Sony SDX-700C Product Specifications Manual page 199

PONEJ:
This bit is recorded in drive's EEPROM, and it effects the drive itself.
0 - Power On immediate Eject disable. If this bit set to 0, then the cassette will stay in the drive when power is
applied. (default)
1 - Power On immediate Eject enable. If this bit set to 1, then cassette will be immediately ejected when power
is applied to the drive.
Span:
The Span field is in binary notation. If the span value is set to 0Ah and the tape is 170 meters in length, then the
span would be 10 meters and the size of the Absolute Volume Map data structure in MIC will be 350 bytes with
some overhead. (default=0Ah (00001010B), other values are prohibited)
SysLogAlive:
0 0 - System logs located only on tape. (Not supported for SDX1 cassette)
1 1 - System logs located only in MIC. (default for SDX1 cassette)
Other bit combinations are prohibited.
MIC:
This bit is effective for Mode Sense only. If this bit is 0 then MIC has not been detected in the cassette.
Bit Combination Table
AIT DEV
0 0
0 0
0 1
0 1
1 0
1 0
1 1
1 1
SONY AIT-3 drive SDX-700 series Ver.2.1
ULPBOT
0 illegal
1 DDS Mode, Unload at PBOT
0 illegal
1 illegal
0 illegal
1 illegal
0 AIT Mode, Unload at ODA
1 AIT Mode, Unload at PBOT
14. Appendix G
Description
14-3