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

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      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

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        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

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          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

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            rhombus
            last edited by

            @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

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              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

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                browntown
                last edited by

                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

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                  rhombus
                  last edited by

                  @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

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                    Gabri.91
                    last edited by

                    Very nice, many thanks!

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                      browntown
                      last edited by

                      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

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        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

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                          rhombus
                          last edited by

                          @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.

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                            A Former User
                            last edited by

                            Hello,

                            just installed it and runs fine.

                            Does anyone need the output of

                            pciconf -r pci0:31:0 0:256
                            ```?
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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              @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

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                                fibrewire
                                last edited by

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

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

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

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

                                  Steve

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                                    Hackdaddy
                                    last edited by

                                    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

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      Ah, nice. 👍
                                      For the X-e boxes only I assume? Pretty sure I never added temperature reading to any others.
                                      Edit: Forgot the XTM8.

                                      Steve

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                                        Hackdaddy
                                        last edited by

                                        Yes, I only have a firebox X750e, so I only make this widget for my usage :)
                                        But don't hesitate to make a pull request if you want add more compatibility

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