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4  Definitions and Error Codes

This chapter provides a reference to the definitions used by PrimoSDK and the error codes returned from PrimoSDK's functions. These values and codes are covered in the following sections:

For a description of the PrimoSDK functions themselves see the PrimoSDK Function Reference in Chapter 6, or find a specific call by name in Chapter 5, Alphabetic Call List.


4.1  Media and Unit Typesgo:  top

PrimoSDK includes several functions that may be used to retrieve information about units (drives) and the discs (media) they contain. The following section discusses possible values for the parameters that output unit- and media-related information from those functions.


4.1.1  MediumType Valuesgo:  top    |    section

The most general information about a disc is its media type as output from PrimoSDK_DiscInfoEx with the parameter pdwMediumType. This parameter's four possible values are quite broad, and are intended to roughly categorize the disc in such a way that it is easy to decide how to proceed in a recording operation. The following table shows the meaning of these values:

Name Value Description
PRIMOSDK_SILVER 0x00000301 A disc that is not recordable. It may be a stamped (silver) disc or a gold (recordable) disc that has been recorded Disc-At-Once.
PRIMOSDK_COMPLIANTGOLD 0x00000302 A gold disc or rewritable disc that contains data but remains open, allowing the appending of additional data.
PRIMOSDK_OTHERGOLD 0x00000303 A gold disc to which it is not possible for PrimoSDK to append additional data.
PRIMOSDK_BLANK 0x00000304 A blank gold disc or blank rewritable disc.

4.1.2  MediumFormat Valuesgo:  top    |    section

For more specific format information (other than the physical type of the disc), there is the parameter pdwMediumFormat output from PrimoSDK_DiscInfoEx. The following table shows the possible values for the disc's format:

Name Value Description
PRIMOSDK_B1 0x000000B1 Blank disc
PRIMOSDK_D1 0x000000D1 Data Mode 1 DAO (e.g. most data CD-ROMs or typical DOS games)
PRIMOSDK_D2 0x000000D2 Kodak Photo CD: Data multisession Mode 2 TAO
PRIMOSDK_D3 0x000000D3 Gold Data Mode 1: Data multisession Mode 1, closed
PRIMOSDK_D4 0x000000D4 Gold Data Mode 2: Data multisession Mode 2, closed
PRIMOSDK_D5 0x000000D5 Data Mode 2 DAO (silver mastered from Corel or Toast gold)
PRIMOSDK_D6 0x000000D6 CDRFS: Fixed packet (from Sony packet-writing solution)
PRIMOSDK_D7 0x000000D7 Packet writing
PRIMOSDK_D8 0x000000D8 Gold Data Mode 1: Data multisession Mode 1, open
PRIMOSDK_D9 0x000000D9 Gold Data Mode 2: Data multisession Mode 2, open
PRIMOSDK_A1 0x000000A1 Audio DAO/SAO/TAO (like most silver music discs) or closed gold audio
PRIMOSDK_A2 0x000000A2 Audio Gold disc with session not closed (TAO or SAO)
PRIMOSDK_A3 0x000000A3 First type of Enhanced CD (aborted)
PRIMOSDK_A4 0x000000A4 CD Extra, Blue Book standard
PRIMOSDK_A5 0x000000A5 Audio TAO with session not written (in-progress compilation)
PRIMOSDK_M1 0x000000E1 First track data, others audio
PRIMOSDK_M2 0x000000E2 Mixed-mode made TAO
PRIMOSDK_M3 0x000000E3 Kodak Portfolio (as per the Kodak standard)
PRIMOSDK_M4 0x000000E4 Video CD (as the White Book standard)
PRIMOSDK_M5 0x000000E5 CD-i (as the Green Book standard)
PRIMOSDK_M6 0x000000E6 PlayStation (Sony games)
PRIMOSDK_F1 0x000000F1 Obsolete
PRIMOSDK_F2 0x000000F2 Obsolete for restricted overwrite DVD (DLA DVD-RW)
PRIMOSDK_F3 0x000000F3 Completed (non-appendable) DVD (DVD-ROM or closed recordable)
PRIMOSDK_F4 0x000000F4 Incremental DVD with appendable zone (DLA DVD-R and DVD+RW)
PRIMOSDK_F5 0x000000F5 Layer Jump DVD-R9 Disc
PRIMOSDK_F8 0x000000F8 Recordable DVD-R, open
PRIMOSDK_FA 0x000000FA DVD-RAM cartridge
PRIMOSDK_GENERICCD 0x000000C1 Other type of CD.

