
10.4 Parameter List Header for MODE SELECT
Bit
Byte
76543210
00
Reserved
01
02 RSVD Buffered Mode Speed
03 Block Descriptor Length
Byte 02, Bits 6 through 4 - Buffered Mode
The CTS supports two data transfer modes, as follows:
000b – Unbuffered mode
001b – Buffered mode (power-on default)
In buffered mode, data from a WRITE command and filemarks or
setmarks (8500c format only) from a WRITE FILEMARKS command
are held in the CTS’s buffer until one of the following events causes
the data, filemarks, or setmarks to be written to the tape:
The motion threshold is reached.
The CTS receives one of the following commands:
•
REWIND (01h)
•
WRITE FILEMARKS (10h) non-immediate
•
SPACE (11h) in either direction
•
ERASE (19h)
•
LOAD/UNLOAD (1Bh)
•
LOCATE (2Bh) in the reverse direction
The operator presses the unload button.
The time specified for the Write Delay Time field in the Device
Configuration Page elapses (note, however, if the Write Delay
Time field is 0, a partially full buffer is not flushed to tape). See
Section 10.12 on page 10-37 for more information about the Write
Delay Time field.
In buffered mode, status is returned when the last block of data has
been transferred to the CTS’s buffer. In unbuffered mode, status is
returned only after the data has actually been written to the tape.
May 1994 EXB-8205 and EXB-8505
(Standard and XL)
10-13
10 MODE SELECT (15h) andMODE SENSE (1Ah)
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