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Chapter 5 
 
ATAPI Interface 
Page 52 
Seagate Travan 40 Product Manual 
cause of the error. While writing, the drive will revert to Unbuffered Mode when 
Logical Early Warning (LEW) is reached. A REWIND issued at this point will cause 
the drive to rewind to BOT and return to Buffered Mode. 
Speed Code: The values of speed codes are given in the table below. The Speed 
Code may be set explicitly by MODE SELECT command, or implicitly when AVC 
(Auto-Throttle) is set to 1 (bit 4, byte 8 of page code 10h). If AVC is set to 1, MODE 
SENSE will report the actual speed selected to optimize data throughput.  
 
Code 
Meaning 
Tape Speed 
Transfer Rate 
0h 
Use default speed. 
92 ips 
2.0 MBps 
1h 
Use lowest tape speed. 
56 ips 
1.2 MBps 
2h-Fh 
Use highest tape speed. 
92 ips 
2.0 MBps 
Block Descriptor Length: Specifies the number of bytes in the Block Descriptor. 
This value is 08. 
Block Descriptor 
 
Data Bits 
 
Byte 
Hex 
Density Code 
45h 


MSB 
Number of Blocks 
LSB 
00 
00 
00 
00 


MSB 
Block Length 
LSB 
XX 
XX 
XX 
Density Code: This byte identifies the bit density and format of the media used by 
the drive. The value returned by this field is determined by the last MODE SELECT 
command, or is the default value based on the cartridge type and/or previously 
recorded density following a power-up reset. See MODE SELECT for a table of valid 
Density Codes. 
Number of Blocks: This field must be 0. 
Block Length: This field specifies the block length and mode. If this field is 00h, the 
drive operates in variable length block mode. If this field is non-0, the drive operates 
in fixed length block mode and the logical block length is equal to the value of this 
field. The STT3401A default block length is 512 bytes.  
Page Code 01h is used to specify target Error Recovery and Reporting parameters.