1.28.20

SS1 Tool 1.28.20

New look: tabs on every page

The Jump to links under each page title are now tabs. Only the chosen tab’s cards are on screen, so there’s no long scroll to find a tool and no scrolling back up to switch.
The active tab is solid red; the others are dark grey with a red outline.
The tab row stays at the top while you scroll, and each page remembers the tab you used last.
Links from one page to a part of another open the right tab.
Setup: Scripts and cores · Update All · PSX SNAC settings · Accounts · Samba and cleanup · MiSTer settings · Flash SD card
Video: Current settings · Setup wizard · Something looks wrong? · Profiles
Network: Ethernet · WiFi · Network share (Cifs)
Files: File manager · Saves · Backup to NVMe · SD card backup · Screenshots · Artwork · Memory cards
Devices: USB devices · Bluetooth · Controllers
Diag: SD diagnostics · BIOS and game folders · Debug report · USB controller tester · SNAC controller tester
Each tab loads the first time you open it, so pages open quicker.

SNAC controller tester: its own core

The SNAC tester now uses the new SS1 Controller Tester core instead of the memory card core.
It starts reading both front ports as soon as it loads, with no memory card screen first.
It also works on its own from MiSTer’s core list under Utility.
ANALOG light: on the tester’s drawing, the PS circle is now the controller’s ANALOG light. It’s red in analog mode and off in digital mode (sticks not sent), so pressing the controller’s analog button shows up straight away. A PlayStation port has no PS or Home button, so none can be shown.
The SNAC drawing is always the DualShock, matching the TV.
Leaving the SNAC tester tab or page stops the test and brings the menu back.

Two cores in Setup

Setup › Scripts and cores lists the memory card core and the controller tester core. Each has its own bubble (installed / update available), Install or Update button and Check for updates. SS1 Tool never installs or updates them by itself.
The tester shows the controller tester core’s bubble and buttons; Files › Memory cards shows the memory card core’s.

All backups in one folder

SD card backups are now saved in backups\sdcard, next to every other backup (saves, Bluetooth, controller mappings, Cifs, screenshots and the ini backups). They used to go in a separate backup folder.
SD card backups made with earlier versions are moved into backups\sdcard by themselves the first time you open SD card backup or Reflash. Nothing is copied or deleted, and a backup is never overwritten. The old backup folder is removed once it’s empty.
Reflash’s restore points read from the new folder, so your existing backups still show up there.

Fixed: a file called NUL in the SS1 Tool folder

Opening a terminal to the SuperStation (for example “open sd_integrity in a terminal”) made Windows’ ssh write a file called NUL next to SS1Tool.exe. It’s harmless, since it only held the SuperStation’s public key, and it no longer appears.
To delete an existing one (Windows won’t remove a file named NUL the usual way):
Open the folder SS1Tool.exe is in, in File Explorer.
Click the address bar, type powershell and press Enter. A PowerShell window opens in that folder.
Paste this and press Enter:
cmd /c ('del /f /a "\?' + $PWD + '\NUL"')
Or type the folder in yourself, replacing C:\path\to\ss1_tool with where SS1Tool.exe is:
cmd /c 'del /f /a "\?\C:\path\to\ss1_tool\NUL"'

Cores to install (Setup › Scripts and cores)

SS1 Controller Tester v1.0 (new): reads the PlayStation controllers in both front ports, switches DualShock-type pads to analog mode, and shows memory cards per port.
SS1 Memory Card Tool v1.1: memory cards only again (back up, check, write). The controller test moved to the new core.