[condorstrike]

Originally Posted by tiefputin2 seems there is a small update for FAN syscall :-) http://ps3devwiki.com/wiki/LV2_Funct...s_tty_Syscalls 409 returns (id, st, policy, mode, duty) or something anyone knows what that could mean? this is only reading, not setting. :0

I wouldn't mess with that one... "really" evil things can happen, besides the ps3 does a good job of controlling the fans.

[sandungas]

Originally Posted by sandungas ...In resume, you can convert the app in something like a "system manager"

Sorry for quoting myself, im polishing the idea

"System Monitor" sounds better, more ideas:
Start = screencapture
D-pad Up = display all info (by default)
D-pad Down = hide personal info
D-pad Left = run CELL stress test (some algorithm)
D-pad Right = run RSX stress test (there are samples in psl1ght of polygon animations)

Edit:
More advanced... a graphic with 2 separated lines: CELL & RSX
With a graphic we can be 100% sure when the temperature is "stable" (and the time needed to stabilish)
To keep the "core" of the app the most efficient and lighter possible the graphic table can be made in ASCII

At left the temperature.... at bottom the time

Edit2 (safety features):
You can controll the buzzer, there is an app @deroad wrote (iirc is using another syscall)
http://devram0.blogspot.com.es/2012/...-since-we.html
You can start "beeping" at 80ºC (1 beep each minute), and increment the "beeps" calculating to reach a maximun "permanent beep" at 90ºC
Usefull for CELL & RSX "stress tests" as a warning
As a last resort... you can turn-off the stress tests at 100ºC

Are only suggerences, not requests

[GraVoX959]

You could 'control' the fans by spoofing the temperature

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[gingerbread]

Originally Posted by sandungas Sorry for quoting myself, im polishing the idea "System Monitor" sounds better, more ideas: Start = screencapture D-pad Up = display all info (by default) D-pad Down = hide personal info D-pad Left = run CELL stress test (some algorithm) D-pad Right = run RSX stress test (there are samples in psl1ght of polygon animations) Edit: More advanced... a graphic with 2 separated lines: CELL & RSX With a graphic we can be 100% sure when the temperature is "stable" (and the time needed to stabilish) At left the temperature.... at bottom the time Edit2: You can controll the buzzer, there is an app @deroad wrote (iirc is using another syscall) http://devram0.blogspot.com.es/2012/...-since-we.html You can start "beeping" at 80ºC (1 beep each minute), and increment the "beeps" calculating to reach a maximun "permanent beep" at 90ºC Usefull for CELL & RSX "stress tests" as a warning Another security meassure (as a last resort) you can turn-off the stress tests at 100ºC Are only suggerences, not requests

Is this a standalone PS3 app, or an app that runs in the background XMB?

Great work!

- Few Ideas
1. Controller vibrates if it reaches certain temperature.
2. Export temperature data to text file.

[sandungas]

Originally Posted by GraVoX959 You could 'control' the fans by spoofing the temperature

This will work, i was thinking in it and personally i think is only "safe" when spoofing fan speed at 100%

There is a "fail scenario" very easy to explain, e.g: if we spoof to fan-speed 90%... and the firmware is requesting fan-speed 100% = epic fail
To avoid this is needed to spoof fan-speed permanently to 100% (this way there is no margin of error), and this is only useful for the first ps3fat models
Edit: dammit, actually by spoofing fan-speed to 100% (by faking permanently a temperature) we are "disabling" the "overheat protections" that turns-off the ps3 when reaching higher temperatures :/

The other way is by taking the original temp syscall value as an "input"... (increase in a percentage, e.g: 10%) and sending the same syscall as an output (a dynamic spoof)
But the undesired effect is this output signal is taken by the firmware as "real"... at higher values it can automatically turn off the console (can trigger the overheat protections in the firmware)
Also, this is more like an standalone app, making it work in the background of a game looks very complicated

Originally Posted by gingerbread Is this a standalone PS3 app, or an app that runs in the background XMB? Great work! - Few Ideas 1. Controller vibrates if it reaches certain temperature. 2. Export temperature data to text file.

What i suggested is a standalone app that uses a collection of features that has been documented (or used in other homebrews), but all was suggestions for anyone interested in it, im not a coder
The most complicated part i think is how to build the graphic... because is better if is not dependant of a graphic library, but im not sure if there is some simple way to draw a line between 2 (random) pixels without a graphic library (hence my suggestion of ASCII)



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More ideas...
Another thing that generates heat and contains a thermal sensor... is the HDD
But im not sure how this signal is managed in ps3 firmware (some ATA command maybe)

And (the last) thing that generates a good amount of heat is the power supply... but i have no idea if it has a thermal sensor

[tiefputin2]

Originally Posted by 3141card yes, correct. param 1: 0 for get cell temp, and 1 for get rsx temp syscall return's 2 byte's: first is temp in degree Celsius, second byte is: for temp_0 (cell) 03 = XX.00 | 67 = XX.25 | 131 = XX.50 | 195 = XX.75 for temp_1 (rsx) 00 = XX.00 | 64 = XX.25 | 128 = XX.50 | 192 = XX.75 in multiman, maybe as sidebar gadget, would be cool

if anyone wants to know the code behind this, its:

right shift (second_byte * 0x64 ) , 8

example: 192 = 0xC0 -> 0xC0 * 0x64 -> 0x4B00 ->> shift -> 0x4B -> 75