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10.8.27 SECURITY SET PASSWORD (F1h)
COMMAND CODE
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
REGISTER
REGISTER SETTING NORMAL COMPLETION
DR DRIVE No. no change
CY no change
HD no change
SN no change
SC no change
FT no change
This command requests a transfer of a sector of data from the host including the information specified in the
table below. The function of this command is decided by the transferred data.
Security Set Password information
Word Content
0 Control word
Bits 15-9 Reserved
Bits 8 Security level 0=High
1=Maximum
Bits 7-1 Reserved
Bit 0 Identifier 0=set user password
1=set master password
1-16 Password ( 32 bytes )
17-255 Reserved
The settings of the identifier and security level bits interact as shown in the table below.
Identifier and security level
Identifier Level Command result
User High The password supplied with the command will be saved as the new user password. The
lock function will be enabled by the next power-on. The drive can then be unlocked by either
the user password or the previously set master password.
Master High This combination will set a master password but will not enable the lock function.
User Maximum The password supplied with the command will be saved as the new user password. The
lock function will be enabled by the next power-on. The drive can only be unlocked by the
user password. The master password previously set is still stored in the drive but will not be
used to unlock the drive.
Master Maximum This combination will set a master password but will not enable the lock function