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ECMA-316 — 8 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge for information interchange - Helical scan recording - VXA-1 format (December 2001)

Standard ECMA-316 2nd Edition - December 2001

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8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange - Helical Scan Recording – VXA-1 Format

Phone: +41 22 849.60.00 - Fax: +41 22 849.60.01 - URL: http://www.ecma.ch - Internet: [email protected]

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Standard ECMA-316 2nd Edition - December 2001

Standardizing

Information

and

Communication

Systems

8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange - Helical Scan Recording – VXA-1 Format

Phone: +41 22 849.60.00 - Fax: +41 22 849.60.01 - URL: http://www.ecma.ch - Internet: [email protected] MB Ecma-316.doc

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Brief History

ECMA has produced a series of Standards for cassettes and cartridges containing magnetic tapes of different widths, e.g. 12,7 mm, 8 mm, 6,35 mm and 3,81 mm, almost all of which have been adopted by ISO/IEC under the fast-track procedure as International Standards. Of these, the following relate to 8 mm helical scan recording. ECMA-145 (1990): ISO 11319

8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange - Helical Scan Recording

ECMA-169 (1992): ISO/IEC 12246

8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge Dual Azimuth Format for Information Interchange Helical Scan Recording

ECMA-246 (1998): ISO/IEC 15780

8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange - Helical Scan Recording AIT-1 Format

ECMA-247 (1998): ISO/IEC 15718

8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange - Helical Scan Recording HH-1 Format

ECMA-249 (1998): ISO/IEC 15757

8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge Dual Azimuth Format for Information Interchange Helical Scan Recording – DA-2 Format

ECMA-291 (1999): ISO/IEC 18809

8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange - Helical Scan Recording AIT-1 with MIC Format

ECMA-292 (1999): ISO/IEC 18810

8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange - Helical Scan Recording AIT-2 with MIC Format

ECMA-293 (1999): ISO/IEC 18836

8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange - Helical Scan Recording MammothTape-2 Format

This Standard ECMA-316 describes a cartridge containing a magnetic tape 8 mm wide. With a tape length of 170 m, this format provides a native storage capacity of 33 Gbytes, or a compressed data capacity of typically 66 Gbytes. This ECMA Standard is the first in a family of VXA tape formats. It employs a R/S ECC-4 to ensure interchange of user data while being less sensitive to user alignment of the tracks recorded on the tape. This Standard has been adopted by ISO/IEC JTC 1 as International Standard ISO/IEC 20062.

Adopted as an ECMA Standard by the General Assembly of December 2001.

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Table of contents Section 1 - General

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Scope

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Conformance Magnetic tape cartridges Generating drive Receiving drive

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References

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4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31

Definitions ac erase algorithm Average Signal Amplitude azimuth back surface Beginning of Data (BOD) Beginning of Tape (BOT) bit cell byte cartridge Channel bit Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) character End of Data (EOD) End of Partition (EOP) End of Tape (EOT) Error Correcting Code (ECC) File Mark Logical Block magnetic tape Master Standard Reference Tape Partition physical recording density Reference Field Secondary Standard Reference Tape (SSRT) Set Mark Standard Reference Amplitude (SRA) Standard Reference Current (Ir) Tape Reference Edge Test Recording Current (TRC) Track Typical Field

1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

5.1 5.2

Conventions and Notations Representation of numbers Names

3 3 4

Acronyms

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Environment and Safety Testing environment Operating environment

4 4 4

2 2.1 2.2 2.3

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6 7 7.1 7.2

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7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6

Storage environment Transportation Safety Flammability

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Section 2 - Requirements for the case

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5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 13 13 14 15 15 16 16 16

8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21

Dimensional and mechanical characteristics of the case General Overall dimension Holding areas Cartridge insertion Window Loading grips Label areas Datum areas and datum holes Support areas Recognition holes Write-inhibit hole Pre-positioning surfaces Lid Cartridge reel lock Reel access holes Interface between the reels and the drive spindles Light path Position of the tape in the case Tape path zone Tape access cavity Tape access cavity clearance requirements

Section 3 - Requirements for the Unrecorded Tape

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Mechanical, physical and dimensional characteristics of the tape 9.1 Materials 9.2 Length 9.2.1 Length of the magnetic tape 9.2.2 Length of leader and trailer tapes 9.2.3 Length of the splicing tape 9.3 Width 9.3.1 Width of magnetic, leader and trailer tape 9.3.2 Width and position of the splicing tape 9.3.3 Edge weave 9.4 Discontinuities 9.5 Thickness 9.5.1 Thickness of the magnetic tape 9.5.2 Thickness of leader and trailer tape 9.5.3 Thickness of the splice tape 9.6 Longitudinal curvature 9.7 Cupping 9.8 Coating adhesion 9.9 Layer-to-layer adhesion 9.10 Tensile strength 9.10.1 Breaking strength 9.10.2 Yield strength 9.11 Residual elongation

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9.12 9.13 9.14

Electrical resistance of the recording surface Tape winding Light transmittance of tape

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10 Magnetic recording characteristics 10.1 Test conditions 10.2 Typical Recording Current 10.3 Signal Amplitude 10.4 Resolution 10.5 Signal-to-Noise Ratio 10.6 Ease of erasure 10.7 Tape quality 10.7.1 Missing pulses 10.7.2 Missing pulse zone 10.7.3 Overwrite

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Section 4 - Requirements for an Interchanged Tape

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11 Track Format 11.1 General 11.2 Physical Logical Block Format 11.2.1 Logical Block Set (LBS) 11.2.2 Logical Blocks 11.2.3 Segment Packets 11.2.4 Segment Overhead Packets 11.2.5 Skipped Segment Packets 11.2.6 Segment ECC packets 11.2.7 Segment flush 11.3 Track Packet format 11.3.1 Virtual Packet Address 11.3.2 Local Packet Address 11.3.3 Packet data 11.3.4 Packet CRC 11.3.5 Packet Reed-Solomon ECC 11.4 Control packet format 11.5 Packet framing sync

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12 Tape Format 12.1 Track elements 12.2 Data track format 12.2.1 Order of packets in a data track 12.2.2 Rewrite 12.3 Gap tracks

55 55 55 56 56 56

13 Method of recording 13.1 Physical recording density 13.1.1 Long-term average bit cell length 13.1.2 Short-term average bit cell length 13.1.3 Rate of change 13.2 Bit shift 13.3 Amplitude of Data Signals

57 57 57 57 57 57 57

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Track geometry

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14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9

General Track pitch Average track pitch Track width Track angle Track length Guard band Azimuth angles Track linearity

57 58 58 58 58 58 59 59 59

15 Layout of a tape 15.1 General 15.2 Beginning of Partition 15.3 Tape Header Record (THR) 15.4 Data area 15.5 Tape Directory Record 15.6 End of Data 15.7 End of Partition (EOP)

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Annex A - Measurement of Light Transmittance of Tape and Leaders

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Annex B - Packet ECC

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Annex C - Segment ECC

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Annex D - Generation of the Segment Overhead CRCs

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Annex E - Generation of the Segment Data CRC

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Annex F - Generation of the Packet CRC

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Annex G - Representation of 8-bit bytes by 14-bit patterns

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Annex H - Measurement of bit shift

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Annex J - Tape Count

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Annex K - Recommendations for transportation

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Section 1 - General 1

Scope This ECMA Standard specifies the physical and magnetic characteristics of an 8 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge to enable physical interchange of such cartridges between drives. It also specifies the quality of the recorded signals, the recording method and the recorded format called VXA-1, and thereby allowing data interchange between drives by means of such magnetic tape cartridges. This ECMA Standard specifies three types depending on the length of magnetic tape contained in the case, referred to as Type A, Type B and Type C. Information interchange between systems also requires, at a minimum, agreement between the interchange parties upon the interchange code(s) and the specifications of the structure and labelling of the information on the interchanged cartridge. If compression is used with this format, it shall be according to ECMA Standard ECMA-222.

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Conformance Magnetic tape cartridges A magnetic tape cartridge shall be in conformance with this ECMA Standard if it satisfies all mandatory requirements of this ECMA Standard throughout the extent of the tape.

2.2

Generating drive A drive generating a magnetic tape cartridge for interchange shall be entitled to claim conformance with this ECMA Standard if all the recordings that it makes on a tape meet the mandatory requirements of this ECMA Standard. A claim of conformance shall state whether or not the registered compression algorithm specified in ECMA-222 is implemented within the system to process data from the host prior to allocating data to segment data packets.

2.3

Receiving drive A system receiving a magnetic tape cartridge for interchange shall be entitled to claim conformance with this ECMA Standard if it is able to handle any recording on this tape according to this ECMA Standard. A receiving drive shall be able to recognise the use of the data compression algorithm specified in ECMA-222.

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References ECMA-222 (1995)

Adaptive Lossless Data Compression Algorithm

ECMA-287 (1999)

Safety of electronic equipment

ISO 527-3:1995

Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 3: Test conditions for films and sheets

ISO 1302:1992

Technical Drawings - Method of indicating surface texture on drawings

ISO/IEC 11576:1994

Information technology - Procedure for the registration of algorithms for the lossless compression of data

Definitions For the purpose of this ECMA Standard, the following definitions apply.

4.1

ac erase A process of erasure utilising alternating magnetic fields of decaying intensity.

4.2

algorithm A set of rules for transforming the logical representation of data.

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4.3

Average Signal Amplitude The average peak-to-peak value of the output signal from the read head at a density of 2 740 ftpmm measured over a minimum distance of 100 mm, exclusive of missing pulses.

4.4

azimuth The angular deviation, in degrees of arc, of the recorded flux transitions on a track from a line normal to the track centreline.

4.5

back surface The surface of the tape opposite to the magnetic coating used to record data.

4.6

Beginning of Data (BOD) The point in a partition after which a recording of data for interchange commences.

4.7

Beginning of Tape (BOT) The transition from the tape leader to an opaque area of the splice by which a translucent leader tape is joined to the magnetic tape.

4.8

bit cell A distance along the track allocated for the recording of a Channel bit.

4.9

byte An ordered set of bits acted upon as a unit.

4.10

cartridge A case containing magnetic tape stored on twin reels.

4.11

Channel bit A bit after 8-14 transformation.

4.12

Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) character A character derived from information contained in data bytes that is used for error detection.

4.13

End of Data (EOD) The point in a partition before which a recording of data for interchange ends.

4.14

End of Partition (EOP) The virtual point along the length of tape at which a partition ends.

4.15

End of Tape (EOT) The transition from an opaque area of the splice to a translucent trailer tape.

4.16

Error Correcting Code (ECC) A mathematical procedure yielding bytes used for the detection and correction of errors.

4.17

File Mark A mark recorded on the tape at the request of the host system to separate files or to provide an append point. This format provides for Long and Short File Marks.

4.18

Logical Block Information (data) sent to the tape drive to be recorded.

4.19

magnetic tape A tape that accepts and retains magnetic signals intended for input, output, and storage of data for information processing.

4.20

Master Standard Reference Tape A tape selected as the standard for Signal Amplitude, Typical Recording Current, Overwrite and Resolution.

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NOTE The Master Standard Reference Tape has been established by Exabyte Corporation.

4.21

Partition A formatted length of tape used to record data.

4.22

physical recording density The number of recorded flux transitions per unit length of track, expressed in flux transitions per millimetre (ftpmm).

4.23

Reference Field The Typical Field of the Master Standard Reference Tape.

4.24

Secondary Standard Reference Tape (SSRT) A tape the performance of which is known and stated in relation to that of the Master Standard Reference Tape. NOTE Secondary Standard Reference Tapes can be ordered under the Part Number 111.00124 from Exabyte Corporation, 1685 38 th Street, Boulder, Co. 80301, USA. In principle, such tapes will be available for a period of 10 years from the publication of the first edition of this ECMA Standard. However, by agreement between ECMA and Exabyte Corporation, this period may be shortened or extended to take account of demand for such tapes. It is intended that these be used for calibrating Tertiary Reference Tapes for use in routine calibration.

4.25

Set Mark A mark recorded on the tape at the request of the host system to separate a set of data or to provide an append point.

4.26

Standard Reference Amplitude (SRA) The Average Signal Amplitude derived from the Master Standard Reference Tape, using the Test Recording Current at 2 740 ftpmm.

4.27

Standard Reference Current (Ir) The current that produces the Reference Field.

4.28

Tape Reference Edge The lower edge of tape as seen when viewing the recording surface of the tape with the supply reel to the observer’s right.

4.29

Test Recording Current (TRC) The current used to record the SRA. The TRC is 1,4 times the Standard Reference Current.

4.30

Track A diagonally positioned area on the tape along which a series of magnetic transitions may be recorded.

4.31

Typical Field In the plot of the Average Signal Amplitude against the recording field at the physical recording density of 2 740 ftpmm, the minimum field that causes an Average Signal Amplitude equal to 90 % of the maximum Average Signal Amplitude.

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Conventions and Notations Representation of numbers A measured value is rounded off to the least significant digit of the corresponding specified value. It implies that a specific value of 1,26 with a positive tolerance of +0,01, and a negative tolerance of -0,02 allows a range of measured values from 1,235 to 1,275.

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• Letters and digits in parentheses represent numbers in hexadecimal notation. • The setting of a bit is denoted by ZERO or ONE. • Numbers in binary notation and bit combinations are represented by strings of digits 0 and 1. • Numbers in binary notation and bit combinations are shown with the most significant byte to the left, and with the most significant bit in each byte to the left. • Negative values of numbers in binary notation are given in Two’s complement. • In each field the data is processed so that the most significant byte (byte 0) is processed first. Within each byte the most significant bit (numbered 7 in an 8-bit byte) is processed first, least significant bit is numbered 0 and is processed last. This order of processing applies also to the data input to the Error Detection and Correction circuits and to their output, unless otherwise stated.

5.2

Names The names of entities, e.g. specific tracks, fields, etc., are given with a capital initial letter.

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Acronyms CRC BOD BOT ECC EOD EOT LB LBA LBS lsb LSB msb MSB OWG SPM SRA SSRT TDR THR VPA

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Cyclic Redundancy Check Beginning of Data Beginning of Tape Error Correction Code End of Data End of Tape Logical Block Logical Block Address Logical Block Set Least Significant Bit Least Significant Byte Most Significant Bit Most significant Byte Overwritable Gap Splice Position Marker Standard Reference Amplitude Secondary Standard Reference Tape Tape Directory Record Tape header Record Virtual Packet Address

Environment and Safety The conditions specified below refer to the ambient conditions immediately surrounding the cartridge. Cartridges exposed to environments outside these limits may still be able to function usefully; however, such exposure may cause permanent damage.

7.1

Testing environment Unless otherwise specified, tests and measurements made on the cartridge to check the requirements of this ECMA Standard shall be carried out under the following conditions temperature: relative humidity: conditioning period before testing:

7.2

23 °C ± 2 °C 40 % to 60 % 24 h min.

Operating environment Cartridges used for data interchange shall be capable of operating under the following conditions temperature: relative humidity: wet bulb temperature:

5 °C to 45 °C 20 % to 80 % 26 °C max.

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The average temperature of the air immediately surrounding the tape shall not exceed 45°C. If a cartridge has been exposed during storage and/or transportation to conditions outside the above values, before use the cartridge shall be conditioned in the operating environment for a time at least equal to the period during which it has been out of the operating environment, up to a maximum of 24 h.

7.3

Storage environment The following conditions shall be observed during storage temperature: relative humidity: stray magnetic field:

5 °C to 32 °C 20 % to 60 % shall not exceed 4 000 A/m at any point on the tape.

There shall be no deposit of moisture on or in the cartridge.

7.4

Transportation Recommended limits for the environments, to which a cartridge may be subjected during transportation, and the precautions to be taken to minimise the possibility of damage, are provided in annex K.

7.5

Safety The cartridge shall satisfy the safety requirements of Standard ECMA-287 when used in the intended manner or in any foreseeable use in an information processing system.

7.6

Flammability The cartridge shall be made from materials that comply with the flammability class for HB materials, or better, as specified in Standard ECMA-287.

