Test points/MechaCon UART

These are the test points exposing MechaCon's UART interface e.g. for CDVD Drive calibration using PMAP. These test points have also been used by Sony service centers using official service tools.

Source of some of these pictures

To put the console into service mode, the RMC test point needs to be grounded. This is necessary when recalibrating the drive and doing other stuff.

Depending on how you connect to the console, you might have to swap RX and TX with each other.

The publicly available service tools only support consoles up to the G-chassis (up to including SCPH-37000 and SCPH-39000 series).
PMAP additionally supports H and I chassis consoles (most SCPH-50000 series consoles).

Currently missing on this wiki (please contribute):

• All slim ps2 test points
• Test points for GH-008, GH-016, GH-017, GH-018, GH-026, GH-027, GH-029

Playstation 2 Fat Motherboard Models

GH-00X

GH-001

GH-003

Identical to GH-001

GH-004

Identical to GH-005

GH-005

GH-006

GH-007

Identical to GH-006

GH-01X

GH-010

GH-012

Identical to GH-010

GH-013

Identical to GH-010

GH-014

Identical to GH-010

GH-015

GH-019

GH-02X

GH-022

Identical to GH-019

GH-023

PSX Motherboard Models

XPD-001

Identical to XPD-005

XPD-005