OFF

ON

SCSI-2

Read and write operations are enabled with both ISO

 

 

 

 

standard (sampled servo (SS) format) rewritable and

 

 

 

 

WORM disks. SCSI specifications are based on SCSI-2.

 

 

 

 

(DE-C7101)

IMPORTANT: Because Mode 2 supports both WORM and MO type media as well as SCSI-2 command set, it is recommended that the user use the drive in Mode 2.

The 7101 series has a dual-color BUSY LED. The meaning of the light indications of the LED is listed in the table below.

Drive Status

Rewritable Mode

WORM Mode

no disk inserted

flashing green

flashing yellow

MO disk present

dim

flashing yellow

WORM media present

flashing green

dim

BUSY

steady green

steady yellow

overheat

orange

orange

Note: The two colors of the LED are yellow and green. When both colors are lit, the result is orange.

DE-SH9101

The DE-SH9101 is a half-height external multifunction optical disk drive subsystem that can handle large capacity (1.7 GB) utilizing the sampled servo format Multiplexed Address Sampled Servo (MASS). MASS is a high density data recording system.

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