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SEND

DIAGNOSTIC

(1Dh)

By

means

of

this

command

the

media

changer

can

be

requested

to

perform

a

self-test

operation

on

itself.

During

this

self-test

the

serial

communication

to

the

tape

drive

and

robotics

is

tested.

Also

any

pending

Hardware

Error

condition

is

reported

on

this

command.

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Byte

0

Operation

Code

(1Dh)

1

LUN

PF

(1)

Reserved

SelfT

(1)

DOfl

(0)

UOfl

(0)

2

Reserved

3

(MSB)

Parameter

List

Length

(0)

4

(LSB)

5

Control

Field

descriptions:

PF:

Page

Format.

The

value

for

this

bit

must

be

set

to

1

to

indicate

that

the

SEND

DIAGNOSTICS

parameters

conform

to

the

page

structure

as

specified

in

SCSI-2.

SelfT:

This

bit

indicates

whether

the

media

changer

should

perform

the

diagnostic

test

specified

in

the

parameter

list

or

a

standard

self-test.

The

library

only

supports

the

self-test

and

should

therefore

be

set

to

1.

DOfl:

Device

Offline.

Since

diagnostics

tests

must

be

performed

when

the

media

changer

is

online,

the

value

of

this

bit

must

be

set

to

0.

UOfl:

Unit

Offline.

Since

the

media

changer

is

a

single

logical

unit,

the

value

of

this

bit

must

be

set

to

0.

Parameter

List

Length:

The

media

changer

does

not

accept

additional

parameters

for

diagnostics

test.

Must

be

set

to

zero.

3-72

TL2000

and

TL4000

SCSI

Reference