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      Topper727
      last edited by

      There is 4 dual color LED's on the left side of the 735 that I have.  In PFSENSE LCDPROC I see :

      Enable Output LEDs
      Enable the Output LEDs present on some LCD panels. This feature is currently supported by the CFontz633 driver only.
      Each LED can be off or show two colors: RED (alarm) or GREEN (everything ok) and shows:
      LED1: NICs status (green: ok, red: at least one nic down);
      LED2: CARP status (green: master, red: backup, off: CARP not implemented);
      LED3: CPU status (green < 50, red > 50%);
      LED4: Gateway status (green: ok, red: at least one gateway not responding, off: no gateway configured).

      The cFontz633 is no longer included in LCDProc builds, so I use the Crystalfontz packet.  This works good, buttons work and display shows information. But the 4 LED's on the left side do not show any thing.

      Dell 2950 g3 server
      Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz
      Current: 2000 MHz, Max: 2667 MHz
      8 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s)
      8152 MiB and 600meg 10k drive
      Pfsense 2.4 .. Hoping to get the phpvirtualbox going again.

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        Topper727
        last edited by

        I found the fix.. In /usr/local/pkg/lcdproc_client.php

        down near line 469 you see the following

        function outputled_enabled_CFontz633(){
        global $config;
        $lcdproc_config = $config['installedpackages']['lcdproc']['config'][0];
        $value = $lcdproc_config['outputleds'];
        if (is_null($value))
        {return false;}
        else
        {
        if ($value && $lcdproc_config['driver'] == "CFontz633")
        {return true;}
        else
        {return false;}
        }

        Change the
        if ($value && $lcdproc_config['driver'] == "CFontz633")
        to
        if ($value && $lcdproc_config['driver'] == "CFontzPacket")

        that makes them work
        I know this is just fooling it to think it is the 633 driver when your using the Packet one.  I am not the developer or maintain this but could make all the changes needed to make it right and submit if need.

        it does seem to not be perfect though. All lan /wan is up and red shows for that LED and all gateways up but no LED .. sometimes the gateway one lights up then the lan/wan one will go green.. so some bug in code maybe?

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        Dell 2950 g3 server
        Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz
        Current: 2000 MHz, Max: 2667 MHz
        8 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s)
        8152 MiB and 600meg 10k drive
        Pfsense 2.4 .. Hoping to get the phpvirtualbox going again.

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          Topper727
          last edited by

          I got it going for most part.  I can't get result from Gateway #4 LED just green it lights always. But others work.  Fixed some typos in the lcdproc_client.php file.  I submitted it to github and here is link

          https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense-packages/pull/532

          I did not change the code in major way or the what LED does what.. Just made it work.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYdyLdrT_PI

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          Dell 2950 g3 server
          Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz
          Current: 2000 MHz, Max: 2667 MHz
          8 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s)
          8152 MiB and 600meg 10k drive
          Pfsense 2.4 .. Hoping to get the phpvirtualbox going again.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Nice.  :)
            You almost certainly shouldn't have a gateway on LAN, off topic though. Do you have another thread going to discuss that?

            Steve

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              Topper727
              last edited by

              I do not put gateway on lan.. I only do on Wan.. I think the checking code in there is what is not right. I am use to tools to see variable values and debugging tools.. I don't have any for doing this kind of work so makes it harder to know the failure.

              Off topic. will look for or create for the problem I have with Gateway issue

              Dell 2950 g3 server
              Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz
              Current: 2000 MHz, Max: 2667 MHz
              8 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s)
              8152 MiB and 600meg 10k drive
              Pfsense 2.4 .. Hoping to get the phpvirtualbox going again.

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                mikeisfly
                last edited by

                Please forgive my ignorance but I would like to get a few lines added to this package. When ever I upgrade my system or reinstall which isn't all the time admittedly, but I have to manually add the port necessary to get my crystal fontz 635 to work. It's kind of a pain in the you know what and it would be cool if it was there natively. I would love to have the following lines added:

                /usr/local/pkg/lcdproc.inc:

                
                case "ttyU0":
                	continue;
                	break;
                
                

                and

                
                case "ttyU0":
                     $realport = "/dev/ttyU0";
                break;
                
                

                /usr/local/pkg/lcdproc.xml:

                
                 <option><value>ttyU0</value>
                		<name>USB Com port 3 alternate (/dev/ttyU0)</name></option> 
                
                

                I'm thinking some kind of commit is necessary but not sure of the process. I have no knowledge of github or am I over thinking the process?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  That doesn't work with cuaU0 then? Odd.

                  Steve

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                    mikeisfly
                    last edited by

                    That doesn't work with cuaU0 then? Odd.

