DIAGNOSTIC COMMANDS

Compatible with Drives with >64k Cylinders

January 13, 2003

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SERIAL PORT INPUT PARAMETER REPRESENTATION

Command parameters in this document are represented with single letters, separated by commas.

e.g. Sx,y,z - This signifies a serial port command, “S”, that takes in three parameters.

Exception: When one parameter is used to input two different values to the command, field width
of each parameter will be shown.

e.g. Dxxyy – This signifies a serial port command, “D”, that takes in one parameter. The
high byte of this parameter (xx) is used to pass one value to the command and the low
byte (yy) is used to pass a second value to the command.

The serial port will accept a max of up to one word (ffffh) for each parameter. For drives
with greater than 64k cylinders, the serial port will accept up to a double word (ffff ffffh)
for each parameter. See the appropriate command description to determine the valid size
of a particular parameter.

Unless otherwise noted, leading zeros are NOT required.

SERIAL PORT OUTPUT DISPLAY REPRESENTATION

Output display values in this document are represented with either letters or numbers and will
show exact field width to aid in the creation and maintenance of serial port parsing software.

e.g. When the log is displayed the output to the screen is formatted as shown below.

(Log Type 2) (Log Type 4)

___Head ___x____ ___Head ___x____
vv wwww.xxx yyy zz vv wwww.xxx yyy zz

where wwww is physical cylinder where wwww is physical cylinder

Log format for drives with >64k cylinders:

(Log Type 2) (Log Type 4)

___Head ___x______ ___Head ___x______
vv wwwww.xxx yyy zz vv wwwww.xxx yyy zz

where wwwww is physical cylinder where wwwww is physical cylinder

or output formatted as follows:

Zone 0: 0006 - 0B4F 800 389.020
Output format for drives with >64k cylinders:
Zone 00: 0CC84 - 0DE36 884 414.1017

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ON-LINE COMMANDS ............................................................................................................ 10

INTERFACE-SPECIFIC COMMANDS ........................................................................................................................... 10
^E Interface State: Error codes, Max C.H.S, Current transfer mode settings............................................... 10
^F Read Segment Record(s)......................................................................................................................... 10
^G Write Queue ............................................................................................................................................ 10
^I Controller Register Dump ....................................................................................................................... 10
^K Niwot RdWr State ................................................................................................................................... 10
^Q Resume after ^S (age 50 only) ................................................................................................................ 10
^S Pause intf task and swap to diag monitor ................................................................................................ 10
^U Currently unused ..................................................................................................................................... 10
^V Interface Command Echo and Activity Trace Toggle............................................................................. 10
^X Interface and Niwot Command History .................................................................................................. 10
^Y Display Raw SMART DST Values (for Serial Port running of DST) .................................................... 10
‘~’ Interface Command State ........................................................................................................................ 10
GENERAL COMMANDS ............................................................................................................................................. 10
^A Send Certification Code Rev................................................................................................................... 10
^B (Reserved for Servo Use) ........................................................................................................................ 10
^C Firmware Reset ....................................................................................................................................... 10
^D, ^N Retry Activity Display Toggle. (See Appendix B. for Retry Display Characters.)........................ 10
^L Display Sign-on Message, including firmware version. **.................................................................... 10
^O, ^] Advance Servo Tracing................................................................................................................... 10
^P Power Chop enable/disable toggle. ......................................................................................................... 11
^Q Cert Display Debug enable/disable toggle ( not age 50 ) ........................................................................ 11
^R Restart the Diagnostic Monitor, load overlay from disc. ........................................................................ 11
^T Restart testing at the current age. ............................................................................................................ 11
^W Read/Write statistics gathering enable/disable toggle. ............................................................................ 11
^Z Restart the Diagnostic Monitor, do not load overlay from disc .............................................................. 11
! Display Current R/W Channel Settings....................................................................................................... 11
% Show Mux Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)...................................................................... 11
‘ Display Transfer Status (See Appendix B Description).............................................................................. 11
. Display Active Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description) ..................................................................... 11
; Display Machine Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)................................................................ 11
< Decrement read/write scope synchronization pulse position. ..................................................................... 11
> Increment read/write scope synchronization pulse position........................................................................ 11
? Show Buffer Allocation. ** (See Appendix B for Description)................................................................ 11
^ Show Elapsed Time since start of cert test or last ^Z................................................................................. 11
` Show Read/Write Statistics. (See Appendix B for Description) ................................................................. 11
{ (Reserved for Servo Diagnostic Use).......................................................................................................... 11
} (Reserved for Servo Diagnostic Use).......................................................................................................... 11
ESC Interrupt Loop, Batch file or SeaDex script execution........................................................................ 11
COMMON COMMANDS: (AVAILABLE FROM ALL LEVELS EXCEPT LEVEL 8) . 12
/x Change Level to Diagnostic Monitor Level x. ........................................................................................ 12
CR Loop Break.............................................................................................................................................. 12
* Special Function for batch file: ................................................................................................................... 12
@x Batch File Label. ..................................................................................................................................... 12
| Batch file terminator ................................................................................................................................... 12
+x,y Peek Byte. Display the byte data content of the specified memory address: ..................................... 12
=x,y,z Poke Byte. Replace the contents of the specified address with the specified data. ............................ 12
-x,y Peek Word. Display the word contents of the specified address. ........................................................... 12
Ax,y,z Set Test Space ................................................................................................................................. 13
Lx,y Loop. Causes the next command to repeat execution, subject to controls specified by x: ................. 13

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LEVEL T COMMANDS: CERT PROCESS / TEST ............................................................ 14
A Enable/Disable throttling of drive messaging. ........................................................................................ 14
Bx,y Set Baud Rate...................................................................................................................................... 14
*** C,,z Reset Certification Test. (available only when overlay is valid)..................................................... 14
*** Dx,y,z Display Cert Logs sequentially from Log x. (available only when overlay is valid) ..................... 14
Ex,y,z Display/Edit Cert Log(s) ..................................................................................................................... 14
F Set Stuff 14
*** Hx,y,z Display/Reset Health Status Bits. (available only when overlay is valid)...................................... 15
*** I,y,z Initialize System Region. (available only when overlay and cert table are valid)........................... 15
Jx,y Set Scope Sync from Cert Log entries: ............................................................................................... 15
K Download Congen file. ........................................................................................................................... 15
Nx,y,z Set Drive Age to x........................................................................................................................... 15
R Read System Sector into System RAM................................................................................................... 15
S Check User Slip List for empty or unordered slip list................................................................................. 15
Tx Run Factory Test x .................................................................................................................................. 15
*** Vx,y Display Defect List(s) to screen and add to active log .................................................................. 15
Wx,y,z Save System RAM into System Sector. .......................................................................................... 15
Yx,y Set Drive Type .................................................................................................................................... 16
a Drive messaging pause toggle switch ......................................................................................................... 16
b,,z Initialize the overlay area of the disc....................................................................................................... 16
c Write overlays to the disc............................................................................................................................ 16
dx,y,z Download Cert Code (for automated use only)................................................................................... 16
ex,y Download overlay (for automated use only) ....................................................................................... 16
f Burn new serial flash code that is already downloaded to the buffer and transition to it. ........................... 16
gx,y,z Call overlay function........................................................................................................................... 16
h Download cert table (for automated use only) ............................................................................................ 17
*** ix,y,z Initialize/Reset Defect List(s) (available only when overlay is valid)........................................... 17
*** j Download SeaDex script (for automated use only) (available only when overlay is valid)................ 17
kx,y,z Initialize what head to depop .............................................................................................................. 17
*** lx Initialize and write zone buffers in the overlay to RAM..................................................................... 17
*** m,,z Defect Map System Area (available only when overlay is valid) ................................................... 17
r Reload Cert from Disc and report version number ..................................................................................... 17
*** sx,y,z Save Defect List(s) (available only when overlay is valid) ........................................................... 17
wx,y Write (Save) Overlay code to Disc (for automated use only). ............................................................ 18
*** xll,ss,nn Page Log To Host (available only when overlay is valid)......................................................... 18
#,,z Enter HDA Serial Number. ..................................................................................................................... 18
$ Enter PCBA Serial Number. ....................................................................................................................... 18
[x,y ASCII Log Control:................................................................................................................................. 18
LEVEL ONE COMMANDS: MEMORY MANIPULATION COMMANDS ...................... 19
Bx,y Buffer Display..................................................................................................................................... 19
Dx,y,z Display Memory.............................................................................................................................. 19
F Enable Forced Write Bit.............................................................................................................................. 19
M Show Flash ROM Information................................................................................................................ 19
Nx,y,z SMART Serial Port Control............................................................................................................ 19
P Display PCBA Information......................................................................................................................... 19
Sx,y,z Edit Memory Byte............................................................................................................................... 20
Ux,y,z Edit Buffer Byte. ............................................................................................................................. 20
*** Yx Converts desired cylinder number to gray code and display the result. .......................................... 20
*** cx,y,z Compare Buffers (available only when overlay is valid) ............................................................... 20
dx Clear overlay code from disc (for automated use only). ......................................................................... 20
mx,y,z Edit memory word. Operates same as level 1 ‘S’ command, except operates on words................. 20
r Read cert code from disc............................................................................................................................. 20
s Send Drive Information............................................................................................................................... 20
t Read cert table from disc............................................................................................................................. 20
u Read SeaDex script from disc. .................................................................................................................... 20
*** yx Converts desired gray code to a cylinder number and displays the result. ...................................... 20

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LEVEL TWO COMMANDS: NIWOT READ/WRITE COMMANDS.............................. 21
Bx,y Display Buffer..................................................................................................................................... 21
Cx,y,z Copy Buffers ................................................................................................................................... 21
Ex,y,z Display/Edit Cert Log(s) ..................................................................................................................... 21
Fx,y,z,a Modify Track Defect List................................................................................................................ 21
Gx,y,z,a,b,c MRT Test (available only when overlay is valid) .................................................................... 22
Hx Select Head ............................................................................................................................................. 23
Ix,y,z Display/Modify Adaptive Settings...................................................................................................... 23
Jx,y Scope Sync from Log.......................................................................................................................... 23
Kx,y Set Tracking Offset ............................................................................................................................. 23
Mx,y,z,w Quick Margin Test.......................................................................................................................... 23
Nx Adaptive Test for all Heads in Specified Zone ....................................................................................... 23
Ox,y,z Seek-Seek on current head: ............................................................................................................. 23
Px,y,zzww Set Buffer Pattern: .......................................................................................................................... 23
Qx,y,,a Write/Read/Read Data..................................................................................................................... 23
Rx,y,z,a Read Data. ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head..................................................................................................................................... 24
*** Tx,y,z Measure Throughput. (available only when overlay is valid) ........................................................ 24
Ux,y Spin-Up ............................................................................................................................................... 25
*** Vx,y,z Read/Compare against corresponding write buffer. ....................................................................... 25
Wx,y,z,a Write Data. ..................................................................................................................................... 25
*** Xx,y,z Display Data IDs on current track. (available only when overlay is valid) ................................... 25
Yx,y,zzaa,b Show/Set Retry Controls ................................................................................................................ 26
Z Spin-Down. ............................................................................................................................................. 26
*** cx,y,z Compare Buffers (available only when overlay is valid) ............................................................... 26
*** dx,y,z,a Re-assign Errors from Log. (available only when overlay is valid) .............................................. 26
*** ex,y Save Log to Cert Log y. (available only when overlay is valid) ..................................................... 26
*** fx,y,z Wedge Defect Map Current Track (available only when overlay is valid) .................................... 26
*** gx,y Slip Servo Wedge (available only when overlay is valid)............................................................... 27
*** hx Translate Physical sector to Logical sector. .................................................................................... 27
*** ix,y Show Track Defect List in Active Log ........................................................................................... 27
*** j,y Read Wedge .................................................................................................................................... 27
*** lx Translate Logical sector to Physical sector. ........................................................................................ 27
px Full Pack Read Or Write (available only when overlay is valid) ........................................................... 28
rx,y,z,a Read Long from current track ......................................................................................................... 28
sx,y,z Seek to Physical Cyl/Head. ................................................................................................................. 29
*** tc,hhss,o Translate Physical Cylinder, Servo Sector, Byte offset to LPL................................................ 29
ux,y,z Enable display of channel and preamp registers during retry.............................................................. 29
wx Write Long to current track..................................................................................................................... 29
x Show Zone Boundaries and system cylinders as well as the last LBA of the drive .................................... 31
yx,z Set Direct Write Mode ........................................................................................................................ 31
*** z,y Write Wedge ................................................................................................................................... 31
LEVEL THREE COMMANDS: SERVO SEEKING COMMANDS .................................. 33
Cx,y Acceleration Constant Measurement Test.......................................................................................... 33
Dx,y,z,a,b,c Seek Access Times ......................................................................................................................... 33
Ex,y,z Display/Edit Certification Test Log(s) ................................................................................................ 33
*** Gx Translate Hex Cylinder to Gray Code (available only when overlay is valid)................................ 33
Hx Head Select ............................................................................................................................................. 33
*** Jx Head Switch Offsets (available only when overlay is valid)........................................................... 33
*** Mx,y Actuator Open-loop Move (available only when overlay is valid)................................................. 33
Ox,y,z Seek-Seek on current head: ............................................................................................................. 33
Px,y,z Position Error Display......................................................................................................................... 33
Qxx,yy Certification Write/Read. ................................................................................................................ 34
*** Rx,y,z Read Grey Code (available only when overlay is valid) ............................................................... 34
Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head..................................................................................................................................... 34
T Servo Transducer Calibrations ................................................................................................................ 34

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 Ux Spin-Up 34
Vx,y,z Read GC123 registers (available only when overlay is valid) ....................................................... 34
*** W Read physical Grey Code (available only when overlay is valid)................................................... 34
*** Y Hysteresis (available only when overlay is valid) ............................................................................... 34
Z Spin-Down .............................................................................................................................................. 34
*** c Test Air Latch Closed (available only when overlay is valid) ........................................................... 34
*** gx Translate Gray to Hex (available only when overlay is valid) ........................................................ 34
jx,y,z Ramp Test. (Ramp Load drives only – currently Saturn)................................................................... 35
k Measure Head Position ............................................................................................................................... 35
*** m Servo Actuator Geometry Test for MDW (available only when overlay is valid).............................. 35
*** o Test Air Latch Open (available only when overlay is valid).............................................................. 35
*** px,y Translate Physical sector to Logical sector. (available only when overlay is valid) ....................... 35
*** qx,y Translate Logical sector to Physical sector. (available only when overlay is valid) ....................... 35
sx,y,z Seek to Physical Cyl/Head. ................................................................................................................. 35
LEVEL FOUR COMMANDS: SERVO TRACKING COMMANDS ................................. 36
Cxxyy,z,a,b Tracking Test. (available only when overlay is valid).................................................................... 36
Dx,y,z,a,b,c Seek Access Times ......................................................................................................................... 36
Ex,y,z Display Active Log. ............................................................................................................................ 36
*** Gx Set Tracking/Seek Gain (available only when overlay is valid)...................................................... 36
Hx Select Head x .......................................................................................................................................... 36
*** Ix,y,z Head Stability Test for Heads (default is All Heads) (available only when overlay is valid) ........ 36
Kx Servo Offset ............................................................................................................................................ 37
*** Mx,y Actuator Open-loop Move (available only when overlay is valid)................................................ 37
Nx Napa Servo Adaptive Test for all Heads in Specified Zone.................................................................... 37
O Show MR Head Offset (for current head). .............................................................................................. 37
Px,y,z Position Error Display for current track. ............................................................................................. 37
Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head..................................................................................................................................... 37
Tx,y,z Napa Servo Adaptive Test at the Specified Track............................................................................. 37
*** W Read physical Grey Code (available only when overlay is valid)................................................... 37
Xx Display 1 rev of servo burst information for current track...................................................................... 37
*** Zx Zap Servo Burst x of the current track. (available only when overlay is valid) .............................. 37
*** a Slip error code 90's from the log (available only when overlay is valid) ............................................ 37
*** cx Track 0 Cal for MDW (available only when overlay is valid) ........................................................ 38
dx Disable/Enable servo from using the ZAP coefficients in the ZAP table. .............................................. 38
*** f Fill Skipped Cylinders (NOT IMPLEMENTED) (available only when overlay is valid) .................. 38
ix Enable/disable ZAP reads (available only when overlay is valid) .......................................................... 38
j,x Adaptive Coherent Feedforward Compensator (ACFC) calibration (MDW only) ................................ 38
k Skip MDW serial number cylinders (available only when overlay is valid) (MDW only) ......................... 38
lxx Will scan the current position for servo defects and zap the track. ......................................................... 38
*** m RRO ZAP System cylinders (available only when overlay is valid)................................................. 38
ny,,x Calculate the zap coefficients at the current position. ......................................................................... 38
px,y,z Display Spin Error............................................................................................................................... 39
*** qx Change Spin Speed (available only when overlay is valid) ............................................................ 39
rx Reads and displays the specific Track ID contents. ................................................................................ 39
***sx,y,z Show error count for given log (available only when overlay is valid).......................................... 39
tx,y Modifies and views the ZAP RAM table ................................................................................................ 39
vx,y,z,a ButterFlySeekTest........................................................................................................................... 39
wx Writes the ZAP values in the ZAP RAM table to the Track Ids of the current track. ............................. 39
xc,,z Skip Cylinder ...................................................................................................................................... 40
y Show Skipped Cylinders ............................................................................................................................. 40
zc,,z Unskip Skipped Cylinder(s) ................................................................................................................ 40
LEVEL SIX COMMANDS: BATCH FILE COMMANDS.................................................. 41
Bx Run Batch File ........................................................................................................................................ 41
Dx List Batch File ......................................................................................................................................... 41
Ex Enter Batch File....................................................................................................................................... 41