4.1.3  Medium and Unit Valuesgo:  top    |    section

Medium values reveal the physical media type of the disc, and are output from PrimoSDK_DiscInfo2 with the parameters pdwMedium and/or pdwMediumEx, as well as from PrimoSDK_UnitInfo2 with pdwTypes. The same values are also output with pdwType to identify the unit type in PrimoSDK_UnitInfo.

The following table shows the possible media type and unit type values. Except where noted, the values shown apply to any of the four parameters mentioned immediately above:

Name Value Description
PRIMOSDK_CDROM 0x00000201 CD-ROM
DDCD-ROM (only for pdwMedium, pdwTypes)
PRIMOSDK_CDR 0x00000202 CD-R
DDCD-R (only for pdwMedium, pdwTypes)
PRIMOSDK_CDRW 0x00000203 CD-RW
DDCD-RW (only for pdwMedium, pdwTypes)
PRIMOSDK_DVDR 0x00000204 DVD-R
PRIMOSDK_DVDROM 0x00000205 DVD-ROM (any type)
PRIMOSDK_DVDRAM 0x00000206 DVD-RAM
PRIMOSDK_DVDRW 0x00000207 DVD-RW
PRIMOSDK_ROBOTICS
(valid for pdwType only)
0x00000208 Identifies the unit as robotic changer.
PRIMOSDK_DVDPRW 0x00000209 DVD+RW
PRIMOSDK_DVDPR 0x00000210 DVD+R
PRIMOSDK_DDCDROM
(valid for pdwMediumEx only)
0x00000211 Double-density CD-ROM
PRIMOSDK_DDCDR
(valid for pdwMediumEx only)
0x00000212 Double-density CD-R
PRIMOSDK_DDCDRW
(valid for pdwMediumEx only)
0x00000213 Double-density CD-RW
PRIMOSDK_DVDPR9 0x00000214 dual-layer DVD+R
PRIMOSDK_DVDR9 0x00000215 dual-layer DVD-R
PRIMOSDK_BDRE 0x00000216 Rewritable BD disc
PRIMOSDK_BDR 0x00000217 Write-once BD disc
PRIMOSDK_ROM 0x00000218 BD-ROM disc
PRIMOSDK_HDDVDROM 0x00000221 HD DVD-ROM disc
PRIMOSDK_OTHER 0x00000220 other types

4.2  Buss and Track Typesgo:  top

In addition to the media types discussed above, PrimoSDK uses specific values for additional types covering busses and tracks.


4.2.1  Buss Typesgo:  top    |    section

The function PrimoSDK_UnitInfo2 includes the capability of retrieving the type of Buss to which the specified unit is connected. The following table shows the values for various supported buss types:

Name Value Description
PRIMOSDK_ATAPI 1 AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI)
PRIMOSDK_SCSI 2 Small Computer Serial Interface (SCSI)
PRIMOSDK_1394 3 IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. "FireWire" or iLink)
PRIMOSDK_USB 4 Universal Serial Bus 1 (USB)
PRIMOSDK_USB2 5 Universal Serial Bus 2 (USB 2)
PRIMOSDK_Unknown 0  

4.2.2  Track Typego:  top    |    section

The function PrimoSDK_TrackInfo includes the capability of retrieving the type of the specified Track. The following table shows the values for the supported track types:

Name Value Description
PRIMOSDK_AUDIO_TRACK 0 CD-Audio format
PRIMOSDK_MODE1_TRACK 1 CD-ROM data format (three layers of error correction)
PRIMOSDK_MODE2_TRACK 2 CD-ROM data format (two layers of data correction)

4.3  PrimoSDK Error Codesgo:  top

This section lists the error codes returned by PrimoSDK functions. The codes returned by each call are also discussed in the description of that call in the PrimoSDK Function Reference, where there may be more context-specific notes on the meaning of the error:

Name Value Description
PRIMOSDK_OK 0 The operation completed successfully.
PRIMOSDK_CMDSEQUENCE 1 The function was used in the incorrect sequence. Another PrimoSDK API is required before calling this function.
PRIMOSDK_NOASPI 2 The ASPI layer is not loading or is in error.
PRIMOSDK_INTERR 3 An internal error occured.
PRIMOSDK_BADPARAM 4 The function was passed an invalid parameter.
PRIMOSDK_ALREADYEXIST 6 The function was passed a pointer to a directory element that already exists in the target data structure.
PRIMOSDK_NOTREADABLE 7 The function was passed a pointer to source file that either cannot be found or is not readable.
PRIMOSDK_NOSPACE 8 Completion of the operation would result in too many files for the system memory.
PRIMOSDK_INVALIDMEDIUM 9 The function was passed a pointer to a target unit containing media that is not blank.
PRIMOSDK_RUNNING 10 The operation whose status is being queried is currently running.
PRIMOSDK_BUR 11 The unit whose status is being queried went into buffer underrun.
PRIMOSDK_SCSIERROR 12 The unit whose status is being queried experienced a communication error.
PRIMOSDK_UNITERROR 13 The SCSI command sent by the function returned a check condition.
PRIMOSDK_NOTREADY 14 The function was passed a pointer to a unit that is not ready.
PRIMOSDK_INVALIDSOURCE 16 The function was passed a pointer to a disc or file that is not valid.
PRIMOSDK_INCOMPATIBLE 17 The function was passed a pointer to an image from a type of disc that is not compatible with the capabilities of the recorder.
PRIMOSDK_FILEERROR 18 The function was passed a pointer to a file that cannot be found.
PRIMOSDK_ITSADEMO 23 The operation requested by the function would exceed the limits allowed by the Demo version of PrimoSDK.
PRIMOSDK_USERABORT 24 The operation whose status is being queried was aborted because of a call with the PRIMOSDK_ABORT flag.
PRIMOSDK_BADHANDLE 25 The function was passed an invalid PrimoSDK handle.
PRIMOSDK_BADUNIT 26 The function was passed a pointer to a unit that does not exist.
PRIMOSDK_ERRORLOADING 27 An error occurred while reading the directory of the specified session/border.
PRIMOSDK_NOAINCONTROL 29 AIN control cannot be activated, typically because PrimoSDK is running under WinASPI instead of PxHelper.
PRIMOSDK_READERROR 30 The unit whose status is being queried reported a reading error.
PRIMOSDK_WRITEERROR 31 The unit whose status is being queried reported a writing error.
PRIMOSDK_TMPOVERFLOW 32 A temporary file went into overflow.
PRIMOSDK_DVDSTRUCTERROR 33 A data structure includes a VIDEO_TS or AUDIO_TS folder that is not compliant with DVD-Video or DVD-Audio rules.
PRIMOSDK_FILETOOLARGE 34 The function was passed a pointer to a file that is bigger than 9.99 GB for UDF or 4 GB for ISO.
PRIMOSDK_CACHEFULL 35 Not currently used.
PRIMOSDK_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED 36 The device does not support the requested feature.
PRIMOSDK_FEATURE_DISABLED 37 Use of the requested feature is not included in the license under which the SDK was provided.
PRIMOSDK_CALLBACK_ERROR 38 Returned from the caller's callback function to terminate stream.
PRIMOSDK_PROTECTEDWMA 39 Returned if application does not have permission to burn specified WMA file.

4.4  Drive Error Codesgo:  top

Drive error codes are returned by PrimoSDK from the function PrimoSDK_UnitStatus, and are also used by other products in the event of a drive error. These codes return as "SCSI Error Triples" made up of Sense, ASC (Additional Sense Code), and ASCQ (Additional Sense Code Qualifier).

NOTE: While recent years have brought greater standardization, different drive brands may still return different triplets in similar error situations. It is therefore a good idea to refer to the Command Specification of a drive reporting an error to be absolutely sure of the error's meaning.

