Watchguard Firebox XTM 8 Series
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I've figured out a lot since last post,
1st the Super IO chip is a IT8718F and it is handleing the both the environmental control and gpio.
2nd I was able to extract the modules from the BIOS and found that some of the super IO devices are disabled (COM port 1 most importantly) so changing settings in an unlocked BIOS still wont help that. Also some close inspection of the hardware, TTL to RS232 chips are missing from the MB so COM 1 is a write off.
3rd I got the datasheets from the Super IO chip and have figured out how to set the chip into MB PnP mode to read and change a fan control register (there are 5 fans controls and 3 temp registers).
4th I hope you don't mind, I am working on a new version of the WGXepc for the XTM 8 only (as the super IO is different), I'm focusing on fan control but I think LCD and LED may be possable, looking at the BIOS Super IO boot and register blocks it looks like parallel port and 3 GPIO pins are in use for the LCD/LED/Keypad board. Of course I will post it as I go.
I am eagerly awaiting your results since I own a XTM 810 unit. I would love to be able to control the fans and the LCD/LED.
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I would love to be able to control the LCD/LED.
You might want to give a try to the lcdproc package, and configure it to use the SDEC driver. This will hopefully let you control the LCD…
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Yeah the LCD is still SDEC compatible that should work already.
Steve
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I wanted to give you guys an up date as to where I stand, there will be a significant pause ( couple months) in my work on this because of life stuff.
So far this is the status of things:
LCD Back-light / LCD: Working: no changes where needed.
LED: not working yet: I have the GPIO system up but need to put some time into tracing the PCB traces to/from the LED pins on the LCD jack and figure out what pin# controls them. I don't want to just turn on/off GP pins because most of them have a dual purposes, so I need to trace the hardware. The IT8718F has a LED flashing system that may be usable to provide the flashing as well as just on/off depending on what GP Pin# the LEDs are on. I will focus on this once the fans are all working.
FANS: Partially working: I can read the speed from 4 of the 5 fans (3 processor fans-can read, 1 case fan-can read, 1 power supply fan-can't read) , but so far can only adjust 1 (case fan) of the 5. I'm sure that I will get 4 of the 5 working totally as they are controlled by the IT8717F but the power supply fan will not be controllable.
TEMP: Working: I can read all of the temp and voltage registers.
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I'm trying to get WGXepc to work in an XTM 800 series, have you had a chance to update it yet?
Can't even hear my self think with these fans running so high.
Thanks,
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No, I have not had a chance to get back at this, I moved and my workshop/office is not yet painted and still in boxes. I also had to put up another pfsense to run a VPN since the only ISP I could get was Comcast >:( In reality because of the things that I need to get done before snow flys on the new property I might not get back to this until winter.
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@daveinfla:
Can't even hear my self think with these fans running so high.
Yeah the fans are loud. Like excessively so!
You think all the fans are addressable by the SIO chip?
Steve
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I have access to other XTM models, actually probably older models too.
Is there a list of models that are fully supported by WGXepc?
Thanks,
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The X-Core, X-Peak, X-Core/Peak-e and XTM5. Though the XTM5 only has one of it's fans easily addressable.
The SuperIO chip is completely different in the XTM8 as detailed here which makes it more challenging than simply copy/pasting with some new values unfortunately.
Steve
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So if I want to be able to control the LCD and ALL of the internal fans I need to grab a X-Core, X-Peak, or X-Core/Peak-e model and not an XTM5 or 8 at this point?
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Anybody have a backup of the watchguard OS available? I bought this watchguard off ebay and it had pfsense installed… i would like to restore it. any help would be appreciated.
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Or the original firmware so i can get it to recovery mode?
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Anybody have a backup of the watchguard OS available? I bought this watchguard off ebay and it had pfsense installed… i would like to restore it. any help would be appreciated.
You have got PM :)
Grtz
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Did it work ?
Grtz
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Hi,
Found this thread extremely helpful, thanks to all who have contributed!
I was able to install 2.4.1 on to the 1GB CF card by using the VGA hack and putting the installer image on a sata drive. I did have to plug the CF in shortly after boot though so it booted from the sata drive first…
I also had to manually partition the drive as it complained that it wasn't a full 1GB.
I found than once installed I could enable the serial console by modifying /boot/device.hints and switching the IRQ and Address for the uart:
hint.uart.0.at="isa"
hint.uart.0.port="0x2F8"
hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
hint.uart.0.irq="3"
hint.uart.1.at="isa"
hint.uart.1.port="0x3F8"
hint.uart.1.irq="4"I got the LCD working by simply installing the LCDproc package and configuring it for Parallel port 1 and Watchguard Firebox with SDEC. I made a few other setting changes to my preference, including setting the backlight to on, however it seems to switch off again after a short time.
Now I just need to sort the noise! - Anything I can help with mppkll?
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Any updates to the program to control the fans and LCD on the XTM 8 Series?
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I'm looking at selling this XTM 850 on eBay and need to know if there's a way to return the internal hard drive back to factory defaults?
I have the SD card back to factory and it boots to the OS, however during testing of pFsense I used the drive. Is there a way to return for use with the embedded OS before I sell it?
Thanks,
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If I’m not mistaken, which I often am, I do not believe these shipped with internal drives other than the CF.
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Mine had the 2GB CF card installed and a 250GB SATA hard drive mounted in a factory mount and connected.