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 * Special Function for batch file: ................................................................................................................... 41
@x Batch File Label. ..................................................................................................................................... 41
| Batch file terminator ................................................................................................................................... 41
LEVEL SEVEN COMMANDS: READ CHANNEL ADAPTIVE COMMANDS............... 42
Bx,y Display Buffer..................................................................................................................................... 42
Cx,y,z Copy Buffers ................................................................................................................................... 42
Dx Display Temperature Diode Values ........................................................................................................ 42
Ex,y Display Log(s)..................................................................................................................................... 42
Fx,y Format Sector/Track............................................................................................................................ 42
Gx,y,z Toggle ECC Seed Finder tool ......................................................................................................... 42
Hx Select Head x .......................................................................................................................................... 42
Ix,y,z,a Display/Modify Adaptive Settings for the Current Head ................................................................ 42
Mx,y,z Napa Single Adaptive Parameter Test............................................................................................. 42
Nx Napa Data Adaptive Test for all Heads in Specified Zone...................................................................... 43
Oh,z, s Read/Write Coarse Offset Calibration............................................................................................. 43
Px,y,zzww Set Buffer Pattern: .......................................................................................................................... 44
Qx,y Write/Read/Read Data ........................................................................................................................ 44
Rx,y Read Data............................................................................................................................................ 44
Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head..................................................................................................................................... 44
Tx,y,z Napa Data Adaptive Test at the Specified Track .............................................................................. 44
Ux,y Spin-Up ............................................................................................................................................... 44
Vf Set MR Head Read Bias Current for all Heads ....................................................................................... 44
Wx,y Write Data ........................................................................................................................................... 44
Yx,y,zzaa,b Show/Set Retry Controls ................................................................................................................ 44
Z Spin Down Command ............................................................................................................................. 45
ax,y,z MR Bias Backoff................................................................................................................................. 45
bx,y PE and OTC measurements................................................................................................................. 45
cx,y,z Generate OTC bath tubs by sector ...................................................................................................... 47
dx,y,f Reset Adaptives to the Default Settings .............................................................................................. 47
e Show diagnostic error counter in the Valiant (DIAGERRCNT)................................................................. 47
ff Shows the number of TAs/ data retries done........................................................................................... 47
gxxxx,yyyy,zz Does Error Rate by sector command....................................................................................... 47
ix Issue read / write command (use after p) ............................................................................................... 47
j Ramp unload without spin-down (Ramp drives only – currently Saturn)................................................... 47
n Run the read channel noise calibration at the current track......................................................................... 47
ox,y,z OTC command. ................................................................................................................................... 48
p Set parameters for Read / Write operation (precedes i command).............................................................. 48
r Read Adaptives from the System Sectors ................................................................................................... 48
sxy,z,a Send Byte to Read Channel or Preamp ........................................................................................... 48
tx,z Get Data from Read Channel or Preamp................................................................................................. 48
u Write Unsafe Enable Toggle ....................................................................................................................... 48
v,f VCO calibration / display........................................................................................................................ 48
wx,y,z Save System RAM into System Sector. .......................................................................................... 48
x Show Zone Boundaries ............................................................................................................................... 49
yx,z Set Direct Write Mode ........................................................................................................................ 49
z Toggle Data Randomizer ............................................................................................................................ 49
7x,y,z Generate 747 curve ............................................................................................................................. 49
9x,y,z Adapt Write Delay .............................................................................................................................. 50
LEVEL EIGHT COMMANDS: SERVO TRACK WRITER COMMANDS ....................... 53
A Abort any pending servo diagnostic command ....................................................................................... 53
B Set the read head bias to the serial preamp.............................................................................................. 53
Cx,y,z Execute the servo diagnostic sub commands .................................................................................. 53
D Dump Drive Configuration ..................................................................................................................... 55
E Lock Spindle Motor ................................................................................................................................ 56
F Write Pack-writer Auto Stamp.................................................................................................................... 56

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 Gx Set Spin Gain .......................................................................................................................................... 56
Hx Select head directly ................................................................................................................................. 57
Ix Push-Inward Actuator ............................................................................................................................. 57
Jx Spin Speed Adjust ................................................................................................................................... 57
Kx Added track offset in track follow state .................................................................................................. 57
Lx Load Head Mask ..................................................................................................................................... 57
M Increment Head (current head + 1).......................................................................................................... 57
N Report Logical Spin State ....................................................................................................................... 57
Ox Message Display ..................................................................................................................................... 57
Px Push-Out Actuator................................................................................................................................... 57
Qx Read channel ........................................................................................................................................... 57
Rx Read Gray Code ...................................................................................................................................... 57
Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head..................................................................................................................................... 58
Ux Spin-Up Motor ........................................................................................................................................ 58
Vx Spin-Up 58
Wx Set Write Current .................................................................................................................................... 58
Z Spin-Down .............................................................................................................................................. 58
c Crash test the Actuator/Crashstops/HDA.................................................................................................... 58
fx,y Set bank write mode................................................................................................................................ 58
g IMRON signal polarity ............................................................................................................................... 58
LEVEL A COMMANDS: NIWOT READ/WRITE LBA COMMANDS (FULLSLIP) .... 59
Cx,y Convert LBA to LPL and display to screen. ...................................................................................... 59
Dx,y Convert LBA to PCHS and display to screen. ................................................................................... 59
Ex,y Display Log(s)..................................................................................................................................... 59
Mx,y Set GrandB Test ports ......................................................................................................................... 59
Q,x Write/Read/Read LBA. ........................................................................................................................... 59
R,x Read LBA Command. ......................................................................................................................... 59
Sx,y,z Seek LBA Command. ......................................................................................................................... 59
W,x Write LBA Command. ........................................................................................................................ 59
Yx,y,za Show/Set Retry Controls................................................................................................................. 59
cx,y,z Convert LPL to LBA and display to screen. ....................................................................................... 59
dx,y,z Convert PCHS to LBA and display to screen. .................................................................................... 59
lx,y,z Display # of unslipped sectors for LPL to screen................................................................................ 60
LEVEL C COMMANDS: CERT DIAGNOSTIC CTS COMMANDS................................ 61
D Display the Cert Test sequence. .............................................................................................................. 61
Fvvww,x,yyzz Run Cert CTS Test F with input parameters. .......................................................................... 61
***P Load Buffers 10-1A with NAPA specific 127 bit pattern, load buffers 1B-1F with 0’s (available only
when overlay is valid) ........................................................................................................................................ 61
***lxxxxx,yPerform Lazy Write / On-Track-Erasure Screen. (available only when overlay is valid) .............. 61
*** pxx,yy Parse Cert Log for Errors by Head (available only when overlay is valid) .................................... 62
*** sx,y,z,a CTSSpinUpandDn (available only when overlay is valid)............................................................. 63
LEVEL D COMMANDS: SEADEX COMMANDS .............................................................. 64
Ex,y,z Display SeaDex Log, level-T E-command style ................................................................................. 64
Ix SeaDex Information tables ...................................................................................................................... 64
Sx Single Step SeaDex script ....................................................................................................................... 64
Tx,y,… SeaDex Test Step ............................................................................................................................ 64
bx,y,z Script assembly Breakpoint................................................................................................................. 65
cx SeaDex Checkpoint................................................................................................................................. 65
lx,y Display SeaDex Log ............................................................................................................................... 65
px Display SeaDex Tune Parameter............................................................................................................. 65
sx,y Set or Display SeaDex System Variable ............................................................................................. 65
tx SeaDex Trace Levels............................................................................................................................... 66
v Verify SeaDex Script .................................................................................................................................. 66
wx,y,z,a Set or Display SeaDex Word........................................................................................................... 67

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LEVEL E COMMANDS: DRIVE ZONE AND FORMAT COMMANDS........................ 68
ax,y Displays / modifies drive zone parameters. (available only when overlay is valid)............................ 68
bx,y,z Displays / modifies frame format information. (available only when overlay is valid) ...................... 69
BOOT CODE DIAGNOSTIC COMMANDS........................................................................... 70

ONLINE COMMANDS, BOOT CODE.................................................................................... 70

^D, ^N Retry Activity Display Toggle. ** (See Appendix B. for Retry Display Characters.).................... 70
^L Display Sign-on Message, including firmware version........................................................................... 70
^O, ^] Advance Servo Tracing....................................................................................................................... 70
^Z Restart the Diagnostic Monitor, do not load overlay from disk .............................................................. 70
! Display Current R/W Channel Settings....................................................................................................... 70
% Show Mux Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)...................................................................... 70
‘ Display Transfer Status (See Appendix B Description).............................................................................. 70
. Display Active Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description) ..................................................................... 70
; Display Machine Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)................................................................ 70
< Decrement read/write scope synchronization pulse position. ..................................................................... 70
> Increment read/write scope synchronization pulse position........................................................................ 70
LEVEL F COMMANDS: LIMITED BOOT CODE DEBUG SUPPORT ......................... 71
+x,y Peek Byte. Display the byte data content of the specified memory address: ..................................... 71
=x,y,z,w Poke memory. Replace the contents of the specified address with the specified data. .................. 71
-x,y Peek Word. Display the word contents of the specified address. ........................................................... 71
Bx,y Display Buffer..................................................................................................................................... 71
Cx,y,z Copy Buffers ................................................................................................................................... 71
Dx,y,z Display Memory.............................................................................................................................. 71
Px,y,zzww Set Buffer Pattern: .......................................................................................................................... 71
Rx Read system sectors information............................................................................................................. 72
Ux Spin-Up 72
Z Spin-Down. ............................................................................................................................................. 72
bx,y Set Baud Rate...................................................................................................................................... 72
dx,y Download code, used in conjunction with SDLD ............................................................................... 72
ex,y,z,w Serial flash access routines.............................................................................................................. 73
r,y,z Reserve tracks read ............................................................................................................................. 73
sx Seek to Physical Cyl (FULLSLIP).......................................................................................................... 73
tx,y,z Write to serial device .......................................................................................................................... 73
APPENDIX A: ERROR CODES............................................................................................. 74

APPENDIX B: SPECIAL AND RETRY DISPLAY CHARACTERS................................ 75

APPENDIX C: ONLINE COMMAND DISPLAY DESCRIPTIONS ................................ 76

STATISTICS DISPLAY DESCRIPTION(`) ............................................................................................... 76
MUX STATUS DISPLAY DESCRIPTION(%) ........................................................................................ 78
TRANSFER STATUS DISPLAY DESCRIPTION(‘) ............................................................................... 79
ACTIVE STATUS DISPLAY DESCRIPTION(.) ..................................................................................... 81
MACHINE STATUS DISPLAY DESCRIPTION(;) ................................................................................. 82
BUFFER ALLOCATION DISPLAY DESCRIPTION(?) ........................................................................ 83
HEALTH BITS DEFINITIONS: .................................................................................................................... 84
ERROR LOG DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................... 85
Header Format: ................................................................................................................................................ 85
Defect List Format: .......................................................................................................................................... 85

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ON-LINE COMMANDS
The On-Line commands may be initiated at any time. For the Interface-specific commands, the Interface
code must be present in the current memory map for successful execution; the General commands are always avail-
able.

Interface-Specific Commands
Command Description (AT)

^E Interface State: Error codes, Max C.H.S, Current transfer mode settings

^F Read Segment Record(s)

^G Write Queue

^I Controller Register Dump

^K Niwot RdWr State

^Q Resume after ^S (age 50 only)

^S Pause intf task and swap to diag monitor

^U Currently unused

^V Interface Command Echo and Activity Trace Toggle

^X Interface and Niwot Command History

^Y Display Raw SMART DST Values (for Serial Port running of DST)

‘~’ Interface Command State

General Commands
Command Description

^A Send Certification Code Rev

^B (Reserved for Servo Use)

^C Firmware Reset

^D, ^N Retry Activity Display Toggle. (See Appendix B. for Retry Display Characters.)

^L Display Sign-on Message, including firmware version. **

^O, ^] Advance Servo Tracing

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Online General Commands (Continued)
Command Description

^P Power Chop enable/disable toggle.

^Q Cert Display Debug enable/disable toggle ( not age 50 )

^R Restart the Diagnostic Monitor, load overlay from disc.

^T Restart testing at the current age.

^W Read/Write statistics gathering enable/disable toggle.

^Z Restart the Diagnostic Monitor, do not load overlay from disc

! Display Current R/W Channel Settings

% Show Mux Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)

‘ Display Transfer Status (See Appendix B Description)

. Display Active Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)

; Display Machine Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)

< Decrement read/write scope synchronization pulse position.

> Increment read/write scope synchronization pulse position.

? Show Buffer Allocation. ** (See Appendix B for Description)

^ Show Elapsed Time since start of cert test or last ^Z.

` Show Read/Write Statistics. (See Appendix B for Description)

{ (Reserved for Servo Diagnostic Use)

} (Reserved for Servo Diagnostic Use)

ESC Interrupt Loop, Batch file or SeaDex script execution.

** - Standardized and documented in Test Engineering’s Internal Reference Manual, “Microcode Command Set”.

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COMMON COMMANDS: (Available from All Levels except Level 8)
The Common Commands may be executed whenever the diagnostic monitor prompt is present and the
monitor is waiting for a command request, except at level 8. The level 8 commands take precedence over the com-
mon commands.

Command Description

/x Change Level to Diagnostic Monitor Level x.

CR Loop Break.

* Special Function for batch file:

*1 Pause batch file execution until input
*2,x Delay x milliseconds
*3,x Branch to Label x
*4,x Increment head and branch to Label x
*5 Clear monitor screen
*6 Stop on error
*7,x Load batch loop counter with x.
*8,x Decrement batch loop counter, Branch to Label x if 0.

@x Batch File Label.

During batch file entry, define this location as Label x.
x - Single digit numeric label specification.

| Batch file terminator

Terminates the entry of batch files.

+x,y Peek Byte. Display the byte data content of the specified memory address:
x - upper bits of a greater-than-16 bit address
y - lower 16 bits of a greater-than-16 bit address or the 16 bit address

=x,y,z Poke Byte. Replace the contents of the specified address with the specified data.
x - upper bits of a greater-than-16 bit address
y - lower 16 bits of a greater-than-16 bit address or the 16 bit address
z - byte data content to be written at the specified address.

-x,y Peek Word. Display the word contents of the specified address.
x - upper bits of >16 bit address
y - lower 16 bits of >16 bit address or the 16 bit address

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Command Description

Ax,y,z Set Test Space

x Bit Meanings:
Bit # If x = 1 If x = 0
7 Random Data Existing Buffer Data
6 Sequential Out Sequential In
5 Odd Cylinders All Cylinders
4 Even Cylinders All Cylinders
3 (unspecified) (unspecified)
2 Random Cylinder/Head Sequential Cylinder/Head
1 All Cylinders Current Cylinder
0 All Heads Current Head
Special Values
A8,y Set Minimum Cylinder to y >64k cyl compatible*
A9,y Set Maximum Cylinder to y >64k cyl compatible*
AA,y Set Maximum Head to y
AD Set Mins/Maxs to Defaults
A87 Sets random data, random cylinder, random head, all cyls & hds
AC7 Randomly select 80% Sequential In, 20% Random addresses
IF (Random_Start = TRUE
A,,z Select Random start and length
Bit0 set = random start sector
Bit1 set = random length
Bit0 set = Display above

Lx,y Loop. Causes the next command to repeat execution, subject to controls specified by x:
x Bit Meanings:
Bit # If = 1 If = 0
7 Looping active (internal use) Looping not active (internal use)
6 Looping primed (internal use) Looping not primed (internal use)
5 Stop on Error Code = y Do Loop Count (y<>0)
4 Inhibit Error Message on error Display Error Message on error
3 (unspecified) (unspecified)
2 Spin Down on Error Remain spinning on error
1 Stop on No Error
0 Continue on error Stop on error
y: Error Code to stop on (if Stop on Error Code is enabled.)
Loop Count (default is forever.)

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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LEVEL T COMMANDS: Cert Process / Test
Command Description

A Enable/Disable throttling of drive messaging.

Toggles the state of the drive messaging toggling. Power-up state is throttled - once
buffer is full, drive messaging system will wait for characters to be transmitted
before processing further output information

Bx,y Set Baud Rate

x = 0 Set baud rate to POR default, typically 9600
x = 1 Display supported baud rates in the format: =xxxx
x > 1 Set supported baud rate

Typical baud rates (xxxx leading zeros may be omitted)

x baud rate
1228 1,228,000
921 921,000
625 625,000
460 460,000
230 230,000
115 115,000
576 57,600
192 19,200
96 9,600
48 4,800
24 2,400

y - if entered y contains the delay time in milliseconds. Default is

do not wait for host to return CR, just set new baud rate. If y is entered
the code will check every millisecond up to y milliseconds for a carriage
return to be sent back from the host at the new baud rate. If no CR is seen the
drive will default back to 9600 baud.

*** C,,z Reset Certification Test. (available only when overlay is valid)
Resets health bits and sets age to 1. Clears Scratch Fill Done flag.
z - if z = 22h then reset certification test.
- if z <> 22 then ignore this command.

*** Dx,y,z Display Cert Logs sequentially from Log x. (available only when overlay is valid)
x - Log to start sequential display; if blank, display only logs of failed tests.
y - Displays only log entries with this error code
z - Special function:
= 40 - Enable fast dump capability for data cataloger capture. Inhibits time delay
between log dumps and enables fast, unformatted log dump.

Ex,y,z Display/Edit Cert Log(s)

See /2 E for further detail.

F Set Stuff
The Set Stuff data may be up to 512 characters long. The Set Stuff data format is de-
fined by the Seagate-Longmont ATA Vendor Specific Stuff document.

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Command Description

*** Hx,y,z Display/Reset Health Status Bits. (available only when overlay is valid)
x - (anything entered) - Display Current Health
- (nothing entered) - Display Accumulated Health
y - (not used)
z - if z = 22h then reset both current and accumulated health to 0000.
- if z <> 22 then ignore this command.

*** I,y,z Initialize System Region. (available only when overlay and cert table are valid)
Performs all necessary calibrations, formatting and flaw-mapping of the system region
to prepare it to receive the Overlay and to prepare for the Certification Tests.
y - if entered then retrieve SN from the GC
z - if z = 22h then initialize the system region.
- if z <> 22 then ignore this command.

Jx,y Set Scope Sync from Cert Log entries:

See /2 E for further detail.

K Download Congen file.

Nx,y,z Set Drive Age to x.

y - RdWrFeatures word (if specified).
z – if z = 22h, set age to x and/or RdWr Features to y, otherwise do nothing.

R Read System Sector into System RAM

S Check User Slip List for empty or unordered slip list

Tx Run Factory Test x

*** Vx,y Display Defect List(s) to screen and add to active log
(available only when overlay is valid)
x - bit select for list to display/add
bit 0 set, display user track slip list (DEFAULT)
bit 1 set, display reserved track slip list
bit 2 set, display alt list
bits may be combined to initialize more than one list
i.e. 1 for user list, 7 for all three lists or any combination in between
y - If entered display/add only defects for head X

Wx,y,z Save System RAM into System Sector.

If age <> 60 then x,y,z is not used.
If age == 60 then
x - (not used)
y - (not used)
z - if z = 22h then save adaptives to disc
- if z <> 22 then ignore this command.