Sense ASC ASCQ Description
0 00 00 No Additional Sense Information
0 00 01 Filemark Detected
0 00 02 End-Of-Partition/Medium Detected
0 00 03 Setmark Detected
0 00 04 Beginning-Of-Partition/Medium Detected
0 00 05 End-Of-Data Detected
0 00 11 Audio Play Operation In Progress Audio Play
0 00 12 Audio Play Operation Paused Audio Play
0 00 13 Audio Play Operation Successfully Completed Audio Play
0 00 14 Audio Play Operation Stopped Due To Error Audio Play
0 00 15 No Current Audio Status To Return Audio Play
0 00 16 Operation In Progress
1 0B 00 Warning
1 0B 01 Warning - Specified Temperature Exceeded
1 0B 02 Warning - Enclosure Degraded
1 0C 0A Write Error - Padding Blocks Added
1 17 00 Recovered Data With No Error Correction Applied
1 17 01 Recovered Data With Retries
1 17 02 Recovered Data With Positive Head Offset
1 17 03 Recovered Data With Negative Head Offset
1 17 04 Recovered Data With Retries And/Or Circ Applied
1 17 05 Recovered Data Using Previous Sector Id
1 17 06 Recovered Data Without ECC - Data Auto-Reallocated
1 17 07 Recovered Data Without ECC - Recommend Reassignment
1 17 08 Recovered Data Without ECC - Recommend Rewrite
1 17 09 Recovered Data Without ECC - Data Rewritten
1 18 00 Recovered Data With Error Correction Applied
1 18 01 Recovered Data With Error Correction & Retries Applied
1 18 02 Recovered Data - Data Auto-Reallocated
1 18 03 Recovered Data With Circ
1 18 04 Recovered Data With L-EC
1 18 05 Recovered Data - Recommend Reassignment
1 18 06 Recovered Data - Recommend Rewrite
1 18 07 Recovered Data With ECC - Data Rewritten
1 18 08 Recovered Data With Linking
1 1E 00 Recovered Id With ECC Correction
1 37 00 Rounded Parameter
1 5D 00 Failure Prediction Threshold Exceeded - Predicted Logical Unit Failure
1 5D 01 Failure Prediction Threshold Exceeded - Predicted Media Failure
1 5D FF Failure Prediction Threshold Exceeded (False)
1 6A 00 Informational, Refer To Log
1 73 01 Power Calibration Area Almost Full
1 73 06 PROGRAM MEMORY AREA/PMA IS (Almost) FULL
2 04 00 Logical Unit Not Ready, Cause Not Reportable
2 04 01 Logical Unit Is In Process Of Becoming Ready
2 04 02 Logical Unit Not Ready, Initializing Command. Required
2 04 03 Logical Unit Not Ready, Manual Intervention Required
2 04 04 Logical Unit Not Ready, Format In Progress
2 04 05 Logical Unit Not Ready, Rebuild In Progress
2 04 06 Logical Unit Not Ready, Recalculation In Progress
2 04 07 Logical Unit Not Ready, Operation In Progress
2 04 08 Logical Unit Not Ready, Long Write In Progress
2 05 00 Logical Unit Does Not Respond To Selection
2 06 00 NO REFERENCE POSITION FOUND (Medium May Be Upside Down)
2 30 00 Incompatible Medium Installed
2 30 01 Cannot Read Medium - Unknown Format
2 30 02 Cannot Read Medium - Incompatible Format
2 30 03 Cleaning Cartridge Installed
2 30 04 Cannot write medium unknown format
2 30 05 Cannot write medium incompatible format
2 30 07 Cleaning Failure
2 35 02 Enclosure Services Unavailable
2 3A 00 Medium Not Present
2 3A 01 Medium Not Present - Tray Closed
2 3A 02 Medium Not Present - Tray Open
2 3E 00 Logical Unit Has Not Self-Configured Yet
2 53 00 Medium Load/Eject Failed
2 53 02 Medium Removal Prevented
2 57 00 Unable to recover TOC
2 68 00 Logical Unit Not Configured
3 00 14 Audio play op. Stopped due error (Plextor)
3 02 00 No Seek Complete
3 02 80 Servo Seek Error (Plextor)
3 02 81 Servo Seek Error Sync error (Plextor)
3 02 82 Servo Seek Error Header error (Plextor)
3 02 83 Servo Seek Error Target not met (Plextor)
3 03 00 Peripheral Device Write Fault
3 03 01 No Write Current
3 03 02 Excessive Write Errors
3 06 00 No reference position found
3 0C 00 Write Error
3 0C 01 Write Error - Recovered With Auto Reallocation
