ProView for PlayStation®2

Overview

ProView for PlayStation®2 provides the fastest download and file serving solution for the Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation®2 Development Tool DTL-T10000/DTL-T15000 and i.LINK equipped Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation®2 development hardware DTL-HXXXXX series consoles.

ProView is an application that speeds up game development by allowing you to preview artwork and run test builds of your game on the Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation®2 development hardware DTL-HXXXXX series versions of the PlayStation®2 console, from your development Windows PC, rather than on the Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation®2 Development Tool DTL-T10000/DTL-T15000 hardware itself, which is often quite different. Find those hard-to-track bugs!

ProView can do this because it offers the fastest available download and file-serving solution for PlayStation®2 development systems, using a high-speed i.LINK (IEEE 1394) interface.

Features and Benefits

Features available in v2.0 and later:

• Uses new SN optimized i.LINK driver

ProView 2.0 and greater uses a new SN i.LINK driver. This SN version saves 260KB of IOP RAM compared with ProView v1.1 - total memory usage of ProView 2.0 is now merely 156KB. The new driver increases the download speed from PC to PlayStation®2 to 3.8MB/s!

• Alter memory on the target

ProView now supports the Target Manager SDK features for getting and setting target memory.

• New file serving functions supported

ProView 2.0 now supports the following standard file serving functions. More functions will be added soon.

Function	DTL-T10000	ProView
sceOpen
sceClose
sceRead
sceWrite
sceLseek
sceDopen
sceDclose
sceDread
sceLseek64
sceGetstat
sceChstat
sceChdir
sceMkdir
sceRmdir
sceRemove
sceRename
sceSymlink
sceReadlink
sceMount
sceUnmount
sceSync
sceDevctl
sceFormat

- Supported

- Supported in version 2.0 and greater

- Not supported

• Can be run on a ProDG license!

ProView can now be run from an existing ProDG license! No need to transfer the ProView license to a developer PC just to write or test a plugin!

• Tiny target side footprint
  

The monitor sits below 1MB leaving the rest of the memory available for the ELF to utilize. The monitor continues to run as a dormant thread so that the PlayStation®2 may be quickly reset via the Target Manager without the need for a lengthy full reboot.

• Minimal code change required
  

ProView has been designed to require little code change to enable existing code to run with it. Simply comment out a few functions that aren't needed when developing with ProView, and you can be up and running.

• Download and run ELF/IRX facility
  

Ideal for rapid preview of art, levels, models and sounds. Simply download them directly run them. Removes the need to burn numerous disks, saving time and money.

• Color TTY output
  

ProView displays TTY output from your running code, and supports ANSI coloring, so you can highlight important messages, or group various message types together.

• SDK and command-line facilities
  

Using the provided command line utilities and the Target Manager SDK, ProView provides load/run and reset functionality to be automated from batch files or your own custom Windows application. Write plug-ins for artwork or audio applications to give quick testing cycles on the Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation®2 development hardware DTL-HXXXXX series.

• Includes Graphics Preview Tool and other sample code
  

To highlight the usability of ProView we have included several samples. One of these sample utilities is the Graphics Preview Tool. It allows you to export a model from Alias' Maya modelling package and have it rapidly converted, uploaded, rendered and displayed by a Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation®2 development hardware DTL-HXXXXX model.

System requirements

• Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 or Windows XP development PC
• IEEE 1394 Interface
• Network interface adapter

Compatibility

ProView is compatible with the following Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation®2 development hardware:

Compatible	NOT Compatible
DTL-T10000	DTL-H50000
DTL-T15000	DTL-H50001
DTL-H10000	DTL-H50002
DTL-H30001J
DTL-H30002J
DTL-H30005
DTL-H30100
DTL-H30101
DTL-H30102

Prices

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