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Command Description

Yx,y Set Drive Type

x - New Drive Type
(See ‘Drive Type Word Specification’ for content definition.)
y - If entered then do packwriter version of change type command (not try to read
from or write to disc). Default is to save the drive type to system tracks,
unless the drive cannot read or write to the system area.

a Drive messaging pause toggle switch

Toggles whether the drive messaging system will pause for the host when the output
buffer becomes full or simply overwrite old data

b,,z Initialize the overlay area of the disc

This command initializes that part of the system area that is used to store overlays.
z – only do initialize if z = 22h

c Write overlays to the disc

This writes all downloaded overlays (see Level T d command) to the disc. This should be
used only after Test 2 has been run. If overlays are downloaded and then Test 2 is run,
Test 2 will automatically write any available overlays to the disc at the very end of the
test.

dx,y,z Download Cert Code (for automated use only).

x – buffer number to download to
y - blocksize, where:0 = 512
1 = 1024
2 = 2048
3 = 4096
z - 1 = Suppress spinup after download

This does not write the cert code to the disc. A level T w command must be issued to write
the cert code to disc.

ex,y Download overlay (for automated use only)

x - Unique overlay number
y - Any non-zero value indicates that the overlay is immediately executable
(i.e. without reading from the disc)

f Burn new serial flash code that is already downloaded to the buffer and transition to it.
Assumes that the code is already downloaded to buffer 0x400

gx,y,z Call overlay function

This command calls a specified overlay function. See the Overlay Specifications for more
information
x - Specifies the Overlay Function ID
y - Specifies the 16K page for the Overlay Function Parameter value
z - Specifies the page offset for the Overlay Function Parameter value

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Command Description

h Download cert table (for automated use only)

This command downloads the cert tables to the drive. For more information see the Cert
Table interface document

*** ix,y,z Initialize/Reset Defect List(s) (available only when overlay is valid)
x - bit select for list to initialize
bit 0 set, initialize user track slip list
bit 1 set, initialize reserved track slip list
bit 2 set, initialize alt list
bits may be combined to initialize more than one list
i.e. 1 for user list, 7 for all three lists or any combination in between
y - If entered save list to disc after initialization
z - if z = 22 Allow initialization
<>22 Disallow initialization; ignore this command.

*** j Download SeaDex script (for automated use only) (available only when overlay is valid)
This command downloads the SeaDex script to the drive. This does not write the cert
code to the disc. A level T w command must be issued to write the script to disc.

kx,y,z Initialize what head to depop

x head number to depop ( cannot be head 0 )
0xff will reset the depop head map
y drive type the new depop config will be
z second head to depop if needed.

*** lx Initialize and write zone buffers in the overlay to RAM

(available only when overlay is valid)
x
01 – copy the overlay zone table to RAM
02 – regenerate the PBA zone table
04 – set the adaptive in ram based on the zone table
08 – run the VCO cal
10 – Save it to disc

*** m,,z Defect Map System Area (available only when overlay is valid)
This command does write/read on system area and slips bad sectors.
z - if z = 22 Allow defect mapping of system area
- if z <> 22 ignore this command.

r Reload Cert from Disc and report version number

*** sx,y,z Save Defect List(s) (available only when overlay is valid)
x - bit select for list to initialize
bit 0 set, save user track slip list
bit 1 set, save reserved track slip list
bits may be combined to save more than one list
i.e. 1 for user list, 7 for all three lists or any combination in between
y - ignored
z - if z = 22 Allow save of defect lists
- if z <> 22 Disallow save; ignore this command.

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Level T (Continued)
Command Description

wx,y Write (Save) Overlay code to Disc (for automated use only).
x a bit field for saving code modules to disc (same as level 1 ‘d’)
- if x is entered and = 1 then save cert code only to the disc
- if x is entered and = 2 then save cert tables only to the disc
- if x is entered and = 4 then save application code only to the disc
- if x is entered and = 8 then save SeaDex script only to the disc
other values for x are treated as a bit field to select which of above to save
- if x is not entered then save all to the disc
y buffer number to download from

*** xll,ss,nn Page Log To Host (available only when overlay is valid)
This command will page the log to the host in DC FORMAT, i.e. raw data. This command
will work for ASCII, Active, and Byte Offset log types (1,2,4). The header and DC
FORMAT message will only be displayed if buffer 0 is requested.
ll - log number to page to host
ss - starting buffer offset into log (start at beginning of buffer ss)
nn - number of buffers to display (end at end of buffer ss + nn)
example usage:
x36,0,1 - display log 36 starting at buffer 0, ending at the end of buffer 0 (display only
buffer 0 starting at the first entry after the header, which is 1F0(h) bytes. Because it re-
quests buffer 0 it will display the log header and the DC FORMAT message if it is not
an ASCII log.
x36,16,32 - display log 36 starting at buffer 16, ending at the end of buffer 48. Because it
does not request buffer 0, no header will be displayed, nor will DC FORMAT be dis-
played and it will send a full 6400(h) bytes (200 * 32)

#,,z Enter HDA Serial Number.

The S/N may be up to 8 A/N characters long, left justified, and right padded with
spaces until string length is 8 characters.
z must be 22h to change S/N.

$ Enter PCBA Serial Number.

The S/N may be up to 12 A/N characters long, left justified, and right padded
with spaces until string length is 12 characters.

[x,y ASCII Log Control:

x = 9 Record line to end of line until Enter is hit
= A Enables ASCII logging
= B Disables ASCII logging
= C Write ASCII Log to log y
= D Displays ASCII log
= E Append to ASCII log
= F,1 Enable hotkey logging
= F Disable hotkey logging

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LEVEL ONE COMMANDS: Memory Manipulation Commands
Command Description

Bx,y Buffer Display

See /2 B for further detail.

Dx,y,z Display Memory.

Displays 256 bytes of memory starting at address xy.
x - upper bits of >16 bit address
y - lower 16 bits of >16 bit address or the 16 bit address
z - high-light bytes matching this value.

F Enable Forced Write Bit

This command sets a R/W bit that force (allow) a write when the adaptives are not loaded.
The bit will remain set until a load of the adaptives fails in which event it will be cleared.
Use this to turn off error code 33.

M Show Flash ROM Information

Show Flash ROM Device Code, Manufacturer Code, User Default Algorithm Selector
Word (ASW), and Fallback Default ASW. (Flash ROM implementations only.)

Nx,y,z SMART Serial Port Control

x - Level 1 N Subcommand
= 00 - Toggle SMART on/off
= 01 - Initializes the SMART statistics data, both in RAM and on the SMART system
sectors of the disc.
= 02 - Update SMART Attributes
= 03 - Set/Clear Specified Pre-Failure Warranty Bit
y - number of the Attribute to change
z - new boolean value for the bit
= 04 – Same as 01 – Initialize SMART
= 05 - Dump SMART Attributes to Serial Port
= 06 - Dump SMART Thresholds to Serial Port
= 07 - Dump G-List to Serial Port
= 08 - Dump Critical Event Log to Serial Port
= 09 – Dump Pending List to Serial Port
= 0B - Start Short DST after next Power-Up or ^T
= 0C - Start Long DST after next Power-Up or ^T
= 10 – Dump 2 hr log to Serial Port

P Display PCBA Information

Displays the PCBA information stored in the ROM

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Command Description

Sx,y,z Edit Memory Byte.

x - upper bits of >16 bit address
y - lower 16 bits of >16 bit address or the 16 bit address
z - new data value to be inserted (low byte for U and S, word for m)
The uP will continue to read the memory byte and will update the display if the byte
changes.
After entering desired edit value, the following actions may be taken:
DEL - Re-edit same byte
CR(^M) - Close out and exit
LF(^J) - Edit the next sequential location

Ux,y,z Edit Buffer Byte.

This is the same command as S except the Buffer Memory is edited.

*** Yx Converts desired cylinder number to gray code and display the result.
>64k cyl compatible*
(available only when overlay is valid)
See /3 G for further detail.

*** cx,y,z Compare Buffers (available only when overlay is valid)

x - Source buffer (default is first read buffer)
y - Reference buffer to compare against (default is first write buffer)
z - Number of buffers to compare (default is one)

dx Clear overlay code from disc (for automated use only).

x a bit field for clearing code modules (same as level T ‘w’)
- if x is entered and = 1 then clear cert code only from the disc
- if x is entered and = 2 then clear cert tables only from the disc
- if x is entered and = 4 then clear application code only from the disc
- if x is entered and = 8 then clear SeaDex script only from the disc
other values for x are treated as a bit field to select which of above to clear
- if x is not entered then clear all four from disc

mx,y,z Edit memory word. Operates same as level 1 ‘S’ command, except operates on words.

r Read cert code from disc.

s Send Drive Information.

t Read cert table from disc.

u Read SeaDex script from disc.

*** yx Converts desired gray code to a cylinder number and displays the result.
(available only when overlay is valid)
See /3 g for further detail.

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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LEVEL TWO COMMANDS: Niwot Read/Write Commands
Command Description

Bx,y Display Buffer

x - 512 byte buffer number
y - buffer number for Data match.
If x is a read buffer and y is not entered, data matching the corresponding
write buffer location is low-lighted; non matches are high-lighted.

Cx,y,z Copy Buffers

x - Source buffer for the data.
y - Destination buffer of the data.
z - number of 512 byte buffers to copy (1 is default)

Ex,y,z Display/Edit Cert Log(s)

x - Log number to display.
- If no entry, Display Active Log
- if x = 0 Clear Active Log
- if x <> 0 Display Log x
y - Displays only log entries which have Error Code y.
If y = AA, enables Write in Special Log Controls z (if applicable).
z - Special Log Controls:
- z = 04 Show number of empty bytes at the end of the log x
This does not display the log, it only prints the message “01234567
empty bytes in log x”. The number of bytes is a hex value.
- z = 08 Clear and insert ASCII characters from serial port into ASCII log.
When CR is entered, save to Log x and close ASCII Log.
Note: y must be AA
- z = 10 Append characters from serial port to ASCII Log x. Close on receipt
of CR.
- z = 20 Write Active Log to Log x.
Note: y must be AA
- z = 40 Enable fast dump capability for data cataloger capture. Inhibits
time delay between log dumps and enables fast, unformatted log dump.
- z = 80 Display address of Log x (Formerly z = FF)

Fx,y,z,a Modify Track Defect List

a - parm 1 if entered is to be interpreted as physical sector, not logical sec-
tor
F - Format Track
Fx,,,a - Format Sector x, set good sector flags, if a entered then format logical
sector x, else format physical sector x.
Fx,A,,a - Format Sector x, assigning an alternate for sector x, if a entered then
format logical sector x, else format physical sector x.
Fx,B,,a - Format Sector x, set Bad Sector flag for sector x, if a entered then for-
mat logical sector x, else format physical sector x.
Fx,D,,a - Format Track with Sector x slipped, if a entered then format logical
sector x, else format physical sector x. (USER TRACKS ONLY)
Fx,E,,a - Format Track with Sector x slipped, if a entered then format logical
sector x, else format physical sector x. (SYSTEM TRACKS ONLY)
Fx,F,,a - Format Sector x, unassigning any existing alternate for Sector x, if a
entered then format logical sector x, else format physical sector x.
*NOTE* -Sectors for F command(x) are logical sectors.

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Command Description

Gx,y,z,a,b,c MRT Test (available only when overlay is valid)

This routine executes commands need to do the Manufacturing Reliability Testing (T61-
63).
All reads and writes are executed with AT retries. If the command fails and is a read
command then it is retried with full retries. If the sector in error can be read with full re-
tries it is added to the active log. If slipping EC53's is enabled then the sector is added to
the user slip list. If the error cannot be read with full retries the sector in error is added to
the active log with error code from the read. If slipping EC43's is enabled then the sector is
added to the user slip list. Write errors are not retried and added to list with error code
from the write command. This command gives the option of doing a read or a write, doing
a forever or one track at at time, and sequential or random mode. If sequential mode is se-
lected then the count is passed in also. This command also offers the option to check the
elapsed time since CTRLZ was issued, the option to check the number of defects dynami-
cally slipped and set health if greater than the limit passed in, and the ability to do a spin
down, wait for num seconds passed in, spin up, and wait again for num seconds. Flags can
be passed in to slip EC43's, slip EC53's, set health for an EC43, and set health for an
EC53. An error code 53 is defined as an error that can fails a read with AT level retries,
but passes with full retries. An error code 43 is defined as a read that fails with both AT
level retries and full retries.

x - Read/write option bit

if bit 0 set (01) then do read
if bit 1 set (02) then do write
if bit 2 set (04) then do forever mode, else do one track at a time
if bit 3 set (08) then do random mode, else sequential mode
if both bit 2 and bit 3 are set then drive will do forever mode
default is bit 0,1 set, bit 2,3 clear ( do sequential write/read )
y - Dynamic slip flags
if bit 0 set (01) then slip soft errors, clear = don't slip soft errors
if bit 1 set (02) then slip hard errors, clear = don't slip hard errors
if bit 2 set (04) then set health for any soft error
if bit 3 set (08) then set health for any hard error
default is bit 0 and bit 1 set ( slip hard and soft errors )
z - Number of random writes/read desired in hexadecimal if one track mode se-
lected in x. If not in one track mode then z = hexadecimal time in minutes to stop
test at.
default is 8000 hex
a - Elapsed time limit in hexadecimal minutes. If a is entered the routine will only
check the elapsed time and set R2 = CERTTESTPASSEDCODE if time has ex-
pired, which will cause the test to exit, otherwise set R2 = 0. If in serial port
mode you can use a batchfile *6 to exit the batch file when time has expired.
b - Limit of errors of type c for the test. The routine will only check if the number of er-
rors is greater than Parm 5 entered, the rwhlth will be set if limit is ex-
ceeded, and the routine will return. For example, if DiagParm5 = 6 then
6 defects will pass, 7 will fail
The number reported back will only be accurate if the slipping of
EC43's or EC53's was enabled in previous MRT testing.
c - The error code to check the limit for in b
default if b entered and c is not is to check for EC43.
If no parms are entered then do a single, random, 1 track read, slip 43's and 53's.

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Command Description

Hx Select Head
x - Physical Head to Select
if x not entered, advance to next head

Ix,y,z Display/Modify Adaptive Settings.

See /7 I for further detail.

Jx,y Scope Sync from Log.

x - cert log number to take entries from
- Default: use Active Log
y - sync only on entries with this error code.

Kx,y Set Tracking Offset

x - signed, 16 bit integer in units of 265/band (band = 2/3 track). Default = 0.
y - 0 = x is temporary offset and is cleared with next seek.
Default = temporary.
- 1 = x is persistent offset and is cleared on power cycle or servo cal.

Mx,y,z,w Quick Margin Test.

See /7 M for further detail.

Nx Adaptive Test for all Heads in Specified Zone

See /7 N for further detail.

Ox,y,z Seek-Seek on current head:

>64k cyl compatible*
x - Cylinder to seek from/to. Default is MinCyl
y - Cylinder to seek to/from. Default is MaxCyl
z - Number of seeks to perform. Default: 1 seek-seek

Px,y,zzww Set Buffer Pattern:

x - Pattern to write into buffer.
- Default pattern = random data
- 1111 = incrementing pattern
- 1212 = random pattern
- 1313 = alternating pattern
- 1414 = Isolated pulse pattern
- 32 bits of Ones
- 32 bits of Zeroes
ELSE: Pattern bits 0-15 (as needed to support the pattern repeat length).
y - Pattern bits 16-31 (as needed to support the pattern repeat length).
z - Length (in bits) of repeat pattern on non-random data. Default = 20h (32d)
w - Buffer number (no entry => entire Write Buffer)

Qx,y,,a Write/Read/Read Data.

x - Start sector number (default = logical sector 0)
y - Number of sectors to transfer (limited to # sectors remaining on track).
Default: Number of sectors remaining on track.
a - if a entered then x is logical sector , else x is physical sector.

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Command Description

Rx,y,z,a Read Data.

x - Start sector number (default = logical sector 0)
y - Number of sectors to read . Default: Number of user sectors on this track.
z - Enable Dynamic Sparing if entered. Default: Dynamic Sparing disabled.
Dynamic sparing can only be invoked if drive has interface code active
and if the diagnostic monitor has been entered by doing a control Z or a
control R from the interface. If active the read command does the read as
normal, but with retires set to AT defaults ( 9F75.23.40). If an error is
encountered during the read command then AT dynamic sparing code is
invoked and the return condition is logged in certification log 6C as well
as the active error log. The AT dynamic sparing code retries the com-
mand with full retries, and if it fails it is logged as the error code it failed
with. If the command passes with full retries then the AT code does a
mini certification on the sector in question. If the mini cert passes then
the error is logged as a questionable error (4A) and no further action is
taken. If the mini cert fails then the sector is alted and logged as a dy-
namic spare (4D).
a - if a entered then x is logical sector , else x is physical sector.

Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head.

x - Cylinder number >64k cyl compatible*
y - Desired destination head. If the most significant bit is set, the command will
seek to the physical cylinder number specified in the first parameter; else, the
seek will be to the logical cylinder
z - Track follow offset. Signed 16 bit integer

*** Tx,y,z Measure Throughput. (available only when overlay is valid)

x Throughput flag
X Bit Meanings:
Bit # If = 1 If = 0
15 Write transfer rate Read transfer rate
14 Full pack (else)
13 All zones Single zone
12-0 Zone number

y - Bits 15-8 minimum cylinder skew

- Bits 7-0 minimum head skew
Default: CYL_SKEW and HEAD_SKEW from system.inc

z - Bits 15-8 maximum cylinder skew

- Bits 7-0 maximum head skew
Default: CYL_SKEW and HEAD_SKEW from system.inc

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Level Two (Continued)
Command Description

Ux,y Spin-Up
x - spin up options flag
- not entered: Normal spin-up until drive ready
- 0 spin up with no hold states
- 1 advance hold state
- 2 release all hold states
- 3 hold in warm up state
- 4 hold in buzz state
- 5 hold in pre-lock state
- 6 hold in lock state
- all others = no hold state change
y - Head number to use to go active.

*** Vx,y,z Read/Compare against corresponding write buffer.

(available only when overlay is valid)
x - Starting sector on each track (default 00)
y - Number of sectors to read (default is number remaining on track).
z - Buffer to compare data against. Default: first Write Buffer.
NOTE: If y > 10 or not entered only last 10 sectors read are compared with data in corre-
sponding write buffers.