Section 2 - Requirements for the case 8 8.1

Dimensional and mechanical characteristics of the case General The cartridge shall consist of the following elements: − − − − −

a case recognition holes a write inhibit mechanism twin reels containing magnetic tape a locking mechanism for the reels

Dimensional characteristics are specified for those parameters deemed to be mandatory for interchange and compatible use of the cartridge. Where there is freedom of design, only the functional characteristics of the elements described are indicated. In the figures a typical implementation is represented in third angle projections. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15

shows a perspective view of the cartridge seen from the top. shows a perspective view of the cartridge seen from the bottom. shows a perspective view of Reference Planes X, Y and Z. shows the front side with the lid closed. shows the left side with the lid closed. shows the top side with the lid closed. shows the right side with the lid closed. shows the rear side with the lid closed. shows the bottom side, datum and support areas. shows the bottom side with the lid removed. shows the enlarged view of the datum and recognition holes. shows cross-sections through the light path holes, the recognition holes and the write-inhibit hole. shows details of the lid when closed, rotating and open. shows details of the lid release insertion channel. shows the lid lock release requirements.

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Figure 16 Figure 17 Figure 18 Figure 19 Figure 20 Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 23 Figure 24

shows the reel lock release requirements. shows the reel unlock force direction. shows the lid release force direction. shows the lid opening force direction. shows the light path and light window. shows the internal tape path and light path. shows the cartridge reel and a cross-section view of the cartridge reel. shows a cross-section view of the cartridge reel interface with the drive spindle. shows the tape access cavity clearance requirements.

The dimensions are referred to three orthogonal Reference Planes X, Y and Z (see figure 3). Plane X is perpendicular to Plane Z and passes through the centres of the Datum Holes A and B. Plane Y is perpendicular to Plane X and Plane Z and passes through the centre of Datum Hole A. Datum area A, B and C shall lie in Plane Z.

8.2

Overall dimension (figures 5 and 6) The length of the case shall be l1 = 62,5 mm ± 0,3 mm The width of the case shall be l2 = 95,0 mm ± 0,2 mm The distance from the top of the case to Plane Z shall be l3 = 15,0 mm ± 0,2 mm The distance from the rear side to Plane X shall be l4 = 47,35 mm ± 0,15 mm The distance from the right side to Plane Y shall be l5 = 13,0 mm ± 0,1 mm

8.3

Holding areas (figure 6) The holding areas shown hatched in figure 6 shall be the areas along which the cartridge shall be held down when inserted into the drive. The distance of the holding areas from Plane X shall be l6 = 12,0 mm max. The width when measured from the edge of the case shall be l7 = 3,0 mm min.

8.4

Cartridge insertion (figures 4, 7, 10, 13 and 14) The cartridge shall have asymmetrical features to prevent insertion into the drive in other than the correct orientation. These consist of an insertion channel, a recess and an incline. The insertion channel (figures 4 and 14) shall provide for an unobstructed path, when the lid is closed and locked, to unlock the lid. The distance of the insertion channel from Plane Y shall be l8 = 79,7 mm ± 0,2 mm There shall be a chamfer at the beginning of the insertion channel defined by l9 = 1,0 mm ± 0,1 mm l16 = 1,5 mm ± 0,1 mm An additional chamfer further into the insertion channel shall be defined by l10 = 0,7 mm ± 0,1 mm

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l17 = 1,0 mm ± 0,1 mm l18 = 3,8 mm ± 0,1 mm The innermost width of the insertion channel shall be l11 = 1,0 mm min. The thickness of the lid shall be l12 = 1,2 mm ± 0,1 mm There shall be a chamfer on the lid defined by l13 = 0,8 mm ± 0,1 mm l14 = 1,2 mm ± 0,1 mm The lid shall extend from the case a distance of l15 = 0,5 mm ± 0,1 mm The distance from the left side of the case to the lid lock shall be l19 = 0,2 mm ± 0,2 mm The height of the insertion area shall be l20 = 2,3 mm min. + 0,2 mm

l21 = 2,5 mm

- 0,0 mm

The recess is located on the right side of the cartridge. The position and dimensions (figures 7 and 10) shall be defined by l22 = 7,5 mm max. l23 = 11,0 mm ± 0,2 mm l24 = 1,5 mm ± 0,1 mm The depth of the recess shall be l25 = 1,5 mm ± 0,1 mm The incline (figure 13) is part of the lid structure. The distance of the incline from Plane X shall be defined by + 0,0 mm

l26 = 7,7 mm

- 2,5 mm

The angle of the incline shall be a 1 = 20 o ± 1o The incline shall end at its intersection with radius r3 (see 8.13).

8.5

Window (figure 1) A window may be provided on the top side so that parts of the reels are visible. The window, if provided, shall not extend beyond the height of the cartridge.

8.6

Loading grips (figures 5 and 7) The cartridge shall have a recessed loading grip on the right side and on the left side to allow handling by an automatic loading mechanism. The distance from Plane X to the centreline of the loading grip shall be

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l28 = 39,35 mm ± 0,20 mm; The distance from Plane Z on the bottom side and from the top side shall be l29 = 1,5 mm ± 0,1 mm; The width of the indent shall be l30 = 5,0 mm ± 0,3 mm; The depth of the indent shall be l31 = 2,0 mm ± 0,2 mm; and the angle of the indent a 2 = 90 o ± 5o .

8.7

Label areas (figures 6 and 8) A portion of the rear side of the cartridge and a portion of the top side of the cartridge may be used for labels. The position and the size of the labels shall not interfere with the operation or clearance requirements of the cartridge component parts. The area used for labels on the top side shall not extend beyond the inner edge of the holding areas defined by l6 and l7 . The position and dimensions of the label area on the rear side shall be defined by l32 = 0,5 mm min. l33 = 1,5 mm min. l34 = 80,0 mm max. The label areas shall not be recessed by more than 0,3 mm.

8.8

Datum areas and datum holes (figures 9, 10 and 11) The annular datum areas A, B and C shall lie in Plane Z. They determine the vertical position of the cartridge in the drive. Each shall have a diameter d 1 equal to 6,0 mm ± 0,1 mm and be concentric with the respective datum hole. The centres of datum holes A and B lie in Plane X. The centre of the circular datum hole A shall be at the intersection of planes X and Y (see figure 9). The distance from the centre of datum hole B to Plane Y (see figure 9) shall be l35 = 68,0 mm ± 0,1 mm The distance from the centre of the circular datum hole C to Plane Y (see figure 11) shall be l36 = 10,20 mm ± 0,05 mm The distance from the centre of datum hole D to Plane Y (see figure 11) shall be l37 = 79,2 mm ± 0,1 mm The distance from the centres of datum holes C and D to Plane X (see figure 10) shall be l38 = 36,35 mm ± 0,08 mm The thickness of the case in the datum areas shall be l39 = 1,2 mm ± 0,1 mm The diameter at the bottom of datum hole A and datum hole C shall be l40 = 2,6 mm min. The depth of the holes shall be

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l42 = 4,0 mm min. The upper diameter of datum holes A and C shall be + 0,05 mm

l44 = 3,00 mm

- 0,00 mm

This diameter shall be to a depth of l41 = 1,5 mm min. There shall be a chamfer around the outside of datum hole A and datum hole C defined by l43 = 0,3 mm max. a 3 = 45 o ± 1o The width at the bottom of datum holes B and D shall be l40 . The depth of the holes shall be l42 . The dimensions at the top of the holes shall be l45 = 3,5 mm ± 0,1 mm + 0,05 mm

l46 = 3,00 mm

- 0,00 mm

r 1 = 1,75 mm ± 0,05 mm This width shall be to a depth l41 . There shall be a chamfer around the outside of datum holes B and D defined by l43 and a 3.

8.9

Support areas (figure 9) The cartridge Support areas are shown shaded in figure 9. Support areas A, B and C shall be coplanar with Datum areas A, B and C, respectively, within 0,1 mm. Support area D shall be coplanar with Plane Z within 0,15 mm. The areas within l49 of the edge of the cartridge shall be recessed from the Support Areas. l49 = 0,5 mm ± 0,1 mm Support areas A and B shall extend from Plane X towards the front of the case a distance l47 = 10,0 mm ± 0,1 mm Support areas A and B shall extend from the centre of the Datum holes toward the outside of the case a distance l47 . Support areas A and B shall extend from the centre of the Datum holes toward the inside of the case a distance of l48 = 11,0 mm ± 0,1 mm Support areas A and B shall extend from Plane X toward the rear of the case a distance of l50 = 7,0 mm ± 0,1 mm The distance of Support areas C and D from Plane X shall be l51 = 30,0 mm ± 0,1 mm The dimensions of Support areas C and D shall be defined by l47 and l52 = 5,5 mm ± 0,1 mm l53 = 64,5 mm ± 0,2 mm

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8.10

Recognition holes (figures 10, 11 and 12) There shall be 6 recognition holes numbered 1 to 6 as shown in figure 11. The centre of recognition hole 1 shall be defined by l55 and l56. The centre of recognition hole 2 shall be defined by l54 = 43,35 mm ± 0,15 mm l61 = 10,0 mm ± 0,1 mm The centre of recognition hole 3 shall be defined by l54 and l57. The centre of recognition hole 4 shall be defined by l54 and l58 = 79,0 mm ± 0,2 mm The centre of recognition hole 5 shall be defined by l55 = 3,7 mm ± 0,1 mm l56 = 2,3 mm ± 0,1 mm Recognition hole 6 shall be defined by l96 = 46,0 mm ± 0,1 mm + 0,1 mm

l97 = 3,4 mm

- 0,0 mm

l98 = 26,4 mm ± 0,05 mm + 0,05 mm

l99 = 3,60 mm

- 0,00 mm

Recognition holes 1 to 5 shall have the cross-section E-E and F-F shown in figure 12 and shall have a diameter of 3,0 mm ± 0,1 mm. Recognition hole 6 shall have the cross-section M-M shown in figure 12. The depth of a closed recognition hole below Plane Z shall be +0,3 mm

l59 = 1,2 mm

- 0,1 mm

The depth of an open recognition hole below Plane Z shall be l60 = 5,0 mm min. One of the cross-sections shows a recognition hole closed by a plug. The other shows one hole with the plug punched out and the other hole closed by a plug. These plugs shall withstand an applied force of 0,5 N without being punched out. This ECMA Standard prescribes the following states of these holes for Type A Tape Cartridges. − − − − − −

Recognition hole 1 shall be closed. Recognition hole 2 shall be open. Recognition hole 3 shall be closed. Recognition hole 4 shall be open. Recognition hole 5 shall be closed. Recognition hole 6 shall be open.

This ECMA Standard prescribes the following states of these holes for Type B and Type C Tape Cartridges. − Recognition hole 1 shall be closed. − Recognition hole 2 shall be open. − Recognition hole 3 shall be open.

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− Recognition hole 4 shall be closed. − Recognition hole 5 shall be closed. − Recognition hole 6 shall be open.

8.11

Write-inhibit hole (figures 11 and 12) The centre of the Write-inhibit hole shall be defined by l54 and l57 = 6,4 mm ± 0,1 mm The diameter of the hole shall be 3,0 mm ± 0,1 mm. The depth of a closed Write-inhibit hole below Plane Z shall be l59. The depth of an open Write-inhibit hole below Plane Z shall be l60 . When the Write-inhibit hole is open, recording on the tape is inhibited. When it is closed, recording is enabled. The case may have a movable element allowing the Write-inhibit hole to be opened or closed. If present, this element shall be such that the state of the Write-inhibit hole shall be visible (see figure 8 as an example). The Write-inhibit hole closure shall be constructed to withstand a force of 0,5 N. The force required to open or close the Write-inhibit hole shall be between 1 N and 15 N.

8.12

Pre-positioning surfaces (figures 4 and 10) These surfaces determine the position of the cartridge when it is inserted into the drive loading slot. The distance from Plane Z to the surface on which the tape reference edge rests (figure 4) shall be + 0,0 mm

l62 = 2,4 mm

- 0,1 mm

Positioning of the cartridge relative to Plane Y shall be controlled by the surfaces defined by l63 = 1,0 mm ± 0,1 mm l64 = 69,0 mm ± 0,2 mm Positioning of the cartridge relative to Plane X shall be controlled by the surfaces defined by l65 = 14,65 mm ± 0,10 mm The position and angle of the chamfer at the edge of this surface shall be defined by l66 = 13,15 mm ± 0,10 mm a 4 = 45 o ± 1o

8.13

Lid (figures 6, 13, 15, 18 and 19) The cartridge shall have a lid for protection of the tape during handling, storage and transportation. The lid consists of two parts, the main part and an auxiliary part. The main part rotates around axis A (see figure 13) the position of which is fixed relative to the case. The location of axis A shall be defined by + 0,05 mm

l27 = 0,55 mm

- 0,10 mm

l67 = 7,5 mm ± 0,1 mm The auxiliary part rotates around axis B the position of which is fixed relative to the main part of the lid and moves with it. When the lid is in the closed position, the location of axis B shall be defined by l68 = 7,0 mm ± 0,1 mm l69 = 10,1 mm ± 0,1 mm

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The rotation of the auxiliary part is controlled by a cam at each end such that it follows the path indicated in figure 13. The auxiliary part, when fully opened, shall allow a clearance of l70 = 14,8 mm min. l71 = 11,5 mm ± 0,2 mm l72 = 1,2 mm ± 0,1 mm When the lid is completely open, neither part shall extend above a plane located l73 above and parallel to Plane Z. l73 = 22,3 mm max. The angle to the bottom of the lid from Plane Z when the lid is completely open shall be a 5 = 85

o

+1

o

- 2

o

When the lid is in a partially open position, neither part shall extend above a plane located l74 above and parallel to Plane Z. l74 = 22,5 mm max. The path of the top of the lid as it opens shall be defined by r 2 = 14,9 mm max. The start point of the incline on the case that meets the lid (figure 6) shall be defined by l75 = 8,4 mm max. The height of the lid from Plane Z (figure 13) shall be + 0,0 mm

l76 = 15,2 mm

- 0,5 mm

The front of the lid measured from Plane X shall be + 0,0 mm

l77 = 15,3 mm

- 0,3 mm

The inside of the lid shall provide clearance for the tape defined by l78 = 13,15 mm ± 0,10 mm The top front of the lid shall have a radius r 3 . The centre of the radius shall be axis A. r 3 = 14,7 mm max. The design of the locking mechanism is not specified by this ECMA Standard except that it shall be operated by a release pin in the drive. The lid release mechanism shall be actuated when the drive release pin is in the shaded area (see figure 15) defined by l79 = 2,0 mm ± 0,1 mm l80 = 8,2 mm ± 0,2 mm l81 = 0,7 mm ± 0,2 mm a 6 = 30 o ± 1o The force required to unlock the lid lock shall not exceed 0,25 N in the direction shown in figure 18. The force required to open the lid shall not exceed 1,0 N in the direction shown in figure 19.

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8.14

Cartridge reel lock (figure 10, 16 and 17) The reels shall be locked when the cartridge is removed from the tape drive. This ECMA Standard does not specify the design of the locking mechanism except that it shall be operated by a release pin in the drive. The locking mechanism shall be accessed through a rectangular hole in the case (see figure 10) defined by the centreline from Plane Y l82 = 34,5 mm ± 0,1 mm; the top from Plane X l83 = 35,85 mm ± 0,15 mm; and l84 = 4,0 mm ± 0,1 mm l85 = 6,5 mm min. The dimension of the locking mechanism shall be defined by + 0,3 mm

l86 = 3,2 mm

- 0,2 mm

l87 = 4,0 mm ± 0,1 mm a 7 = 60,0 o ± 1,0 o The reels shall be locked when the operating face of the release pin is located at a distance from Plane X defined by + 2,0 mm

l88 = 39,0 mm

- 0,0 mm

The reels shall be unlocked when the operating face of the release pin is located at a distance from Plane X defined by + 0,50 mm

l89 = 41,75 mm

- 0,00 mm

In this position there shall be a clearance between the locking mechanism and the inside of the rear wall of the cartridge defined by l90 = 0,5 mm min. The pin used to move the locking mechanism shall penetrate the cartridge a distance of l91 = 7,8 mm max. The cavity of the locking mechanism shall be defined by l92 = 4,0 mm ± 0,1 mm r 4 = 0,3 mm max. The force required to unlock the reel lock in the direction shown in figure 17 shall not exceed 1,0 N.

