[As Good As Solved!] Watchguard Firebox Arm/Disarm LED

stephenw10

X500 (all the X-Core boxes) have been confirmed working. No off mode for the led for some reason.

Steve

hmeister

Here is the new program incorporating all the new values for the X-Core.
Obviously rename it WGXepc (remove the .png extension). Copy it to your box and chmod it to 0755. Run it! ;D

Because the new memory locations were quite high I felt it would be dangerous to simply write all the values on every box, which what the previous programs did. This new one tries to find out which Firebox model it's running on by reading the gpio_sel register and comparing it with known values. It works fine for me here on the three boxes I've tested it on but I don't have an X-Core and I can imagine that a different bios version might cause detection problems. Deal with that if it happens. Hopefully this might stop people randomly installing it on any box and messing with some important setting! ::)

It seems to run fine on 1.2.3 and 2.0Beta5.

Steve

Steve - what syntax do I use when I copy this to the /tmp dir. to run this? (yes-will rename it first!)
thx
H.

stephenw10

You can use the upload feature in the web gui to copy it /tmp. However /tmp only exists in memory so you have to move it somewhere else if you want it to survive a reboot.
It's up to you where you put it but /usr/local/bin seems good. Since you are running a full install you shouldn't have any problems with a read-only filesystem.
You can use WinSCP (if you're running Windows) to copy the file directly to /usr/local/bin.

Then you can put a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d that runs on startup.
Here's mine, called WGXepc.sh


#!/bin/sh
#
/usr/local/bin/WGXepc -l green

Steve

Edit: And make sure the file permissions are set to 0755 or it won't run. You can do this from WinSCP or from the command line:


chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/WGXepc

hmeister

Steve…
Thanks - will set this up now...
H.

hmeister

@stephenw10:

You can use the upload feature in the web gui to copy it /tmp. However /tmp only exists in memory so you have to move it somewhere else if you want it to survive a reboot.
It's up to you where you put it but /usr/local/bin seems good. Since you are running a full install you shouldn't have any problems with a read-only filesystem.
You can use WinSCP (if you're running Windows) to copy the file directly to /usr/local/bin.

Then you can put a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d that runs on startup.
Here's mine, called WGXepc.sh
#!/bin/sh
#
/usr/local/bin/WGXepc -l green
Steve

Edit: And make sure the file permissions are set to 0755 or it won't run. You can do this from WinSCP or from the command line:
chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/WGXepc

Steve - working great!

stephenw10

Good to hear. ;D

Steve

fastcon68

I added you LED package and it works perfectly. I got both your LCD package and your ARM/Disarm light package running and they are working great.

Since the lcd backlight is not working correctly, I was wondering if I could open the case up and take a USB light and add it internally so you could see the display. How do you think it would be to do that.
RC

woc38

Steve, just to let you know: your arm/disarm LED script is working fine on my Core X700! Thanks!

pfSense 2.0-RC3 (i386) built on Thu Jul 14 02:02:34 EDT 2011 (nanobsd 4g) running on a 4GB Hitachi microdrive.

stephenw10

Thanks for the feedback. ;D

Steve

dmitche

For those who are complete noobs at this like me, I thought I would add two pointers to help you out.

In Windows, to use WinSCP, your login should be root, admin never worked for me. root will allow you to change file permissions.
You also must give your WGXepc.sh startup script file execute privileges. I used 0755 again like WGXepc.

Don't forget the following post to display different settings:
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7920.msg135626.html#msg135626

Thanks stephenw10!

stephenw10

@dmitche:

In Windows, to use WinSCP, your login should be root, admin never worked for me. root will allow you to change file permissions.

Good point, I've become too used to logging in as root. A bad habit.
The reason is that the admin account always shows the menu when you log in via ssh, root does not have to.

Steve

stephenw10

Hmm I seem to omitted to attach the source for this. :-[
Not very open.

Steve

WGXepc.c.png

bryansxviper

Yep!

I am a new pfsense user and also have a firebox x700. Just did the led fix and its working great. Running 4GB CF card with pfsense 2.0.1-Release.

Thanks.

stephenw10

Another firebox resurrected. ;D
With any luck we might be able to get this included with the lcd driver soon. Stuck on some bugs at the moment though. I'll post here when things are closer to working.

Steve

Unubtanium

@stephenw10:

Another firebox resurrected. ;D
With any luck we might be able to get this included with the lcd driver soon. Stuck on some bugs at the moment though. I'll post here when things are closer to working.

Steve

So there are bugs…. ;D Good to know, because my Light will not turn/change color no mater what i do, by script or by manual running the prog, its a no go.

When it did not work, i just ignored it and accepted that it would not work.
But now that you mention that there might be bugs in it i want to give it a go and see if i can get it to work.
So any pointer would be helpful to where to start looking....

I am running pfSense-2.0.1-RELEASE-2g-i386-nanobsd.img.gz and the program runs like it should, no errors or feedback when i run it and nothing happens.

So if you think this could be a "bug" let me know and i will give you all the info you need.. ;)

stephenw10

The bugs I mentioned are in the LCD driver/package not WGXepc. Since lcdproc includes code for associated leds we hoped to eventually have the leds controllable through the lcd driver.
WGXepc should be working for any firebox however there are some models that are untested.
Which box is not working? What happens when you run the program?

Steve

Unubtanium

it is a x500 and when i run it, it looks like it run's it and just goes to next line like this:

#WGXepc -green

No error no nothing, and the LED stays red, have tried the blink also but same result, and have checked that the permissions are correct too ???

stephenw10

Hmm, interesting.
The code is absolutely terrible! :D I'm embarrased to release the source. So I could have easily overlooked some input condition that could causer that. However it should either operate correctly or spit out a message showing the correct syntax. Then it tries to recognise which box you have and either sets the led colour or displays a message saying 'you have an unknown box' or something similar.
Anyway the correct syntax is:

WGXepc -l green

Try that.

Steve

Unubtanium

i am pretty sure i did use -l when trying to get it to work but will check my script/manual tonight when done at work..

Unubtanium

Hi Steve

as you can see from pic attached, that the app does run, gives no error.
And also you can see if i run it without any argument it does show the options, and this shows that the premissions are ok on the app…

So you can see the enigma i have ... ::)

Could it be hardware problems?? I could pop in a 1.2.3 card and see if it work there... :)

led.jpg_thumb