MechaCon/UART commands

Overview

These commands can be sent to MechaCon via it's UART interface. They exist for manufacturing and servicing purposes. For wiring up a serial terminal to the MechaCon UART interface, see MechaCon UART test points. To enable the UART interface, the console must be put into testmode by pulling the RMC test point to ground.

Instead of working with raw MechaCon commands, it is recommended for users to use pre-made tools like PMAP. The purpose of this page is to provide documentation for the further development of PS2 tools.

Large differences exist between the SPC970-based MechaCon and the ARM-based "Dragon" MechaCon.

Commands

• SPC970 commands
• Dragon commands

Note: This is subject to ongoing research and partially inaccurate

Not all of these commands are available on every MechaCon version

Command	Description	Parameters	Return values	Remarks
0xc00	MECHA_CMD_INIT_SHIMUKE
0xc01	MECHA_CMD_INIT_MECHACON
0xc10	MECHA_CMD_DISC_MODE_CD_8
0xc11	MECHA_CMD_DISC_MODE_CD_12
0xc12	MECHA_CMD_DISC_MODE_DVDSL_8
0xc13	MECHA_CMD_DISC_MODE_DVDDL_8
0xc14	MECHA_CMD_DISC_MODE_DVDSL_12
0xc15	MECHA_CMD_DISC_MODE_DVDDL_12
0xc16	MECHA_CMD_DISC_DETECT
0xc20	MECHA_CMD_LASER_DIODE
0xc22	MECHA_CMD_FOCUS_UPDOWN
0xc23	MECHA_CMD_FOCUS_AUTO_START
0xc24	MECHA_CMD_FOCUS_AUTO_STOP
0xc25	MECHA_CMD_FCS_SEARCH_CHECK
0xc30	MECHA_CMD_TRACKING
0xc41	MECHA_CMD_SLED_CTL_MICRO
0xc42	MECHA_CMD_SLED_CTL_BIPHS
0xc43	MECHA_CMD_SLED_CTL_POS
0xc44	MECHA_CMD_SLED_POS_HOME
0xc45	MECHA_CMD_SLED_IN_SW
0xc50	MECHA_CMD_SP_CTL
0xc51	MECHA_CMD_SP_CLV_S
0xc52	MECHA_CMD_SP_CLV_A
0xc60	MECHA_CMD_TRAY
0xc61	MECHA_CMD_TRAY_SW
0xc8d	MECHA_CMD_CLEAR_CONF
0xc8e	MECHA_CMD_UPLOAD_NEW			00
0xc93	MECHA_CMD_UPLOAD_TO_RAM
0xc97	MECHA_CMD_DETECT_ADJ
0xc99	MECHA_CMD_WRITE_CHECKSUM
0xc9a	MECHA_CMD_READ_CHECKSUM
0xc9b	MECHA_CMD_SETUP_OSD			00 = NTSC, 01 = PAL, presumed to be supported by DEX B and later.
0xc9e	MECHA_CMD_SETUP_SANYO
0xca1	MECHA_CMD_AUTO_ADJ_ST_1
0xca2	MECHA_CMD_AUTO_ADJ_ST_2
0xca3	MECHA_CMD_AUTO_ADJ_ST_12
0xca4	MECHA_CMD_AUTO_ADJ_ST_2MD			Performed during skew adjustment initialization.
0xca5	MECHA_CMD_AUTO_ADJ_FIX_GAIN
0xca7	MECHA_CMD_RFDC_LEVEL
0xca8	MECHA_CMD_TPP
0xcaa	MECHA_CMD_MIRR_CHECK
0xcab	MECHA_CMD_FE_OFFSET
0xcb0	MECHA_CMD_CD_PLAY_1			1x
0xcb1	MECHA_CMD_CD_PLAY_2			2x
0xcb2	MECHA_CMD_CD_PLAY_3			4x
0xcb3	MECHA_CMD_CD_PLAY_4			5-12x
0xcb4	MECHA_CMD_CD_STOP
0xcb5	MECHA_CMD_CD_PAUSE
0xcb6	MECHA_CMD_CD_TRACK_CTL
0xcb8	MECHA_CMD_CD_TRACK_LONG_CTL
0xcb9	MECHA_CMD_CD_PLAY_5			10-24x
0xcc0	MECHA_CMD_DVD_PLAY_1			1x
0xcc1	MECHA_CMD_DVD_PLAY_2			1.6x
0xcc2	MECHA_CMD_DVD_PLAY_3			1.6-4x
0xcc3	MECHA_CMD_DVD_STOP
0xcc4	MECHA_CMD_DVD_PAUSE
0xcc5	MECHA_CMD_DVD_TRACK_CTL
0xcc7	MECHA_CMD_DVD_TRACK_LONG_CTL
0xcc8	MECHA_CMD_FOCUS_JUMP
0xcca	MECHA_CMD_ADJ_AUTO_TILT
0xccb	MECHA_CMD_INIT_AUTO_TILT
0xccd	MECHA_CMD_MOV_AUTO_TILT
0xcd1	MECHA_CMD_SET_DSP
0xcd3	MECHA_CMD_GAIN
0xcde	MECHA_CMD_DSP_ERROR_RATE_CTL
0xcdf	MECHA_CMD_DSP_ERROR_RATE
0xce0	MECHA_CMD_EEPROM_WRITE	aaaadddd		ce0aaaadddd a = address, d = data.
0xce1	MECHA_CMD_EEPROM_READ	aaaa		ce1aaaa a = address
0xce4	MECHA_CMD_RTC_READ
0xce5	MECHA_CMD_RTC_WRITE
0xce6	MECHA_CMD_ECR_READ
0xce7	MECHA_CMD_ECR_WRITE
0xce8	MECHA_CMD_CD_ERROR
0xce9	MECHA_CMD_JITTER
0xcf2	MECHA_CMD_FOCUS_JUMP_NEW
0xcfa	MECHA_CMD_CFA
0xcfc	MECHA_CMD_READ_MODEL_2
0xcfd	MECHA_CMD_READ_MODEL
0xcfe	MECHA_CMD_EEPROM_ERASE