8.15

Reel access holes (figure 10) The case shall have two circular reel access holes that shall allow penetration of the drive spindles. The positions of the access holes shall be defined by l93 = 23,00 mm ± 0,05 mm l94 = 11,40 mm ± 0,05 mm l95 = 46,2 mm ± 0,1 mm

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The diameter of the holes shall be d 2 = 18,80 mm ± 0,05 mm

8.16

Interface between the reels and the drive spindles (figures 22 and 23) The drive spindles shall engage the reels in the area defined by l102 = 5,4 mm ± 0,1 mm l103 = 4,4 mm ± 0,1 mm l104 = 0,6 mm max. + 0,08 mm

d 4 = 10,00 mm

- 0,00 mm

d 5 = 16,0 mm max. + 0,0 mm

d 6 = 18,0 mm

- 0,1 mm + 0,0 mm

d 7 = 16,0 mm

- 0,1 mm

The reel engagement hole shall have a chamfer defined by l105 = 2,4 mm ± 0,1 mm a 9 = 15 o ± 1o The bottom of the reel on the outside edge shall have a chamfer defined by l106 = 0,2 mm max. a 8 = 45 o ± 1o The position and width of the slots with which the drive spindle will engage shall be defined by + 0,2 mm

l107 = 2,4 mm

- 0,0 mm

a 10 = 60o ± 1 o The teeth in the reel engagement hole shall have a radius r 5 = 0,2 mm max. The depth l108 of the reel driving hole shall be effective at diameter d 3 l108 = 9,4 mm min. + 0,08 mm

d 3 = 6,50 mm

- 0,00 mm

When the tape is loaded in the drive, the tape centre line shall be in a plane parallel to Plane Z at a distance l109 = 7,05 mm ± 0,10 mm and the Support areas of the reels shall be at a distance from Plane Z defined by l110 = 0,6 mm ± 0,2 mm The penetration of the reel drive spindle into the reel shall be defined by l111 = 7,5 mm max. l112 = 8,0 mm max.

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a 11 = 60° ± 1° When the cartridge is mounted in the drive, so the Support areas are at a distance l110 from Plane Z, a force F = 0,6 N ± 0,2 N shall be exerted on the reel in the direction shown in figure 23.

8.17

Light path (figures 10, 12, 20 and 21) A light path shall be provided for sensing the leader and trailer tapes. When the lid is open, an unobstructed light path shall exist from the d 10 diameter light path hole to the outside of the cartridge via square windows in the light path hole (see cross-section D-D in figure 12) and the light window in the cartridge lid. The centre of the light path hole shall be defined by l82 and l115 = 8,35 mm ± 0,10 mm The diameter of the light path hole shall be + 0,3 mm

d 10 = 6,5 mm

- 0,0 mm

The light path hole shall have a chamfer defined by l116 = 0,5 mm max. a 12 = 45o ± 1 o The position and size of the square window on each side of the light path hole shall be l117 = 6,05 mm ± 0,10 mm + 0,4 mm

l118 = 2,5 mm

- 0,0 mm

The hole shall be deep enough to allow penetration of a light emitter a distance of l119 = 12,5 mm min. The angle of the light path shall be a 13 = 5,50o ± 0,25o The position and size of the cartridge lid window shall be l120 = 3,8 mm ± 0,1 mm + 0,4 mm

l121 = 2,5 mm

- 0,0 mm

l122 = 6,05 mm ± 0,10 mm

8.18

Position of the tape in the case (figure 21) The tape shall run between two guide surfaces in a plane parallel to Plane X and l123 from it. l123 = 13,15 mm ± 0,10 mm The guide surfaces shall have a radius of r 6 and shall be tangential, as shown in figure 21, to lines tangential to the reel hubs that extend to points outside the case. r 6 = 3,0 mm ± 0,1 mm These points shall be defined by l124 = 76,28 mm ± 0,30 mm l125 = 27,25 mm ± 0,20 mm l126 = 31,15 mm ± 0,20 mm

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l127 = 9,67 mm ± 0,10 mm

8.19

Tape path zone (figure 21) When the cartridge is inserted into the drive, the tape is pulled outside the case by tape guides and is no longer in contact with the guide surfaces. The tape path zone (see figure 21) of the case is the zone in which the tape shall be able to move freely. This zone shall be maintained for both sides of the case and shall be defined by l124 to l127 and l128 = 23,0 mm ± 0,1 mm l130 = 46,2 mm ± 0,2 mm l131 = 11,4 mm ± 0,1 mm The clearance between the tape and the guides shall be defined by l129 = 0,3 mm min. l132 = 0,3 mm min .

8.20

Tape access cavity (figure 10) When the cartridge is inserted into the drive, tape guides in the drive pull the tape into the drive tape path. The two radii r 7 are centred on Datum holes A and B. The shape and dimensions of the access cavity for these tape guides shall be defined by l63 and l64 , and the following r 7 = 2,3 mm ± 0,1 mm The two radii r 8 are centred on the centres of the reel access holes. r 8 = 24,15 mm ± 0,10 mm l133 = 3,85 mm ± 0,10 mm

8.21

Tape access cavity clearance requirements (figure 24) The case design shall provide clearance for drive tape threading mechanisms and shall be defined by l134 = 1,2 mm max. + 0,20 mm

l135 = 1,15 mm

- 0,00 mm + 0,0 mm

l136 = 14,0 mm

- 0,2 mm

l137 = 66,8 mm min. l138 = 10,0 mm min. l139 = 66,8 mm min. a 14 = 49o max. l140 = 1,2 mm max. l141 = 14,8 mm min. l113 = 13,0 mm min. l114 = 4,0 mm max.

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Top side

Right side

Take-up reel

Auxiliary lid

Rear side

Lid Window Supply reel

Direction of tape motion Loading grip Front side

Recording surface of the magnetic tape

00-0001-A

Bottom side Figure 1 - Tape cartridge assembly top view, lid opened

Left side

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Bottom side Recognition hole 4 Recognition hole 5 Left side

Recognition hole 3

Datum hole D Rear side Recognition hole 6

Datum hole B

Write-inhibit hole Recognition hole 1 Recognition hole 2

Datum hole C Front side

Datum hole A

Right side

Top side

00-0002-A

Figure 2 - Tape cartridge assembly bottom view, lid closed

X Z Y

00-0003-A

Figure 3 - Reference Planes X, Y, and Z

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Incorrectt insertion i n channel c Y Z

l62

00-0045-A

Figure 4 - Front side, lid closed Incorrect insertion protection recess Incorrect insertion protection incline

Y

Z B

B

X L21

l7

l7

l28

l22

l6

l6

l1

l23 l28

l24

l4

Holding Area

A A

Loading grip l3

l7 l2

Figuree 5 - Left side, lid closed

l5

Loading grip

l29

l29 Z

Figuree 6 - Top Top side, lid closed

Figuree 7 - Right side, lid closed

Z l62

a2 l75

l30 X

B-B Sectionn B 00-0046-A

l31 Section A n A-A

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Y

Label area Write-inhibit indicator

l33 l33

l32

l34

Z

00-0005-A

Figure 8 - Rear side, lid closed

Y

l47

l35

l48

l48

l47

Datum hole A

Datum hole B

Datum area A

l49

Datum area B

l49

Support area A

Support area B l49

l51

l47

l47

l50

l50

X

l47

l47 l52 l49

l49 l47

Datum hole C

Datum hole D

Datum area C Support area C

Support area D

l49

l53 d1

Datum area A and C

d1

Datum area B

00-0006-A

Figure 9 - Bottom side, Datum and Support areas

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Y

l8

l 63

l 64 l 35

Pre-positioning surface

l 82

a4

a4 A

l 65 X

l 66

C

l 75

C C

C

l 133 d2

r8

r7

D

l 25

d 10

l 93

D

l 83

l 38 l 54

l 85 E

E

M

M G

B

l5

l 94

l 65

l 115

C

C C

l 66

C F

F

l 84

l 95 l2

00-0007-A

Figure 10 - Bottom side, lid removed

C

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Y

Z

l 39

l 43 x a3

X

Chamfer

Recognition hole 6

l 96

l 45

l 44

C

l 40

l 97 l 46

r1

l 41

C

M

l 98

M

l 99

l 42 Section C - C

Detail A

Detail G

X

X

Y

Y

l 37

l 36 Recognition hole 1 Datum hole C Recognition hole 2

E

C

l 45

Datum hole D

l 54

Recognition hole 5

l 54

l 46 C C

C

l 55

l 56 l 57 l 61

E Write-inhibit hole

F

l 55

Recognition hole 3

l 57 l 58

Detail B

Detail C

00-0008-A

Figure 11 - Details of datum and recognition holes

l 56

F Recognition hole 4

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l 116 x a12

Chamfer

Z

l 117 l 119 l 118

Section D - D

Z

Z

l 60 l 59

l 59

Removable plug Removable plug

Movable element of the Write-inhibit hole

Section E - E

Section M - M

Section F - F

00-0009-A

Figure 12 - Cross-sections of light path holes, recognition holes and write-inhibit hole

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l 26

X

l 27

X

a1

Axis B

r3

Axis A

l 76 l 67

l 68

l 67 Z

l 69

l 77

Z

l 27

l 78

Details of the side of the lid

Internal lid structure

r2

l 72

a5 l 74

l 73 l 70 l 71

Z

Z Lid configuration when the lid is open

Lid configuration when rotating

00-0010-A

Figure 13 - Lid

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X

G

G

l 20

l 21

Z Lid lock Insertion area for the release pin of the lid lock

Y

l 16

l 15

X Tape

l8

l9

l 10

l 11

l 12 l 13

l 17

l 14

l 18

Lid

Case

Section G - G

96-0219-A

Figure 14 - Lid release insertion channel

X

l 80

l 81

l 79 Z

l 19

a6

96-0220-A

Figure 15 - Lid release requirement

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l90 l87

Locking mechanism a7 X X

l91

l86 Z

l83 l88

Release pin

l83

Z

l89

Reel lock in locked position

Reel lock in released position Section L-L of figure 21 l87

l92

Recognition hole 6 r4 Detail E of figure 21 00-0011-A

Figure 16 - Reel lock and release

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96-0222-A

Figure 17 - Direction of force needed to unlock the reel lock

96-0223-A

Figure 18 - Direction of force needed to unlock the lid lock

96-0224-A

Figure 19 - Direction of force needed to open the lid

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Lid opener

X

Light path

l 120

l 121

l 122

Z Light window

l 121 96-0225-A

Figure 20 - Light path and light window

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Y l127

l124

D l125

l126 l129 a13

a13 l128 L D

F

FW

E

W

D

L l130

l131

Y r6

l123 Tape

X l132

00-0012-A

Detail D

Figure 21 - Internal tape path and light path

X

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d7

l108 l102

l103

Ratchet F

d3 Support area

d4 d5

l104

d6

l105 l106

a8

a9

Detail F

Section H-H

I r5 H

H

I

a10

Section I-I

a10

96-0195-A

Figure 22 - Cartridge reel

l107

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a11 F

Tape centre l111

l109

l110

96-0196-A

Support area

Figure 23 - Interface with drive spindle

l112

Z

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Z Y

l137

l134 J l135

J

X

X

Bottom view with the lid closed

l136

a14

Section J-J (larger scale)

l140

l138

Z

l139

Z

Front view with the lid open

l63

Y

l141 l64

a4

a4 K

X

l114

K

X

Bottom view with the lid open

l133 l113

Section K-K (larger scale) 00-0013-A

Figure 24 - Tape access cavity clearance

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Section 3 - Requirements for the Unrecorded Tape 9

Mechanical, physical and dimensional characteristics of the tape

9.1

Materials The tape contained within the case shall consist of a leader tape, magnetic tape and trailer tape as shown in figure 25. Leader

BOT

EOT Magnetic Tape

70 mm to 90 mm

62 m, 107 m or 170 m

Trailer

70 mm to 90 mm

Figure 25 – Tape configuration The base material of the recordable area of the tape shall be an oriented polyethylene terephthalate film (or equivalent) coated on one side with a strong yet flexible ferromagnetic layer of evaporated metal material (or equivalent). The back surface may be coated. There shall be a leader tape between the take-up hub and BOT. There shall be a trailer tape between EOT and the supply hub. The leader and trailer tapes shall consist of a translucent length of the same base material (or equivalent) without the ferromagnetic coating or the back coating. The leader and trailer tapes shall each be attached to the magnetic tape by means of a splicing tape that extends over each such joint. The splicing tape shall consist of polyethylene terephthalate (or equivalent) coated on one side with an acrylic (or equivalent) adhesive material

9.2 9.2.1

Length Length of the magnetic tape When measured between BOT and EOT, the length of the magnetic tape shall be Type A: In the range 169,5 m to 171,0 m Type B: In the range 107,0 m to 108,5 m Type C: In the range 62,0 m to 63,5 m

9.2.2

Length of leader and trailer tapes The length of the leader and trailer tapes shall be in the range 70 mm to 90 mm. The joints between the leader and trailer tapes and the magnetic tape shall be perpendicular to the Tape Reference Edge within 10°.

9.2.3

Length of the splicing tape The splicing tape shall have a length of 13 mm max. It shall extend for a distance of 6,5 mm ± 1,5 mm over the leader and trailer tapes.

9.3 9.3.1

Width Width of magnetic, leader and trailer tape The width of the magnetic tape shall be 8,00 mm ± 0,01 mm. The difference between the largest and smallest width shall not exceed 6 µ m. The width of the leader tape and trailer tape shall be 8,00 mm ± 0,02 mm. Procedure 1. Cover a section of the tape with a glass microscope slide.

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2. Measure the width across the tape from edge to edge with no tension applied to the tape using a calibrated microscope, profile projector, or equivalent having an accuracy of at least 2,5 µ m. 3. Repeat the measurement to obtain tape widths at a minimum of five equally spaced positions along a magnetic tape length of 1,0 m min., or 5 equally spaced positions along the leader or trailer tape. The tape width is the average of the widths measured. 9.3.2

Width and position of the splicing tape The width of the splicing tape and its position across the width of the leader, trailer and magnetic tapes shall be such that the bottom edge of the splicing tape shall be no more than 0,60 mm above the bottom edges of the other tapes and the top edge of the splicing tape shall be no more than 0,60 mm below their top edges. Neither edge of the splicing tape shall extend beyond the edges of the leader, trailer and magnetic tapes.

9.3.3

Edge weave The edge weave is the mean deviation of the Tape Reference Edge from the mean edge position that is calculated over a sample length of 50 mm. The edge weave shall not exceed 6 µm. Procedure 1.

Place a 450 mm sample under a tension of 0,050 N ± 0,005 N.

2.

Using a calibrated edge position sensor (see figure 26), with an accuracy of 0,5 µm or better, take 1001 measurements at 0,25 mm intervals along 250 mm of the Tape Reference Edge of the sample.

3.

Using measurements 1 to 201, calculate the mean Tape Reference Edge position for that 50 mm interval using linear regression analysis (see figure 27).

4.

Determine the maximum deviation from the mean Tape Reference Edge within these 201 measurements (see figure 27).

5.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the next set of measurements 2 to 202, and successively for all sets from 3 to 203 up to 800 to 1001.

6.

The edge weave is the average value of the 800 maximum deviations found over the 800 measurement sets.

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Edge position sensor

Flanged guide

Tape

250 mm

0,050 N

0,050 N

98-0101-A

Figure 26 - Measurement of edge weave

Tape Reference Edge

Maximum deviation Calculated edge position 50 mm 98-0102-A

Figure 27 - Edge weave

9.4

Discontinuities There shall be no discontinuities in the tape between BOT and EOT, such as those produced by tape splicing or perforations.

9.5

Thickness

9.5.1

Thickness of the magnetic tape The thickness of the magnetic tape at any point shall be between 6,5 µ m and 7,3 µm.

9.5.2

Thickness of leader and trailer tape The thickness of the leader and trailer tape at any point shall be between 9 µ m and 17 µ m.

9.5.3

Thickness of the splice tape The thickness of the splice tape at any point shall be 20 µ m max.

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9.6

Longitudinal curvature The radius of curvature of the edge of the tape shall not be less than 33 m. Procedure 1. Allow a 1,0 m length of tape to unroll and assume its natural curvature on a flat smooth surface. 2. Measure the deviation from a 1,0 m chord. 3. The deviation shall not be greater than 3,8 mm. This deviation corresponds to the minimum radius of curvature of 33 m if measured over an arc of a circle.

9.7

Cupping The departure of the tape from a plane established by the edges of the tape shall not exceed 0,7 mm. Procedure 1. Cut a 150 mm ± 10 mm length of tape. 2. Condition it for a minimum of 3 h in the test environment by hanging it so that the coated surface is freely exposed to the test environment. 3. Lay the tape across two cylindrical guides that are placed horizontally with the centres 35 mm apart. 4. Attach a 0,3 g weight to each end of the tape. 5. Measure the distance between the plane established by the edges of the tape and the maximum deviation from the plane.

