- Virtualbox 6.x, 7.x - Windows or Linux - Virtualbox website download
- Virtualbox Extension pack required for USB access to the serial lead
Once virtualbox is installed, import the ova file as an appliance - login/ssh/http details are in the description of the import ova
- SSh server running on port 2222 on host - port 22 inside vm
- Web server (nginx) running on port 8080 on host - port 80 inside vm
- Helpful files in home folder and /var/www/html - Firmware/Flash chip checker tool/PS3 Pkgs etc
- Ready to go python requirements and in sync git folder - ~/ps3syscon
In Virtualbox goto the settings page of the 'PS3-SYSCON' VM and click on the USB - VirtualboxVM/USB-Settings-Serial-Example
Add a filter to the serial lead you have connected to the host PC -> PS3 - The above image example is the serial lead i've filtered.
This will then expose the serial lead to the vm so you can run the helper bash script found in - Linux/ps3_syscon.sh
docs - Runs markup reader program to view the supplied readmes in this repository
syscon - Bash script to run the python scripts to talk to the syscon and dump/patch the syscon itself