3 0C 02 Write Error - Auto Reallocation Failed
3 0C 03 Write Error - Recommend Reassignment
3 0C 04 Compression Check Miscompare Error
3 0C 05 Data Expansion Occurred During Compression
3 0C 06 Block Not Compressible
3 0C 07 Write Error - Recovery Needed
3 0C 08 Write Error - Recovery Failed
3 0C 09 Write Error - Loss Of Streaming
3 0C 0A Write Error - Padding blocks added
3 10 00 Id CRC Or ECC Error
3 11 00 Unrecovered Read Error
3 11 01 Read Retries Exhausted
3 11 02 Error Too Long To Correct
3 11 03 Multiple Read Errors
3 11 04 Unrecovered Read Error - Auto Reallocate Failed
3 11 05 L-EC Uncorrectable Error
3 11 06 Circ Unrecovered Error
3 11 07 Re-Synchronization Error
3 11 08 Incomplete Block
3 11 09 No Gap Found
3 11 0A Miscorrected Error
3 11 0B Unrecovered Read Error - Recommend Reassignment
3 11 0C Unrecovered Read Error - Recommend Rewrite The Data
3 11 0D De-Compression CRC Error
3 11 0E Cannot Decompress Using Declared Algorithm
3 11 0F Error Reading UPC/EAN Number
3 11 10 Error Reading ISRC Number
3 12 00 Address Mark Not Found For Id Field
3 13 00 Address Mark Not Found For Data Field
3 14 00 Recorded Entity Not Found
3 14 01 Record Not Found
3 14 02 Filemark Or Setmark Not Found
3 14 03 End-Of-Data Not Found
3 14 04 Block Sequence Error
3 14 05 Record Not Found - Recommend Reassignment
3 14 06 Record Not Found - Data Auto-Reallocated
3 15 00 Random Positioning Error
3 15 01 Mechanical Positioning Error
3 15 02 Positioning Error Detected By Read Of Medium
3 16 00 Data Synchronization Mark Error
3 16 01 Data Sync Error - Data Rewritten
3 16 02 Data Sync Error - Recommend Rewrite
3 16 03 Data Sync Error - Data Auto-Reallocated
3 16 04 Data Sync Error - Recommend Reassignment
3 19 00 Defect List Error
3 19 01 Defect List Not Available
3 19 02 Defect List Error In Primary List
3 19 03 Defect List Error In Grown List
3 1F 00 Partial Defect List Transfer
3 2D 00 Overwrite Error On Update In Place
3 30 00 Incompatible medium installed
3 31 00 Medium Format Corrupted
3 31 01 Format Command Failed Formattable
3 31 02 Zoned Formatting Failed Due To Spare Linking Formattable
3 32 00 No Defect Spare Location Available
3 32 01 Defect List Update Failure
3 33 00 Tape Length Error
3 36 00 Ribbon, Ink, Or Toner Failure
3 3B 00 Sequential Positioning Error
3 3B 01 Tape Position Error At Beginning-Of-Medium
3 3B 02 Tape Position Error At End-Of-Medium
3 3B 03 Tape Or Electronic Vertical Forms Unit Not Ready
3 3B 06 Failed To Sense Top-Of-Form
3 3B 07 Failed To Sense Bottom-Of-Form
3 3B 08 Reposition Error
3 3B 09 Read Past End Of Medium
3 3B 0A Read Past Beginning Of Medium
3 3B 0B Position Past End Of Medium
3 3B 0C Position Past Beginning Of Medium
3 51 00 Erase Failure
3 52 00 Cartridge Fault
3 57 00 Unable To Recover Table-Of-Contents
3 5C 02 Spindles Not Synchronized
3 61 00 Video Acquisition Error
3 61 01 Unable To Acquire Video
3 61 02 Out Of Focus
3 6C 00 Rebuild Failure Occurred
3 6D 00 Recalculate Failure Occurred
3 70 NN Decompression Exception Short Algorithm Id Of NN
3 71 00 Decompression Exception Long Algorithm Id
3 72 00 Session Fixation Error
3 72 01 Session Fixation Error Writing Lead-in
3 72 02 Session Fixation Error Writing Lead-out
3 73 00 CD Control Error
3 73 02 Power Calibration Area Is Full
3 73 03 Power Calibration Area Error
3 73 04 Program Memory Area/RMA Update Failure
3 73 05 Program Memory Area/RMA Is Full
4 00 17 Cleaning Requested
4 01 00 No Index/Sector Signal
4 05 00 Logical unit does not respond to selection
4 08 00 Logical Unit Communication Failure
4 08 01 Logical Unit Communication Time-Out
4 08 02 Logical Unit Communication Parity Error
4 08 03 Logical Unit Communication CRC Error (Ultra-Dma/32)
