T
T
TS
S
S2
2
2G
G
G~
~
~1
1
16
6
6G
G
GC
C
CF
F
F3
3
30
0
00
0
0
300X CompactFlash Card

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Erase Sector(s) - C0h

This command is used to pre-erase and condition data sectors in advance of a Write without Erase or Write

Multiple without Erase command. There is no data transfer associated with this command but a W rite Fault error

status can occur.

Bit ->
7 6 5
4 3 2 1 0
Command (7)
C0h
C/D/H (6)
1 LBA 1
Drive
Head (LBA 27-24)
Cyl High (5)
Cylinder High (LBA 23-16)
Cyl Low (4)
Cylinder Low (LBA 15-8)
Sec Num (3)
Sector Number (LBA 7-0)
Sec Cnt (2)
Sector Count
Feature (1)
X

Flush Cache – E7h

This command causes the card to complete writing data from its cache. The card returns status with RDY=1 and

DSC=1 after the data in the write cache buffer is written to the media. If the Compact Flash Storage Card does not

support the Flush Cache command, the Compact Flash Storage Card shall return command aborted.

Bit ->
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Command (7)
E7h
C/D/H (6)
X
Drive
X
Cyl High (5)
X
Cyl Low (4)
X
Sec Num (3)
X
Sec Cnt (2)
X
Feature (1)
X

Format Track - 50h

This command writes the desired head and cylinder of the selected drive with a vendor unique dat a pattern

(typically FFh or 00h). To remain host backward c ompatible, the CompactFlash Storage Card expects a s ector

buffer of data from the host to follow the command with the same protocol as the Write Sector(s) command

although the information in the buffer is not used by the CompactFlash Storage Card. If LBA=1 then the number of

sectors to format is taken from the Sec Cnt register ( 0=256). The use of this command is not recommended.

Bit ->
7 6 5
4 3 2 1 0
Command (7)
50h
C/D/H (6)
1 LBA 1
Drive
Head (LBA 27-24)
Cyl High (5)
Cylinder High (LBA 23-16)
Cyl Low (4)
Cylinder Low (LBA 15-8)
Sec Num (3)
X (LBA 7-0)
Sec Cnt (2)
Count (LBA mode only)
Feature (1)
X