Sony SDX-800V/R manual Diagnostics Results Reference

7.Drive Diagnostics

7.2.6.Diagnostics Results Reference

The following list of error codes are supported by the drive.

Error Sets - Error Code

Error Set 0 - Runtime Errors

00h	NO ERROR
01h	NO TAPE
02h	OFF-LINE WITH TAPE
04h	ILLEGAL COMMAND
05h	BOT ENCOUNTERED
07h	WRITE PROTECTED
08h	PARTITION SIZE ERROR
09h	PRE-RECORDED TAPE
0Ah	INVALID FORMAT FOR READ
0Bh	NOT AT BOT
10h	INVALID TEST NUMBER
11h	INVALID PARAMETER
12h	INVALID TEST WITH CARTRIDGE
13h	INVALID TEST
14h	TEST NOT ACCESSIBLE DUE TO SELF TEST
	ERROR
22h	BLANK AT BOT
28h	SYSTEM AREA READ CONDITION ERROR
29h	SYSTEM AREA READ APPROACH TIMEOUT
2Ah	SYSTEM AREA READ OVER POSITION
2Ch	SYSTEM AREA WRITE CONDITION ERROR
2Dh	SYSTEM AREA APPEND TIMEOUT
2Eh	SYSTEM AREA APPEND OVER POSITION
30h	EOD ENCOUNTERED
32h	BLANK ENCOUNTERED
33h	HEAD CLOGGED on READ
35h	ECC UN CORRECTABLE
36h	READ APPROACH TIMEOUT
38h	READ OVER POSITION
39h	READ FORMAT ERROR
3Ah	READ FRAME OVER
3Fh	READ TIMEOUT
44h	SEARCH APPROACH TIMEOUT
45h	SEARCH ECC UNCORRECTABLE
48h	SEARCH OVER POSITION
49h	SEARCH FORMAT ERROR
4Ah	SEARCH FRAME OVER
4Fh	SEARCH TIMEOUT
51h	TOO MANY REWRITE
52h	WRITE CONDITION ERROR
53h	HEAD CLOGGED ON WRITE
54h	EOM DETECTED ON WRITE
55h	APPEND TIME-OUT
57h	APPEND OVER POSITION
59h	ATF UNLOCK
5Ah	APPEND DBP NG
5Bh	FORMAT TIMEOUT
5Dh	WRITE FRAME OVER
5Fh	WRITE TIMEOUT

67h	ASDA FRAME OVER
68h	ECC FRAME OVER
6Bh	MC COMMAND REJECT ERROR
6Dh	MC MISC ERROR
75h	DIAGNOSTIC FAILURE
77h	FBI COMMAND TIME-OUT
78h	DMA Parity Error SCSI Controller
79h	DMA Parity Error Interface Buffer Controller
7Ah	DMA Parity Error Data Compression Controller
7Bh	DMA Parity Error Tape Formatter Controller
7Ch	DRAM Parity Error Interface Buffer Controller
7Dh	DRAM Parity Error Tape Formatter Controller
80h	LOADING TIME-OUT
81h	FRONT LOADING TIME-OUT
82h	CAPSTAN TIME-OUT
83h	DRUM TIME-OUT
84h	REEL TIME-OUT
85h	ILLEGAL ENCODER PATTERN
86h	EEPROM IN THE DRIVE IS NG
87h	TENSION REGULATOR NG
88h	DC DC CONVERTER NG
8Eh	SNAPPED TAPE
90h	FEW S REEL FG
91h	FEW T REEL FG
92h	HIGH TEMPERATURE
93h	DEW SENSED
94h	TAPE SLACK
A0h	DRUM SPEED OUT OF RANGE
A3h	DRUM PHASE UNLOCKED
A4h	DRUM NO FG
A5h	DRUM NO PG
B0h	CAPSTAN TERM OUT OF RANGE SHORT
B2h	CAPSTAN TERM OUT OF RANGE LONG
B8h	TATF ERROR
BEh	MC INITIALIZATION ERROR
BFh	MC COMMUNICATION ERROR
C0h	UNKNOWN BAT ENTRY
C1h	Illegal Format
C2h	FORMAT DISCONTINUITY
CCh	UNEXPECTED EOR
CDh	ILLEGAL SKIP COUNT
CEh	ALDC ERROR
CFh	ILLEGAL DMA COMPLETION
E0h	DMA IS ABORTED
E4h	FMK ENCOUNTERED
E5h	SMK ENCOUNTERED
E6h	BOP ENCOUNTERED
E7h	EOD ENCOUNTERED
E9h	DMA ERROR

7-6 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1