Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- menu [2021/01/17 05:41] – created abrasive
+++ menu [2021/12/06 10:32] (current) – [Tools Menu] add pskai save data manager abrasive
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ====== Menu User Guide ======
-This page explains the features of the menu, as of version 60.
+This page explains the features of the menu, as of version 64.
 You can find all releases of the menu, and a ''CHANGELOG'', [[https://info.satiator.net/menu/|here]].
@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 This shows all of the folders and recognised images in your SD card.
-Press A to launch a game or enter a folder. If you enter a folder with only one disc image in it, it will be automatically launched.
+Press A or C to launch a game or enter a folder. If you enter a folder with only one disc image in it, it will be automatically launched.
-Press C to move back to the parent folder. Use the left and right shoulder buttons to jump a full screen at a time.
+Power cycle the Saturn to return to the menu from the game. (Or, if you're using [[Action Replay patching|a patched Action Replay firmware]], you can use A+B+C+Start a couple of times.)
+The menu performs a region-free boot of the disc, so you can launch out-of-region discs this way. This boot method (the ''jhloader'' I originally wrote for Pseudo Saturn) only works from the menu - you can't launch out-of-region emulated discs from the Saturn CD player at the moment.
+Press B to move back to the parent folder. Use the left and right D-pad to jump a full screen at a time.
 You can nest folders if you like to organise things that way.
@@ Line 19: / Line 23: @@
   * ISO files
-  * CUE files, with any combination of BIN and IMG data files
+  * CUE files, with any combination of BIN, IMG, ISO and WAV data files
-CUE files can have an arbitrary number of track files - there's no need to merge them. MP3 is not supported. WAV will be supported from menu 61.
+CUE files can have an arbitrary number of track files - there's no need to merge them. MP3 is not supported.
-Pressing C from the top menu will take you to the Satiator tools menu. (This will change to Start in a future release.)
+Pressing B from the top menu will take you to the Satiator tools menu. (This will change to Start in a future release.)
 ===== Tools Menu =====
-The tools menu currently gives you access to the Action Replay tools.
+The tools menu currently gives you access to:
-If you'd like to transfer games between your Saturn's save memory and your SD card, I currently recommend slinga's [[https://github.com/slinga-homebrew/Save-Game-Copier/releases|Save Game Copier]].
+  * Action Replay tools, for backing up and flashing AR-type cartridges
+  * Diagnostics for your system
+  * Formatting your SD card
-===== Action Replay tools =====
+If you'd like to transfer games between your Saturn's save memory and your SD card, options include:
+  * slinga's [[https://github.com/slinga-homebrew/Save-Game-Copier/releases|Save Game Copier]]
+  * cafe-alpha's [[https://ppcenter.webou.net/pskai/#download|Save Data Manager]]
+==== Action Replay tools ====
 The AR tools are intended to help you work with Action Replay style Flash cartridges, including those used for Pseudo Saturn / Pseudo Saturn Kai (PSK).
@@ Line 45: / Line 56: @@
 If your cartridge is not making good contact, you may get a Flash ID error. Simply wiggle the cartridge to reseat it and try again - you don't need to reboot.
-Note that there was a change to flash ID code between menu 59 and 60; this fixed some carts but broke others. If you can't seem to get it working with menu 60, try menu 59 instead. This will be resolved in a future release.
+==== Diagnostics ====
+As of menu 64, the only diagnostic available is the SD card latency test.
+=== SD Latency Test ===
+This does a set of 1-sector random reads on your card, and measures the time it takes to complete each operation.
+Long latencies, or errors in this test, indicate that your card may not work well with the Satiator.
+For reference, the cheap SanDisk cards I use for testing have a mean latency of around 1500µs, and a maximum latency of around 3000µs.
+The Errors count should be zero. If you get errors, your card probably needs to be replaced.
+For ease of comparison, you can hotswap SD cards for latency testing - running the test again will reinitialise the card, although you may need to run it twice to get a stable result. If you hotswap the card, I recommend that you power cycle the console before proceeding to play games, etc. to avoid problems loading other titles.
+==== Format SD Card ====
+This option will wipe the SD card using either FAT32 or exFAT. This is intended to allow you to get a consistently formatted card for comparison with other users.
+The cluster size used for FAT32 is 32KiB; for exFAT, 256KiB.