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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Thanks to fmertz the driver now correctly supports the front panel buttons on the X-E boxes.  ;D

      Attached to this post is v1.05 sdeclcd driver with reworked keyboard code.

      the sdeclcd.so file should be 13522 Bytes.

      There is no advantage to X-Core or X-Peak box users so you can continue using the old version in the tarball. Of course if you want to test that this new version doesn't break your box that would be great.  ;)
      I have tested it on the X-E and X-Peak boxes.

      Please report any problems.

      Steve

      sdeclcd.c.png
      sdeclcd.so.png

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        fmertz
        last edited by

        @stephenw10:

        Thanks to fmertz the driver now correctly supports the front panel buttons on the X-E boxes.  ;D

        In the spirit of facilitating getting folks involved in contributing to this driver, I decided it was time to put all this code in one place. The long term plan would certainly be to merge this driver with the upstream lcdproc project. For now, I gathered everyone's contributions and put them in public version controlled project on github.

        The setup is as follows: The master branch contains the code from upstream lcdproc. It is the 0.5dev version, the current development area. I created the sdec branch to capture all the changes necessary for the Watchguard Firebox LCD driver. There are various commits on that branch, one for each contribution, attributed by author as best as I could. The branch captures changes to the sources, makefiles and documentation. The idea is that someone wanting to build this driver from source would be a few commands away from doing so by using this repo.

        The github repository for the sdeclcd is at https://github.com/fmertz/sdeclcd

        To build this driver from source:

        
        to be updated...
        git clone ...
        cd ...
        ./autogen.sh --enable-drivers=sdeclcd
        make
        
        

        Feedback welcome.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          I'm not sure you can do that in one step, I certainly didn't.

          
          ./autogen.sh
          ./configure --enable-drivers=sdeclcd
          make
          
          

          The requirements for getting the code into lcdproc upstream seemed tough to meet to me.

          Steve

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            fmertz
            last edited by

            @stephenw10:

            I'm not sure you can do that in one step

            Commands:

            
            git clone -b sdec git://github.com/fmertz/sdeclcd.git
            cd sdeclcd/
            ./autogen.sh
            ./configure --enable-drivers=sdeclcd
            make
            
            

            In FreeBSD:

            
            [fcm@BSDDev /usr/home/fcm]$ uname -a
            FreeBSD BSDDev.localdomain 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Feb 18 02:24:46 UTC 2011     root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
            [fcm@BSDDev /usr/home/fcm]$ git clone -b sdec git://github.com/fmertz/sdeclcd.git
            Cloning into sdeclcd...
            remote: Counting objects: 628, done.
            remote: Compressing objects: 100% (499/499), done.
            remote: Total 628 (delta 90), reused 627 (delta 89)
            Receiving objects: 100% (628/628), 992.04 KiB | 191 KiB/s, done.
            Resolving deltas: 100% (90/90), done.
            [fcm@BSDDev /usr/home/fcm]$ cd sdeclcd/
            [fcm@BSDDev /usr/home/fcm/sdeclcd]$ ./autogen.sh 
            Running aclocal ...
            Running autoheader...
            Running automake  ...
            configure.in:75: installing `./compile'
            configure.in:10: installing `./config.guess'
            configure.in:10: installing `./config.sub'
            configure.in:6: installing `./install-sh'
            configure.in:6: installing `./missing'
            clients/lcdexec/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
            Running autoconf ...
            [fcm@BSDDev /usr/home/fcm/sdeclcd]$ ./configure --enable-drivers=sdeclcd
            checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
            checking whether build environment is sane... yes
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            configure: checking which drivers to compile...
            ---------------------------------------
            LCDd will be compiled with the drivers:
                -  sdeclcd
            ---------------------------------------
            configure: creating ./config.status
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            config.status: creating scripts/init-lcdproc.rpm
            config.status: creating config.h
            config.status: executing depfiles commands
            [fcm@BSDDev /usr/home/fcm/sdeclcd]$ make
            make  all-recursive
            Making all in shared
            ...
            [fcm@BSDDev /usr/home/fcm/sdeclcd]$ ls -l server/drivers/sdeclcd.so
            -rwxr-xr-x  1 fcm  fcm  13522 Dec  6 21:51 server/drivers/sdeclcd.so
            
            
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              mmiller
              last edited by

              Does anyone have this in a package yet for pfsense?  I would build it my self except I don't currently have a freebsd VM or test machine to test on.

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                fmertz
                last edited by

                @fmertz:

                The github repository for the sdeclcd is at https://github.com/fmertz/sdeclcd

                The code was updated. Check the sdec branch of the project:

                https://github.com/fmertz/sdeclcd/tree/sdec

                The changes are:

                • Rewrite of driver code
                • Suppressed user parameter in configuration file to preserve back light
                • Added support for more icon codes
                • Restored heart beat
                • Fixed initialization
                • Updated documentation

                This is based on the 0.5dev version of the lcdproc upstream project.