4 09 00 Track Following Error
4 09 01 Tracking Servo Failure
4 09 02 Focus Servo Failure
4 09 03 Spindle Servo Failure
4 09 04 Head Select Fault
4 1B 00 Synchronous Data Transfer Error
4 1C 00 Defect List Not Found
4 1C 01 Primary Defect List Not Found
4 1C 02 Grown Defect List Not Found
4 34 00 Enclosure Failure
4 35 00 Enclosure Services Failure
4 35 03 Enclosure Services Transfer Failure
4 3B 04 Slew Failure
4 3B 05 Paper Jam
4 3B 16 Mechanical Positioning Or Changer Error Load
4 3E 01 Logical Unit Failure
4 3E 02 Timeout On Logical Unit
4 40 00 Ram Failure (Should Use 40 Nn)
4 40 NN Diagnostic Failure On Component Nn (80h-Ffh)
4 41 00 Data Path Failure (Should Use 40 Nn)
4 42 00 Power-On Or Self-Test Failure (Should Use 40 Nn)
4 44 00 Internal Target Failure
4 46 00 Unsuccessful Soft Reset
4 47 00 SCSI Parity Error
4 4A 00 Command Phase Error
4 4B 00 Data Phase Error
4 4C 00 Logical Unit Failed Self-Configuration
4 53 00 Media Load Or Eject Failed Load
4 54 00 SCSI To Host System Interface Failure
4 60 00 Lamp Failure
4 62 00 Scan Head Positioning Error
4 65 00 Voltage Fault
4 66 00 Automatic Document Feeder Cover Up
4 66 01 Automatic Document Feeder Lift Up
4 66 02 Document Jam In Automatic Document Feeder
4 66 03 Document Miss Feed Automatic In Document Feeder
4 67 00 Configuration Failure
4 67 01 Configuration Of Incapable Logical Units Failed
4 67 02 Add Logical Unit Failed
4 67 03 Modification Of Logical Unit Failed
4 67 04 Exchange Of Logical Unit Failed
4 67 05 Remove Of Logical Unit Failed
4 67 06 Attachment Of Logical Unit Failed
4 67 07 Creation Of Logical Unit Failed
4 69 01 Multiple Logical Unit Failures
4 69 02 A Parity/ Data Mismatch N/ A
4 6E 00 Command To Logical Unit Failed
4 B6 00 Media load mechanism failed (Plextor)
5 00 11 Audio Play Operation in progress
5 07 00 Multiple Peripheral Devices Selected
5 1A 00 Parameter List Length Error
5 20 00 Invalid Command Operation Code
5 21 00 Logical Block Address Out Of Range
5 21 01 Invalid Element Address
5 21 02 Invalid Address For Write Incremental
5 22 00 Illegal Function (Use 20 00, 24 00, Or 26 00)
5 24 00 Invalid Field In CDB
5 25 00 Logical Unit Not Supported
5 26 00 Invalid Field In Parameter List
5 26 01 Parameter Not Supported
5 26 02 Parameter Value Invalid
5 26 03 Threshold Parameters Not Supported
5 26 04 Invalid Release Of Active Persistent Reservation
5 27 00 Write protected
5 27 01 Hardware Write Protected
5 27 02 Logical Unit Software Write Protected
5 27 03 Associated Write Protect
5 27 04 Persistent Write Protect
5 27 05 Permanent Write Protect
5 2B 00 Copy Cannot Execute Since Host Cannot Disconnect
5 2C 00 Command Sequence Error
5 2C 01 Too Many Windows Specified
5 2C 02 Invalid Combination Of Windows Specified
5 2C 03 Current Program Area Is Not Empty
5 2C 04 Current Program Area Is Empty
5 30 00 Incompatible medium installed
5 30 02 Cannot Read Medium - Incompatible Format
5 30 04 Cannot Write Medium - Unknown Format
5 30 05 Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format
5 30 06 Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium
5 30 08 Cannot Write - Application Code Mismatch
5 30 09 Current Session Not Fixated For Append
5 35 01 Unsupported Enclosure Function
5 35 04 Enclosure Services Transfer Refused
5 38 00 Reserved
5 39 00 Saving Parameters Not Supported
5 3D 00 Invalid Bits In Identify Message
5 43 00 Message Error
5 53 02 Medium Removal Prevented
5 55 00 System Resource Failure
5 63 00 End Of User Area Encountered On This Track
5 63 01 Packet Does Not Fit In Available Space
5 64 00 Illegal Mode For This Track
5 64 01 Invalid Packet Size
5 6F 00 Copy Protection Key Exchange Failure - Authentication Failure CPP