Wx,y,z,a Write Data.

x - Starting sector on each track (default is logical sector 0)
y - Number of sectors to write (default is number of user sectors on this track)
z - Enable Dynamic Sparing if entered. Default: Dynamic Sparing disabled.
Dynamic sparing can only be invoked if drive has interface code active and if the diag-
nostic monitor has been entered by doing a control Z or a control R from
the interface. If active the read command does the read as normal,
but with retires set to AT defaults ( 9F75.23.40). If an error is encoun-
tered during the read command then AT dynamic sparing code is in-
voked and the return condition is logged in certification log 6C
as well as the active error log. The AT dynamic sparing code retries the
command with full retries, and if it fails it is logged as the error code it
failed with. If the command passes with full retries then the AT code
does a mini certification on the sector in question. If the mini cert passes
then the error is logged as a questionable error (4A) and no further ac-
tion is taken. If the mini cert fails then the sector is alted and logged as a
dynamic spare (4D).
a - if a entered then x is logical sector , else x is physical sector.

*** Xx,y,z Display Data IDs on current track. (available only when overlay is valid)
>64k cyl compatible*
x - Physical Cylinder address. Default: Current physical cylinder.
y - Physical Head address. Default: Current Physical head.
z - Logical sector to display ID from. Default: Entire track’s headers.

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Command Description

Yx,y,zzaa,b Show/Set Retry Controls

x (not entered) - Show current settings

Bit # Bit #
(if 1) Meaning (if 1) Meaning
15 Erasure Pointer Retry Enable 7 MR Bias Retry Enable
14 Thermal Asperity Retry Enable 6 Boost Retry Enable
13 PLL Bandwidth Adjust Enable 5 Servo Threshold Retry Enable
12 Offtrack Read Retry Enable 4 Runout Comp Recal Enable
11 Early Read Retry Enable 3 Max ECC Retry Enable
10 Head Sw/Seek Away Enable 2 ECC Level Control Bit 2
9 Channel Reload Retry Enable 1 ECC Level Control Bit 1
8 VCO Recal Retry Enable 0 ECC Level Control Bit 0

y - data retry count

zz - ID retry count (updated only when not 0)
aa - write retry count
b -if entered then set retries to AT level retries
NOTE - if b is entered it overrides x,y,z,a

Z Spin-Down.

*** cx,y,z Compare Buffers (available only when overlay is valid)

x - Source buffer (default is first read buffer)
y - Reference buffer to compare against (default is first write buffer)
z - Number of buffers to compare (default is 1)

*** dx,y,z,a Re-assign Errors from Log. (available only when overlay is valid)
x -if entered don't display messages to screen, else display messages
y -if entered assign from display log, else from active log
z -Hit Count Minimum for reassign (default is 3)
a -if entered slip error code 50's, else don't slip 50's

*** ex,y Save Log to Cert Log y. (available only when overlay is valid)
x - Source Log type: 1 = ASCII log, 2 = Active Log (data sector format),
4 = Active log (byte offset format)
NOTE: since display log and active log share same buffer space the dis-
play log can be saved to log y if it was read into the buffer with the pre-
vious command. The following keystrokes would read log 30 and save it
to log 60.
/2
2>E30
2>e2,60
y - Destination Cert Log number

*** fx,y,z Wedge Defect Map Current Track (available only when overlay is valid)
x - if entered
x = 1 to do wedge read only
x = 0 to do wedge write only
y -loop count (default is 1)
z -if entered then use current pattern, else use 4T pattern

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Command Description

*** gx,y Slip Servo Wedge (available only when overlay is valid)
x - servo wedge to slip
y - # of servo wedges to slip

*** hx Translate Physical sector to Logical sector.

(available only when overlay is valid)
x - Physical sector number of current track to translate to Logical sector number.

*** ix,y Show Track Defect List in Active Log .

(available only when overlay is valid) >64k cyl compatible*
x - Logical Cylinder Address. Default: Current logical cylinder.
y - Physical Head address. Default: Current Physical head.

*** j,y Read Wedge

(available only when overlay is valid) >64k cyl compatible*
y - if entered, read only one track, else read all tracks sequentially.
- if not entered, wedge read whole pack, scanning for servo errors, applying Zap
and skipping cylinders as required.

*** lx Translate Logical sector to Physical sector.

(available only when overlay is valid)
x - Logical sector number of current track to translate to Physical sector number.

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Level Two (Continued)
Command Description
px Full Pack Read Or Write (available only when overlay is valid)
Read or Write entire pack using infinite read/write with option for display BER by zone,
and / or throughput profile. If throughput profile is enabled, that profile can optionally be
evaluated to predict whether or not the drive will pass Apple Computer’s “Blue Nun” test.
x Mode flags
x Bit Meanings:
Bit # If = 1 If = 0
6 If write error, then retry with full retries. Set If write error, then log it and set health if bit 4
health only if hard error repeats and bit 4 is set. is set.
5 Predict if drive will fail Apple Computer’s Do not evaluate Blue Nun criteria
“Blue Nun” test. This bit is only valid if
throughput profiling (bit 1) is enabled. Through-
put sections which would fail Blue Nun are
flagged with an asterisk (*). Blue Nun failure is
defined as 5 or more regions within 1010 bits
which exhibit throughput degradation of 20% or
greater.
4 Set health 2000 if any hard error Do not set health bits for hard errors
3 After full pack read or write is complete, display Do not show log of hard errors after command
a log of all hard errors. complete (errors will still be present in the ac-
tive log, they just won’t be displayed automati-
cally).
2 Write the pack Read the pack
1 Show throughput profile for drive. The drive is Do not show the throughput profile of the
divided into approximately 1000 regions. At the drive.
end of reading or writing each region, the num-
ber of revs taken to write/read that region is
compared against a prediction. If the number of
revs exceeds the prediction, a line of data is out-
put with the starting track of the region, end
track, number of extra revs taken, and the per-
cent degradation this throughput drop represents.
If Blue Nun evaluation is enabled (bit 5), then an
asterisk (*) will be displayed at the end of any
line representing a Blue Nun failure.
0 At conclusion of the full pack read or write, dis- Do not show zone BER statistics
play the BER statistics for each zone. (See ap-
pendix « Statistics Display Description »)

rx,y,z,a Read Long from current track

x - Sector to read (including ECC Syndrome bytes)
y - if x not entered then y is sector to read on the current track.
**This is the only command that will allow specific track reads in the system area
of drive.
z - if y is entered then z is the number of sectors to READ on the current track
a - if a is entered and x is entered then x is logical sector , else x is physical sector
(USER TRACKS ONLY).
To read a system track the format is r,x,y where x is the sector to read and y is the length
(physical sector = logical sector on system tracks).
To read long a user track the format is rx,,,a where x is the sector to read, if a is entered
then x is physical sector, else x is logical sector.

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Command Description

sx,y,z Seek to Physical Cyl/Head.

>64k cyl compatible*
x - Physical Cylinder number
y - Physical head.
z - Track follow offset. Signed 16 bit integer

*** tc,hhss,o Translate Physical Cylinder, Servo Sector, Byte offset to LPL
(available only when overlay is valid)
>64k cyl compatible*

c - Physical Cylinder number

hh - Physical Head
ss - Servo Sector
oooo - Byte offset from ServoSector

ux,y,z Enable display of channel and preamp registers during retry.

>Under Flag in code. For debug only.
x - beginning retry to display regs.
- 0 or not entered disable display
y - ending retry to display regs
- 0 or not entered only display for beginning retry.
z - Display registers after Untweak reties.
- 0 or not entered no display after Untweak.

wx Write Long to current track

x - Sector to write (including ECC Syndrome bytes)
y - if x not entered then y is sector to write on the current track.
This is the only command that will allow specific track writes in the system area
of drive.
NOTE: use of this command with this parameter could render
drive inoperable
z - if y is entered then z is the number of sectors to write on the current track
a - if a is entered and x is entered then x is logical sector , else x is physical sector
(USER TRACKS ONLY).
To write a system track the format is w,x,y where x is the sector to write and y is the
length (physical sector = logical sector on system tracks).
To write long a user track the format is wx,,,a where x is the sector to write, if a is en-
tered then x is physical sector, else x is logical sector.

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* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Level Two (Continued)
Command Description

x Show Zone Boundaries and system cylinders as well as the last LBA of the drive
output formatted as follows:
ZoneX: start cyl – end cyl sectors per track(decimal) NRZ data rate

Example
Zone 0: 0006 - 0B4F 800 389.020
Zone 1: 0B50 - 161B 785 382.415
Zone 2: 161C - 25B5 768 367.059
Zone 3: 25B6 - 314F 729 355.294
Zone 4: 3150 - 3B07 704 342.588
Zone 5: 3B08 - 4622 672 325.378
Zone 6: 4623 - 4F15 640 311.634
Zone 7: 4F16 - 55ED 614 301.176
Zone 8: 55EE - 5AD9 595 292.318
Zone 9: 5ADA - 6272 576 276.706
Zone A: 6273 - 6965 537 265.412
Zone B: 6966 - 6FBC 512 251.641
Zone C: 6FBD - 72C8 493 244.706
Sys= 42FD-4323 02C3 SPTK on sys trks
Total LBAs = 0130216B

Output format for drives with >64k cylinders:

Zone 00: 00018 00BE8 1100 (044C) 683.439
Zone 01: 00BE9 027FE 1056 (0420) 666.63
Zone 02: 027FF 04707 1026 (0402) 646.275
Zone 03: 04708 06CA3 990 (03DE) 622.431
Zone 04: 06CA4 08B66 953 (03B9) 602.353
Zone 05: 08B67 0A479 916 (0394) 580.392
Zone 06: 0A47A 0C405 880 (0370) 545.882
Zone 07: 0C406 0D99A 836 (0344) 527.59
Zone 08: 0D99B 0ECD9 806 (0326) 506.144
Zone 09: 0ECDA 10337 770 (0302) 480.724
Zone 0A: 10338 11397 733 (02DD) 461.672
Zone 0B: 11398 12854 691 (02B3) 437.423
Zone 0C: 12855 13F38 660 (0294) 410.353
Zone 0D: 13F39 14AE7 623 (026F) 396.401
Zone 0E: 14AE8 155D6 605 (025D) 383.316
Zone 0F: 155D7 16358 572 (023C) 363.922
Sys= 0F68E-0F70D 0280 SPTK on sys trks
Total LBAs = 04A96402

yx,z Set Direct Write Mode

x - Ignore track IDs
z - Ignore 16/17 encoder
No Parms to re-enable track Ids and 16/17 encoder

*** z,y Write Wedge

(available only when overlay is valid) >64k cyl compatible*
y - if entered, write only one track, else read all tracks sequentially.
- if not entered, wedge write whole pack, scanning for servo errors, applying Zap
and skipping cylinders as required.

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* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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LEVEL THREE COMMANDS: Servo Seeking Commands
Command Description

Cx,y Acceleration Constant Measurement Test

>64k cyl compatible*
x - ID cylinder limit for test Note: x > y
y - OD cylinder limit for test

Dx,y,z,a,b,c Seek Access Times

>64k cyl compatible*
x- If set and != 0, specifies length of seek to perform
If set and 0, do random access test.
y- If set, do write (slow) settles, else do read (fast) settles
z- If set, specifies loop count (number of seeks to perform),
else default loop count is used.
a- If set, do random access test on all heads.
b- If set, do the seek length tests on head 0 only.
c- If set, record and display a histogram for each seek length test that
Shows distribution of the number of servo bursts needed for each seek.

Ex,y,z Display/Edit Certification Test Log(s)

See /2 E for further detail.

*** Gx Translate Hex Cylinder to Gray Code (available only when overlay is valid)
x - Cylinder number to translate to Gray

Hx Head Select
x - head to select

*** Jx Head Switch Offsets (available only when overlay is valid)

>64k cyl compatible*
x - Desired Logical Cylinder (available only when overlay is valid).

*** Mx,y Actuator Open-loop Move (available only when overlay is valid)
x - DAC output value
y - DAC control value (Drive specific)

Ox,y,z Seek-Seek on current head:

See /2 O for further detail.

Px,y,z Position Error Display

x - 1 Do continuous loop
- 8 Switch head ¼ the way through the display
y - Desired disturbance level
z - Desired starting servo burst number (from Index)

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Command Description

Qxx,yy Certification Write/Read.

xx - Start sector # on each track
Default: Sector 000
y - Number of sectors to transfer (limited to # sectors remaining on track).
Default: Remainder of track

*** Rx,y,z Read Grey Code (available only when overlay is valid)
x = 0: Read one burst
<>0: Read full track
y - Desired logical cylinder number (Default: current cylinder)
z - Burst Number (Default: Burst 00)

Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head.

>64k cyl compatible*
See /2 S for further detail.

T Servo Transducer Calibrations

Ux Spin-Up
See /2 U for further detail.

Vx,y,z Read GC123 registers (available only when overlay is valid)

x = register number to read or write
y = value to write (needed only on writes)
z = 1 (key needed only on writes)

*** W Read physical Grey Code (available only when overlay is valid)

*** Y Hysteresis (available only when overlay is valid)

Performs Hysteresis test across the entire pack and displays the results graphically. In
addition the inward seek integrator value is plotted.
* = Hysteresis value
o = -Integrator value
x = +Integrator value
Note: Integrator values are scaled , /4 .

Z Spin-Down

*** c Test Air Latch Closed (available only when overlay is valid)
Tests the air latch is closing properly when the drive is spinning down,.

*** gx Translate Gray to Hex (available only when overlay is valid)

x - Gray code value to translate to Cylinder number

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Command Description

jx,y,z Ramp Test. (Ramp Load drives only – currently Saturn)

Performs x ramp load/unload operations. After each load operation, the unload current
and VBEMF calibration time are displayed. The unload current is in units of mA, while
the VBEMF calibration time is in units of approximately 700µS. At the conclusion of x
load/unload operations, a table is displayed showing the minimum, maximum, and average
values of the unload current and VBEMF calibration time.
x - Number of times to repeat ramp load/unload
y - Time, in milliseconds, to delay after each ramp operation (default = 2000mS)
z - 0 = Show results
non-0 = Suppress results (nothing displayed)

k Measure Head Position

*** m Servo Actuator Geometry Test for MDW (available only when overlay is valid)
Compares the Actuator Sweep Geometry between the MDW writer actuator arm and the
actuator arm in the hard drive.

*** o Test Air Latch Open (available only when overlay is valid)
Tests the air latch is opening properly when the drive is spinning at 87hz.

*** px,y Translate Physical sector to Logical sector. (available only when overlay is valid)
See /2 h for further detail.

*** qx,y Translate Logical sector to Physical sector. (available only when overlay is valid)
See /2 l for further detail.

sx,y,z Seek to Physical Cyl/Head.

>64k cyl compatible*
x - Cylinder number
y - Desired destination head. If the most significant bit is set, the command will
seek to the physical cylinder number specified in the first parameter; else, the
seek will be to the logical cylinder
z - Track follow offset. Signed 16 bit integer

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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LEVEL FOUR COMMANDS: Servo Tracking Commands
Command Description

Cxxyy,z,a,b Tracking Test. (available only when overlay is valid)

Checks the current track for missing sector marks, bad gray codes, position errors
greater than the test threshold, and position errors greater than the write threshold.

Default for Level 4 'C' command without sending any parameters is to perform the
Pre ZAP Scan followed by RRO ZAP followed by Post ZAP Scan on the current track.

x - Digital servo threshold (always 0 for Napa)

y - Test threshold setting if non-zero
z - Position settle delay, if non-zero
a - If Valid,
- Bits 15-8 - Loop count for each track
- Bit 7 - Run Post ZAP Scan.
- Bit 6 - Run Read Position Scan.
- Bits 0-5 - Zap enable flag (if non-zero)
b - Parm4, if sent overrides Parm3 control bits
- If bit 0 (1) is set - Run Pre ZAP Scan as called in cert.
- If bit 1 (2) is set - Run RROZAP test as called in cert.
- If bit 2 (4) is set - Run Post ZAP Scan as called in cert
- If bit 3 (8) is set - Run Read Position Scan as called in cert.
- If bit 7 (80) is set - Display ZapTable after running command.

Dx,y,z,a,b,c Seek Access Times

>64k cyl compatible*
x- If set and != 0, specifies length of seek to perform
If set and 0, do random access test.
y- If set, do write (slow) settles, else do read (fast) settles
z- If set, specifies loop count (number of seeks to perform),
else default loop count is used.
a- If set, do random access test on all heads.
b- If set, do the seek length tests on head 0 only.
c- If set, record and display a histogram for each seek length test that
Shows distribution of the number of servo bursts needed for each seek.

Ex,y,z Display Active Log.

See /2 E for further detail.

*** Gx Set Tracking/Seek Gain (available only when overlay is valid)

x - Tracking gain value to set (default is to display current gain).

Hx Select Head x

*** Ix,y,z Head Stability Test for Heads (default is All Heads) (available only when overlay is valid)
>64k cyl compatible*
x - disturbance in DAC bits (default 40h)
y - Test Cylinder (default is first user cyl )
z - The Gain increment (default = 666h)
Display is the average of 160d iterations

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Command Description

Kx Servo Offset
See /2 K for further detail.

*** Mx,y Actuator Open-loop Move (available only when overlay is valid)
x - DAC output value
y - DAC control value (Drive specific)

Nx Napa Servo Adaptive Test for all Heads in Specified Zone

x - Zone in which to perform the test

O Show MR Head Offset (for current head).

Px,y,z Position Error Display for current track.

See /3 P for further detail.

Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head

>64k cyl compatible*
See /2 S for further detail.

Tx,y,z Napa Servo Adaptive Test at the Specified Track

x - Zone number
y - Head number
z - Logical Cylinder number
No default parameters, the user must pass the zone, head, and cylinder numbers.

*** W Read physical Grey Code (available only when overlay is valid)

Xx Display 1 rev of servo burst information for current track

x ---starting sector, default is 0
display format:
Sctr xx Pfx xx Gry xxxx A xxxx B xxxx C xxxx D xxxx Xpred xx Xabs xx (*)
Sctr --- serco sector
Pfr --- prefix
Gry --- grey code
A --- the sum of amplitude of servo burst A (same for B, C and D)
Xpred --- predicted (expected) read head position
Xabs --- absolute (actual) read head position
* --- if there is an *, use predicted position to compensate.

*** Zx Zap Servo Burst x of the current track. (available only when overlay is valid)

*** a Slip error code 90's from the log (available only when overlay is valid)
Scan the active buffer for error code 90's and slip all data sectors that fall within the servo
burst with the error or within the servo burst after the one with the 90. An error code 8A
will replace the 90 in the log to show the wedge data sectors were slipped. An error code
50 will be added to the log for every data sector that is slipped.