                The primary purpose of this effort is to submit a working driver to the upstream project. This is why it is a branch off of the latest dev branch.

                In parallel, mdima has packaged lcdproc-dev for pfSense. It is based off of lcdproc-0.5.4. This latest driver code is included in mdima's package (I compiled it separately). The discussion is here: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,44034.0.html. Big thanks to Stephenw10 and Spy Alelo for live testing on actual hardware, and confirming that the driver works. Basically, if you install the lcdproc-dev package on your Firebox, you should have a working LCD. As simple as that. Feedback most welcome.

                PS: The button mapping in the LCDd.conf file might need an adjustment, but should be fixed shortly.

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                  fmertz
                  last edited by

                  @fmertz:

                  The code was updated. Check the sdec branch of the project:

                  https://github.com/fmertz/sdeclcd/tree/sdec

                  The primary purpose of this effort is to submit a working driver to the upstream project.

                  The code was updated again: housekeeping and bug fix.

                  A little while back, I submitted this code for inclusion into the upstream lcdproc project. I am happy to report that the code was accepted. This means this SDEC driver for Fireboxes is now a part of the official lcdproc project!

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                    fmertz
                    last edited by

                    The code was updated again for supporting LEDs. Details here:

                    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,44034.msg276249.html#msg276249

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                      drdyno
                      last edited by

                      So I installed with the new LCDproc-dev.. All I can get the lcd to do is say "Thanks for using pfSense".
                      I have different screens checked on the screens tab but can't get it to do anything… buttons don't work.

                      I had this working at one time.. now I am frustrated with it...

                      Dyno

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        There is a problem with the start sequence. Once your box is up if you go to Status: Services: and restart the lcdproc service it will run correctly.

                        Steve

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                          Brak
                          last edited by

                          I rewrote the startup script that lcdproc.inc outputs and fixed the boot issue on Fireboxes and my own units.

                          You guys will need to check my work and make sure nothing is getting messed up by my changes, but it appears start/stop/restart are working as intended. Something was wrong with the "if X running then kill X" statements. Not sure why the bug was inconsitent with different hardware, but I got it working.

                          I'll post it when I get home, stuck at work. I've been so busy I haven't even been able to test the xCore-e changes.  :-\

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                            drdyno
                            last edited by

                            Steve,

                            Is there anyway to fix this other than having to do that each time it reboots? This is a firebox for my best friend that I am building to help conserve space in his office.

                            Dyno

                            ** Nevermind on reboot it works properly now!

                            Now to find a better and quieter cpu cooler…

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                              Brak
                              last edited by

                              Here is the "fixed" lcdproc.inc

                              Not sure if this will work for everyone or if it isn't working right, but let me know how it could be improved.

                              lcdproc.inc.png

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                                drdyno
                                last edited by

                                Brak,

                                I stumbled upon your ebay listings again today looking for a X-E box  ;D

                                you boxes look nice.

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                                  Brak
                                  last edited by

                                  @drdyno:

                                  Brak,

                                  I stumbled upon your ebay listings again today looking for a X-E box  ;D

                                  you boxes look nice.

                                  Thanks bud!

                                  I'd probably sell my X-E boxes with pfsense on them, but I'm waiting for 2.1 so the driver is supported properly. So sad that 4 gigabit NICs are basically useless atm! I have 3 fully maxed upgraded ones just looking pretty in a rack :(

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Try the patched driver. I've put a few 10s of Gigs through mine and hasn't crashed yet. Though I still haven't found a reliable way to crash it with the standard driver.  ::)

                                    Steve

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                                      flecom
                                      last edited by

                                      how can I disable the backlight timer?

                                      I have the backlight set to on, the brightness to 100% and the off-brightness to 100%… tried adding
                                      BackLight=yes
                                      Backlight_Timer=0

                                      to the lcdd.conf and still turns off after 30 seconds or so  ???

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        If you are using the most recent re-written driver there is a hard coded backlight timer which can't be disabled. Fmertz did it deliberately as the the backlight has a finite (and not that long) life and has already been run for many hours on most peoples boxes. We had a number of failure reports.

                                        Steve

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                                          flecom
                                          last edited by

                                          its an LED backlight… its lifetime would be about the same as the power LED?...

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                                            flecom
                                            last edited by

                                            well anyway if anyone wants the backlight on all the time regardless of what the driver tells it to do all you have to do is put a bit of solder across J2 right next to the "K" (Cathode) land on the back of the LCD panel

                                            it has a 100k hour MTBF (~11.5 years) so decide if you want to "risk" it

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