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

fmertz

Anything else can be done with a separate lcdproc client that only controls the led.

separate FreeBSD led driver.

Maybe we can talk mdima into adding calls to output() in the existing php client. That client captures a range of things as it is.

Going down the driver path throws portability out the window. The code becomes FreeBSD only, and a completely separate implementation would be required for Linux. I have done neither, but, in the end, the purpose is to learn.

stephenw10

I hadn't considered portability.
Looking at the geode led driver they use the oem_bios function to indentify the different models. I guess this might be FreeBSD only.

Steve

stephenw10

Just realised I posted the most recent version of this in the X700 thread and forgot to include it here.
Same as previous versions but includes an option to switch the LCD backlight if you aren't running LCDproc with the firebox driver.
Find it attached with the source.

[2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.fire.box]/conf(8): ./WGXepc
Found Firebox X-Peak
WGXepc Version 0.5 13:2:2012 stephenw10
WGXepc can accept two arguments:
 -f (fan) will return the current fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -l (led) will set the arm/disarm led state to the second argument:
    red, green, red_flash, green_flash, red_flash_fast, green_flash_fast, off
 -b (backlight) will set the lcd backlight to the second argument:
    on or off. Do not use with LCD driver.
Not all functions are supported by all models

Steve

WGXepc.png
WGXepc.c.png

mike56

More good work. What is anyone using for a fan speed setting? I have upgraded to the SL7EG CPU, run powerd and still have the original fans in my X750E.

Thanks!
Mike

stephenw10

I'm using 64. However my test box is rarely loaded at all and it's sat on my desk not in a hot rack.
I have run them at 16 with no problems and barely any detectable temperature rise.
You can test it with cpuburn and mbmon.

Steve

stephenw10

There is a new version of WGXepc.
Find it attached to this thread along with the source code.
As before remove the .png extension and chmod it 0755 once it's on the box.

It now supports the XTM5 series boxes with LED and fan control (of sorts!).
I have tested it on all the known boxes with 2.0.x and 2.1beta but my testing is limited, let me know if it misbehaves.

[2.0.3-RELEASE][root@pfsense.fire.box]/root(7): /conf/WGXepc
Found Firebox X-Peak
WGXepc Version 0.8 14/5/2013 stephenw10
WGXepc can accept two arguments:
 -f (fan) will return the current and minimum fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -l (led) will set the arm/disarm led state to the second argument:
    red, green, red_flash, green_flash, red_flash_fast, green_flash_fast, off
 -b (backlight) will set the lcd backlight to the second argument:
    on or off. Do not use with LCD driver.
Not all functions are supported by all models

Steve

WGXepc.png
WGXepc.c.png

stephenw10

I added an option to read the cpu temperature sensor on the X-e box since it was trivial to do and mbmon seemed to giving some errors.

[2.1-RC0][root@pfsense.localdomain]/conf(3): ./WGXepc
Found Firebox XTM5
WGXepc Version 0.9 28/6/2013 stephenw10
WGXepc can accept two arguments:
 -f (fan) will return the current and minimum fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -l (led) will set the arm/disarm led state to the second argument:
    red, green, red_flash, green_flash, red_flash_fast, green_flash_fast, off
 -b (backlight) will set the lcd backlight to the second argument:
    on or off. Do not use with LCD driver.
 -t (temperature) shows the current CPU temperature reported by the
    SuperIO chip. X-e box only.
Not all functions are supported by all models

Steve

WGXepc.png
WGXepc.c.png

rhombus

@stephenw10:

I added an option to read the cpu temperature sensor on the X-e box since it was trivial to do and mbmon seemed to giving some errors.

[2.1-RC0][root@pfsense.localdomain]/conf(3): ./WGXepc
Found Firebox XTM5
WGXepc Version 0.9 28/6/2013 stephenw10
WGXepc can accept two arguments:
 -f (fan) will return the current and minimum fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -l (led) will set the arm/disarm led state to the second argument:
    red, green, red_flash, green_flash, red_flash_fast, green_flash_fast, off
 -b (backlight) will set the lcd backlight to the second argument:
    on or off. Do not use with LCD driver.
 -t (temperature) shows the current CPU temperature reported by the
    SuperIO chip. X-e box only.
Not all functions are supported by all models

Steve

I used your latest Ver 0.9 and edited the /usr/local/www/includes/functions.inc.php file (find and modify these entries in the file):

function has_temp() {

/* no known temp monitors available at present */

/* should only reach here if there is no hardware monitor /
/ return false; */
return true;
}

function get_temp() {

$temp_out = "";
exec("/conf/WGXepc -t | /usr/bin/awk 'NR==3{print;exit}'", $dfout);
$temp_out = trim($dfout[0]);

return $temp_out;
}

Now the temp displays on the Dashboard pulling from WGXepc.

Tested on Firebox X550e

stephenw10

Nice. :)
Let me know if it seems stable. It should be identical to mbmon but like I said another user found mbmon giving bad numbers after several days. Also mbmon has 0.5°C accuracy but I didn't both reading that register so it's only 1°C accurate. ::)

Steve

browntown

Sweet, thanks for the code, it worked like a charm, appears within 2 degrees of mbmon at any one point. Looks like I need to throw some arctic silver on the heatsink. This is fan at 32

rhombus

@browntown:

Sweet, thanks for the code, it worked like a charm, appears within 2 degrees of mbmon at any one point. Looks like I need to throw some arctic silver on the heatsink. This is fan at 32

I had my fan set at 52 on a Pentium M 735 and at 37C. On high load, it will come up to 50. Im not worried about the $7 processor so much as having the system lock up when I am away. lol

Gabri.91

Very nice, many thanks!

browntown

I'm building my wgxepc script for reboot. Can I pass two parameters in one command?
/usr/local/bin/WGXepc -l green -f 30

or do I pass each argument on its own line?
#!/bin/sh

/usr/local/bin/WGXepc -l green
/usr/local/bin/WGXepc -f 30

stephenw10

Only one parameter at a time. My coding skills very limited. ;)
I use the shellcmd package instead of an RC script. It is stored in configuration file so it survives a firmware update.

Steve

rhombus

@stephenw10:

Nice. :)
Let me know if it seems stable. It should be identical to mbmon but like I said another user found mbmon giving bad numbers after several days. Also mbmon has 0.5°C accuracy but I didn't both reading that register so it's only 1°C accurate. ::)

Steve

7 days of uptime and still displaying the correct temp. So far everything appears stable.

Hello,

just installed it and runs fine.

Does anyone need the output of

pciconf -r pci0:31:0 0:256
```?

stephenw10

@pyroblast:

Does anyone need the output of
pciconf -r pci0:31:0 0:256

Thanks for offering but the X1250e is identical to the other boxes we have tested already. So unless you have some odd variant we already have the info. Since the program recognises your box already it seems it's using the same board. :)

Steve

fibrewire

sorry for the necrobump, but where did this project end up?

stephenw10

It ended up here: https://github.com/stephenw10/WGXepc

And here if you want to test it on one of the newer devices.

Steve

Hackdaddy

Hi,

Thanks @stephenw10 for your tool.

I packaged it in a widget, to use it with the web interface and automatically change the fan speed depending on the temperature.

For those interested: pfSense-Watchguard-widget

Best regards