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Command Description

*** cx Track 0 Cal for MDW (available only when overlay is valid)
Calibrate and display the Grey Code Cylinder for Physical Cylinder 0 on all available
heads. The Grey Code values are stored in the MDW Radial Offset Table and displayed in
hex.
- x = 0 (default) to calibrate the drive. Automatically detects
MDW/HDW drive.
- x = 1 to display the MDW Radial Offset Table without calibrating
the drive.
- x = 2 Sets drive type to MDW.
- x = 3 Sets drive type to HDW.

dx Disable/Enable servo from using the ZAP coefficients in the ZAP table.
x - 1 to disable engine
- no parameters to enable engine

*** f Fill Skipped Cylinders (NOT IMPLEMENTED) (available only when overlay is valid)

ix Enable/disable ZAP reads (available only when overlay is valid)

x - 1 to disable ZAP reads
- no parameter to enable ZAP reads

j,x Adaptive Coherent Feedforward Compensator (ACFC) calibration (MDW only)

x=1 : Enables ACFC for corrections previously stored in RAM
x=2 : Performs a single track ACFC cal
x=3 : Performs a single zone ACFC cal
x=4 : Performs a drive ACFC cal
x=5 : Displays current ACFC correction values (ACFC_TBL)
x=6 : Performs a single track ACFC iterative cal
x=7 : Performs a single zone ACFC iterative cal
x=8 : Performs a drive ACFC iterative cal
x=9 : Clears the local ACFC table in fast RAM

k Skip MDW serial number cylinders (available only when overlay is valid) (MDW only)
Skip the cylinders containing over-sampled MDW media serial number tracks plus 3
guard tracks on each side. On MDW drives, each head will have 2 s/n tracks at a unique
physical location (this location is product specific, and is hard-coded into the firmware).
Adding 3 guard tracks on each side means a total of 8 cylinders will be skipped for each
head.

lxx Will scan the current position for servo defects and zap the track.
xx – if entered will do the read position, otherwise write position is scanned.

*** m RRO ZAP System cylinders (available only when overlay is valid)

ny,,x Calculate the zap coefficients at the current position.

Can only be run if reading of zap fields are disabled.
Calculates the ZAP values for the current track and writes the values to the ID field.
y - 1 - will write the learned coefficients in the write position
2 – not write the zap IDs
not entered, will write the read position zap coefficients.
x - displays the ZAP values if entered

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Command Description

px,y,z Display Spin Error

x-
Bit 3 2 1 0
. . . +----- 1 = loop, 0 = no loop
. . +------- 1 = trap threshold violation
. +---------- 1 = Measure spin error per burst; 0 = spin error per revolution
+------------ 1 = Spin speed step to normal
y - Spin threshold (0.1% increments)
z - Speed Offset (0.1% increments) (if spin speed step is enabled)

*** qx Change Spin Speed (available only when overlay is valid)

x - Speed Offset (0.1% increments)

rx Reads and displays the specific Track ID contents.

x - the sector number to read. (If no parameter is entered, it will read and display all
track Ids of the current track.)

***sx,y,z Show error count for given log (available only when overlay is valid)
This test will read the log x in to the active buffer. It reads all error codes in buffer and
stores each UNIQUE error code on the stack. For each error codes of the stack, it will scan
through the active buffer and display the counts for the error codes on each head.

x - the log to show error count for

y - first zone to show error count for (default is 0)
z - last zone to show error count for (default is last)

tx,y Modifies and views the ZAP RAM table

x - the table entry to modify; an FFFF means modify all values
y - the value to use
If no parms entered it will display the ZAP table

vx,y,z,a ButterFlySeekTest
Do a butterfly seek starting at OD and ID cylinders.
x - if entered, used as OD start cylinder.
y - if entered, used as ID start cylinder.
z - test duration,
a - if entered, then ‘z’ value is the test duration in seconds. If not entered, then
‘z’ value is the test duration in number of seeks to perform.

wx Writes the ZAP values in the ZAP RAM table to the Track Ids of the current track.
x - entered, the write position ZAP values (odd bursts) will be written.
- not entered, the read position ZAP values (even bursts) will be written.

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Level Four (Continued)
Command Description

xc,,z Skip Cylinder

>64k cyl compatible*
c - Cylinder to skip
z - if z = 22h then skip cylinder
- if z <> 22 then ignore this command.

y Show Skipped Cylinders

zc,,z Unskip Skipped Cylinder(s)

>64k cyl compatible*
c - Cylinder to unskip
- ffffh unskip all skipped cylinders (ffffffffh for drives with >64k cylinders)
- (default) display skip cylinder list
z - if z = 22h then unskip cylinders
- if z <> 22 then ignore this command.

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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LEVEL SIX COMMANDS: Batch File Commands
See also the common commands *, @, and |. These commands define the batch file flow control.

Command Description

Bx Run Batch File

x - Batch file number 0 through 2, default = batch 0

Dx List Batch File

x - Batch file number 0 through 2, default = batch 0

Ex Enter Batch File

x - Batch file number 0 through 2, default = batch 0

* Special Function for batch file:

*1 Pause batch file execution until input
*2,x Delay x milliseconds
*3,x Branch to Label x
*4,x Increment head and branch to Label x
*5 Clear monitor screen
*6 Stop on error
*7,x Load batch loop counter with x.
*8,x Decrement batch loop counter, Branch to Label x if not 0.

@x Batch File Label.

During batch file entry, define this location as Label x.
x - Single digit numeric label specification.

| Batch file terminator

Terminates the entry of batch files.

*Note: For commands Bx, Dx, and Ex above, if x is greater than 2, batch #0 will be used.

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LEVEL SEVEN COMMANDS: Read Channel Adaptive Commands
These commands provide tools for determining and modifying the read/write channel adaptive parameters.
Command Description

Bx,y Display Buffer

See /2 B for further detail.

Cx,y,z Copy Buffers

See /2 C for further detail.

Dx Display Temperature Diode Values

displays YYZZ where
YY = temp diode reading at cert time
ZZ = current temperature
x if entered forces cert temperature to equal current temperature. This makes drive think it
is currently at cert temperature.
7>D
TempDiode 3456
7> D1
TempDiode 5656

Ex,y Display Log(s)

See /2 E for further detail.

Fx,y Format Sector/Track

See /2 F for further detail.

Gx,y,z Toggle ECC Seed Finder tool

x = Seed Cylinder number (default = current setting)
y = Seed Head (default = current setting)
z = Seed Sector (default = current setting)

Hx Select Head x

Ix,y,z,a Display/Modify Adaptive Settings for the Current Head

(no parameters) - Display current head’s adaptive values
x = zone number if x = the number of zones then modify all zones
y = parameter number to modify
a = 1, display adapties and FIR taps
a = 2, display FIR taps

Mx,y,z Napa Single Adaptive Parameter Test

x - Napa Parameter (Index number displayed with 7>I command)
y - Parameter Lower Limit (Defaults to parameter lower limit defined in the code)
z - Parameter Upper Limit (Defaults to parameter upper limit defined in the code)

Runs the individual Napa data adaptives at the current zone, head, and cylinder.
The lower and upper limit parameters will default to the drives, if none are passed.

ASSUMPTIONS:
The current track has been written with the desired pattern with 7>M0 command.
MR reader/write offset has been calibrated for this zone and the next.

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Level Seven (Continued)
Command Description

Valid Napa Parameters are:

0 Napa Test Track writes and reads the current track and displays QM count.
1 MR read bias
2 Write Pre-compensation
3 Filter (CTTFR)
4 Boost (ZFR)
5 Tap Delta (TDTARGR)
6 Write Current
7 MR Asymmetry
8 MR reader/writer OD offset
9 MR reader/writer ID offset
A Napa Attenuation
B Reserved
C Read gain (VGAR)
D Reserved
E Reserved
F Reserved
10 Calibrate Noise Level (DTHR) to QM count. QM Count = 0 turns off noise.

Nx Napa Data Adaptive Test for all Heads in Specified Zone

x - Zone in which to perform the test

Oh,z, s Read/Write Coarse Offset Calibration

h - Head number (default = head 0)
z - Zone number (default = all)
if z is not entered then calibration is done for all the zones
s - if entered, suppress display of both tab values

Best offset value is updated in RAM.

Example 1:
7>O0,1,1 ( Test head 0, zone 1, simplified form )
Zone 1
[0DCA.0,FDC0,FF6A,1c, 3] ->Min=023C(FE47) BL=7FFF BR=7FFF Range=0000 Pick=FE47
[0DCA.0,FDC0,FF6A, 1, 3] ->Min=000C(FE41) BL=FE23 BR=FE59 Range=0037 Pick=FE3E

This means that it ran the offset cal in zone 1 head 0. It ran the test at 0DCA.0, and it tested the offset range from
0xFDC0 – 0xFF6A. It read 0x1C revs at the track. It also incremented the offsets by 3 each tick. I.e. it tested offset
0xFDC0, then 0xFDC3, 0xFDC6 etc… The results are, in the first test, it got a Min of 0x23C at location 0xFE47.
There was not bathtub curve (got a 0x7FFF for bath tub left, and bathtub right). Since there was no bath tub curve,
the range is 0. The pick would be then the position where the min occurred as there is no bathtub curve.

As there was no bathtub curve, a retry was initiated, but with a lower read count. As you can see on the second line,
we are testing the exact same parameters, except we are reading 1 rev instead of 0x1c revs. With that we have a bath
tub curve, ranging from 0xFE23 to 0xFE59, hence giving us a range of 0037. We pick the center of the bathtub giv-
ing us a 0xFE3E.

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Command Description

Example 2:
7>O0,1
Zone 1
[0DCA.0,FDC0,FF6A,1c, 3]
07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF
07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 05DA 0499
039D 0319 02A3 023C 021D 01E8 01BE 01DA 01AF 017A 0194 0197 01AF 01BF 01DD 022D
025F 028D 0325 03AD 04E2 069E 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF
07FF
->Min=017A(FE3B) BL=7FFF BR=7FFF Range=0000 Pick=FE3B

[0DCA.0,FDC0,FF6A, 1, 3]
07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF
07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 0692 0300 0238 0134 00F0 0090 0067 002F 003B 002E
002E 0018 0017 000D 0018 001F 000B 001E 000D 000D 001A 0013 0008 000F 0009 000B
0009 0011 0021 0015 0031 0028 005E 008C 00CF 0119 037C 02B3 034B 074E 07FF 07FF
07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF
->Min=0008(FE44) BL=FE17 BR=FE5F Range=0049 Pick=FE3B
7>
As you can see, it’s almost the same as the above, except it displays ALL the error counts.

Px,y,zzww Set Buffer Pattern:

See /2 P for further detail.

Qx,y Write/Read/Read Data

See /2 Q for further detail.

Rx,y Read Data

See /2 R for further detail.

Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head.

>64k cyl compatible*
See /2 S for further detail.

Tx,y,z Napa Data Adaptive Test at the Specified Track

x - Zone number
y - Head number
z - Logical Cylinder number

No default parameters, the user must pass the zone, head, and cylinder numbers.

Ux,y Spin-Up
See /2 U for further detail.

Vf Set MR Head Read Bias Current for all Heads

f - Flag if a value is entered, the calculated values are saved in the adaptive table

Wx,y Write Data

See /2 W for further detail.

Yx,y,zzaa,b Show/Set Retry Controls

See /2 Y for further detail.
* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Level Seven (Continued)
Command Description

Z Spin Down Command

ax,y,z MR Bias Backoff.

x - The number of times to read the test track (default = 30h)
y - “Goodness” threshold for each setting. The sector error count after x reads must
be below this for a setting to be considered “good” (default = 20h).
z - Number of settings to attempt backoff (default = 4).
This routine attempts to find a lower setting for MR Bias by testing sector error
rate at various settings of MR Bias. The test is performed at track <Zone 0 ID – 10h>.
This track is written with a zero pattern (randomizer on) and then read back several times
at each candidate setting of MR Bias. The candidate settings are from <Current MR Bias
– z> to <Current MR Bias>. Note: the lowest setting will not drop below 2. Every setting
that produces a sector error count lower than y is considered part of the “good range”.
Once all settings have been tried, the middle setting in the “good” range is chosen (round-
off will be in the direction of higher MR Bias). If no settings yielded a “good” error rate
then the original MR Bias value will be kept.

bx,y PE and OTC measurements

x - Number of steps +1 to take across the track width (default = 20hex)
y - Flag, if a 1 is entered, test at current track
- If flag not entered, test at id of zone 0
PE data are taken first, then OTC.
Example #1
7>bC
Num Steps = 000C
07FF 07FF 0004 0000 0000 0003 0170 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF

Min Pos BL BR Rng Pick

0000 0028 0014 0032 001F 0023

07FF 00DF 0001 0000 0000 000A 00CA 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF

Min Pos BL BR Rng Pick

0000 0028 0014 0032 001F 0023

Example #2
7>S3C25
7>H0 (Head 0)
7>b,1
Num Steps = 0020
07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 0005 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0005 013A 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF
07FF

Min Pos BL BR Rng Pick

0000 003C 0018 0040 0029 002C
07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 00EC 0002 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0004 00E0 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF
07FF
Min Pos BL BR Rng Pick
0000 003C 0018 0040 0029 002C

7>Pgm=00 Trk=3C26(3C26).0.106 Zn=9 Err=00 ErCt=0000 Hlth=1000 CHlth=0000 Ready

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Level Seven (Continued)

Min = Minimum error count

Pos = Position of minimum error count
BL = Position of left side of bathtub curve intersecting 1e-6 log bit error rate
BR = Position of right side of bathtub curve intersecting 1e-6 log bit error rate
Rng = Number of steps between BL and BR
Pick = Error rate based read offset pick

Calculating PE and OTC from Rng: Durango conditions

One full track width = 60.9uin. = 384 DAC settings
Read offset ranges from 0 to 80h values represent range of 464 DAC settings
Read offset range = 464/384 = 1.21 * 60.9uin. = 73.5uin.
80h range = 128 settings 73.5uin./128 settings = .57uin. per step
Rng = 0029h = 41*.57uin. = 23.3uin.
Calculating error rate from non-zero byte count: Durango zone 0 id conditions
Each offset range setting is read 25h times
75% of the track is read in non-zero byte count
NRZ = 323.7Mb/s 1 revolution = 8.33e-3 seconds ((323.7e6 * 8.33e-3) * .75) * 37 = 74.8e6 bits read/setting

From example #1

Offset value 00 0C 13 1D 27 31 3B 45 4F 59 63 6D 76

Offset distance (uin.) 0.0 5.7 11.3 17.0 22.6 28.3 33.9 39.6 45.2 50.9 56.5 62.2 67.8

Non-zero bytes (h) 07FF 07FF 4 0 0 3 170 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF 07FF

Non-zero bytes (d) 2047 2047 4 0 0 3 368 2047 2047 2047 2047 2047 2047

Number of bits read 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7 7.48E+7

Log BER -4.6 -4.6 -7.2 -7.9 -7.9 -7.3 -5.3 -4.6 -4.6 -4.6 -4.6 -4.6 -4.6

-3
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
-4

-5 Min Pos BL BR Rng Pick

Log BER

0000 0028 0014 0032 001F 0023

-6

-7

-8

-9
Offset Value

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Level Seven (Continued)
Command Description

cx,y,z Generate OTC bath tubs by sector

x - Starting physical data sector
y - Number of data sectors to plot
z - Number of data sectors to step between each plot

Specify a retry level, typically YF,5. Test 5 consecutive sectors starting at physical sector 20h on current track:
7>c20,5,1
444455556666777788889999AAAABBBBCCCCDDDDEEEEFFFF0000111122223333444455556666777788889999AAAABBBBC
048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C048C0
0322(0020) ************************************............|.................................***************FFD0 84 2A
0323(0021) ***********************************.............|.............................*.*****************FFCC 7C 24
0324(0022) ************************************............|................................****************FFD0 80 28
0325(0023) **********************************..............|..................................**************FFC8 88 28
0326(0024) ************************************............|...............................*****************FFD0 7C 26
Average FFCE 80 27
7>

dx,y,f Reset Adaptives to the Default Settings

x - Zone Number (default = current zone) if x = number of zones then reset all zones
y - Head Number (default = current head) if y = number of heads then reset all heads
f - Flag. If f is entered, the head offset values are reset instead of the channel
adaptives (default is channel adaptives).

e Show diagnostic error counter in the Valiant (DIAGERRCNT)

ff Shows the number of TAs/ data retries done

f - Flag if a value is entered, clears the retry counters.

gxxxx,yyyy,zz Does Error Rate by sector command

xxxx – number of sectors to do ( full track if not entered )
yyyy – number of revs to do on the read
zz – Max number of errors to record/sector

ix Issue read / write command (use after p)

x - contains command code

j Ramp unload without spin-down (Ramp drives only – currently Saturn)

Retract the heads off of the media without spinning down the drive.

n Run the read channel noise calibration at the current track.

The command displays the diagnostic error count for each setting from the noise table.
Finally the noise setting selected is displayed.

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Level Seven (Continued)
Command Description

ox,y,z OTC command.

x - Starting Track No
y - Ending Track No
z - Each increment

This command is used to test the track offset. Lets say I want to check if the current track’s offset pick is good. All
we have to do is run the o command.
e.g.
7>S500,0
7>o
FF88 FF9C FFB0 FFC4 FFD8 FFEC 0000 0014 0028 003C 0050 0064 0078
--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| now test
0500 :*************************.......|............*******************FE16 FE0C
We tested track 0x500, and the offset looks skewed slightly to the right. The value we are using is 0xFE0C, the best
value from this test is 0xFE16
This can be used to test a range of tracks. E.g. lets test track 6000 to 7000 with a step size of 0x200
7>o6000,7000,200
FF88 FF9C FFB0 FFC4 FFD8 FFEC 0000 0014 0028 003C 0050 0064 0078
--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| now test
6000 :*******************.............|...........********************FFA4 FFA8
6200 :*********************...........|...........********************FFB1 FFB1
6400 :*********************...........|..........*********************FFB8 FFBA
6600 :*********************...........|.........**********************FFBF FFC3
6800 :*********************...........|...........********************FFCD FFCD
6a00 :**********************..........|..........*********************FFD7 FFD7
6c00 :************************........|..........*********************FFE5 FFE1
6e00 :*******************.............|...........********************FFE9 FFED
7000 :*********************...........|..........*********************FFF8 FFFA
As you can see, we seem to be fairly centered.

p Set parameters for Read / Write operation (precedes i command).

r Read Adaptives from the System Sectors

sxy,z,a Send Byte to Read Channel or Preamp

x - Register Address
y - Data Value to Write
z - if z=1 data to the read channel (default) otherwise send data to the Preamp
a - if entered, x and y treated as word values, else x and y are treated as byte values.

tx,z Get Data from Read Channel or Preamp

x - Register address of Read Channel or Preamp to be read
z - if z = 0 : x is address of Preamp register to be read
-if z NOT = 0, OR NOT Entered : x is address of Read Channel register to be
read.

u Write Unsafe Enable Toggle

v,f VCO calibration / display

f - if flag entered the VCO calibration is run and the results are displayed
- if no parameter entered the contents of the VCO calibration table are displayed

wx,y,z Save System RAM into System Sector.

