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Here is a code snippet that may be of use to some of you developers out there. We have shared it here because others have not or similar solutions in the public domain were lacking.
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Spin Down a USB Hard Disk
Unfortunately when using most external USB hard disks with Windows, Windows fails to spin down the disk when it is not in use wasting power and causing unnecessary wear. This C++ code snippet provides a function that allows you to start and stop (spin down) SCSI compatible devices such as an external USB hard disk. Developers can use this code in their applications to improve how drives are managed.
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/* SCSI Start Stop Unit C++ Code Snippet by KnowledgeIT 2007 */
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#include <windows.h>
#ifndef IOCTL_SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT
#define IOCTL_SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT 0x4D014
#define SCSI_IOCTL_DATA_OUT 0
#define SCSI_IOCTL_DATA_IN 1
#define SCSI_IOCTL_DATA_UNSPECIFIED 2
typedef struct _SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT
{
USHORT Length;
UCHAR ScsiStatus;
UCHAR PathId;
UCHAR TargetId;
UCHAR Lun;
UCHAR CdbLength;
UCHAR SenseInfoLength;
UCHAR DataIn;
ULONG DataTransferLength;
ULONG TimeOutValue;
PVOID DataBuffer;
ULONG SenseInfoOffset;
UCHAR Cdb[16];
} SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT, *PSCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT;
#endif
#pragma pack(1)
#define SCSIOP_START_STOP_UNIT 0x1B
typedef struct _CDB_START_STOP_UNIT
{
UCHAR OperationCode; // 0x1B - SCSIOP_START_STOP_UNIT
UCHAR Immediate : 1;
UCHAR Reserved1 : 4;
UCHAR Lun : 3;
UCHAR Reserved2[2];
UCHAR Start : 1;
UCHAR LoadEject : 1;
UCHAR Reserved3 : 2;
UCHAR PowerCondition : 4;
UCHAR Control;
} CDB_START_STOP_UNIT;
#pragma pack()
BOOL SendCBD(HANDLE device, void *cdb, UCHAR cdb_length, void *buffer, DWORD buffer_length, int data_in = SCSI_IOCTL_DATA_IN)
{
DWORD returned;
// size of SCSI_PASS_THROUGH + 96 bytes for sense data
unsigned char cmd[sizeof(SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT) + 96] = {0};
SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT *pcmd = (SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT *) cmd;
// Copy the CDB to the SCSI_PASS_THROUGH structure
memcpy(pcmd->Cdb, cdb, cdb_length);
pcmd->DataBuffer = buffer;
pcmd->DataTransferLength = buffer_length;
pcmd->DataIn = data_in;
pcmd->CdbLength = cdb_length;
pcmd->Length = sizeof(SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT);
pcmd->SenseInfoLength = sizeof(cmd) - sizeof(SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT);
pcmd->SenseInfoOffset = sizeof(SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT);
pcmd->TimeOutValue = 6000;
return DeviceIoControl( device,
IOCTL_SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT,
(LPVOID)&cmd,
sizeof(cmd),
(LPVOID)&cmd,
sizeof(cmd),
&returned,
NULL);
}
BOOL ScsiStartStopUnit(CHAR dev, BOOL start)
{
CHAR tmp[20];
HANDLE device;
BOOL ret;
sprintf(tmp,"\\\\.\\%c:",dev);
device = ::CreateFile( tmp,
GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
NULL,
OPEN_EXISTING,
0,
0);
if (device == (HANDLE)-1)
return FALSE;
CDB_START_STOP_UNIT req = {0};
req.OperationCode = SCSIOP_START_STOP_UNIT;
req.Immediate = 1;
req.Start = start ? 1 : 0;
ret = SendCBD(device, &req, sizeof(req), NULL, 0);
::CloseHandle(device);
return ret;
}
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