Sony SDX-800V/R manual Diagnostic Test Number Summary

7.Drive Diagnostics

In SCSI-2 mode, the Page Format (PF) bit is one, and the Parameter List Length is 9, the Parameter List in this case is 9 bytes long and will be of the form:

Table 7-2: SEND DIAGNOSTIC Parameters - SCSI-2

Bit	7	6	5	4		3	2	1	0
Byte
0				Page Code (81h)
1					Reserved
2	(MSB)			Page Length (00 05h)
3									(LSB)
4				Diagnostic Test Number
5	Break				Loop Count Identifier
6				Parameter A
7				Parameter B
8				Parameter C

Break: Indicates how to terminate the loop count should an error occur.

0 = stop on first error

1 = do not stop on error

Loop Count Identifier: The number of times that the test should be repeated before status is returned.

0 = run once

1 = run once

2 = run 10 times

3 = run 100 times

4 = run 1000 times

Parameters A, B, C: Any additional parameters required to fully define the diagnostic test. These parameters are unused and shall be 00h.

7.2.4.Diagnostic Test Number Summary

The following is a list of the diagnostic capabilities of the SDX-800V. The Test Availability Code indicates if a particular test can be executed by the Host computer or is executed during Power-on diagnostics (or both). The drive also supports three types of diagnostics:

1.Individual Tests - Self contained modules designed to test a particular function of drive

2.Sequences - Automatic execution of a series of individual tests

3.Exercisers - Verification of a major function of the drive such as Read, Write, Search, etc.

The Diagnostic Test Number for each Test, Sequence or Exerciser is shown in the first column. Test Availability Codes

P─ Power–on Self–test H ─ Host Diagnostics PH ─ both

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