5 6F 01 Copy Protection Key Exchange Failure - Key Not Present CPP
5 6F 02 Copy Protection Key Exchange Failure - Key Not Established CPP
5 6F 03 Read Of Scrambled Sector Without Authentication CPP
5 6F 04 Media Region Code Is Mismatched To Logical Unit Region CPP
5 6F 05 Drive Region Must Be Permanent/Region Reset Count Error CPP
5 72 03 Session Fixation Error - Incomplete Track In Session
5 72 04 Empty Or Partially Written Reserved
5 72 05 No More R zone Reservations Are
5 81 00 Logical unit is reserved (Plextor)
5 85 00 Audio address not valid (Plextor)
6 0A 00 Error Log Overflow
6 28 00 Not Ready To Ready Change, Medium May Have Changed
6 28 01 Import Or Export Element Accessed
6 29 00 Power On, Reset, Or Bus Device Reset Occurred
6 29 01 Power On Occurred
6 29 02 SCSI Bus Reset Occurred
6 29 03 Bus Device Reset Function Occurred
6 29 04 Device Internal Reset
6 2A 00 Parameters Changed
6 2A 01 Mode Parameters Changed
6 2A 02 Log Parameters Changed
6 2A 03 Reservations Preempted
6 2E 00 Insufficient Time For Operation Timeout
6 2F 00 Commands Cleared By Another Initiator
6 3B 0D Medium Destination Element Full
6 3B 0E Medium Source Element Empty
6 3B 0F End Of Medium Reached
6 3B 11 Medium Magazine Not Accessible Load
6 3B 12 Medium Magazine Removed Load
6 3B 13 Medium Magazine Inserted Load
6 3B 14 Medium Magazine Locked Load
6 3B 15 Medium Magazine Unlocked Load
6 3F 00 Target Operating Conditions Have Changed
6 3F 01 Microcode Has Been Changed
6 3F 02 Changed Operating Definition
6 3F 03 Inquiry Data Has Changed
6 55 01 System Buffer Full
6 5A 00 Operator Request Or State Change Input
6 5A 01 Operator Medium Removal Request
6 5A 02 Operator Selected Write Protect
6 5A 03 Operator Selected Write Permit
6 5B 00 Log Exception
6 5B 01 Threshold Condition Met
6 5B 02 Log Counter At Maximum
6 5B 03 Log List Codes Exhausted
6 5C 00 Rpl Status Change
6 5C 01 Spindles Synchronized
6 5E 00 Low Power Condition On
6 5E 01 Idle Condition Activated By Timer
6 5E 02 Standby Condition Activated By Timer
6 5E 03 Idle Condition Activated By Command
6 5E 04 Standby Condition Activated By Command
6 6A 00 Informational, Refer To Log
6 6B 00 State Change Has Occurred
6 6B 01 Redundancy Level Got Better
6 6B 02 Redundancy Level Got Worse
7 27 00 Write Protected
7 27 01 Hardware Write Protected
7 27 02 Logical Unit Software Write Protected
7 27 03 Associated Write Protect
7 27 04 Persistent Write Protect
7 27 05 Permanent Write Protect
8 21 02 INVALID ADDRESS FOR WRITE (Blank Check)
9 80 00 Illegal media (Plextor)
9 80 01 Illegal write page parameter (Plextor)
9 80 05 Illegal pause length (Plextor)
9 80 06 Illegal track num over 99 (Plextor)
9 80 07 Illegal incomplete track exist (Plextor)
9 80 0A Over transfer data (Plextor)
9 80 0B There is no pit (Plextor)
9 80 0C Search NWA fail (Plextor)
B 00 06 I/O Process Terminated, Play Operation Aborted
B 11 11 Read Error - Loss Of Streaming
B 43 00 Message error (Plextor)
B 45 00 Select Or Reselect Failure
B 48 00 Initiator Detected Error Message Received
B 49 00 Invalid Message Error
B 4D NN Tagged Overlapped Commands (NN = Queue Tag)
B 4E 00 Overlapped Commands Attempted
B B9 00 Audio play operation aborted (Plextor)
E 1D 00 Miscompare During Verify Operation
X 0D 00 Reserved
X 0E 00 Reserved
X 0F 00 Reserved
X 23 00 Reserved
X 4F 00 Reserved
X 50 00 Write Append Error
X 50 01 Write Append Position Error
X 50 02 Position Error Related To Timing
X 53 01 Unload Tape Failure
X 54 00 SCSI To Host System Interface Failure
X 55 01 System Buffer Full
X 56 00 Reserved
X 58 00 Generation Does Not Exist
X 59 00 Updated Block
X 5F 00 Reserved
X 80 XX VENDOR SPECIFIC Through FF XX

