Read Position Command
160 T10000: Interface Reference Manual August 2016
TABLE 3-115 Read Position Data - Short Form
Byte
Bit
76543210
0 BOP EOP BCU BYCU RSVD LOLU PERR RSVD
1 Partition Number
2
thru
3
(MSB)
Reserved
(LSB)
4
thru
7
(MSB)
First Logical Object Location
(LSB)
8
thru
11
(MSB)
Last Logical Object Location
(LSB)
12 Reserved
13
thru
15
(MSB)
Number of Logical Objects in Object Buffer
(LSB)
16
thru
19
(MSB)
Number of Bytes in Object Buffer
(LSB)
Parameter Value
BOP: Beginning-of-Partition 0 = Tape is not positioned at BOP
1 = Tape is positioned at BOP
EOP: End-of-Partition: 0 = Tape is not past LEOT
1 = Tape is past LEOT
LOCU: Logical object count
unknown
0 = Number of logical objects in object buffer is valid
1 = Number of logical objects in object buffer is not valid
BYCU: Byte Count Unknown 0 = Number of bytes in object buffer is valid
1 = Number of bytes in object buffer is not valid
LOLU: Logical object location
unknown
0 = First logical object location, last logical object location or
partition number are valid
1 = First logical object location, last logical object location and
partition number are not valid
PERR: Position Error 0 = Location fields are valid
1 = Location fields have overflowed and are invalid