9.8

Coating adhesion The force required to peel any part of the coating from the tape base material shall not be less than 0,10 N. Procedure 1. Take a test piece of the tape approximately 380 mm long and scribe a line through the coating across the width of the tape 125 mm from one end. 2. Using a double-sided pressure sensitive tape, attach the test piece to a smooth metal plate, with the coated surface facing the plate, as shown in figure 28. 3. Fold the test piece over 180 o adjacent to and parallel with the scribed line. Attach the metal plate and the free end of the test piece to the jaws of a universal testing machine such that when the jaws are separated the tape is peeled. Set the jaw separation rate to 254 mm/minute. 4. Note the force at which any part of the coating first separates from the base material. If this is less than 0,10 N, the tape has failed the test. If the test piece peels away from the double-sided pressure sensitive tape before the force exceeds 0,10 N, an alternative type of double-sided pressure tape shall be used. If the back surface of the tape is coated, repeat the procedure for the back coating. Recording surface

125 mm

Scribed line

Pressure-sensitive tape

93-0120-A

Figure 28 - Measurement of the coating adhesion

9.9

Layer-to-layer adhesion There shall be no tendency for the test piece to stick or the coating to peel.

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Procedure 1. Attach one end of a test piece of magnetic tape of 1,0 m in length to the surface of a glass tube of 36 mm in diameter. 2. Wind the tape onto the tube at a tension of 1,1 N. 3. Store the wound test piece in a temperature of 45 °C ± 3 °C and a relative humidity of 80 % for 4 h. 4. Store for a further 24 h in the testing environment. 5. Apply a force of 0,1 N to the free end of the test piece and allow it to unwind slowly.

9.10

Tensile strength Measurements shall be made in accordance with ISO/R 527. The length of the test piece shall be 200 mm. The length of the leader tape test piece shall be 50 mm. The length of the trailer tape test piece shall be 50 mm. The rate of elongation for all tensile tests shall be 100 mm/minute - ISO/R 527, Rate D.

9.10.1

Breaking strength Load the test piece until the breaking point of the test piece is reached. The force required to reach that point is the breaking strength of the tape. The breaking strength shall be 8 N min.

9.10.2

Yield strength The yield strength is the force necessary to produce a 5 % elongation of the tape. The yield strength shall be 4 N min.

9.11

Residual elongation The residual elongation, stated in per cent of the original tape length, shall be less than 0,04 %. Procedure 1. Measure the initial length of a test piece of 1,0 m with a maximum applied force of 0,20 N. 2. Apply an additional force per total cross-sectional area of 20,5 N/mm2 for a period of 10 minutes. 3. Remove the additional force and measure the length after ten minutes.

9.12

Electrical resistance of the recording surface The electrical resistance of any square area of the recording surface shall be 10 3 Ω max. Procedure 1. Condition a test piece of tape in the test environment for 24 h. 2. Position the test piece over two 24-carat gold-plated, semicircular electrodes having a radius r = 10 mm and a finish of at least N4, so that the recording surface is in contact with each electrode. These electrodes shall be placed parallel to the ground and parallel to each other at a distance d = 8 mm between their centres. See figure 29. 3. Apply the force necessary to produce a tension of 5 N/mm2 to each end of the test piece. 4. Apply a dc voltage of 7 V ± 1 V across the electrodes and measure the resulting current flow. From this value, determine the electrical resistance. Repeat for a total of five positions along the test piece and average the five resistance readings. When mounting the test piece, ensure that no conducting paths exist between the electrodes except that through the coating under test. NOTE Particular attention should be given to keeping the surfaces clean.

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r

r

d

F

F 93-0050-B

Figure 29 - Measurement of electrical resistance 9.13

Tape winding The magnetic recording surface of the tape shall face outward from the cartridge and reels.

9.14

Light transmittance of tape The light transmittance of the magnetic tape shall be 5 % max. The light transmittance of the leader and trailer tapes shall be 60 % min. The method for measuring light transmittance is given in annex A.

10

Magnetic recording characteristics The magnetic recording characteristics shall be defined by the testing requirements given below. When performing these tests, the output or resultant signal shall be measured on a read-while-write pass for both a tape calibrated to the Master Standard Reference Tape and the tape under test, on the same equipment.

10.1

Test conditions The following conditions shall apply to the testing of all magnetic recording characteristics in clause 10, unless otherwise stated.

10.2

tape condition:

ac erased to -40 dB or less of the Average Signal Amplitude recorded at 2 740 ftpmm

head/tape speed:

10,683 7 m/s ± 0,003 0 m/s

tape tension

0,10 N ± 0,02 N measured at the input scanner

track width:

15,0 µm ± 1,5 µm

write gap length:

0,25 µm ± 0,03 µm

read gap length:

0,25 µm ± 0,03 µm

gap azimuth:

20,00 o ± 0,16 o

recording current:

Test Recording Current

recording waveform:

square wave

read head setting during a read pass:

The read head shall cover the whole width of the recorded track

read output level:

peak-to-peak amplitude

Typical Recording Current The Typical Recording Current of the tape shall be between 85 % and 115 % of the Reference Recording Current. Traceability to the Reference Recording Current is provided by the calibration factors supplied with each Secondary Standard Reference Tape.

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10.3

Signal Amplitude The Average Signal Amplitude, exclusive of missing pulses, at the recording density of 2 740 ftpmm shall be between -1,7 dB and 2,0 dB of the Standard Reference Amplitude. Traceability to the Average Signal Amplitude of the Master Standard Reference Tape is provided by the calibration factors supplied with each Secondary Standard Reference Tape.

10.4

Resolution The ratio of the Average Signal Amplitude at the physical recording density of 2 740 ftpmm to that at the physical recording density of 783 ftpmm shall be between 90 % and 110 % of the same ratio for the Master Standard Reference Tape. Traceability to the resolution for the Master Standard Reference Tape is provided by the calibration factors supplied with each Secondary Standard Reference Tape.

10.5

Signal-to-Noise Ratio The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is the average read signal power divided by the average integrated rms noise power over a specified bandwidth and is expressed in dB. Procedure 1.

The SNR shall be measured using a spectrum analyser. The spectrum analyser resolution bandwidth shall be 30 kHz and the video bandwidth shall be 300 Hz.

2.

Measure the rms noise power over a section of tape. Integrate the rms noise power over the range from 1 MHz to 29 MHz and normalise for the resolution bandwidth. This result is dBNOISE.

3.

Measure the average read signal amplitude of the 2 740 ftpmm signal over the same section of tape using a spectrum analyser. Repeat this measurement over a minimum of 20 data sets, each set being at least 50 % of a track. Normalise this result to a 15 µm head width. dBHF(15) = dB(W) + 20 log(15/W), where W is the width of the read head.

The SNR is calculated from these results: SNR= dBHF(15) - dBNOISE The SNR shall be no less than -2dB relative to the SNR measured on the Master Standard Reference Tape.

10.6

Ease of erasure When a tape has been recorded at 783 ftpmm with a recording current equal to the Test Recording Current and passed through a longitudinal steady erasing field of 320 000 A/m any remaining signal shall not exceed -35 dB of the Standard Reference Amplitude. The erasure field shall be reasonably uniform, for example, the field in the middle of a solenoid.

10.7

Tape quality

10.7.1

Missing pulses A missing pulse is a loss of read signal amplitude. A missing pulse exists when the base-to-peak read signal is 30 %, or less, of half the Average Signal Amplitude for the recording density of 2 740 ftpmm on the same tape.

10.7.2

Missing pulse zone A missing pulse zone shall commence with a missing pulse and ends when a length of 1 mm of track has been measured. If a missing pulse zone continues for a distance exceeding 1 mm, a further missing pulse zone shall result. A missing pulse zone does not continue from one track to the next. The missing pulse zone rate shall be less than 1 in 25 tracks and applies to both positive and negative azimuth tracks.

10.7.3

Overwrite Overwrite is the ratio of the amplitude of the fundamental frequency of the residual of a low density recording after overwriting at a higher density to the amplitude of the fundamental frequency of the original low density recording.

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Traceability to the overwrite ratio for the Master Standard Reference Tape is provided by the calibration factors supplied with each Secondary Standard Reference Tape. Procedure 1.

ac erase the tape.

2.

Record at the physical density of 783 ftpmm and measure the amplitude of the fundamental frequency.

3.

Overwrite at the physical recording density of 2 740 ftpmm and measure the amplitude of the fundamental frequency of the residual 783 ftpmm signal.

4.

Repeat for the Secondary Standard Reference Tape.

Requirement

Residual amplitude of the fundamental frequency at 783 ftpmm after overwrite Overwrite = 20 log overwriting Amplitude of the fundamental frequency of the original recording at 783 ftpmm dB ftpftpmm shall be no more than 1,5 dB of the Master Standard Reference Tape overwrite.

Section 4 - Requirements for an Interchanged Tape 11 11.1

Track Format General Information to be written to tape may consist of data bytes or control information. User data may be either fixed or variable in length. Fixed length user data is presented at the interface as a collection of fixed-length Logical Blocks. Variable length user data is presented at the interface as a single Logical Block. User data transferred across the interface is formed into Logical Block Sets (LBS) that may then be acted upon as the unit for compression when performed. There may be multiple Logical Block Sets in a user initiated write session. Logical Blocks are converted into Segment Data Packets as described in 11.2. Track Packets are described in 11.3, and Control Packets are defined in 11.4. Track Packet framing sync and modulation are described in 11.5. After transformation to Channel bits, tracks are written in pairs with positive and negative azimuths. Figure 30 shows the sequence of events transforming user data to track data packets written to tape.

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Write

Multi-write

User Data Interface Logical Block Sets Compression Unit

Logical Block Addresses

Segment Data Packets Segment Buffer - ECC 8/14 Conversion Track Data Packets Control Packets

Written Tape

00-0068-A

Figure 30 - Track format sequence

11.2 11.2.1

Physical Logical Block Format Logical Block Set (LBS) A Logical Block Set (LBS) is a collection of user bytes that is sent from the Host Computer across the interface to the tape drive for recording as one or more Logical Blocks. A LBS may contain from 1 to 8 191 Logical Blocks (LB). The LBS length is variable in that contiguous LBSs may have different lengths. Compression, when performed, treats the LBS as the unit to be compressed. Changing between compression mode and normal (non-compression) mode within a LBS is not allowed. Thus it is possible that compressed and uncompressed LBS may be adjacent on the tape. LB1

LB2

LB3

Logical Block Set 1

LBn

LBn+1

Logical Block Set 2

LBn+2

LBn+p

Logical Block Set 3

00-0069-A

Figure 31 – Example of Logical Block Sets

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11.2.2

Logical Blocks Each Logical Block (LB) within an LBS shall have the same length which shall be from 1 to 262 144 bytes in length. Each LB within the LBS shall have a unique Logical Block Address (LBA) that is four bytes in length. LBAs shall be assigned in increasing order starting with 1 within each partition. Logical Blocks shall be directly accessible from the LBA. Logical Blocks shall be divided into Segment Packets, each of which shall contain 64 bytes of user data. The data packets, along with control information, are put into a buffer (see 11.2.3) for writing on the tape. Logical Block 1

Segment Packet 1

Segment Packet 2

Logical Block 2

Segment Packet 3

Segment Packet 4

Logical Block 3

Segment Packet 5

Segment Packet 6

00-0070-A

Figure 32 - Example of Logical Block to Segment Data Packet transformation 11.2.3

Segment Packets A segment is a set of 1220 Segment Packets (78 080 bytes) as shown in figure 33. Each element in the segment is a packet of 64 bytes. Each segment is divided into two areas: • Segment Data/Overhead Packets: 1024 packets • ECC area: 196 packets The Segment Data/Overhead Packet area is a set of 1024 packets arranged in a 32 by 32 array (see figure 33). This area is used to store the LBS data and Segment Overhead Packets. The Segment Overhead Packets locate the positions where the LBSs start and end in the segment. A Logical Block Set shall start at the beginning of a Segment Data Packet boundary and each Segment Data Packet shall not include more than one LBS. Each Segment Data Packet shall be 64 bytes in length, therefore a Segment Data Packet may contain fill data if the LBS occupies fewer than 64 bytes. Fill data is not defined in this ECMA Standard and shall be ignored during interchange. The last packet of the segment, located in row 31 and column 31, shall be the Key Overhead Packet. If additional Segment Overhead Packets are required, they shall occupy consecutive locations in the segment, starting with row 31, column 30, and working backwards.

11.2.4

Segment Overhead Packets The Segment Overhead Packets in the data area of a segment contain overhead information about the LBSs that are stored in the segment. This information includes: • • • • • •

Location of all boundaries between LBSs in the segment Logical Block Address of the LBS to start in the segment Size and number of LBs within each LBS starting in the segment Tape partition, Volume initialisation count, and whether the LBS is compressed Segment flush indicator Segment CRC

The number of Segment Overhead Packets in a segment is variable and depends on how many LBSs are placed in a segment. This is due to variable LBS sizes. The Key Overhead Packet shall occupy the last packet location of the segment (row 31, column 31). If there are less than 7 LBS boundaries within the segment, the Key Overhead Packet shall be the only overhead packet in the segment, and LBS data shall occupy all other locations in the segment (up to and including row 31, column 30).

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Segment, 1024 Packets

Col 31

Col 0

For each additional 8 LBS boundaries that exist in the segment, an additional Segment Overhead Packet is present in the segment starting at row 31, column 30, until all of row 31 is filled with overhead packets. The maximum number of LBS boundaries that shall exist in one segment is 247.

Row 0

Row ECC PQ

Diagonal ECC PQ

Row 31

Special ECC

P Q Column ECC

Key overhead packet ( Row 31, Col 31 )

= 1 packet ( 64 bytes ) 00-0031-A

Figure 33 - Segment Organisation 11.2.4.1

Key Overhead Packet format The 64 bytes of the Key Overhead Packet are formatted into fields as shown in figure 34. Each field, except the segment CRC field, shall have an 8-bit CRC for error detection. For a segment that contains LBS data, the segment CRC and main key field are always valid. The information in the main key field specifies the number of additional overhead fields that contain valid information.

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Byte position within a packet

Bytes

Contents

0 to 7

8

LBS boundary field

8 to 15

8

LBS boundary field

16 to 23

8

LBS boundary field

24 to 31

8

LBS boundary field

32 to 39

8

LBS boundary field

40 to 47

8

LBS boundary field (first boundary)

48 to 55

8

First LBS attributes field

56 to 59

4

Segment CRC

60 to 63

4

Main key field

Figure 34 - Key Overhead Packet format

11.2.4.1.1

LBS boundary fields There shall be up to 6 LBS boundary fields in the Key Overhead Packet, with the first boundary field occupying bytes 40 to 47, the second occupying bytes 32 to 39, etc. Figure 35 shows the format of each 8-byte field.

Byte position

b7

b6

b5

b4

b3

b2

b1

b0

n

LSZ7

LSZ6

LSZ5

LSZ4

LSZ3

LSZ2

LSZ1

LSZ0

n+1

LSZ15

LSZ14

LSZ13

LSZ12

LSZ11

LSZ10

LSZ9

LSZ8

n+2

NLB5

NLB4

NLB3

NLB2

NLB1

NLB0

LSZ17

LSZ16

n+3

LBSC

NLB12

NLB11

NLB10

NLB9

NLB8

NLB7

NLB6

n+4

ECOL1

ECOL0

EBYTE5

EBYTE4

EBYTE3

EBYTE2

EBYTE1

EBYTE0

n+5

EROW4

EROW3

EROW2

EROW1

EROW0

ECOL4

ECOL3

ECOL2

n+6

0

0

0

0

0

Skip

Flush

Valid end

n+7

C7

C6

C5

C4

C3

C2

C1

C0

Figure 35 - LBS boundary field The LBS boundary field consists of two parts: the first 4 bytes contain the information about the LBS and the second 4 bytes contain the segment location, LBS endpoint key, and LBS Boundary field CRC. •

LSZ:

Logical Block Size bits 0 to 17. The Least Significant Byte is byte 0 of this field.

•

NLB:

Number of Logical Blocks per LBS. The msb of this 13-bit number is b6 of byte 3.

•

LBSC:

LBS Compression flag. If set to 0, this LBS is not compressed; if set to 1 this LBS is compressed.

•

ECOL:

LBS end column within this segment.

•

EROW:

LBS end row within this segment.

