Firmware information
  CD−R CD−RW DVD−R DVD−RW DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL DVD−R DL DVD−RAM
Strategies 1.02 1.13 1.16 1.06 1.12 1.13 1.10 1.11 1.06
Bitsetting   Yes Yes Yes  
Date1 (*) 2009-06-11
Date2 (*) 2009-03-05

(*) Date 1 seems to be related to the strategy version while date 2 seems to be related to the main firmware code

This firmware is based on the original Optiarc AD7243S 1.01b Firmware. The lettter b was used to indicate that this is the second known 1.01 firmware. In addition to the original firmware, this one contains bitsetting functionality for DVD+R and DVD+RW.