Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 - Manual (Page 56)

INTERFACE COMMANDS
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When enabling the Automatic Power Down sequence, the value placed in the Sector Count register is
multiplied by five seconds to obtain the Time-out Interval value. If no drive commands are received from
the host within the Time-out Interval, the drive automatically enters the STANDBY mode. The minimum
value is 5 seconds.
TIMER VALUE TIME-OUT PERIOD
0 Time-out disabled
1 - 240 (value * 5) seconds
241 - 251 ((value - 240) * 30) minutes
252 21 minutes
253 Vendor unique period = 10
hours
254 Reserved
255 21 minutes, 15 seconds
While the drive is in STANDBY MODE, any commands received from the host are accepted and executed
as they would in normal operation, except that the spin motor is started if required to execute a disk
command. Under these conditions, the drive will set BSY when command processing would normally begin
and will leave BSY set until the drive comes up to speed and the disk command can be executed. Disk
commands issued while the drive is in STANDBY MODE, restarts the Time-out Interval after completing
the command. A reset must be issued before attempting to issue any commands while the drive in
SLEEP MODE.