See /T W for further detail.

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Level Seven (Continued)
Command Description

x Show Zone Boundaries

yx,z Set Direct Write Mode

x - Ignore track IDs
z - Ignore 16/17 encoder
No Parms to re-enable track Ids and 16/17 encoder

z Toggle Data Randomizer

7x,y,z Generate 747 curve

x -Number of times to read the track at each offset
y -Error count to use in determining width of bathtub curve
z -0 for graph display of curve
-1 for numerical display of curve

Example #1
Left column shows write offset (track pitch in Hex DAC bits), right column shows OTC in Decimal DAC bits
Where write offset = 0020: Track pitch = 60.9-[(60.9/384)*32] = 55.8uin. OTC = (126/384)*60.9 = 19.9uin.

7>S3C25
7>
7>725,2F,0
FF80| ************************.................*********************** 144
FF88| ************************.................*********************** 144 Command:
FF90| ************************.................*********************** 144
7>72,300,0
FF98| ************************.................*********************** 144
FFA0| ************************.................*********************** 144 7>72,2F,0
FFA8| ************************.................*********************** 144 7>7F0,64,0
30
FFB0| ************************.................*********************** 144
FFB8| ************************.................*********************** 144
FFC0| ************************.................*********************** 144
FFC8| ************************.................*********************** 144
25
FFD0| ************************.................*********************** 144
FFD8| ************************..................********************** 153
FFE0| ************************..................********************** 153
FFE8| ************************..................********************** 153
20
FFF0| ***********************...................********************** 162
FFF8| ***********************...................********************** 162
0000| ************************..................********************** 153
0008| ************************..................********************** 153 15
0010| ************************.................*********************** 144
0018| ************************.................*********************** 144
0020| *************************...............************************ 126
0028| *************************..............************************* 117 10
0030| ***************************............************************* 99
0038| ****************************..........************************** 81
0040| ****************************.........*************************** 72
0048| *****************************.......**************************** 54 5
0050| *******************************....***************************** 27
0058| ********************************.******************************* 0
0060| **************************************************************** 0 Track pitch (uin.)

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Level Seven (Continued)
Command Description

9x,y,z Adapt Write Delay

x - Target delay from AM to sector start (in bytes). Default is product specific)
y - Hexadecimal number of samples to average. Default is 0A16 = 1010)
z - Zero = test at zone OD; non-zero = test at zone ID (default is OD)

This test calibrates the reader-writer delay (separation between the reader and writer in the spin direction) on a per-
zone, per-head basis. The test accomplishes this by adding a delay to the time from AM detect to write gate (see Sec-
tor Write Timing diagram on next page). The amount of this delay, in bytes, is stored as adaptive parameter PLO
Phs (B). The write gate delay is accomplished by adding to the following registers during a write: SPLIT_WIDTH
(desired width of a split), TRKID_POS (the expected position of the track ID sector pulse from the previous AM),
and SPHS (the delay from the detection of the last servo address mark to the first hard sector pulse. These three reg-
isters are only modified during a write operation.

Fine-tuning PLO Phs allows us to adjust for variances in reader/writer separation in the direction parallel to the ac-
tuator arm. The goal is to achieve a uniform delay from AM detect to sector start during a read operation, given that
the reader / writer separation will vary from head to head.

Algorithm:
For each zone on the drive, try each setting of PLO Phs from 0 to F. At each setting of PLO Phs, write sector zero
of a test track and read it back several times. The test track is the OD (or, optionally the ID) of the zone. Every time
the test reads back the test sector, it calculates and stores the elapsed time (in bytes) from read gate (RG) to sync
byte (SB) (see Sector Read Timing diagram on next page). The RG to SB delay is calculated by reading register
EDD8 (MR_CNT_AT_SYNC) of the Saratoga II or later controller.

This cycle (read the sector, calculate and store the RG to SB delay) is repeated ten times. The number of
read/compute/store cycles can be changed using the second parameter (y). The average RG to SB delay is then com-
puted and saved as the data point for the PLO Phs setting under test.

After all settings of PLO Phs have been tried for a particular zone, the routine determines which setting came the
closest to the desired RG to SB delay without exceeding it. That setting then becomes the “pick” for that zone. The
default target value is drive specific. (Aspen = 16, Saturn = 15).

This entire process is repeated for each head.

Error handling: If there is any error reading or writing a test sector, then an alternate track will be tested.
The alternate will be 2510 tracks towards the MD of the zone. This alternate track retry will occur a maxi-
mum of 20 times for each PLO Phs setting. If the test was never able to read a sector successfully after ex-
hausting the 20 retries, then a period (‘.’) will be displayed as the result for that setting.

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Sector Write Timing (no split)

AM
SPHS + PLO Phs

S_PULSE

WG

The Net effect is a delay in writing the sector. The delay increases proportionally with PLO Phs

Preamble SB DATA ECC

Written to Disc

Sector Read Timing (no split)

AM
SPHS

S_PULSE

RG
RG to SB Delay. This is the delay we are measuring for each setting of PLO Phs

Preamble SB DATA ECC

RDX-RDY

Channel propagation delay

NRZ ???? FF DATA ECC

NRZ = FF indicates detection of the sync byte

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Sample Output

Target is 1416 = 2010

If no match, higher setting is chosen
7>914
PLO Phase (target = 20)
Head 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F Pick
Zone 0: 15 17 17 19 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 26 28 28 30 31 4
Zone 1: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4
Zone 2: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 4
Zone 3: 15 17 18 18 19 21 21 22 24 24 25 26 27 29 29 31 5
Zone 4: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 29 30 31 4
Zone 5: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 31 4
Zone 6: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 4
Zone 7: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 30 32 4
Zone 8: 17 17 19 19 20 22 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 . . 4
Zone 9: 16 18 18 20 20 21 23 23 25 25 27 27 28 30 30 32 4
Zone A: 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 23 25 25 27 27 28 29 . 31 4
Zone B: 16 17 18 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 28 . . . 4
Zone C: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 27 28 28 . 32 4

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LEVEL EIGHT COMMANDS: Servo Track Writer Commands
Note: Assume PACKWRITER = FALSE, unless otherwise noted.

Command Description Set Flags

A Abort any pending servo diagnostic command

REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE

B Set the read head bias to the serial preamp

PACKWRITER==TRUE

Cx,y,z Execute the servo diagnostic sub commands

x = diagnostic number
y = optional diagnostic parameter
z = optional diagnostic parameter
C00,x,y Flex bias cal REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
x = optional cylinder
y = optional head
C01 PES_AVG routine RO_ZAP==TRUE
C02,x,y Set access display and reset rate masks REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE
x = optional display rate mask
y = optional reset rate mask
C03,x,y Set min and max cylinder limits REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE
x = min cylinder
y = max cylinder
C04 Run Acceleration constant cal REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE

C05,x,y Set seek delay REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE

x = seek delay in servo bursts
y = (1= force slow settle)
C07,x Head switch up and down the stack REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE
x = optional cylinder
(default = current cylinder)
C08,x Random seeks REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
x = optional heads only
C09,x,y Seek to and from inward and outward REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE
within the min and max cylinder limits
x = optional seek length (default = 1)
y = optional cylinder
(default = current cylinder)
C0A,x,y Seek to and back inward and outward REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
within the min and max cylinder limits
x = optional max seek length
(default = max length)
y = optional min seek length (default = 1)

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Level Eight (Continued)
Command Description Set Flags
C0B,x,y Serpentine seeks inward up and down the REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE
(32 bit) head stack within the min and max cylinder
x = optional cylinder (default = current cylinder)
y = optional head (default = current head)
C0C,x,y Seek to seek between cylinders REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
(32 bit) x = optional 1st cylinder (default = min cylinder)
y = optional 2nd cylinder (default = max cylinder)
C0D,x,y Head switches from 1st to 2nd head REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE
x = optional 1st head (default = head 0)
y = optional 2nd head (default = max head)
C0E,x,y Set servo gains REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE
x = Ka
y = Ktf
C0F,x,y Encode cylinder/ decode gray code REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
x = optional cylinder or gray code
(default = current cylinder/ gray code)
y = (0 = encode, 1 = decode)
C10,x,y Head switch offset measurement routine REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
(32 bit) x = starting cylinder (default = current cylinder)
y = target servo sector CHANGESG011199_00==TRUE
C11,x Head linearization cal routine REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
x = # of tracks to average (default: 4 tracks (max))
C12,x,y AFC commands REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
x = 0; AFC weights are zeroed and stored as zero for present head
2; AFC weights are updated and stored for present head
5; ALL AFC weights are displayed
6; AFC weights are updated and stored for all heads
7; AFC learning/compensation enable
y (only applicable with x = 7)
= 0 1; enable 1x AFC
1 0; enable 2x AFC
1 1; enables 1x and 2x AFC
C14,x Change spin tolerance threshold NON-MDW ONLY
Spin tolerance = STV_LIMIT (in srvo clks) / AMTIME (in srvo clks)
x entered = new STV_LIMIT
x not entered = displays current STV_LIMIT
C15,x,y Change write threshold REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
x = X_Threshold
y = X_plus_V_Threshold
C16,x Disable prediction stuffs on zapped REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
servo samples
x = 0; allow stuffs
1; disable stuffs
C18 Calibrate servo (Runs C0, C4, C11) REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
C19,x Display 1 rev of tangential PES REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
x = starting sector CHANGESG011199_00==TRUE
C1F Display servo calibration data REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE

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Level Eight (Continued)
Command Description Set Flags
C20,x,y Read Embedded HDA Serial Number. REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE
SN is read into RAM. The cert process can OVERSAMPLING==TRUE
then use this value to determine drive type.
x = Head to read MDW disk serial number. (MDW only)
y = If set read MDW disk serial number from alternate track. (MDW only)
C23,x,y Special case measuring of RRO on a STW. PACKWRITER==TRUE
The user must first bias the actuator MEASURE_PES==TRUE
against the push pin on the STW by
using the Level 8>P cmnd.
Then use the C23 command to
display the NRRO and RRO.
x = optional number of
samples in hex (default: 64 hex = 100d)
y = display sums flag
( = 0; display sums, (default)
1; don’t display sums, (this is faster))
C24,x,y Measure the PES synchronously at every REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
sector on the present track and head. MEASURE_PES==TRUE
x = optional number of samples in hex
(default: 64 hex = 100d)
y = display sums flag
( = 0; display sums, (default)
1; don’t display sums, (this is faster))
C25 Redisplay results of C23 and C24 REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
MEASURE_PES==TRUE
C26 DAC offset cal REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
C28,x Write servo DACs REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
x = 12 bit signed value ECKickOffTest==TRUE
C33,x Repeatable Timing Error (RTE) Calibration (MDW only)
x = 0; Execute calibration and display result
x = 1; Display result
x = 2; Same as x=0 and additionally the RTE of each sector of each track is dis-
played
C36,x Head Switch Calibration for prewritten media (MDW only)
x = 0; Execute calibration and display result
x = 1; Display result
C37 AFC Zoned (AFCZ) Calibration (MDW only)
C3B,x Greycode Index Calibration (Multi-disk MDW only)
x missing; Execute calibration on all heads and display result
x anything; Display calibration result only

D Dump Drive Configuration

Dump the drive configuration to the PACKWRITER==TRUE
Cancun packwriter = +c hh b oooo ff
c = max cylinder (excluding guard band cylinders)
hh = max head number
b = number of bursts
oooo = oscillator clocks per bursts
ff = oscillator frequency in MHz

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E Lock Spindle Motor
Lock Spindle Motor to external timing provided by PACKWRITER==TRUE
packwriter

F Write Pack-writer Auto Stamp

Formats the log tracks, and writes the PACKWRITER==TRUE
HDA and PW serial numbers.
The command will prompt for
HDA and PW serial numbers.

Gx Set Spin Gain

x = spin gain (0800h default) PACKWRITER==TRUE

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Level Eight (Continued)
Command Description Set Flags

Hx Select head directly

x = head number (0..7) REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE

Ix Push-Inward Actuator
x = 12 bit DAC command PACKWRITER==TRUE

Jx Spin Speed Adjust

x = signed number of timer ticks (fe00 .. 0200) PACKWRITER==TRUE

Kx Added track offset in track follow state

x = track offset REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE

Lx Load Head Mask

x = head mask PACKWRITER==TRUE

M Increment Head (current head + 1)

PACKWRITER==TRUE

N Report Logical Spin State

Report Logical Spin State REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE
00 = reset
01 = fault
02 = initialize
03 = stopped
04 = spindown
05 = spinup
06 = wait (held need refer)
07 = open loop (lost refer)
08 = close loop (found refer)
09 = ready (spinning at speed)
10 = busy (recovery)
11 = invalid

Ox Message Display
x = 0 is display output off, PACKWRITER==TRUE
x = 1 is display output on (default).

Px Push-Out Actuator
x = 12 bit DAC command PACKWRITER==TRUE

Qx Read channel
x = 0 is channel off, 1 = channel on PACKWRITER==TRUE

Rx Read Gray Code

x = expected gray code REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE
(non-modulo gray code drives only)

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Level Eight (Continued)
Command Description Set Flags

Sx,y,z Seek Cyl/Head

REDUCED_DIAG==TRUE/FALSE
(32 bit) x - Cylinder number
y - Desired destination head. If the most significant bit is set, the command will
seek to the physical cylinder number specified in the first parameter; else, the
seek will be to the logical cylinder
- If bit 10 is set, seek to Grey code cylinder. (MDW only)
z - Track follow offset. Signed 16 bit integer

Ux Spin-Up Motor
x hold state(optional) REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE

Vx Spin-Up
x = actuator bias direction, (0 = outward, 1 = inward) PACKWRITER==TRUE

Wx Set Write Current

x = preamp write current PACKWRITER==TRUE

Z Spin-Down
REDUCED_DIAG==FALSE

c Crash test the Actuator/Crashstops/HDA

Crash command test the Actuator/ crashstops/ HDA PACKWRITER==TRUE
SMASH==TRUE

fx,y Set bank write mode

x = 0; bank write ON, 1; bank write OFF PACKWRITER==TRUE
` y = write current register value

g IMRON signal polarity

Returns a 01 if the IMRON preamp PACKWRITER==TRUE
signal is active high and a 00 if active low.

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LEVEL A COMMANDS: Niwot Read/Write LBA Commands (FULLSLIP)
Command Description

Cx,y Convert LBA to LPL and display to screen.

x - upper word of >16 bit address
y - lower word >16 bit address or the 16 bit address

Dx,y Convert LBA to PCHS and display to screen.

x - upper word of >16 bit address
y - lower word >16 bit address or the 16 bit address

Ex,y Display Log(s)

See /2 E for further detail.

Mx,y Set GrandB Test ports

x – Test port to set
y – Value to set it to ( 0xff will disable the port )

Q,x Write/Read/Read LBA.

x – # of sectors to read
default - # of unslipped sectors on this LPL – this sector #
(rest of track , no wrap )

R,x Read LBA Command.

x – # of sectors to read
default - # of unslipped sectors on this LPL – this sector #
(rest of track , no wrap )

Sx,y,z Seek LBA Command.

x - upper word of >16 bit address
y - lower word >16 bit address or the 16 bit address
z - Track follow offset. Signed 16 bit integer

W,x Write LBA Command.

x – # of sectors to read
default - # of unslipped sectors on this LPL – this sector #
(rest of track , no wrap )

Yx,y,za Show/Set Retry Controls

See /2 Y for further detail.

cx,y,z Convert LPL to LBA and display to screen.

x – Logical Cylinder
y – Physical Head
z – Logical Sector

dx,y,z Convert PCHS to LBA and display to screen.

x – Physical Cylinder
y – Physical Head
z – Physical Sector

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Level A (Continued)
Command Description

lx,y,z Display # of unslipped sectors for LPL to screen.

x – Logical Cylinder
y – Physical Head
z – Logical Sector

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LEVEL C COMMANDS: Cert Diagnostic CTS Commands
Command Description

D Display the Cert Test sequence.

Fvvww,x,yyzz Run Cert CTS Test F with input parameters.

No Logs are generated but Write Current adaptives are updated

Entering No Parm or zeros for fields within a Parm causes Parm Field Defaults to be used.
Parms entered or generated internally as Defaults are printed at start of test.

vv - hi byte = Adjacent Tracks Write count

range min = 00h = use default
range max = FFh writes
ww - lo byte = Error Rate Revs to Read Loop count
range min = 0000h = use default
range max = 00FFh reads
x - Read Error Rate test Bathtub Min Threshold
range min = 0000h = use default
range max = 07FEh
y - hi byte = Write Current Pick skew factor added to final Write I Pick
range min = 00h = Default
range max = 07h
Write I limited to 07 regardless of skew
z - lo byte = Write Current Delta for Pick criteria
Delta to be used for pick criteria between current Zeros and old highest Zeros
range min = 00h = use default = 01
range max = 07h

NOTE: If test is to be terminated early before completion use Online command ^R in-
stead of ^Z to ensure repeatabllity if test is restarted without power cycling.

***P Load Buffers 10-1A with NAPA specific 127 bit pattern, load buffers 1B-1F with 0’s
(available only when overlay is valid)

***lxxxxx,y Perform Lazy Write / On-Track-Erasure Screen. (available only when overlay is valid)
Algorithm:
1. Write test track
2. Read sectors 100-107 140h times (Rbit=7.0), Save Raw BER for baseline
3. Write sectors 0-7 using single sector writes (one sector per rev)
4. Read sectors 0-7 and save the data for BER1
5. Read sectors 100-107 and save the data for BER2
6. Repeat steps 3-5 140h (Rbit 7.0) times
7. Rewrite track to clean up

Failure Criteria:
If Baseline-BER1 is > 1.5 decades, then cold-write failure
If Baseline-BER2 is > 1.5 decades, then OTE failure

Parameters:
xxxxx Track number to test. Default = current track
y Head to test. Default = all heads.