•

EBYT:

LBS end byte within the data packet defined by ECOL and EROW.

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•

Byte 6:

b7 to b3 shall be set to ZERO. b2 shall be set to ONE if there is a single unused packet after the LBS endpoint, otherwise it shall be set to ZERO. b1 shall be set to ONE if the segment is flushed (see 11.2.6) after this endpoint, otherwise it shall be set to ZERO. A segment shall be flushed if there are no LBS data packets remaining in this segment for this write session. b0 shall be set to ONE if there is a valid end to a LBS in this segment, otherwise it shall be set to ZERO. If b0 is set to ZERO, b2 and b1 shall be ignored, and the contents of bytes 4 and 5 are not valid.

• 11.2.4.1.2

CRC:

An 8-bit CRC is generated over this entire 7-byte field according to the following polynomial: x 8 + x7 + x2 + x0. See annex D.

First LBS attributes field Figure 36 shows the format of the first LBS attributes field. Byte position

b7

b6

b5

b4

b3

b2

b1

b0

48

LBA7

LBA6

LBA5

LBA4

LBA3

LBA2

LBA1

LBA0

49

LBA15

LBA14

LBA13

LBA12

LBA11

LBA10

LBA9

LBA8

50

LBA23

LBA22

LBA21

LBA20

LBA19

LBA18

LBA17

LBA16

51

LBA31

LBA30

LBA29

LBA28

LBA27

LBA26

LBA25

LBA24

52

INIT7

INIT6

INIT5

INIT4

INIT3

INIT2

INIT1

INIT0

53

INIT15

INIT14

INIT13

INIT12

INIT11

INIT10

INIT9

INIT8

54

PART7

PART6

PART5

PART4

PART3

PART2

PART1

PART0

55

CRC7

CRC6

CRC5

CRC4

CRC3

CRC2

CRC1

CRC0

Figure 36 - LBS Attributes field

11.2.4.1.3

•

LBA:

Logical Block Address of the first LBS that starts in this segment.

•

INIT:

Tape initialisation count. This field is incremented each time the tape is initialised.

•

PART:

Tape partition number. This number shall be either (00) or (01).

•

CRC:

An 8-bit CRC is generated over this entire 7-byte field according to the following polynomial: x 8 + x7 + x2 + x0. See annex D.

Segment CRC field Bytes 56 to 59 shall contain a 32-bit CRC used for post-correction error detection. All of the data area packets in a segment that contain LBS data are divided by the generator polynomial to produce the 4-byte CRC. The last data packet of a segment (which may contain fill data if a LBS ends in that packet) shall always be used as a complete packet in this calculation. Segment Overhead and skipped packets shall not be included in the CRC calculation. The polynomial used for the segment CRC is defined in annex E.

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11.2.4.1.4

Main key field The main key field consists of 4 bytes as shown in figure 37. Byte position

b7

b6

b5

b4

b3

b2

b1

b0

60

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

61

0

0

Skip

Sys Data

LBS end

LBS start

First valid

Flush

62

COL4

COL3

COL2

COL1

COL0

IPK2

IPK1

IPK0

63

CRC7

CRC6

CRC5

CRC4

CRC3

CRC2

CRC1

CRC0

Figure 37 - Main key field format •

Byte 60: This byte is unused and shall be set to all ZEROs.

•

Byte 61: b7 and b6 are not used and shall be set to ZERO b5 shall be set to ONE when a single unused packet is skipped (see 11.2.5), otherwise it shall be set to ZERO. b4 shall be set to ONE when the LBS data in this segment is not user Logical Block data, otherwise it shall be set to ZERO. b3 shall be set to ONE to indicate that at least one LBS ends in this segment, otherwise it shall be set to ZERO. b2 shall be set to ONE to indicate that at least one LBS starts in this segment, otherwise it shall be set to ZERO. b1 shall be set to ONE to indicate that an LBS ends in this segment but does not start in the same segment, otherwise it shall be set to ZERO. b0 shall be set to ONE to indicate that this segment has been flushed, otherwise it shall be set to ZERO.

•

Byte 62: b7 to b3 shall indicate in which column of row 31 the last LBS boundary field is located. b2 to b0 shall indicate one of 8 starting addresses within the 64-byte packet where the last LBS boundary field begins.

•

Byte 63: An 8-bit CRC is generated over this entire 7-byte field according to the following polynomial: x 8 + x7 + x2 + x0. See annex D.

11.2.5

Skipped Segment Packets A Segment Packet shall be skipped when there is only one packet in the segment, a LBS ends in the segment, and a further Overhead packet is required to note the start of a new LBS. Since in this state both the Overhead Packet and the Segment Data Packet are competing for the same packet area in the segment, this one packet is skipped and the new LBS will be started in the next segment. This condition can only exist in row 31 of the segment.

11.2.6

Segment ECC packets The Reed-Solomon error correction redundancy provides for a two-packet correction in any row, column, or diagonal of the segment by using erasure pointers (see annex C). Erasure pointers result from missing or uncorrectable packets. Additionally, the row and column ECC packets can be corrected by a fourth set of special ECC packets.

11.2.6.1 Row ECC Packets The entire 32-packet by 32-packet data/overhead area of the segment is used to generate Row ECC redundancy. Each row is used to generate two row ECC packets. The generation algorithm (see annex E) creates 4 bytes in each of the two row ECC packets from the associated bytes of all the same-row packets.

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11.2.6.2 Column ECC Packets The entire 32-packet by 32-packet data/overhead area of the segment is used to generate Column ECC redundancy. Each column is used to generate two column ECC packets. The generation algorithm (see annex E) creates 4 bytes in each of the two column ECC packets from the associated bytes of all the same-column packets. 11.2.6.3 Diagonal ECC Packets The entire 32-packet by 32-packet data/overhead area of the segment is used to generate Diagonal ECC redundancy. Each diagonal is used to generate two diagonal ECC packets. The generation algorithm (see annex E) creates 4 bytes in each of the two diagonal ECC packets from the associated bytes of all the same-diagonal packets. The diagonals are defined to each have 32 packets. A given diagonal n starts at column 0 and row n. The next element of the diagonal is found by adding 1 to the column and row numbers, modulo 32 (see table 1). Table 1 - Diagonal ECC generation Diagonal #

Starting row

Starting Column

Ending Row

Ending Column

0

0

0

31

31

1

1

0

0

31

2

2

0

1

31

n

n

0

n-1

31

11.2.6.4 Special ECC Packets Four additional ECC packets are generated from the 32 column or 32 row ECC packets (see annex C and figure 33). These 4 special ECC packets are used to correct missing column or row ECC packets. When these ECC packets are referred to in the packet LPA (see 11.3.2) they are identified by the state of bits within the format as follows: Q=0

Q=1

S=0 S=1

11.2.7

Segment flush A segment flush shall occur whenever a Splice Position Marker (SPM) is required to be written to tape (see 11.4 and 12.3). Ideally all 1220 Segment Packets (1024 Data/Overhead Packets and 196 ECC packets) are formatted into Track Packets (see 11.3) and written to tape prior to the SPM. However, there is also the case where the data ends and does not completely fill the segment prior to the SPM. This results in a partial segment written to the tape prior to the SPM. When a partially full segment is flushed, only those packets that contain LBS data, Segment Overhead, and all of the ECC packets shall be recorded on the tape. This results in unused or missing packet locations on the tape for the partial segment (see 11.4).

11.3

Track Packet format A Track Packet consists of a 64-byte segment packet, a Virtual Packet Address, a Local Packet Address, and CRC/ECC bytes to form a 74-byte unit, of which 72-bytes are written to tape following 1/6 RLL encoding. Figure 38 shows the format of the Track Packet.

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Packet Element

Label

Byte Position

Contents

Virtual packet Address

VPA

0 and 1

Extension to address

Local Packet Address

LPA

2 and 3

Type of packet and where located

Packet data

PKDATA

4 to 67

64-byte Segment Packet

Packet CRC

PKCRC

68 to 71

4-byte packet CRC

Packet ECC P

PKECCP

72

Reed-Solomon Redundancy, P

Packet ECC Q

PKECCQ

73

Reed-Solomon Redundancy, Q

Figure 38 - Track Packet format

11.3.1 Virtual Packet Address The Virtual Packet Address (VPA) is a 2-byte field that is associated with a write session. The initial value of the VPA for the first time a tape is written shall be set to 1, and shall be incremented by 1 for each successive time the tape is written. Use of the VPA allows a receiving system to be able to reject good Track Packets from an older write session that are not intended to be read. Such packets may exist in areas associated with speed changes of the generating system (see 11.4). The VPA is included when calculating the CRC and Reed-Solomon redundancy, but the VPA shall not be written with the Track Packet on the magnetic tape. The VPA may be determined by using the packet error correction on a number of packets. The VPA derived from this calculation shall be used to ensure that only a packet with the correct VPA will be found as good. If a good packet from an old session (with a different VPA) is read, it shall be discarded. 11.3.2 Local Packet Address The local packet address (LPA) is a 2-byte field stored in bytes 2 and 3 of the Track Packet. The LPA does not reside in the segment; it shall indicate whether the packet is a Data/ECC packet or a control packet. If it is a Data/ECC packet, it shall contain the segment address for the packet. This allows Data/ECC packets to be located unambiguously in the correct segment within 4 complete buffer groups, where each buffer group contains 6 segments. •

Data packet LPA 15

14

13

12

11

Buffer number

S2

S1

S0

10

9

8

7

Row number

6

5

4

3

2

1

Column number

0 R

Buffer No:

shall indicate the buffer number and shall be set to (0) to (3)

S2 to S0:

shall indicate the segment number and shall be set to (0) to (5)

Row:

shall indicate the row within the segment occupied by this data packet and shall be set to 0 to 31

Column:

shall indicate the column within the segment occupied by this data packet and shall be set to 0 to 31

R:

shall be set to ONE if this packet is rewritten, otherwise shall be set to ZERO

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•

Row ECC packet LPA 15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

Buffer number

1

1

S2

S1

S0

0

0

P/Q

5

4

3

2

1

Row number

0 R

Buffer No:

shall indicate the buffer number and shall be set to (0) to (3)

b13 to b12:

shall be set to ONE ONE

S2 to S0:

shall indicate the segment number and shall be set to (0) to (5)

Row:

shall indicate the row within the segment occupied by this data packet and shall be set to 0 to 31

b8 to b7:

shall be set to ZERO ZERO

P/Q:

when set to ZERO it shall indicate ECC P, when set to ONE it shall indicate ECC Q

R:

shall be set to ONE if this packet is rewritten, otherwise shall be set to ZERO

•

Column ECC packet LPA 15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

Buffer number

1

1

S2

S1

S0

0

1

P/Q

5

4

3

2

1

Column number

0 R

Buffer No:

shall indicate the buffer number and shall be set to (0) to (3)

b13 to b12:

shall be set to ONE ONE

S2 to S0:

shall indicate the segment number and shall be set to (0) to (5)

Row:

shall indicate the row within the segment occupied by this data packet and shall be set to 0 to 31

b8 to b7:

shall be set to ZERO ONE

P/Q:

when set to ZERO it shall indicate ECC P, when set to ONE it shall indicate ECC Q

R:

shall be set to ONE if this packet is rewritten, otherwise shall be set to ZERO

•

Diagonal ECC packet LPA 15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

Buffer number

1

1

S2

S1

S0

1

0

P/Q

5

4

3

2

1

Diagonal number

0 R

Buffer No:

shall indicate the buffer number and shall be set to (0) to (3)

b13 to b12:

shall be set to ONE ONE

S2 to S0:

shall indicate the segment number and shall be set to (0) to (5)

Row:

shall indicate the row within the segment occupied by this data packet and shall be set to 0 to 31

b8 to b7:

shall be set to ONE ZERO

P/Q:

when set to ZERO it shall indicate ECC P, when set to ONE it shall indicate ECC Q

R:

shall be set to ONE if this packet is rewritten, otherwise shall be set to ZERO

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•

Special ECC packet LPA 15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Buffer number

1

1

S2

S1

S0

1

1

1

1

1

1

S

P/Q

R

Buffer No:

shall indicate the buffer number and shall be set to (0) to (3)

b13 to b12:

shall be set to ONE ONE

S2 to S0:

shall indicate the segment number and shall be set to (0) to (5)

b8 to b3:

shall be set to all ONEs

S:

when set to ZERO it shall indicate the first row of the special ECC and ONE to indicate the second row of the special ECC.

P/Q:

when set to ZERO it shall indicate ECC P, when set to ONE it shall indicate ECC Q

R:

shall be set to ONE if this packet is rewritten, otherwise shall be set to ZERO

•

Control packet LPA 15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

1

0

Buffer number

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

Control packet type number

0

Buffer No:

shall indicate the buffer number and shall be set to (0) to (3)

b13 to b9:

shall be set to all ONEs

b8 to b6:

shall be set to all ZEROs

Type:

the control packet type number (see 11.4)

b0:

shall be set to ZERO

3

2

11.3.3 Packet data The packet data field shall contain the Data/ECC packets from the segment for the location specified in the LPA or the data area of a control packet for the Control Packet specified in the LPA. Packets shall always be recorded in their entirety; “fill data” completes packets that are associated with the end of an LBS where they are not completely filled by LBS data. Fill data is not defined by this ECMA standard and shall be ignored in interchange. Packet data for control packets are defined in 11.4. 11.3.4 Packet CRC A 32-bit CRC used for packet error detection shall be included in the packet. The CRC calculation includes the VPA, LPA and packet data. See annex F for generation of the packet CRC. 11.3.5 Packet Reed-Solomon ECC A 16-bit Reed-Solomon redundancy ECC code shall form the last 2 bytes of the Track Packet. It shall include the VPA, LPA, packet data, and CRC in its calculation. See annex B. for this calculation. This ECC is used for both error detection and error correction.

11.4 Control packet format Control packets contain information pertaining to their physical location (tape count), their logical location (LBA), identification of gap types and splice points, and performance and configuration information. Table 3 shows the format of a control packet data area. Control packets may occur anywhere in the track, however there shall always be a control packet in the centre of the track. This control packet is a Normal Control Packet. Control packets, and their codes, are shown in table 2.

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Table 2: Control packet type definition Type

Description

Usage

(0)

Not defined

Ignored in interchange

(1)

Normal

One per track at track centre for all tracks

(2)

Segment empty

Segment empty, no data or rewrites

(3)

Flush SPM

Splice Position Marker after data flush

(4)

Tape mark SPM

Tape mark Splice Position Marker

(5)

Fixed SPM

Splice Position Marker without prior flush

(6)

OWG1

Overwritable gap type 1

(7)

Random erase gap

Random content gap for erasing

(8)

BOD

Beginning of data area gap

(9)

EOD

End of data area gap

(A)

Fixed erase gap

Normal content gap for erasing

(B)

OWG1 trailer

Always follows OWG1 gap

(C)

OWG2

Overwritable gap type 2

(D)

File mark

File mark gap

(E)

Set mark

Set mark gap

(F)

Pre SPM skip

Occurs prior to SPM, mixed in with data

(10)

Post data dummy

Occurs prior to track joint

(11)

Pre data dummy

Occurs after track joint

Not defined

Ignored in interchange

(12) to (1F)

The control packet type is recorded in the control packet data field at byte 15, bits 4 to 0.

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Table 3 - Control packet data area format

Byte position

Contents

Description

0

GSAD LSB

Global Segment Address LSB

1

GSAD

Global Segment Address

2

GSAD MSB

Global Segment Address MSB

3

Tape Partition

Tape Partition Number

4

LBA LSB

Logical Block Address LSB

5

LBA

Logical Block Address

6

LBA

Logical Block Address

7

LBA MSB

Logical Block Address MSB

8

Track LSB

Track Number LSB

9

Track MSB

Track Number MSB

10

PHYPKT

Physical Packet Number

11

Control

Gap Flag, Speed Written, Physical Packet Number

12

Flush

Flush Data Packet Address

13

Flush

Flush Data packet Address

14

Flush Seg

Flush Segment

15

Control, Type

Flush system data bit, Control packet type

16

VPA LSB

Virtual Packet Address LSB

17

VPA MSB

Virtual Packet Address MSB

18

Tape Count LSB

Tape Count LSB

19

Tape Count MSB

Tape Count MSB

20

INIT Count LSB

Initialisation count LSB

21

INIT Count MSB

Initialisation count MSB

22

(22)

23

(22)

24

File Mark Count LSB

File Mark Count LSB

25

File Mark Count MSB

File Mark Count MSB

26

Set Mark Count LSB

Set Mark Count LSB

27

Set Mark Count MSB

Set Mark Count MSB

28

(22)

29

(22)

30

(22)

31

(22)

32 to 64

Undefined

Ignored in interchange

Control packet data area content descriptions follow. •

Byte 0:

Global Segment Address LSB

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•

Byte 1:

Global Segment Address

•

Byte 2:

Global Segment Address MSB

The Global Segment Address (GSA) is a 24-bit address whose value is in units of segments •

Byte 3:

Tape partition number into which this control packet was written. In this ECMA Standard, only the values (00) and (01) are valid.

