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11.38.3  Set Max Unlock (Feature = 03h) 
 
Command Block Output Registers 
Command Block Input Registers 
 
Table 144    Set Max Unlock (F9h) 
 
The device regards as Set Max Address command, if this command is immediately preceded by a Read Native 
Max Address command. 
This command requests a transfer of a single sector of data from the host including the information specified in 
Table 141 on the page 197 with the stored SET MAX password. 
If the password compare fails then the device returns an abort error to the host and decrements the unlock 
attempt counter. This counter is initially set to 5 and is decremented for each password mismatch. When this 
counter reaches zero then all Set Max Unlock commands are rejected until a hard reset or a power off. 
If  the  password  compares  matches,  then  the  device  set  the  Set_Max_Unlocked  state  and  all  Set  Max 
commands shall be accepted.