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*** pxx,yy Parse Cert Log for Errors by Head (available only when overlay is valid)
This routine will read log xx and total error code yy by head and print the results to the
screen.
xx - the cert log number to parse
yy - the error code to count by head
Notes: Max head is 3 and the number of errors for a specific head is a decimal number.
Example usage/Output:
C>p39,43

head 0: 1

head 1: 7

head 2: 3

head 3: 3
C>

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Level C (Continued)
Command Description

*** sx,y,z,a CTSSpinUpandDn (available only when overlay is valid)

This routine executes the routine CTSSpinUpandDn, which spins the drive down and back
up the number of times in x.
x - the number of times to repeat the start/stop cycle
y - how much time (in milliseconds) to wait for ready after spinup com-
mand is issued
z - how much time (in milliseconds) to pause after issuing spindown
command
a - if entered then delay y and z seconds, even after ready, if not entered
then x is a max time to ready rather than a fixed delay.

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LEVEL D COMMANDS: SeaDex Commands
All the commands at this level were designed for use by SeaDex script debugger, DxDebug, though others may find
them useful also.

(All available only when overlay is valid)

Command Description

Ex,y,z Display SeaDex Log, level-T E-command style

This command is styled after the earlier level-T 'E' command.

x – Log number
If no x Display trace log
y – (Any value for y) Display log in hexadecimal
If no y Display log in text
z – (Any value for z) Display size and location of all logs (x and y are ig-
nored)

Ix SeaDex Information tables

If x == 0 Display current SeaDex status word (dxstat)
If x == 1 Display list of buffers for SeaDex
If x == 2 Display zone table
If x == 3 Display SeaDex cylinder use
If x == 4 Display list of split sectors
If x == 5 Display version of SeaDex firmware
If x == 6 Display version of SeaDex script
If no x Display help on parameters

Sx Single Step SeaDex script

If no x Same as x == 0
If x == 0 Step into: execute one script instruction, then break
If x == 1 Step over: execute one script instruction;
If this is a call instruction, then treat as s2:
If x == 2 Step out: execute script until next jmp (return) instruction

After script execution, the current SeaDex instruction pointer is displayed in the form:
=0000 ip

Tx,y,… SeaDex Test Step

x – Test step number (00 through FF)
If x == 0 Continue script, or start main script from beginning
If no x Display list of test steps
y,z,a – Parameters passed to test step

When displaying the list of steps, the test step and assembly instruction address is dis-
played in the form:
Test-step 0x02
t$ 0000

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Level D (Continued)
(All available only when overlay is valid)
Command Description

bx,y,z Script assembly Breakpoint

x – 0 to clear breakpoint, 1 to set breakpoint
y – assembly address for breakpoint
z – 1 for break at checkpoints. If z is set, y is ignored

b Display all breakpoints currently set

b1,y Set breakpoint at assembly address y
b0,y Clear breakpoint at assembly address y
b0 Clear all breakpoints
b1,,1 Break at checkpoints
b0,,1 Don't break at checkpoints

cx SeaDex Checkpoint
c Write checkpoint to disc
c2 Use checkpoint in memory if possible, else go to c1...
c1 Load checkpoint from disc if possible, else go to c0...
c0 Initialize checkpoint (start over)

lx,y Display SeaDex Log

l Display log table information (size and location of all logs)
lx Display log xx
lbe Display the trace log of the back-end (BE) process script
lfa Display the trace log of the failure-analysis (FA) script
lx,y Display log xx in unformatted hex

px Display SeaDex Tune Parameter

x – Display values of tune parameter x (C0 through FF) for all heads and
zones
If no x – Display all tune parameter values for current head and zone

sx,y Set or Display SeaDex System Variable

x – System variable (00 through FF)
y – Value to set system variable to

Values displayed are in the form:

=00000000

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Level D (Continued)
(All available only when overlay is valid)
Command Description

tx SeaDex Trace Levels

x – Set trace levels to x (bit field)

Bit 0 – 001 Log 1: High-level trace log messages

Bit 1 – 002 Log 2: Intermediate-level trace log messages
Bit 2 – 004 Log 3: Detail-level trace log messages
Bit 3 – 008 Data log messages and headers
Bit 4 – 010 I/O command assembly instructions
Bit 5 – 020 Source lines with Call instructions
Bit 6 – 040 (Not used)
Bit 7 – 080 Source lines
Bit 8 – 100 Assembly lines
Bit 9 – 200 SeaDex buffer accesses
Bit 10 – 400 SeaDex hardware interface
Bit 11 – 800 SeaDex log allocation table usage

If no x Display trace levels

Trace levels displayed are in the form:
=00000000

When bit 7 of trace is set, as each assembly instruction is executed, or when bit 4 of trace
is set as each Call assembly instruction is executed, the SeaDex firm-
ware will display the assembly address of that instruction in the form:
t$ 0000

v Verify SeaDex Script

This runs the consistency checks that SeaDex uses to verify the validity of the script. Any
errors are displayed.
This command also displays script version information. Example:

SeaDex script verification Passed

Script assembled from PROCESS .ASM on 03/13/2002 at 11:50:33, DxAsm ver 0.17
Script CRC 0x9F9A27E0

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Level D (Continued)
(All available only when overlay is valid)
Command Description

wx,y,z,a Set or Display SeaDex Word

x – SeaDex Address Range

If x == 100 Buffer address range

If x == 200 Code (script assembly) address range
If x == 300 Frame (SeaDex stack) address range
If x == 400 Global variable address range
If x == 500 System variable address range

y – SeaDex word (32-bit) offset within the given address range

z – Number of SeaDex words; default is one.

wx,y display SeaDex word at address xy

wx,y,z display z SeaDex words starting at address xy
wx,y,,a Set SeaDex word at xy to a
wx,y,z,a Set z SeaDex words starting at xy to a

Values displayed are in the form:

=00000000

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Level E Commands: Drive Zone and Format Commands
All the commands at this level were designed for use in viewing and/or modifying the drive zone and format parame-
ters.
Command Description

ax,y Displays / modifies drive zone parameters. (available only when overlay is valid)
>64k cyl compatible*
Assumes zone table information is already read from overlay to RAM (use /T>l1 (that’s
the level T little “L” - one command) to force the read. Use /T>l10 (level T little “L” –
one – zero command) to write changes to overlay.

Four columns are displayed:

1. Reference number for each parameter

2. Parameter name
3. Parameter’s hex value
4. Parameter’s decimal value

The display is formatted as:

1. Zone: 0009 9
2. Start Cyl: 0000cc89 52361
3. End Cyl: 0000de3b 56891
4. NRZ Freq: 00069646 431686
5. Secs Per Trk: 02a4 676
6. Write Split Pos: 0230 560
7. Read Split Pos: 0216 534
8. Sec Freq: 086e 2158
9. Base Ctr: 0003 3
10. Read ID Pos: 0148 328
11. Write ID Pos: 0162 354
12. Wedge Sec Sze: 07fc 2044
13. Sec Info Tbl Add: b460 46176
14. Phase Off: 02 2
15. PLO Offset: 02 2
16. NReg: 0e 14
17. MReg: ab 171
18. DRReg: 61 97
19. PLO Len: 0a 10
18. DRReg: 61 97
19. PLO Len: 0a 10
20. Write Off Delay: 1d 29
21. Byte / SPHSConvNum: 3a 58

If x == 0, display parameters only

If x == valid reference number from display, y sets parameter’s value. y will set values in
hex only, and does support > 64k inputs. The zone table information is displayed again
with the changed parameter.
If x == invalid reference number, “Invalid Selection” is displayed along with the original
information.
If x == reference number for a parameter that cannot be changed, “

If End Cyl of zone X is changed, Start Cyl of zone X + 1 will follow, unless End Cyl of
zone X is set greater than End Cyl of zone X + 1 (don’t do this; bad things may happen).

* Will accept up to 8 digits for drives with >64k cylinders

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Level E (Continued)
Command Description

Similarly, if Start Cyl of zone X is changed, End Cyl of zone X – 1 will follow, unless
Start Cyl of zone X is set less than Start Cyl of zone X – 1 .

The following parameters cannot be modified:

1. Zone
2. NRZ Freq
3. Byte / SPHSConvNum

bx,y,z Displays / modifies frame format information. (available only when overlay is valid)
Assumes frame format information is already read from overlay to RAM (use /T>l1 (that’s
the level T little “L” - one command to force read). Use /T>l10 (level T little “L” – one –
zero command) to write changes to overlay.

The display is formatted as (for zone 9):

Frame Info for Zone 09

Col 1 Col 2 Col 3

Wedge Phase SpltCnt SecCnt CummSecCnt
0 4246 008e 04 00
1 08a6 011e 03 04
2 0695 01ae 03 07
3 0485 0227 03 0a

Data Sec Per Frame: 13

Srvo Sec Per Frame: 04

If y == 0 (x and z become don’t cares), display only.

Else, x selects the Wedge to modify, y selects the column, and z sets the value.

For example, to modify Wedge 1’s SpltCnt from 11e to 222, use b1,2,222

If y = ffff, x will determine the last wedge’s information remaining. For example, if you
wish to remove wedge information for wedges 2 and 3 (leaving only 0 and 1), use b1,ffff

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Boot Code Diagnostic Commands
The following commands are only available thru the boot code diagnostic monitor.
All Boot Code Diagnostic Commands are compatible with drives with >64k cylinders.

Online Commands, Boot Code

Command Description

^D, ^N Retry Activity Display Toggle. ** (See Appendix B. for Retry Display Characters.)

^L Display Sign-on Message, including firmware version.

^O, ^] Advance Servo Tracing

^Z Restart the Diagnostic Monitor, do not load overlay from disk

! Display Current R/W Channel Settings

% Show Mux Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)

Note: the serial number is not displayed.

‘ Display Transfer Status (See Appendix B Description)

. Display Active Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)

; Display Machine Status. ** (See Appendix B for Description)

< Decrement read/write scope synchronization pulse position.

> Increment read/write scope synchronization pulse position.

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Level F Commands: Limited Boot Code Debug Support
Command Description

+x,y Peek Byte. Display the byte data content of the specified memory address:
x - upper bits of a greater-than-16 bit address
y - lower 16 bits of a greater-than-16 bit address or the 16 bit address

=x,y,z,w Poke memory. Replace the contents of the specified address with the specified data.
x - upper bits of a greater-than-16 bit address
y - lower 16 bits of a greater-than-16 bit address or the 16 bit address
z - byte data content to be written at the specified address.
OR
w - word data content
byte write: F>=27,ece2,00
word write: F>=27,ec5c,,0104

-x,y Peek Word. Display the word contents of the specified address.
x - upper bits of >16 bit address
y - lower 16 bits of >16 bit address or the 16 bit address

Bx,y Display Buffer

x - 512 byte buffer number
y - buffer number for Data match.
If x is a read buffer and y is not entered, data matching the corresponding write buffer lo-
cation is low-lighted; non matches are high-lighted.

Cx,y,z Copy Buffers

x - Source buffer for the data.
y - Destination buffer of the data.
z - number of 512 byte buffers to copy (1 is default)

Dx,y,z Display Memory.

Displays 256 bytes of memory starting at address xyyyy.
x - upper bits of >16 bit address
y - lower 16 bits of >16 bit address or the 16 bit address
z - high-light bytes matching this value.

Px,y,zzww Set Buffer Pattern:

x - Pattern to write into buffer.
Default: 1212h repeating every other word
ELSE: Pattern bits 0-15 (as needed to support the pattern repeat length).
y - Pattern bits 16-31 (as needed to support the pattern repeat length).
zz - Length (in bits) of repeat pattern on non-random data. Default = 20h (32d)
ww - Buffer number (no entry => entire Write Buffer)
Note: specific buffer number does not work in mask ROM code.

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Level F (Continued)
Command Description

Rx Read system sectors information

x - Specifies what to read
1 – Reserve track defect list
2 – Boot adaptives
4 – Application code
No parameter reads all of the system sector information

Ux Spin-Up
x - spin up options flag
- 5 hold in pre-lock state

Z Spin-Down.

bx,y Set Baud Rate

x = 0 Set baud rate to POR default, typically 9600
x = 1 Display supported baud rates in the format: =xxxx
x > 1 Set supported baud rate:

Typical baud rates (xxxx leading zeros may be omitted)

x baud rate
1229 1,228,000
921 921,000
626 625,000
460 460,000
231 230,000
115 115,000
576 57,600
192 19,200
96 9,600
48 4,800
24 2,400

y - if entered y contains the delay time in milliseconds. Default is

do not wait for host to return CR, just set new baud rate. If y is entered
the code will check every millisecond up to y milliseconds for a carriage
return to be sent back from the host at the new baud rate. If no CR is seen the
drive will default back to 9600 baud.
Note: level T “B” in application code.

dx,y Download code, used in conjunction with SDLD

x - buffer to download to
y - block size
0 512 bytes (default)
1 1024 bytes
2 2048 bytes
3 4096 bytes

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Level F (Continued)
Command Description

ex,y,z,w Serial flash access routines

x- 0 display size, type of serial flash
1 write a byte
y offset
z byte value
w segment number
2 read a byte
y offset
z segment number
3 program entire serial flash page method.
y number of pages
z Window C page
w byte offset
4 read the serial flash into buffer
y number of pages
z Window C page
w byte offset
5 init the port pins used for serial flash communication
Warning: doing this command twice will disable the ability of the drive to spinup
6 shut down the port pins used for serial flash communication
7 run the patch mechanism
8 read the status register
9 erase the entire serial flash
a transition to new serial flash code without power cycling
FF generate quick test signals on GPIO and port pins
-
jx,y Jump to address to execute. If no parameter entered it will transition to the application
code in the buffer if it is valid.
x - segment number
y - segment offset
Note: new command to ROM code

r,y,z Reserve tracks read

y starting sector number
z length in sectors
Note: works similar to level 2 “r” in application code

sx Seek to Physical Cyl (FULLSLIP)

x - Physical Cylinder number
Note: works similar to level 2 “s” in application code, without track offset option

tx,y,z Write to serial device

x = <RegisterAddress>
y = <Data>
z = Device selection
00 = PREAMP
01 = CHANNEL
02 = SERVO_CHIP
03 = SATA

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Appendix A: Error Codes
00h No error 5Eh Pad and fill defects
03h Calculated CRC doesn't match 5Fh Entire defect span was not found in User Defect List
11h Spin error 60h No spares available
12h Ramp load error 61h Write blocked w/o a reason
13h Offtrack 62h Write gate came on early
14h Write fault 63h Write gate went off late
15h Rd/wr seek timeout code 64h GC thermal sensor fault detected
16h Seek timeout 65h Shock sensor fault detected
17h 'False' AMDET (mis-timed) 66h Attempt made to write at the wrong target location.
18h Bad burst error code 68h FW initiated disc sequencer reset
19h Bad grey code 69h FW sequencer abort; split sector runaway RG
1Ah Early sync code 70h Bad disc resident cert/diag code
1Bh Missed am 71h Unable to read system sectors code
1Ch Failed the servo defect screen threshold 72h Unable to read packwriter auto-stamp
1Eh Target generator sector error 73h Invalid defect info loaded
1Fh Physical sector error 74h Invalid alt info table
20h Skip write detected using servo burst 88h Unable to learn good zap on track
22h NRZ freeze occurred (A=A')&(B=B')&(C=C')&(D=D') 89h Cylinder to be skipped out in loopback test
29h Thermal Asperity errors padded in test 36. 8Ah Wedge slipped
30h Data miscompares 8Bh Write ID failed
32h Slipped write error 8Ch Cylinder padded
33h Adaptives are not loaded 8Dh Cylinder filled in
34h Unexpected ECC verify read failure 8Eh Cylinder skipped out
35h Unexpected ECC verify read success 8Fh Max cylinder skips has been reached
36h Pending block encountered during a write 90h Zapped burst
37h Pending block encountered and read successfully 91h 2 consecutive zapped bursts
41h Long ECC error correction code 92h Too many zapped bursts on a track
42h Non zero byte detected 93h Unable to zap - 2 consecutive bad bursts
43h Data ECC error 94h Sumsquare of PES on this track exceeds limit
44h FIFO over/underrun 95h Unable to zap bad burst
45h Track ID miscompare error 96h Too many position plus velocity threshold breaks
46h Track ID read TO code 97h Zapped splice code
47h Missed data sync byte 98h Encroachment code
48h Missed data sync after a split 99h Max number of slipped tracks have been reached
49h Thermal asperity code 9Ah The slipped cyl requested does not exist.
4Ah Error didn't repeat during dynamic sparing mini cert 9Bh Head switch timeout error code
4Bh Error log full A0h Preamp miscommunication
4Ch Controller stopped without a reason A1h Reserve track defect list bad
4Dh Error reassigned during dynamic sparing A2h Boot adaptives bad
4Eh Block release timeout error A3h Bad application code
4Fh Buffer ready error A4h Not enough sectors saved to the disc for adaptives
50h Slipped sector A5h Application code check sum error
51h Alternated sector A6h Application code not compatible
52h Pad and fill defects CEh Cert test passed
53h Hard error w/AT retries no error with full retries CFh Cert test failed
54h Error during scratchfill EDh Attempt to write the user slip list but no valid list
55h Bad alt dest ID info FBh Missing critical parameter
56h Unable to find valid alt dest FCh Command aborted (internal only)
57h Unable to delete alt dest FDh R/w command rejected
58h Too many defects per head FEh Invalid address passed to Niwot
59h Too many defects per track FAh Un-initialized preamp code for new preamp interface
5Ah Too many dynamic slips FFh Unsupported code in the new preamp interface
5Ch Unknown full slip failure

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Appendix B: Special and Retry Display Characters
A spin up AMDET time out g write gate block detected
B boost char h AGC retry
C EP ECC retry char i track ID miscompare code
C coarse offset (servo) k AGC Level tweaked retry character
D detector threshold n MR Reset "pulse" applied
E partial erasure factor o fine offset character
F data filter p write delay/plo phase char
G coarse gain p power chop retry character
H if preamp not identified q chip unsafe error detected
I ID offset (servo) r alt relocatable block found
I track ID timeout error s seek retry performed
L long correction retry char t write gate early error detected
M MR bias tweak retry char u write gate late error detected
O fine offset (servo) v Timeout recovery
O OD offset (servo) w block release timeout recovery performed
P precomp w write retry performed
R bias current x PLL shift retry
R fast learn runout retry char y sync retry performed
S MR asymetry character ! verify block failed
S Splash retry " group delay retry wp5
T TA retry char $ missed AM while locked to burst
W write current % read verify block
W write buffer retry char & ID splash retry char
X Read sequence detector retry & preamp gain
Z spin up zero crossing time out * commutation advance during spin up
Z zero phase restart * bad AMs during normal operation
a data correction . data retry performed
b bad block mark encountered ? slipped write retry char
b boost retry _ no commutation advance during spin up
c on the fly correction performed | Turn off AFC1/2X comp.
c coarse offset ~ Sync byte tolerance retry
d physical sector miscompare code + boost offset
e physical sector miscompare code + boost offset
f filter retry < display MR bias retry char
f FIFO error retry performed > Wrong head retry char

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Appendix C: Online Command Display Descriptions

Statistics Display Description(`)

When the drive is running diagnostic commands, certain statistics are logged and may be displayed while operations
are in process. Statistics for each head are displayed in decilog form.
(e.g. 10.3 = 10**10.3 = 2x10**10)

Rbit This column displays the number of bits read in decilog.

