Pioneer blue-ray optical drive diagnostic tool

[secretgarden]

Sorry for my English. This tool was developed by members of our (Chinese-language) community to diagnose data from Pioneer drives. Specifically, power-on hours and tray-load cycle counts.

Mainland China has long been a source of counterfeit or substandard pioneer drives, and our community members have suffered the consequences for a long time; this tool was created by a few of us to help prevent others from falling victim to the same issue. Previously, we hadn't paid much attention to the international community, but that changed with the emergence of some new projects related to pioneer drives.

Due to language barriers, we haven't had much motivation to contribute to the international community, but we've been keeping a close eye on developments in the community and the optical storage industry nonetheless. We hope to bring more good news to the community in the future.

At this time, this tool is not yet ready to be released as an open-source project, but if you're interested, feel free to give it a try here.

https://github.com/RevokeTime/pion-bdre-diag-tool

[Oinker]

Interesting tool, but something seems wrong here, I'm supposed to believe that my 208D@S11JX has 2288 empty tray cycles!? And just 178 BD cycles, but 250 hours BD write? That'd be more than 1 hour per writing cycle. But writing a BD-R @ 6x just takes around 15 minutes?

[czary2mary]

We identify the topic as interesting and useful, and I am testing it.

[secretgarden]

Napisany przez Oinker

Interesting tool, but something seems wrong here, I'm supposed to believe that my 208D@S11JX has 2288 empty tray cycles!? And just 178 BD cycles, but 250 hours BD write? That'd be more than 1 hour per writing cycle. But writing a BD-R @ 6x just takes around 15 minutes?

Yes, this kind of data is actually quite normal. I have a similar used drive where the empty tray cycle count is double the actual disc load count. The eject button on mine is already loose, so I can only assume the previous owner just enjoyed pressing it from time to time!

However, looking at your data, the BD write and read times are nearly symmetrical, meaning each write takes over an hour. This is common when burning BD-R DL discs at low speeds to prioritize quality (as far as I know, the 208DBK doesn't support BDXL on its original firmware). Furthermore, a verification process is usually run after the writing is complete, which explains why the read times are extended by the exact same amount.

I'm curious, where did you get this drive? Was the firmware already flashed when you received it? I strongly suspect your drive was pulled from a large-scale disc duplicator tower. In those setups, the drive trays are synchronized, which perfectly explains the unusually high number of idle cycles; the operator wouldn't necessarily load a blank disc into every single drive during every copy cycle.

[secretgarden]

Napisany przez Oinker

Interesting tool, but something seems wrong here, I'm supposed to believe that my 208D@S11JX has 2288 empty tray cycles!? And just 178 BD cycles, but 250 hours BD write? That'd be more than 1 hour per writing cycle. But writing a BD-R @ 6x just takes around 15 minutes?

Napisany przez czary2mary

We identify the topic as interesting and useful, and I am testing it.

Załącznik 218220

This is an almost brand-new 212BK!