Sony Storage Support

Download the Sony Tape Tool for Mac OS X to a directory of your choice.

Change to that directory and extract ( tar -zxvf ).

Use the sprobe application to determine the dev#.

Download the firmware file from the Internet to same directory as Sony Tape Tool for Mac OS X.

Now you are ready to upgrade the firmware.

Usage: sonytape -f

Example:

./sonytape dev1 -f sdx5010c.x50
Sonytape ver. 1.0 for Mac OS X, Sony Electronics, Inc. 2003
Vendor Id = SONY
Product Id = SDX-500C
Revision Level = 010c
Firmware file size = 736628 bytes
Upgrading tape drive firmware.
Warning!! Do Not Power Off Or Disconnect Device!!
This process can take a few minutes.
Test Unit Ready
Rewind
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x8000
Write Buffer = 0x3d74
Write Buffer
Warning!! Do Not Power Off Or Disconnect Device!!
Sleeping 60 seconds
Test Unit Ready
Unit Attention, Power on, reset or bus device reset occurred
Firmware upgrade complete.
Vendor Id = SONY
Product Id = SDX-500C
Revision Level = 010c
Done.