•

Byte 4:

Logical Block Address LSB

•

Byte 5:

Logical Block Address

•

Byte 6:

Logical Block Address

•

Byte 7:

Logical Block Address MSB

The Logical Block Address (LBA, see 11.2.2) shall be the first LBA of the most recent LBS filling the segment at the time the control packet was written to tape. Therefore in a given track, the LBA of a control packet can be greater than the LBA of the data packets in the same track. For SPM control packets associated with a splice, this LBA is for the start of the LBS data following the SPM area. •

Byte 8:

Track number LSB

•

Byte 9:

Track number MSB

These bytes specify the number of the track on which the packet was written. The lsb of byte 8 indicates the azimuth of the track (0 = Positive and 1 = Negative). •

Byte 10:

•

Byte 11:

Physical packet number indicates the location within the track associated with this control packet.

b7

b6

b5

0

0

IPG

b4

b3

b2

Speed written at

b1

b0

PHPKT 9

PHPKT 8

•

b7 and b6:

shall be set to ZERO ZERO

•

b5:

Shall be set to ONE for tracks that contain only control packets, otherwise it shall be set to ZERO.

•

b4 to b2:

Shall indicate the speed at which the tape was written when this packet was written

• b1 to b0:

001

Full Speed (FS)

010

1/2 FS

011

1/3 FS

100

1/4 FS

101

1/5 FS

110

1/6 FS

The most significant bits of the Physical Packet Number (see byte 10)

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•

Byte 12 and 13: Byte

b7

12

0

13

b6

b5

b4

b3

b2

Flush point row

Flush point column

b1

b0

Flush point column

Last overhead column

This field is valid for Splice Position Marks (SPM) and contains the flush data packet address of the segment preceding the SPM. It shall specify the location of the last data packet (row and column), the flush point, and the last overhead packet. This determines which packets are required in a flushed segment. •

Byte 14:

b7 to b3 shall be set to all ZEROs. b2 to b0 shall specify the segment number of the segment flushed.

•

Byte 15: b7

b6

b5

b4

b3

b2

b1

b0

Flush

SPM

System

•

b7:

This bit indicates that the control packet is in a Flush area. This means that the GSA in the control packet belongs with the segment after the splice point. This bit shall be set to ONE during the Flush SPM tracks and is cleared after the OWG1 trailer track pair.

•

b6:

This bit shall be set to ONE to indicate that an SPM area is associated with an OWG. It shall be set to ZERO when the OWG Gap is completed.

•

b5:

This bit shall be set to ONE to indicate that this SPM precedes system data. It shall be set to ZERO to indicate that the SPM precedes user data.

•

b4 to b0:

Control Packet Type

Control packet type

•

Byte 16 and 17:

Virtual Packet Address. This information is redundant since the VPA had to be known in order to read the packet.

•

Byte 18 and 19:

The Tape count is a value that reflects a position on the tape relative to BOT and EOT at the time the packet was written (see annex J).

•

Byte 20 and 21:

This field shall be a record of the number of times the tape has been initialised. This field shall be set to (1) the first time the tape is initialised and incremented by (1) each subsequent time.

•

Byte 22 and 23:

Shall each be set to (22)

•

Byte 24 and 25:

This number shall reflect the number of file marks written in the current tape partition.

•

Byte 26 and 27:

This number shall reflect the number of set marks written in the current tape partition.

•

Byte 28 and 31:

Shall each be set to (22).

•

Byte 32 to 64:

The contents of these bytes are not specified by this ECMA standard and shall be ignored upon interchange.

11.5 Packet framing sync All data and control packets are encoded (see annex G) prior to writing information to the tape. In addition, a packet framing sync is written to tape after each Track Packet. A packet framing sync signal is a unique signal in the channel domain to provide synchronisation for Track Packet detection. This signal does not

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obey the run-length restriction of the channel modulation code. The sync signal does not have a byte symbol associated with it, meaning it is not decoded to a byte symbol by the modulation decoder. This signal is 16 bit cells long and shall be (X0001000000001000), where X is set to ONE or ZERO depending on the last data written Detection of the packet framing sync signal identifies the start of a Track Packet.

12

Tape Format The physical format of a track consists of 387 Track Packets per track (see figure 39). The leading edge of the each track shall have a track sync area that is the maximum recording frequency tone of alternating ONEs and ZERO’s and precedes the Track Packets. Each track shall have a Normal Control Packet that shall be located near the physical centre of the track. (+) Border Zone

Clean-Up Byte Normal Control Packet

Track Packets

Track Sync

(-) Border Zone 00-0047-A

Figure 39 - Track Format There are two generic types of tracks: data (including ECC) and gap. Data tracks may contain Data/ECC Track Packets and some types of control packets. Gap tracks contain only control packets (and also the flush SPM data packet). Gap tracks are used in the generation of the tape format structure.

12.1

Track elements Each track consists of a Border zone, track sync area (128-Channel bytes), Data Track Packets (193-Track Packets), Normal Control Packet, Data Track Packets (193-Track Packets), and a clean-up Channel-byte in the negative azimuth tracks. The contents of the clean-up byte are not defined by this ECMA Standard and shall be used to avoid a run-length violation on the tape after the last valid byte. The Border zone shall be a pattern of alternating ONEs and ZEROs at the maximum recording frequency. The Border zone appears after the second set of Data Packets in positive azimuth tracks (242-Channel bytes) and before the track sync area in negative azimuth tracks (241-Channel bytes). The track sync area shall be a pattern of alternating ONEs and ZEROs at the maximum recording frequency.

12.2

Data track format The typical data track consists of data/ECC Track Packets with one Normal Control Packet at its centre. Segment empty type of control packet may be located within the data track. This control packet indicates that no data was available to write as the track was being formatted for writing. The Pre-SPM skip control packet is the only other type of control packet that is allowed within a data track. The Pre-SPM skip control packet shall be used only preceding the Flush SPM area on the tape. Data packets are not normally recorded to a data track in linear segment address order due to the fact that two tracks are written simultaneously and to the rewrite process.

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12.2.1 Order of packets in a data track The order of Tape Packets from a given segment as they appear in the track is not specified by this standard. Their order depends on rewrite activity and availability of data packets in the segment. With no rewrite activity, the sequence of data/ECC packets taken from the segment and written alternately to the track pair, shall adhere to the following: •

Packets are taken from each row in a segment in increasing order

•

The two packets of Row ECC are written after each row of data is written

•

After row 31 data and ECC are written, the entire Column ECC, Diagonal ECC and special ECC areas for the segment are written.

12.2.2 Rewrite Rewrite packets shall consist of any packet in the segment that was not read correctly during read-afterwrite checking. Rewrite packets shall be inserted in tape tracks in one of three ways:

12.3

•

If the number of rewrite packets is less than half of the capacity of the track pair, the rewrite packets are alternatively written after the midpoint of the track pair.

•

If the number of rewrite packets is greater than half of the capacity of the track pair, the rewrite packets shall be alternatively written starting at the leading edge of the track pair.

•

If there are some rewrite packets to be written, but less than a track pair, and there are no new data packets available to be written from the segment, some or all of the rewrite packets will be rewritten more than once during the track.

Gap tracks Gap tracks are used to define unique locations on the tape. With the exception of the Flush SPM used in a splice point, all of the unique points on the tape shall be composed entirely of gap tracks. •

BOD and EOD areas Beginning of Data (BOD) and End of Data (EOD) areas on a tape are gap tracks and shall consist solely of BOD and EOD control packets respectively. These areas define the beginning and end of tape partitions.

•

Erased areas Areas on the tape that are overwritten for purposes of erasing are gap tracks that shall consist of either random or normal erase gap control packets.

•

Splice points Splice points on the tape that have not been appended to are identified by the following sequence of gap tracks

•

•

Splice Position Marker (SPM) – 2 pairs of tracks

•

Overwritable Gap Type 1 (OWG1) – 20 pairs of tracks

OWG1 Trailer mark – 1 pair of tracks

When appending to a splice point, the append operation shall start in the OWG1 gap area; the SPM shall not be overwritten. The append operation shall always start with an OWG Type 2 gap area. After an append operation the splice point sequence of tracks on the tape shall include: •

Splice Position Marker (SPM)

•

Overwritable Gap Type 1 (OWG1)

•

Overwritable Gap Type 2 (OWG2) associated with a new append consisting of 10 pairs of OWG2 tracks with new VPA for this write session.

The SPM gap is fixed in length. The flush SPM track shall consist of Flush SPM control packets intermixed with rewritten data packets. The number of tracks that define the flush SPM area is related to rewriting, and may be lengthened if rewrites are required.

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•

Tape Marks Tape marks shall be either File marks or Set marks. They are a sequence of tracks that shall include: •

Tape Mark (File or Set)

•

Tape Mark SPM

•

Overwritable Gap Type 1 (OWG1)

If the tape mark is the first in an append sequence, it shall be preceded by an OWG2 gap track(s). Multiple, up to 256, tape marks can be placed contiguously on tape. •

Track joints Track joints are areas on the tape associated with speed changes that may occur during writing the tape. While writing data tracks and a speed change is required, a minimum of 1 Post-data Dummy gap track shall be written before performing the speed change. After the speed change is completed, there shall be a minimum of 1 Pre-data Dummy gap track written on the tape before resuming normal data tracks.

13

Method of recording The method of recording shall be as follows: −

A ONE shall be represented by a flux transition at the centre of a bit cell.

−

A ZERO shall be represented by no flux transitions in the bit cell.

13.1

Physical recording density The nominal maximum physical recording density shall be 2 740 ftpmm. It occurs for a pattern of alternating ONEs and ZEROs. The nominal bit cell length is 0,182 5 µm. The nominal length between transitions at the maximum physical recording density is 0,365 0 µm. This results in a minimum recording wavelength of 0,729 9 µm.

13.1.1

Long-term average bit cell length The long-term average bit cell length for each track shall be measured over a minimum of 200 consecutive packets. It shall be within 0,05 % of the nominal bit cell length.

13.1.2

Short-term average bit cell length The short-term average bit cell length shall be the average taken over any 32 bit cells. The short-term average bit cell length shall be within 0,1 % of the long-term average bit cell length for the preceding track.

13.1.3

Rate of change The rate of change of the short-term average bit cell length, taken over any two consecutive 32-bit cell lengths, shall not exceed 0,05 %.

13.2

Bit shift The maximum displacement of any ONEs zero crossing, exclusive of missing pulses, shall not deviate by more than 32 % from the expected position as defined by the average bit cell length. See annex H for the method of measurement.

13.3

Amplitude of Data Signals The signal average amplitude over a minimum of 2 500 flux transitions at 2 740 ftpmm shall be between -1,7 dB and 2,0 dB of the Standard Reference Amplitude.

14 14.1

Track geometry General The helical track pattern is formed by the relationship between the direction of tape motion and the axis of rotation of a pair of heads, one of which has a positive azimuth angle and the other a negative azimuth angle. The direction of recording is away from the Tape Reference Edge. The track location and dimensions shall be shown in figure 40.

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Tape ape motion direction Negative azimuth T Track

L P

Head

motio n dire ction

T h Track T Positivee azimuth a

G

A H

Tape ape reference edge

Positive azimuth

Negative azimuth

00-0014-A

A T P L G H

Track angle Track width Track pitch Track length Positive azimuth track guard band Negative azimuth track guard band Figure 40 - Track location and dimensions

14.2

Track pitch The track pitch between any two adjacent tracks shall be 9,10 µm ± 0,50 µm. This requirement shall not apply at track joints or append points.

14.3

Average track pitch The average track pitch, taken over any group of 30 consecutive tracks, shall be 9,10 µm ± 0,30 µm. The track pitch at track joints or append points shall not be included in this average.

14.4

Track width The measured track width shall be 9,10 µm ± 1,10 µm. This requirement shall not apply at track joints or append points.

14.5

Track angle The angle of each track with respect to the Tape Reference Edge shall be between 4,885 8 o and 4,892 2 o.

14.6

Track length The length of each track shall be 73,317 mm ± 0,070 mm.

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14.7

Guard band There shall be a guard band of width 1,027 mm ± 0,015 mm extending from the start of the recorded positive azimuth tracks to the Tape Reference Edge. The start of the recorded negative azimuth track shall be 0,042 mm ± 0,002 mm below the start of the recorded positive azimuth track.

14.8

Azimuth angles The positive azimuth angle shall be 20,00o ± 0,16 o. The negative azimuth angle shall be -20,00 o ± 0,16 o.

14.9

Track linearity The edge of each recorded track shall be contained between two parallel lines 27 µm apart. The parallel lines shall be at the nominal track angle of the recorded track.

15 15.1

Layout of a tape General The layout of the tape is shown in figure 41. A tape shall consist of 1 or 2 user partitions. The partitions shall be numbered sequentially with partition 0 being the first partition on the tape. The elements of the tape format are defined in the following clauses. Tape counts (see annex J) are used to indicate the locations of various elements of the tape format. Writing the entire tape with Erase Gaps (see 12.3) shall erase a tape. When a tape is formatted, a system partition followed by the configured number of user partitions (one or two) shall be written. The system partition shall be written a fixed number of Tape counts from the beginning of tape (BOT) and will contain a beginning of data (BOD) area, sixteen identical tape directory records (TDR) and an end of data (EOD) area. User partition(s) are written following the end of the system partition and shall contain a BOD area, sixteen identical tape header records (THR), user data, SPM, sixteen identical TDRs and an EOD area. Initialised tapes shall have an SPM with the LBA set to 0 where user data is to be written. Early warning (EW) and the virtual end of partition (EOP) shall be indicated by Tape count values. The physical end of a user partition shall be indicated by a fixed Tape count (see table 5) and shall be approximately 0,25 m before EOP. The distance between EW and EOP shall be approximately 0,25 m and shall be indicated by a fixed Tape count. The distance between EOP and BOD, when a partition follows EOP, shall be approximately 0,25 m and shall be indicated by a fixed Tape count. The physical end of the last user partition on the tape shall be indicated by a fixed Tape count and shall be a minimum of 0,5 m from EOT. Physical Marks:

Logical data:

User data: User partition n

System partition BOT

BOD

TDR EOD

EW

Virtual irtual marks:

EOP

BOD THR

User Data

SPM TDR

EOD

EW

EOP

EOT

00-0075-A

Figure 41 -Layout of a tape

15.2

Beginning of Partition All partitions shall begin with a BOD area. The BOD area for the system partition shall consist of 290 tracks, each such track consisting of BOD control packets. It shall begin with track 1 a minimum of 0,5 m from the BOT and shall be indicated by Tape count. The BOD area for user partition 1 shall consist of 1 448 tracks, each such track consisting of BOD control packets. It shall begin with track 1 following the EOP of the system partition and shall be indicated by Tape count. The BOD area for user partition 2, if present, shall consist of 1 448 tracks, each such track consisting of BOD control packets. It shall begin with track 1 following the EOP of user partition 1, and shall be indicated by Tape count.

15.3

Tape Header Record (THR) A THR shall be in each user partition. Recording of the THR shall follow the BOD area and precede the user data in the user partition. The THR shall be written 16 times to ensure data reliability. The contents of

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the THR are shown in table 4. The THR is logically addressed with unique LBAs from (FFFFFF40) to (FFFFFF4F) Table 4 - Tape Header Record Byte Position

15.4

Description

1

Record type – shall be set to (10)

2

Revision number – shall be set to (06)

3

Partition ID – location of this THR

4

Downward revision compatibility – shall be set to (06)

5 and 6

Initialisation count – number of times media formatted/partitioned

7

Format type – shall be set to (00)

8

Partition number – number of user partitions on tape

9 and 10

User partition 0 start Tape count – physical beginning of user partition 0

11 and 12

User partition 0 size – size of user partition 0 in megabytes

13 and 14

Reserved – shall be set to (00)

15 and 16

User partition 1 start Tape count – physical beginning of user partition 1 – shall be set to (00) for single partition tape.