Hard This column displays the hard error rate for reads using the specified retry options. (If
no retries are selected any error is a hard error). Any error displayed to the terminal
using the level 2 R or Q commands will be counted in the hard error rate.
Firm This column displays the firm error rate for reads using the specified retry options. A
firm error is defined as an error that is recovered with rereads > once through the retry
table, currently 46. Hard errors will also count against firm.
Soft This column displays the soft error rate for reads using the specified retry options. A
soft error is defined as an error that is recovered with 5 to 46 rereads. Hard or firm er-
rors will also count against soft
OTF This column displays the On-The-Fly error rate for reads. An OTF error is defined as
an error that is recovered with 1-5 rereads. Hard, firm, or soft errors will also count
against OTF.
Raw This column displays the error rate of any data error condition. It may be corrected by
OTF or retry actions. This column is the key indication of the drive performance. Hard,
firm, soft, and OTF errors will also count against raw.
Rhdr This column displays the ID reread rate for reads.
Wbit This column displays the number of bits written in decilog.
WHrd This column displays the hard error rate for writes using the specified retry options. (If
no retries are selected any error is a hard error). Any error displayed to the terminal
using the level 2 W or Q commands will be counted in the hard error rate.
Wrty This column displays the write retry rate for writes.
Whdr This column displays the ID rewrite rate for writes.

RBIT and WBIT are the common logarithm of the total number of bits transferred during reads and writes.
For example, if Head 0 read 7.88*10^9 bytes, then RBIT for Head 0 is

log10(8 bits/byte * 7.88 * 10^9) = 10.8

The remaining numbers represent the negative of the common logarithm of the error recovery usage rate
on a sector-by-sector basis. This usage rate is scaled by the number of bits per sector to yield an approxi-
mate bit error rate that is relatively accurate at low error rates. Mathematically, "HARD," "FIRM," "SOFT,"
"OTF," "RAW" equal

-log10{(Number of sectors in which controller invoked specified error recovery scheme)/[(Number

of sectors transferred)*(512 bytes/sector)*(8 bits/byte)]}

"Error Recovery Usage Rate" means how often different error recovery schemes (e.g., HARD = multiple
retries invoked and failed, FIRM = multiple retries invoked, SOFT = five retries invoked, OTF = one retry
invoked, RAW = OTF ECC invoked) are utilized as reported by the controller. Because the controller can
only report *that* an error recovery scheme was used, and not the *number of bytes* causing the invoca-
tion of the scheme, a single RAW error could be created by 1 bit in error or 4096 bits in error.

For example, a test transfers 16*10^6 sectors on Head 1.

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 RBIT = log10(16*10^6 sectors * 512 bytes/sector * 8 bytes/bit) = 10.8

During this test five sectors experienced 1 error, ten sectors experienced 9 errors, and three sectors ex-
perienced 20 errors. Assuming that the controller can correct 16 errors per sector, the three sectors with
20 errors required retries. In the experiment, one of the three was uncorrectable, two of the three required
six retries, and all three required a first retry. The results of this test are

HARD = -log10((1 sector)/(16*10^6 sectors * 512 bytes/sector * 8 bits/byte)) = 10.8

FIRM = -log10((2 sectors)/(16*10^6 sectors * 512 bytes/sector * 8 bits/byte)) = 10.5
SOFT = -log10((2 sectors)/(16*10^6 sectors * 512 bytes/sector * 8 bits/byte)) = 10.5
OTF = -log10((3 sectors)/(16*10^6 sectors * 512 bytes/sector * 8 bits/byte)) = 10.3
RAW = -log10(((5 + 10 + 3) sector)/(16*10^6 sectors * 512 bytes/sector * 8 bits/byte)) = 9.6

The 'Limit' identifies the pass/fail limits...

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Online Commands Displays (Continued)

Mux Status Display Description(%)

Returned data format:

:aabbccccddeeffgg hh'iiiiiiii ' “jjjjjjjjjjjj”

aa Age
bb Program
cccc Accumulated health
dd Drive type
ee Error flag byte
B7 - B4 = for inter - proc communication - Not Used
B3 = spin error - set when drive not spinning - Not Used
B2 = seek mode - set when drive is seeking - Not Used
B1 = Initialization error - set when error - Not Used
B0 = Allow write gate - USED BY MUX - set when drive ready
ff Error code byte
gg Maximum number of heads for this type
hh Interface
SA = Asynchronous SCSI
SS = Synchronous SCSI
AT = AT Interface
AX = AT with auto translate
iiiiiiii Drive serial number
jjjjjjjjjjjj PCBA serial number

example:
:50500000E7000007 AX'GR00072 ' “123456789012”

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Transfer Status Display Description(‘)

Returned data format:

Cmd Cyl Hd Sct Cnt Stbuf Segl Csct Cbuf Actv Ercd Rtry Flags
xx xxxx xx xxxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxx xxxx x xx wwxx.yy.zz xx

Cmd Last command type

xx
Cyl Cylinder of current command
xxxx
Hd Head of current command
xx
Sct Start sector of current command
xxxx
Cnt Length or block count
xxxx EVER = R/W Forever
Stbuf Start buffer number
xxxx
Segl Buffer size

Csct Current Sector

xx
Actv Command in progress
x
Ercd Error code from current command
Rtry Retry parameters (see level 2 Y command)
wwxx.yy.zz ww retry control
xx data retries
yy write retries
zz id retries
Flags Flags
xx

example:
Cmd Cyl Hd Sct Cnt Stbuf Segl Csct Cbuf Actv Ercd Rtry Flags
5A 0828 00 0000 0001 0000 10 0120 0001 N 00 0000.01.10 00

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Online Commands Displays (Continued)

Output format for drives with >64k cylinders:

Returned data format:

Cmd Cyl Hd Sct Cnt Stbuf Segl Csct Cbuf Actv Ercd Rtry Flags
xx xxxxx xx xxxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxx xxxx x xx wwxx.yy.zz xx

Cmd Last command type

xx
Cyl Cylinder of current command
xxxxx
Hd Head of current command
xx
Sct Start sector of current command
xxxx
Cnt Length or block count
xxxx EVER = R/W Forever
Stbuf Start buffer number
xxxx
Segl Buffer size

Csct Current Sector

xx
Actv Command in progress
x
Ercd Error code from current command
Rtry Retry parameters (see level 2 Y command)
wwxx.yy.zz ww retry control
xx data retries
yy write retries
zz id retries
Flags Flags
xx

example:
Cmd Cyl Hd Sct Cnt Stbuf Segl Csct Cbuf Actv Ercd Rtry Flags
5A 0828 00 0000 0001 0000 10 0120 0001 N 00 0000.01.10 00

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Active Status Display Description(.)

(FULLSLIP)
Returned data format:
Pgm=xx Trk=xxxx(yyyy).a(b).zzz(www) Zn=x Err=xx ErCt=xxxx Hlth=xxxx CHlth=xxxx sssss LBA=xxxxxxxx

Pgm=xx Active program 00 is diagnostic monitor. 50 is interface program All other numbers are
current test running.
Trk=xxxx(yyyy),a(b) Currently selected logical cylinder (physical cylinder), logical head (physical head), logi-
, zzz(www) cal sector (physical sector).
Trk will normally point to one sector past the last sector read or written.
Err=xx Error code from current operation
ErCt=xxxx Error count since last reset of drive or last reset error log command
Hlth=xxxx Accumulated health bits - four digits
CHlth=xxxx Current health bits - four digits
sssss Drive status. Can be Ready or Ntrdy

LBA=xxxxxxxx Current LBA

example:
Pgm=50 Trk=0300(0301).2(0).034(068) Err=00 ErCt=0000 Hlth=0000 CHlth=0000 Ready LBA=00123492

Output format for drives with >64k cylinders:

Pgm=xx Trk=xxxxx(yyyyy).a(b).zzz(www) Zn=x Err=xx ErCt=xxxx Hlth=xxxx CHlth=xxxx sssss LBA=xxxxxxxx

Pgm=xx Active program 00 is diagnostic monitor. 50 is interface program All other numbers are
current test running.
Trk=xxxxx(yyyyy), Currently selected logical cylinder (physical cylinder), logical head (physical head), logi-
a(b) , zzz(www) cal sector (physical sector).
Trk will normally point to one sector past the last sector read or written.
Err=xx Error code from current operation
ErCt=xxxx Error count since last reset of drive or last reset error log command
Hlth=xxxx Accumulated health bits - four digits
CHlth=xxxx Current health bits - four digits
sssss Drive status. Can be Ready or Ntrdy

LBA=xxxxxxxx Current LBA

example:
Pgm=00 Trk=00040(00040).0(0).253(15E) Zn=0 Err=00 ErCt=0000 Hlth=0000 CHlth=0000 Ready LBA=00000000

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Machine Status Display Description(;)

Returned data format:
Age=xx Type=xx MxCyl=xxxx MxHd=x MxSct=xxx Bsz=xx TCode=xxxx

Age=xx Current drive age

Type=xx Current drive type
MxCyl=xxxx Maximum cylinders for this drive type in hex
MxHd=x Maximum heads for this drive type in hex
MxSct=xxx Maximum Sector for this drive type in hex
BSz=xx Buffer size in hex
Tcode=xxxx Test code for T.E. Hda Test

example
Age=50 Type=A4 MxCyl=1387 MxHd=3 MxSct=10D Bsz=80 Tcode=0000

Output format for drives with >64k cylinders:

Age=xx Type=xx MxCyl=xxxx MxHd=x MxSct=xxx Bsz=xx TCode=xxxx

Age=xx Current drive age

Type=xx Current drive type
MxCyl=xxxxx Maximum cylinders for this drive type in hex
MxHd=x Maximum heads for this drive type in hex
MxSct=xxx Maximum Sector for this drive type in hex
BSz=xxxx Buffer size in hex
Tcode=xxxx Test code for T.E. Hda Test

Example
Age=50 Type=40 MxCyl=13833 MxHd=0 MxSct=362 BSz=0800 TCode=0000

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Buffer Allocation Display Description(?)

Returned data format:
RD:xxxx:yy
WR:xxxx:yy
AC:xxxx:yy
AS:xxxx:yy
SC:xxxx:yy
DP:xxxx:yy
BA:xxxx:yy
ST:xxxx:yy
logbps:xxxx
codebps:xxxx

uP:xxxx:yy
FM:xxxx:yy
AD:xxxx:yy
RL
SC AL

RDxxxx:yy xxxx = Buffer number for read buffer

yy = Buffer size in sectors
WR:xxxx:yy xxxx = Buffer number for write buffer
yy = Buffer size in sectors
AC:xxxx:yy xxxx Buffer number for active log buffer
yy = Buffer size in sectors
AS:xxxx:yy xxxx= Buffer number for ascii log buffer
yy = Buffer size in sectors
DP:xxxx:yy xxxx = Buffer number for display log buffer
yy = Buffer size in sectors
SC:xxxx:yy xxxx = Buffer number for scratch buffer (general purpose use)
yy = Scratch buffer size in sectors
BA:xxxx:yy xxxx = Buffer number for batch file buffer
yy = Buffer size in sectors
ST:xxxx:yy xxxx = Buffer number for statistics log buffer
yy = Buffer size in sectors
logpbs:xxxx Bytes per sector in cert log area
codebps:xxxx Bytes per sector in code area
uP:xxxx:yy xxxx = Buffer number for microprocessor ram
yy = Buffer size in sectors

FM:xxxx:yy xxxx=Buffer number for format operations (moving alts)

yy=Buffer size in sectors
AD:xxxx:yy xxxx=Buffer number for reading/saving adaptives
yy=Buffer size in sectors
RL Reserve slip test
SL User slip list
AL User Alt list

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 Health Bits Definitions:
The health byte is in the following format: X X X X . X X X X
The first 4 nibbles are the Current Health Bit and the last 4 are the Accumulated Health Bits.
The bits in the health byte description follows:

Bit # Meaning Bit # Meaning

(if 1) (if 1)
15 Excessive Skips or Alts 7 (internal use- abort test flag)
14 Hardware Error 6 (internal use- error 13 or 14)
13 Serious R/W Error 5 (internal use- too many dfcts/tk
12 Error Rate Health 4 Servo warning
11 Offtrack Error 3 Read/Write warning
10 Actuator Error 2 Unable to Assign Skip or Alt
9 Servo Error 1 Spin Current Warning
8 Spin Error 0 Spin Error During Seek

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 Error Log Display

Header Format:
All Drives Prior To VAIL:
Log 3A - Health 0000 - Cert Rev = 0.01 - Rom Rev = 0.05 - Time = 00:00:15
0075 Entries:
_____Head___0_____ _____Head___1_____ _____Head___2_____ _____Head___3_____
43 007F.1EB 164 03 43 2238.18B 0A6 03 43 02B6.1FE 154 03 43 0261.249 145 03
All Drives After Durango:
Log 3A - Health 0000 - Cert Rev = 0.01 - Rom Rev = 0.05 - Time = 00:00:15 Log Type = 02
0075 Entries:
_____Head___0_____ _____Head___1_____ _____Head___2_____ _____Head___3_____
43 007F.1EB 164 03 43 2238.18B 0A6 03 43 02B6.1FE 154 03 43 0261.249 145 03

Output format for drives with >64k cylinders:

Log 3A - Health 0000 - Cert Rev = 044 - Rom Rev = 0.44 - Time = 00:16:38 Log Type = 02
0004 Entries:
_____Head___0______ _____Head___1______ _____Head___3______ _____Head___4______
90 00254.136 12E 01 90 10237.136 12E 01 90 05250.126 12E 01 90 10456.136 13E 01

Defect List Format:

All Drives Prior To VAIL:
After reading a cert log the defect information will be placed at the beginning of the display(active) buffer.

List Format:

Byte 0: Log number

Byte 1: Log Type
0 = active log
1 = ascii log
Byte 2-3: Major Health
Byte 4-5: Time of test in seconds
Byte 6-7: Next Entry Pointer
Byte 8-11: Cert Revision
Byte 12-15: Rom Revision
Bytes 16-22: First entry as follows:
Byte 16: error code
Byte 17: cylinder low
Byte 18: xyzz
x = bit 8 of logical sector #
y = bit 8 of deskewed sector #
zz = cylinder high
Byte 19: head
Byte 20: logical sector # bits 7:0
Byte 21: sense byte/deskewed sector # bits 7:0
Byte 22: count
Bytes 23-29: Second Entry etc.

When the log is displayed the output to the screen is formatted as shown below.

___Head ___x____
wwww.xxx.yyy.zz

where wwww is cylinder

xxx is logical sector #

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 yyy is sense byte/deskewed sector #
zz is count

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All Drives After Durango:
After reading a cert log the defect information will be placed at the beginning of the display(active) buffer.
List Format:
Byte 0: Log number
Byte 1: Log Type
1 = ascii log
2 = active log
4 = byte offset format for active log
Byte 2-3: Major Health
Byte 4-5: Time of test in seconds
Byte 6-7: # of defects in log
Byte 8-11: Cert Revision
Byte 12-15: Rom Revision
Bytes 16-23: First entry as follows:
Byte 16: error code
Byte 17: physical cylinder low
Byte 18: physical cylinder high
Byte 19: physical head
(If log type 4)
Byte 20: servo sector # bits 7:0
Byte 21: byte offset from servo sector # bits 7:0
Byte 22: xy
x= bits 11:8 of servo sector #
y=bits11:8 of byte offset #
Byte 23: count
(If log type 2)
Byte 20: logical sector # bits 7:0
Byte 21: deskewed sector # bits 7:0
Byte 23: count
Bytes 24-31: Second Entry etc.
When the log is displayed the output to the screen is formatted as shown below.
(Log Type 2) (Log Type 4)
___Head ___x____ ___Head ___x____
vv wwww.xxx yyy zz vv wwww.xxx yyy zz

where wwww is physical cylinder where wwww is physical cylinder

xxx is logical sector # xxx is servo sector #
yyy is deskewed sector # yyy is byte offset from servo sector #

Log 3A - Health 0000 - Cert Rev = 0.01 - Rom Rev = 0.05 - Time = 00:00:15 Log Type = 02
0075 Entries:
_____Head___0_____ _____Head___1_____
43 007F.1EB 164 03 43 2238.18B 0A6 03
43 02B6.1FE 154 03 43 0261.249 145 03

Log 31 - Health 0000 - Cert Rev = 0.01 - Rom Rev = 0.05 - Time = 01:09:34 Log Type = 04
0D21 Entries:
_____Head___0_____ _____Head___1_____
43 0148.06A 14D 02 43 0024.017 669 0243 01D3.032 3CF 02 43 01DE.027 0C9 0143 020F.074 3A7 01 43
01FA.02C 21B 01

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Output format for drives with >64k cylinders:

(Log Type 2) (Log Type 4)

___Head ___x______ ___Head ___x______
vv wwwww.xxx yyy zz vv wwwww.xxx yyy zz

where wwwww is physical cylinder where wwwww is physical cylinder

xxx is logical sector # xxx is servo sector #
yyy is deskewed sector # yyy is byte offset from servo sector #

Log 31 - Health 0000 - Cert Rev = 002b - Rom Rev = 0.02b - Time = 01:57:22 Log Type = 04
0071 Entries:
_____Head___0______
43 002D0.02C 96D 01
43 004CD.0AC 651 02
43 004CE.0AC 651 02

Log 3A - Health 0000 - Cert Rev = 002b - Rom Rev = 0.02b - Time = 00:51:59 Log Type = 02
0040 Entries:
_____Head___0______
43 0002F.04D 22D 03
43 01187.2C1 111 03

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