4.5  Communication Errorsgo:  top

When the returned Sense (first byte in the error-triplet) is "0xFF" it means that for some reason the command didn't pass through the drivers layers. In that case the ASC (second byte in the error-triplet) and ASCQ (third byte in the error-triplet) are reporting the "SCSI" error and the "SRB" error respectively.


4.5.1  SCSI error in ASC bytego:  top    |    section

SCSI errors are the errors reported by the miniport driver:

Name Value
SCSISTAT_GOOD 0x00
SCSISTAT_CHECK_CONDITION 0x02
SCSISTAT_CONDITION_MET 0x04
SCSISTAT_BUSY 0x08
SCSISTAT_INTERMEDIATE 0x10
SCSISTAT_INTERMEDIATE_COND_MET 0x14
SCSISTAT_RESERVATION_CONFLICT 0x18
SCSISTAT_COMMAND_TERMINATED 0x22
SCSISTAT_QUEUE_FULL 0x28

4.5.2  SRB error in ASCQ bytego:  top    |    section

SRB errors are the errors reported by some higher-level driver, usually the class driver:

Name Value
SRB_STATUS_PENDING 0x00
SRB_STATUS_SUCCESS 0x01
SRB_STATUS_ABORTED 0x02
SRB_STATUS_ABORT_FAILED 0x03
SRB_STATUS_ERROR 0x04
SRB_STATUS_BUSY 0x05
SRB_STATUS_INVALID_REQUEST 0x06
SRB_STATUS_INVALID_PATH_ID 0x07
SRB_STATUS_NO_DEVICE 0x08
SRB_STATUS_TIMEOUT 0x09
SRB_STATUS_SELECTION_TIMEOUT 0x0A
SRB_STATUS_COMMAND_TIMEOUT 0x0B
SRB_STATUS_MESSAGE_REJECTED 0x0D
SRB_STATUS_BUS_RESET 0x0E
SRB_STATUS_PARITY_ERROR 0x0F
SRB_STATUS_REQUEST_SENSE_FAILED 0x10
SRB_STATUS_NO_HBA 0x11
SRB_STATUS_DATA_OVERRUN 0x12
SRB_STATUS_UNEXPECTED_BUS_FREE 0x13
SRB_STATUS_PHASE_SEQUENCE_FAILURE 0x14
SRB_STATUS_BAD_SRB_BLOCK_LENGTH 0x15
SRB_STATUS_REQUEST_FLUSHED 0x16
SRB_STATUS_INVALID_LUN 0x20
SRB_STATUS_INVALID_TARGET_ID 0x21
SRB_STATUS_BAD_FUNCTION 0x22
SRB_STATUS_ERROR_RECOVERY 0x23

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