17 and 18

User partition 1 size – size of user partition 1 in megabytes – shall be set to (00) for single partition tape

19 and 20

Reserved – shall be set to (00)

21 and 22

System partition start Tape count – physical beginning of the system partition

23 and 24

System partition size – shall be set to (00)

25 to 90

Reserved – shall be set to (00)

Data area The data area shall be recorded immediately following the THR in the user partition(s). The data area shall consist of Data packets, ECC packets and Gap packets. File Marks and Set Marks shall be recorded at the request of the Host. Data packets or ECC packets may be rewritten if they contain errors. The packet headers of the rewritten physical blocks shall be identical to the original packet headers with the exception of the entries that specify the location on tape. Packets may be rewritten multiple times. A Splice Position marker (SPM) shall be written at the end of the user data and before the Tape Directory Record for later append operations (see 12.3).

15.5

Tape Directory Record The TDR contains information that defines the contents of each partition. The TDR also contains a copy of the THR. The TDR shall be written to tape 16 times and are logically addressed with unique LBAs from (FFFFFFC0) to (FFFFFFCF). The contents of the TDR shall be as defined in table 5.

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Table 5 - Tape Directory Record Byte Position

15.6

Description

1

Record type – shall be set to (20)

2

Revision number – shall be set to (06)

3 to 92

Tape header Record information

93 and 94

Last VPA for user partition 0

95 and 96

Tape count at beginning of THR for user partition 0

97 and 98

Tape count at beginning of data for user partition 0

99 and 100

Tape count at beginning of TDR for user partition 0

101 and 102

Tape count at end of EOD for user partition 0

103 and 104

Tape count for Early Warning for user partition 0

105 and 106

Tape count for beginning of EOP for user partition 0

107 and 108

Tape count for end of EOP for user partition 0

109 to 112

Last LBA for user partition 0

113 and 114

Last LBA Tape count for user partition 0

115 and 116

Last VPA for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

117 and 118

Tape count at beginning of THR for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

119 and 120

Tape count beginning of data for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

121 and 122

Tape count at beginning of TDR for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

123 and 124

Tape count at end of EOD for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

125 and 126

Tape count for Early Warning for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

127 and 128

Tape count for beginning of EOP for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

129 and 130

Tape count for end of EOP for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

131 to 134

Last LBA for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

135 and 136

Last LBA Tape count for user partition 1 (set to (00) if not present)

137 and 138

Last VPA for the system partition

139 to 146

Reserved – shall be set to (00)

147 and 148

Tape count for Early Warning for the system partition

149 and 150

Tape count for beginning of EOP for the system partition

151 and 152

Tape count for end of EOP for the system partition

153 to 1526

Reserved – shall be set to (00)

End of Data The EOD shall be written immediately after the TDR in every partition. The EOD area for the system partition shall consist of 290 tracks written at the nominal tape speed, each such track containing EOD control packets, following the TDR. The EOD area for user partitions shall consist on 1 448 tracks, each such track containing EOD control packets, following the TDR for that partition. The data area may be appended as specified in 12.3.

15.7

End of Partition (EOP) The EOP is the virtual end point, identified by the Tape count (see annex J), of the partition and prevents data in one partition from overwriting the next partition.

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Annex A (normative)

Measurement of Light Transmittance of Tape and Leaders

A.1

Introduction The following description outlines the general principle of the measuring equipment and measuring method to be applied when measuring the light transmittance of tape. For the purpose of this ECMA Standard "light transmittance" is defined by convention as the relationship between the reading obtained from the measuring equipment with the test piece inserted and the reading obtained when no test piece is present. The transmittance value is expressed as the percentage ratio of the two readings.

A.2

Description of the measuring equipment The equipment shall consist of − − − − −

A.2.1

the radiation source; the radiation receiver; the measuring mask; the optical path; the measuring circuitry.

Radiation source An infrared light-emitting diode (LED) with the following parameters shall be used: wavelength at peak emission half-power bandwidth

A.2.2

: 850 nm ± 50 nm : ± 50 nm

Radiation receiver A flat silicon photo diode shall be used. It shall be operated in the short circuit mode.

A.2.3

Measuring mask The measuring mask shall have a thickness of 2 mm and a circular aperture of diameter d such that the area is 80 % to 100 % of the active area of the photo diode. The surface of the mask shall be matt black. The test piece shall be held firmly against the mask to cover the aperture and to ensure that no ambient light leaks past.

A.2.4

Optical path (figure A.1) The optical path shall be perpendicular to the mask. The distance from the emitting surface of the LED to the mask shall be L=

d 2 tan α

mm

where d is in mm and α is the angle where the relative intensity of the LED is equal to, or greater than, 95 % of the maximum intensity of the optical axis.

A.2.5

Finish The whole assembly shall be enclosed in a matt black case.

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A.2.6

Measuring circuitry (figure A.2) The components of the measuring circuitry are E R LED Di A Rf0 , Rf1 S V

: regulated power supply with variable output voltage : current-limiting resistor : light-emitting diode : silicon photo diode : operational amplifier : feedback resistors : gain switch : voltmeter

The forward current of the LED, and consequently its radiation power, can be varied by means of the power supply E. Di is operating in the short circuit mode. The output voltage of the operational amplifier is given by V 0 = I k x Rf where: I k is the short-circuit current of Di. The output voltage is therefore a linear function of the light intensity. Rf0 and Rf1 shall be low temperature-drift resistors with an accuracy of 1 %. The following ratio applies Rf 0 R f1

A.3

=

1 20

Measuring method − Set switch S to position 0. − With no test piece mounted vary the supply voltage of E until voltmeter V reads full scale (100 %). − Mount a leader or trailer tape on the mask. The reading of the voltmeter shall be in the range 60 % to 100 %. − Mount a test piece of magnetic tape on the mask. Set switch S to position 1. Full deflection of the voltmeter now represents a light transmittance of 5 %. Tape Silicon photo diode

d

2 LED

L

Mask

93-0123-A

Figure A.1 - Optical arrangement

Optical axis

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Rf 0

0 S

R Rf 1

1

LED

A

Di

+

E

V

93-0124-B

Figure A.2 - Measuring circuitry

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Annex B (normative)

Packet ECC

The packet ECC check bytes shall be a Reed Solomon code. The packet ECC generator polynomial shall be defined as 1 g (x) = Π ( x+αi ) i=0

The code symbols shall be from the Galois field GF(256).The generator polynomial p(x) for the Galois field shall be defined as follows: p (x) = x8 + x4 + x3 + x2 + 1

The packet ECC check bytes shall be generated by forming an information polynomial from 72 of the packet bytes, multiplying it by x8, then dividing it by g(x). The resultant remainder shall be the 2 check bytes for the packet ECC.

The information polynomial is formed from the 2 VPA bytes, 2 LPA bytes, 64 data bytes and 4 CRC bytes (72 bytes total). The first byte of the VPA is the highest order coefficient, and the last CRC byte is the lowest order coefficient.

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Annex C (normative)

Segment ECC

There are 4 types of ECC packets generated for each segment. (Row ECC, Column ECC, Diagonal ECC, and Special ECC). The same algorithm is used in generating these 4 types.

The segment ECC check bytes shall be a Reed Solomon code. The segment ECC generator polynomial shall be defined as 1 g (x) = Π ( x+αi ) i=0

The code symbols shall be from the Galois field GF(256).The generator polynomial p(x) for the Galois field shall be defined as follows: p (x) = x8 + x4 + x3 + x2 + 1

The segment ECC check bytes shall be generated by forming an information polynomial from 32 of the segment bytes, multiplying it by x8, then dividing it by g(x). The resultant remainder shall be the 2 check bytes for the segment ECC.

The information polynomial is formed from the same-numbered-byte from 32 different packets. For the Row ECC, Column ECC, and Special ECC types, the byte of the lowest numbered packet is the highest order coefficient, and the byte of highest numbered packet is the lowest order coefficient. For the Diagonal ECC, the byte of the packet whose row number is equal to the diagonal number is the highest order coefficient, and the byte of the packet whose row number is equal to the diagonal number minus 1 (mod 32) is the lowest order coefficient.

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Annex D (normative)

Generation of the Segment Overhead CRCs

The Segment Overhead contains three 8-bit CRC types:

1.

LBS Boundary Field CRC

2.

Main Key Field CRC

3.

First LBS Attributes Field CRC

All three types shall be generated using the following generator polynomial g (x) = x8 + x7+ x2 + x0

The CRC shall be generated for a particular Segment Overhead field by forming an information polynomial from the entire overhead field, multiplying it by x8, then dividing it by g(x). The resultant remainder shall be the 8-bit CRC.

The information polynomial shall be formed from all the bits of the particular segment overhead field as follows. The first (lowest address) byte of the particular Segment Overhead field contains the highest order coefficients and the last (highest address) byte contains the lowest order coefficients. Within each byte, bit 0 shall be the highest order coefficient and bit 7 shall be the lowest order coefficient.

The CRC register is initialised to zero for each Segment Overhead field.

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Annex E (normative)

Generation of the Segment Data CRC

The Segment Data CRC shall be generated using the following generator polynomial g (x) = x32 + x26 + x23 + x22 + x16 + x12 + x11 + x10 + x8 + x7 + x5 + x4 + x2 + x1 + x0 The Segment Data CRC shall be generated by forming an information polynomial from the Segment Data Packets, multiplying it by x32, then dividing it by g (x). The resultant remainder shall be the 32-bit Segment Data CRC.

The information polynomial shall be formed from all the bits of the Segment Data Packets as follows. The first byte of packet zero of the segment contains the highest order coefficients and the last byte of the last packet included in the data area of the segment contains the lowest order coefficients. Within each byte, bit 7 shall be the highest order coefficient and bit 0 shall be the lowest order coefficient. The Segment Data CRC register shall be initialised to 0 for each segment.

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Annex F (normative)

Generation of the Packet CRC

The Packet CRC shall be generated using the following generator polynomial g (x) = x32 + x22 + x21 + x20 + x18 + x17 + x15 + x13 + x12 + x10 + x8 + x6 + x4 + x1 + x0 The Packet CRC shall be generated by forming an information polynomial from the packet VPA, LPA and data fields, multiplying it by x32, then dividing it by g(x). The resultant remainder shall be the 32-bit Packet CRC.

The information polynomial shall be formed from all the bits of the packet VPA, LPA and data fields as follows. The first byte of the VPA contains the highest order coefficients and the last (64th) byte of the data area contains the lowest order coefficients. Within each byte, bit 7 shall be the highest order coefficient and bit 0 shall be the lowest order coefficient.

The Packet CRC register shall be initialised to 0 for each packet.

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Annex G (normative)

Representation of 8-bit bytes by 14-bit patterns

To choose a code word from table G.1 for a given symbol, the first criteria (1A & 1B) shall be satisfied. At least one codeword will always satisfy this by definition of table G.1.

1.

A) The end Digital Sum Value (DSV) shall be –2, 0 or +2 and B) The junction with the prior code word must not produce a run length violation. Specifically, the last 6 bits of the prior code word adjacent with 2 bits of the new code word shall not have a single isolated one (or zero) or a run of 8 ones (or zeroes).

If only one codeword satisfies step 1 above, then that is the codeword to use for that symbol. If there are several possible codewords that satisfy step 1 above, the following steps are taken:

2.

The codeword with the greatest number of bit transitions is chosen. The last bit of the prior codeword is considered in counting the number of transitions. If more than one codeword is still left after step two then Step 3 is taken.

3.

If more than one codeword results after step 2, then any codeword which results in an end DSV of zero is chosen. If more than one codeword satisfies this, then the codewords are resolved as follows: The codeword with an MSB of one is chosen. If the codewords have the same MSB then the one with the most negative Code Digital Sum (CDS) is chosen.

4.

If no codewords satisfy step 3, then the results of Step 2 are resolved as follows: The codeword with an MSB of one is chosen. If the codewords have the same MSB then the one with the most negative Code Digital Sum (CDS) is chosen.

In the following table (31) to (7F), (A1) to (C5), (DA) to (E9) and (F4) to (FD) have four codewords and all other values have two codewords.

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Table G1 – 8-bit to 14-bit conversion Byte (dec) Byte (hex)

Table 1 Pattern

Table 2 Pattern

0

(00)

01111110000001

10000001111110

1

(01)

01111100110000

10000011001111

2

(02)

01111100011000

10000011100111

3

(03)

01111100001100

10000011110011

4

(04)

01111100000110

10000011111001

5

(05)

01111100000011

10000011111100

6

(06)

01111001110000

10000110001111

7

(07)

01111001100001

10000110011110

8

(08)

01111000111000

10000111000111

9

(09)

01111000110001

10000111001110

10

(0A)

01111000011100

10000111100011

11

(0B)

01111000011001

10000111100110

12

(0C)

01111000001110

10000111110001

13

(0D)

01111000000111

10000111111000

14

(0E)

01110011110000

10001100001111

15

(0F)

01110011100001

10001100011110

16

(10)

01110011001100

10001100110011

17

(11)

01110011000110

10001100111001

18

(12)

01110011000011

10001100111100

19

(13)

01110001111000

10001110000111

20

(14)

01110001110001

10001110001110

21

(15)

01110001100110

10001110011001

22

(16)

01110001100011

10001110011100

23

(17)

01110000111100

10001111000011

24

(18)

01110000111001

10001111000110

25

(19)

01110000110011

10001111001100

26

(1A)

01110000011110

10001111100001

27

(1B)

01110000001111

10001111110000

28

(1C)

01100111110000

10011000001111

29

(1D)

01100111100001

10011000011110

30

(1E)

01100111001100

10011000110011

31

(1F)

01100111000110

10011000111001

32

(20)

01100111000011

10011000111100

33

(21)

01100110011100

10011001100011

34

(22)

01100110011001

10011001100110

35

(23)

01100110001110

10011001110001

36

(24)

01100110000111

10011001111000

37

(25)

01100011111000

10011100000111

38

(26)

01100011110001

10011100001110

39

(27)

01100011100110

10011100011001

40

(28)

01100011100011

10011100011100

41

(29)

01100011001110

10011100110001

Table 3 Pattern

Table 4 Pattern

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Byte (dec) Byte (hex)

Table 1 Pattern

Table 2 Pattern

Table 3 Pattern

Table 4 Pattern

42

(2A)

01100011000111

10011100111000

43

(2B)

01100001111100

10011110000011

44

(2C)

01100001111001

10011110000110

45

(2D)

01100001110011

10011110001100

46

(2E)

01100001100111

10011110011000

47

(2F)

01100000111110

10011111000001

48

(30)

01100000011111

10011111100000

49

(31)

01111111001100

10000000110011

01111100000001

10000011111110

50

(32)

01111001100000

10000110011111

01111111000110

10000000111001

51

(33)

01111000110000

10000111001111

01111111000011

10000000111100

52

(34)

01111000011000

10000111100111

01111110011100

10000001100011

53

(35)

01111110011001

10000001100110

01111000001100

10000111110011

54

(36)

01111000000110

01111110001110

10000001110001

10000111111001

55

(37)

01111110000111

10000001111000

01111000000011

10000111111100

56

(38)

01110011100000

10001100011111

01111100111100

10000011000011

57

(39)

01110011000001

10001100111110

01111100111001

10000011000110

58

(3A)

01111100110011

10000011001100

01110001110000

10001110001111

59

(3B)

01110001100001

10001110011110

01111100011110

10000011100001

60

(3C)

01110000111000

10001111000111

01111100001111

10000011110000

61

(3D)

01110000110001

10001111001110

01111001111100

10000110000011

62

(3E)

01111001111001

10000110000110

01110000011100

10001111100011

63

(3F)

01111001110011

10000110001100

01110000011001

10001111100110

64

(40)

01111001100111

10000110011000

01110000001110

10001111110001

65

(41)

01111000111110

10000111000001

01110000000111

10001111111000

66

(42)

01100111100000

10011000011111

01111000011111

10000111100000

67

(43)

01100111000001

10011000111110

01110011111100

10001100000011

68

(44)

01100110011000

10011001100111

01110011111001

10001100000110

69

(45)

01100110001100

10011001110011

01110011110011

10001100001100

70

(46)

01100110000110

10011001111001

01110011100111

10001100011000

71

(47)

01110011001111

10001100110000

01100110000011

10011001111100

72

(48)

01100011110000

10011100001111

01110001111110

10001110000001

73

(49)

01100011100001

10011100011110

01110000111111

10001111000000

74

(4A)