                    Steve

                    Nope. I just stopped the service and tried that port. But when I try to restart the service it won't restart. I remember you helped awhile ago to discover ttyU0 was the port that I needed to use. I'm not sure if my screen is special but it's not usb its serial but connects to a USB port. When I connected to Windows that's when I discovered that it had some kind of USB to Serial adapter built into it. The screen is just a CrystalFontz 635 that I bought directly from CrystalFontz. If I use the crystalfontz 633 driver I get a blank screen, I have to use the crystalfontz packet driver. It is my understanding that I can only get the LED on the left side of the screen to work if I use the crystalfontz 633 driver. Would be nice to have those working.

                    Just for my knowledge what is the difference between cuaU0 and ttyU0? I tried to do a little searching but I'm not getting any answers.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      As far as I know (and I'm a bit unsure on this) it's just a terminology difference. Older versions of FreeBSD used tty for serial ports, newer versions use cua but tty is kept for compatibility. In both cases the capital 'U' indicates a USB connected device.

                      Steve

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                        Topper727
                        last edited by

                        Yes, CrystalFontz Packet driver is what you need to use. As far as those LED's on the left edge the code I put up here makes those work.

                        https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense-packages/pull/532

                        Mike, Couple messages back I explained some you might be interested in seeing those (end of page 32)

                        Dell 2950 g3 server
                        Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz
                        Current: 2000 MHz, Max: 2667 MHz
                        8 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s)
                        8152 MiB and 600meg 10k drive
                        Pfsense 2.4 .. Hoping to get the phpvirtualbox going again.

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                          mikeisfly
                          last edited by

                          Yes I saw those but I thought is said that you needed to use the crystalfontz 633 driver. I will take a look again. Is there anyway that my port can be added to the package? Thanks.

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                            mikeisfly
                            last edited by

                            Topper727 wrote:

                            Yes, CrystalFontz Packet driver is what you need to use. As far as those LED's on the left edge the code I put up here makes those work.

                            https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense-packages/pull/532

                            Mike, Couple messages back I explained some you might be interested in seeing those (end of page 32)

                            Thanks my LEDs are now working they are on. Hopefully I will have sometime this week or weekend to workone the WAN gateway issue. I am also going to sit down to figure out how I can get my port added to this package.

                            Thanks all for the help.

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                              Topper727
                              last edited by

                              Glad to see you got it working.  I hope to get my changes (fixes) put into the lcdproc package as well. I seen Michelle is one who started it.  Maybe she is one going to put these changes in and submit to package system? I am not familiar with this process yet.

                              Dell 2950 g3 server
                              Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz
                              Current: 2000 MHz, Max: 2667 MHz
                              8 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s)
                              8152 MiB and 600meg 10k drive
                              Pfsense 2.4 .. Hoping to get the phpvirtualbox going again.

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                                jasonlitka
                                last edited by

                                I just got a pair of boxes which have LCDs in them that I'd love to get working.  Can anyone tell me how I'm supposed to identify which driver I should be using?

                                The boxes are Lanner FW-8865.  I sent an email over to them asking for more info on what LCD was installed and how it was attached, but I was hoping that with any luck someone here would be able to get me started.

                                http://www.lannerinc.com/products/x86-network-appliances/rackmount/fw-8865

                                I can break anything.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  There was a report recently that another Lanner box worked with the sdeclcd driver. That has code in it to work with the XTM5 which is a lightly modified Lanner box. Easy test.

                                  Steve

                                  Edit: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,68481.msg375797.html#msg375797

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                                    jasonlitka
                                    last edited by

                                    @stephenw10:

                                    There was a report recently that another Lanner box worked with the sdeclcd driver. That has code in it to work with the XTM5 which is a lightly modified Lanner box. Easy test.

                                    Steve

                                    Edit: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,68481.msg375797.html#msg375797

                                    You. Are. Awesome.  It was "USB COM Port 1" and "Watchguard Firebox with SDEC".

                                    Any idea if there's a way to get traffic statistics for multiple interfaces?  I'd love to be able to show total throughput on WAN1 + WAN2.

                                    EDIT:  Interestingly enough, Lanner just got back to me and said it's hooked up via Parallel.  Not sure why the setting I picked worked unless the driver portion ignored it.

                                    I can break anything.

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      No idea on network stats though there are various code mods in this thread that add functionality you might look through.
                                      Yeah I think the sdec driver is hardcoded to use the parallel port. It's interesting that it works at all. I had always assumed that Watchguard had insisted on backwards compatibility with their x-core boxes, which had an sdec LCD, and that was the only reason it works with much newer models. Maybe not.

                                      Steve

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                                        jasonlitka
                                        last edited by

                                        Who actually maintains this package? I'd be interested in subsidizing the development a bit if I can get an aggregated traffic option in the UI and have it part of the package.

                                        I can break anything.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Michelle (mdima) forked the original lcdproc package and updated it. See the first post in this thread.

                                          Steve

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                                            jasonlitka
                                            last edited by

                                            @stephenw10:

                                            Michelle (mdima) forked the original lcdproc package and updated it. See the first post in this thread.

                                            Steve

                                            Yeah, I was hoping that wasn't the case.  Not online for more than 3 weeks.  PM sent though and crossing my fingers.

                                            I can break anything.

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