Owner's manual

R11 Series Drive Command Reference Manual Version 1.00
1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................3
1.1 List of changes......................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1.1 List of changes (Version 0.90 to 1.00)....................................................................................................... 3
2 Interface...........................................................................................................................................................4
2.1 ATA/ATAPI version.................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.2 Drive Information.................................................................................................................................................... 4
3 R11 Series DRIVE Descriptions...................................................................................................................5
3.1 Compatible Media.................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1.1 DVD-ROM Disc.................................................................................................................................................5
3.1.2 DVD-R Disc....................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1.3 DVD-R DL Disc................................................................................................................................................. 5
3.1.4 DVD-RW Disc................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1.5 DVD-RAM Disc................................................................................................................................................. 5
3.1.6 +R Disc .............................................................................................................................................................5
3.1.7 +R DL Disc ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1.8 +RW Disc..........................................................................................................................................................5
3.1.9 CD-ROM Disc.................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1.10 CD-R Disc....................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1.11 CD-RW Disc.................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Power Condition.......................................................................................................................................................6
3.3 Authentication..........................................................................................................................................................6
3.4 Defect Management................................................................................................................................................6
4 Packet Commands..........................................................................................................................................7
4.1 BLANK Command.................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 CLOSE TRACK/RZONE/SESSION/BORDER Command.................................................................................... 10
4.3 FORMAT UNIT Command..................................................................................................................................... 15
4.3.1 Format Code = 001b.................................................................................................................................... 15
4.3.1.1 Format Type = 00h (Full Format) ..................................................................................................... 15
4.3.1.2 Format Type = 01h (Spare Area Expansion).................................................................................. 17
4.3.1.3 Format Type = 10h (C/DVD-RW Full Format) ................................................................................ 17
4.3.1.4 Format Type = 13h (DVD-RW Quick Grow the last Border)........................................................ 19
4.3.1.5 Format Type = 15h (DVD-RW Quick)............................................................................................... 19
4.3.1.6 Format Type = 26h (+RW Basic Format)........................................................................................ 20
4.3.2 Format Code = 111b.................................................................................................................................... 20
4.4 GET CONFIGURATION Command....................................................................................................................... 21
4.4.1 Feature List and Profile List ........................................................................................................................ 21
4.4.2 Media states................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.4.3 Current Profile of the Feature Header and Current bit of the Profile List .......................................... 25
4.4.3.1 Current Profile and Current bit for No Media and CD Media........................................................ 25
4.4.3.2 Current Profile and Current bit for DVD Media ............................................................................... 26
4.4.3.3 Current Profile and Current bit for +R/+RW/+R DL Media.......................................................... 27
4.4.4 Current bit of the Feature List.................................................................................................................... 28
4.4.4.1 Current bit of the Feature List for CD Media................................................................................... 28
4.4.4.2 Current bit of the Feature List for DVD Media ................................................................................ 29
4.4.4.3 Current bit of the Feature List for +R/+RW/+R DL Media ........................................................... 30
4.5 GET EVENT/STATUS NOTIFICATION Command.............................................................................................. 31
4.5.1 Media Events.................................................................................................................................................. 31
4.6 GET PERFORMANCE Command........................................................................................................................... 32
4.6.1 Performance (Type field = 00h)................................................................................................................. 32
4.6.2 Write Speed (Type field = 03h)................................................................................................................. 34
4.6.2.1 Write Speed Data for No Media and CD Media............................................................................... 34
4.6.2.2 Write Speed Data for DVD Media ...................................................................................................... 36
4.7 INQUIRY Command............................................................................................................................................... 39
4.8 Log Select Command............................................................................................................................................39
4.9 Log Sense Command............................................................................................................................................ 39
4.10 MECHANISM STATUS Command...................................................................................................................... 39
4.11 MODE SELECT (10) Command......................................................................................................................... 40
4.12 MODE SENSE (10) Command........................................................................................................................... 40
4.12.1 Mode Parameter Header............................................................................................................................ 40
4.12.2 Mode Pages.................................................................................................................................................. 42
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