01100011001100

10011100110011

01100111111100

10011000000011

75

(4B)

01100011000110

10011100111001

01100111111001

10011000000110

76

(4C)

01100011000011

01100111110011

10011000001100

10011100111100

77

(4D)

01100111100111

10011000011000

01100001111000

10011110000111

78

(4E)

01100001110001

10011110001110

01100111001111

10011000110000

79

(4F)

01100001100110

10011110011001

01100110011111

10011001100000

80

(50)

01100001100011

10011110011100

01100011111110

10011100000001

81

(51)

01100000111100

10011111000011

01111111000001

10000000111110

82

(52)

01100000111001

10011111000110

01111110011000

10000001100111

83

(53)

01100000110011

10011111001100

01111110001100

10000001110011

84

(54)

01100000011110

01111110000110

10000001111001

10011111100001

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Byte (dec) Byte (hex)

Table 1 Pattern

Table 2 Pattern

Table 3 Pattern

Table 4 Pattern

85

(55)

01111110000011

10000001111100

01100000001111

10011111110000

86

(56)

01110000110000

01111100111000

10000011000111

10001111001111

87

(57)

01111100110001

10000011001110

01110000011000

10001111100111

88

(58)

01111100011100

10000011100011

01110000001100

10001111110011

89

(59)

01111100011001

10000011100110

01100110000001

10011001111110

90

(5A)

01100011000001

10011100111110

01111100001110

100000111100001

91

(5B)

01100001110000

10011110001111

01111100000111

10000011111000

92

(5C)

01100001100001

10011110011110

01111001111000

10000110000111

93

(5D)

01111001110001

10000110001110

01100000111000

10011111000111

94

(5E)

01111001100110

10000110011001

01100000110001

10011111001110

95

(5F)

01111001100011

10000110011100

01100000011100

10011111100011

96

(60)

01100000011001

10011111100110

01111000111100

10000111000011

97

(61)

01111000111001

10000111000110

00111000011000

11000111100111

98

(62)

01111000110011

10000111001100

00111000001100

11000111110011

99

(63)

01111000011110

10000111100001

00111111000000

11000000111111

100

(64)

01111000001111

10000111110000

00111110000001

11000001111110

101

(65)

00111100110000

11000011001111

01110011111000

10001100000111

102

(66)

01110011110001

10001100001110

00111100011000

11000011100111

103

(67)

01110011100110

10001100011001

00111100001100

11000011110011

104

(68)

01110011100011

10001100011100

00111100000110

11000011111001

105

(69)

01110011001110

10001100110001

00111100000011

11000011111100

106

(6A)

01110011000111

10001100111000

00111001110000

11000110001111

107

(6B)

00111001100001

11000110011110

01110001111100

10001110000011

108

(6C)

01110001111001

10001110000110

00111000111000

11000111000111

109

(6D)

01110001110011

10001110001100

00111000110001

11000111001110

110

(6E)

01110001100111

10001110011000

00111000011100

11000111100011

111

(6F)

00111000011001

11000111100110

01110000111110

10001111000001

112

(70)

00111000001110

11000111110001

01110000011111

10001111100000

113

(71)

01100111111000

10011000000111

00111000000111

11000111111000

114

(72)

01100111110001

10011000001110

00110011110000

11001100001111

115

(73)

01100111100110

10011000011001

00110011100001

11001100011110

116

(74)

11001100110011

00110011001100

01100111100011

10011000011100

117

(75)

00110011000110

11001100111001

01100111001110

10011000110001

118

(76)

01100111000111

10011000111000

00110011000011

11001100111100

119

(77)

01100110011110

10011001100001

00110001111000

11001110000111

120

(78)

00110001110001

11001110001110

01100110001111

10011001110000

121

(79)

00110001100110

11001110011001

01100011111100

10011100000011

122

(7A)

00110001100011

11001110011100

01100011111001

10011100000110

123

(7B)

01100011110011

10011100001100

00110000111100

11001111000011

124

(7C)

01100011100111

10011100011000

00110000111001

11001111000110

125

(7D)

01100011001111

10011100110000

00110000110011

11001111001100

126

(7E)

00110000011110

11001111100001

01100001111110

10011110000001

127

(7F)

00110000001111

01100000111111

10011111000000

11001111110000

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Byte (dec) Byte (hex)

Table 1 Pattern

Table 2 Pattern

Table 3 Pattern

Table 4 Pattern

128

(80)

00111111100000

11000000011111

129

(81)

00111111000001

11000000111110

130

(82)

00111110011000

11000001100111

131

(83)

00111110001100

11000001110011

132

(84)

00111110000110

11000001111001

133

(85)

00111110000011

11000001111100

134

(86)

00111100111000

11000011000111

135

(87)

00111100110001

11000011001110

136

(88)

00111100011100

11000011100011

137

(89)

00111100011001

11000011100110

139

(8A)

00111100001110

11000011110001

139

(8B)

00111100000111

11000011111000

140

(8C)

00111001111000

11000110000111

141

(8D)

00111001110001

11000110001110

142

(8E)

00111001100110

11000110011001

143

(8F)

00111001100011

11000110011100

144

(90)

00111000111100

11000111000011

145

(91)

00111000111001

11000111000110

146

(92)

00111000110011

11000111001100

147

(93)

00111000011110

11000111100001

148

(94)

00111000001111

11000111110000

149

(95)

00110011111000

11001100000111

150

(96)

00110011110001

11001100001110

151

(97)

00110011100110

11001100011001

152

(98)

00110011100011

11001100011100

153

(99)

00110011001110

11001100110001

154

(9A)

00110011000111

11001100111000

155

(9B)

00110001111100

11001110000011

156

(9C)

00110001111001

11001110000110

157

(9D)

11001110001100

00110001110011

158

(9E)

11001110011000

00110001100111

159

(9F)

00110000111110

11001111000001

160

(A0)

00110000011111

11001111100000

161

(A1)

00110011000001

11001100111110

00111111100001

11000000011110

162

(A2)

00110001100001

11001110011110

00111111001100

11000000110011

163

(A3)

00110000111000

11001111000111

00111111000110

11000000111001

164

(A4)

00110000110001

11001111001110

00111111000011

11000000111100

165

(A5)

00110000011100

11001111100011

00111110011100

11000001100011

166

(A6)

00110000011001

00111110011001

11000001100110

11001111100110

167

(A7)

00111110001110

11000001110001

00011110000001

11100001111110

168

(A8)

00011100011000

11100011100111

00111110000111

11000001111000

169

(A9)

00011100001100

11100011110011

00111100111100

11000011000011

170

(AA)

00111100111001

11000011000110

00011100000011

11100011111100

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Byte (dec) Byte (hex)

Table 1 Pattern

Table 2 Pattern

Table 3 Pattern

Table 4 Pattern

171

(AB)

00011001100001

11100110011110

00111100110011

11000011001100

172

(AC)

00011000111000

11100111000111

00111100011110

11000011100001

173

(AD)

00011000110001

11100111001110

00111100001111

11000011110000

174

(AE)

00011000011100

11100111100011

00111001111100

11000110000011

175

(AF)

00011000011001

11100111100110

00111001111001

11000110000110

176

(B0)

00111001110011

11000110001100

00011000000111

11100111111000

177

(B1)

00111001100111

11000110011000

00011111100000

11100000011111

178

(B2)

00111000111110

11000111000001

00011111000001

11100000111110

179

(B3)

00011110011000

11100001100111

00111000011111

11000111100000

180

(B4)

00011110001100

11100001110011

00110011111100

11001100000011

181

(B5)

00110011111001

11001100000110

00011110000110

11100001111001

182

(B6)

00110011110011

11001100001100

00011110000011

11100001111100

183

(B7)

00110011100111

11001100011000

00011100111000

11100011000111

184

(B8)

11100011001110

00011100110001

00110011001111

11001100110000

185

(B9)

11100011100011

00011100011100

00110001111110

11001110000001

186

(BA)

00011100011001

11100011100110

00110000111111

11001111000000

187

(BB)

00011100001110

11100011110001

00111111100110

11000000011001

188

(BC)

00011100000111

11100011111000

00111111100011

11000000011100

189

(BD)

00011001111000

11100110000111

00111111001110

11000000110001

190

(BE)

00011001110001

11100110001110

00111111000111

11000000111000

191

(BF)

00011001100110

11100110011001

00111110011110

11000001100001

192

(C0)

00011001100011

11100110011100

00111110001111

11000001110000

193

(C1)

00011000111100

11100111000011

00111100111110

11000011000001

194

(C2)

00011000111001

11100111000110

00111100011111

11000011100000

195

(C3)

00011000110011

11100111001100

00111001111110

11000110000001

196

(C4)

00011000011110

11100111100001

00111000111111

11000111000000

197

(C5)

00011000001111

11100111110000

00110011111110

11001100000001

198

(C6)

00011111110000

11100000001111

199

(C7)

00011111100001

11100000011110

200

(C8)

00011111001100

11100000110011

201

(C9)

00011111000110

11100000111001

202

(CA)

00011111000011

11100000111100

203

(CB)

00011110011100

11100001100011

204

(CC)

00011110011001

11100001100110

205

(CD)

00011110001110

11100001110001

206

(CE)

00011110000111

11100001111000

207

(CF)

00011100111100

11100011000011

208

(D0)

00011100111001

11100011000110

209

(D1)

11100011001100

00011100110011

210

(D2)

00011100011110

11100011100001

211

(D3)

00011100001111

11100011110000

212

(D4)

00011001111100

11100110000011

213

(D5)

00011001111001

11100110000110

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Byte (dec) Byte (hex)

Table 1 Pattern

Table 2 Pattern

Table 3 Pattern

Table 4 Pattern

214

(D6)

11100110001100

00011001110011

215

(D7)

00011001100111

11100110011000

216

(D8)

00011000111110

11100111000001

217

(D9)

00011000011111

11100111100000

218

(DA)

00001110000011

11110001111100

00011111110001

11100000001110

219

(DB)

00011111100110

11100000011001

00001100000111

11110011111000

220

(DC)

00011111100011

11100000011100

00001111110000

11110000001111

221

(DD)

00011111001110

11100000110001

00001111100001

11110000011110

222

(DE)

00001111001100

00001111001100

00011111000111

11100000111000

223

(DF)

00001111000110

11110000111001

00011110011110

11100001100001

224

(E0)

00001111000011

11110000111100

00011110001111

11100001110000

225

(E1)

00001110011100

11110001100011

00011100111110

11100011000001

226

(E2)

00001110011001

11110001100110

00011100011111

11100011100000

227

(E3)

00001110001110

11110001110001

00011001111110

11100110000001

228

(E4)

00001110000111

11110001111000

00011000111111

11100111000000

229

(E5)

00001100111100

11110011000011

00011111110011

11100000001100

230

(E6)

00001100111001

11110011000110

00011111100111

11100000011000

231

(E7)

00001100110011

11110011001100

00011111001111

11100000110000

232

(E8)

00001100011110

11110011100001

00011110011111

11100001100000

233

(E9)

00001100001111

11110011110000

00011100111111

11100011000000

234

(EA)

00001111111000

11110000000111

235

(EB)

00001111110001

11110000001110

236

(EC)

00001111100110

11110000011001

237

(ED)

00001111100011

11110000011100

238

(EE)

00001111001110

11110000110001

239

(EF)

11110000111000

00001111000111

240

(F0)

00001110011110

11110001100001

241

(F1)

00001110001111

11110001110000

242

(F2)

00001100111110

11110011000001

243

(F3)

00001100011111

11110011100000

244

(F4)

00001111111001

11110000000110

00000111111000

11111000000111

245

(F5)

00000111110001

11111000001110

00001111110011

11110000001100

246

(F6)

00000111100110

11111000011001

00001111100111

11110000011000

247

(F7)

00000111100011

11111000011100

00001111001111

11110000110000

248

(F8)

00000111001110

11111000110001

00001110011111

11110001100000

249

(F9)

00000111000111

11111000111000

00001100111111

11110011000000

250

(FA)

00000110011110

11111001100001

00000111111100

11111000000011

251

(FB)

00000110001111

11111001110000

00000111111001

11111000000110

252

(FC)

11111000001100

00000111110011

253

(FD)

00000111100111

11111000011000

254

(FE)

00000111001111

11111000110000

255

(FF)

00000110011111

11111001100000

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Annex H (normative)

Measurement of bit shift

H.1

Requirements for recording The equipment normally used for recording interchange cartridges shall be used for recording the tape under test. The tape shall be written in any mode compatible with system operation.

H.2

Requirements for reading There are no absolute requirements on the output voltage from the read head. However, the head design, the rotary transformer, the pre-amplifier, and the head to tape speed shall be chosen to avoid problems from low signal-to-noise ratios. This test is performed in the read-after-while mode.

Read Head

H.3

Gap length

0,25 µm ± 0,03 µm

Track width

9,10 µm ± 1,10 µm

Positive azimuth

20,00 o ± 0,16 o

Negative azimuth

-20,00 o ± 0,16 o

Measurement The average bit cell length L is obtained from any two reference zero crossings (RZC) located on either side of the test zero crossing (TZC). A reference zero crossing is a ONE zero crossing with at least two adjacent transitions on each side recorded at the maximum physical recording density. The RZCs shall not be more than 40 bit cells apart in order to keep the maximum error due to the rate of change below 2 %. The requirement for bit shift specified in 13.2 shall be met when any data pattern has been recorded per annex G.

H.4

Data Analysis Where: RZC is a reference zero crossing TZC is the test zero crossing P n is the position of the n-th ONE zero crossing If n is the number of bit cells between reference zero crossings, the average bit cell length is

L=

P3 − P1 n

If there are m bit intervals between the first reference zero crossing and the test zero crossing then:

Bit shift =

mL − ( P2 − P1 ) L

x 100%

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..1 0 101 0 1 0 1..

. .1. .

. .1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1. .

RZC

TZC

RZC

P1

P2

P3

00-0048-A

Figure H.1 - Measurement of waveform

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Annex J (normative)

Tape Count

A Tape Count shall be used to indicate the location of various elements of the VXA-1 format. The elements that have a Tape Count associated with them are: • • • • • • • • • •

Control Packet User partition System partition THR Start of user data End of Data (EOD) TDR Early warning End of Partition (EOP) Last LBA

Each Type of tape shall be assigned a beginning Tape Count value at BOT and a maximum Tape Count value that represents a virtual EOT. The Tape Count value shall increment by 1 as the tape moves from the supply reel to the take-up reel. The Tape Count value shall decrement by 1 as the tape moves from the take-up reel to the supply reel. The following fixed tape count values are used in the VXA-1 format. Table J.1 - Fixed Tape count values Type A (170 m)

Type B (107 m)

Type C (62 m)

Tape count value assigned at BOT

(100)

(100)

(100)

Maximum Tape count value

(AD80)

(7DB0)

(5380)

Tape count value between BOT and system partition

(A6)

(AE)

(BB)

Tape count value for system partition data (BOD / TDR / EOD)

(A0)

(A7)

(B0)

Tape count value in Early Warning area

(53)

(53)

(5D)

Tape count values in EOP

(53)

(53)

(5D)

(ACDA)

(7D02)

(52C5)

Maximum Tape count values allowed for end of EOP of last partition.

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Annex K (informative)

Recommendations for transportation

K.1

Environment It is recommended that during transportation the cartridges are kept within the following conditions: Temperature:

- 40 °C to 45 °C

Relative humidity:

5 % to 80 %

Maximum wet bulb temperature: 26 °C There should be no condensation in or on the cartridge.

K.2

Hazards Transportation of tape cartridges involves three basic potential hazards.

K.2.1

Impact loads and vibrations The following recommendations should minimise damage to tape cartridges during transportation: − Avoid mechanical loads that would distort the cartridge shape. − Avoid dropping the cartridge more than 1,0 m. − Cartridges should be fitted into a rigid box containing adequate shock-absorbent material. − The final box should have a clean interior and a construction that provides sealing to prevent the ingress of dirt and water. − The orientation of the cartridges inside the final box should be such that the axes of the tape reels are horizontal. − The final box should be clearly marked to indicate its correct orientation.

K.2.2

Extremes of temperature and humidity Extreme changes in temperature and humidity should be avoided whenever possible. Whenever a cartridge is received it should be conditioned in the operating environment for a period of at least 24 h.

K.2.3

Effects of stray magnetic fields A nominal spacing of not less than 80 mm should exist between the cartridge and the outer surface of the shipping container to minimise the risk of corruption.

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