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      mppkll
      last edited by

      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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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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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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          DaveinTN
          last edited by

          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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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            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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              DaveinTN
              last edited by

              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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                meph
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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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                  meph
                  last edited by

                  Or the original firmware so i can get it to recovery mode?

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                    DeLorean
                    last edited by

                    @meph:

                    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
                    DeLorean

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                      meph
                      last edited by

                      @DeLorean:

                      @meph:

                      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
                      DeLorean

                      Thanks… let me give it a try.

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                        DeLorean
                        last edited by

                        Did it work ?

                        Grtz
                        DeLorean

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                          BrettMerrick
                          last edited by

                          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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                            DaveinTN
                            last edited by

                            Any updates to the program to control the fans and LCD on the XTM 8 Series?

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                              DaveinTN
                              last edited by

                              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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                                Scorch95
                                last edited by

                                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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                                  DaveinTN
                                  last edited by

                                  Mine had the 2GB CF card installed and a 250GB SATA hard drive mounted in a factory mount and connected.

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                                    Scorch95
                                    last edited by

                                    I stand corrected. Do you have a picture of the mount?

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      @daveinfla:

                                      Mine had the 2GB CF card installed and a 250GB SATA hard drive mounted in a factory mount and connected.

                                      Ooo. Fancy.  ;)

                                      Probably for use as a cache. I'm not aware of any models based on the XTM8 like the old SSL models were. They came with a HD instead of CF.

                                      Steve

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by 

                                        2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 
Found Firebox XTM8
WGXepc Version 1.3 5/3/2018 stephenw10
WGXepc can accept two arguments:
 -f (CPU fan) will return the current and minimum fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -f2 (System 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
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f
Found Firebox XTM8
Current CPU fanspeed is ???, minimum is 3f
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f 37
Found Firebox XTM8
IT87 Fanctl set to sane defaults
Minimum CPU fanspeed set to 37
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f2
Found Firebox XTM8
Current System fanspeed is ???, minimum is 38
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -l green_flash_fast
Found Firebox XTM8
IT87 GPIO pins configured
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -l green
Found Firebox XTM8

                                        64bit binary. Source.

                                        ;)

                                        Steve

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                                          pglover19
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10:

                                          2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 
Found Firebox XTM8
WGXepc Version 1.3 5/3/2018 stephenw10
WGXepc can accept two arguments:
 -f (CPU fan) will return the current and minimum fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -f2 (System 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
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f
Found Firebox XTM8
Current CPU fanspeed is ???, minimum is 3f
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f 37
Found Firebox XTM8
IT87 Fanctl set to sane defaults
Minimum CPU fanspeed set to 37
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f2
Found Firebox XTM8
Current System fanspeed is ???, minimum is 38
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -l green_flash_fast
Found Firebox XTM8
IT87 GPIO pins configured
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -l green
Found Firebox XTM8

                                          64bit binary. Source.

                                          ;)

                                          Steve

                                          Thank you..The program works on my WatchGuard XTM 810 appliance.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Glad to hear it. 😉

                                            I recommend you do some sort of load test to make sure the fans are spinning up correctly and the peak temp values aren't too high.
                                            The default settings are just way off so I made what I think are reasonable choices for the standard CPU.

                                            Fan PWM values should be between 00 and 7f, 127 levels, but in reality 32 is stopped and 50 appears to be the maximum. I set both cpu and system fan minimum values to 38 but you can override that by setting a number.

                                            The CPU fan should start to ramp up at 40C and the system fan at 35C. Both ramp up by one 'fan setting' per degree so should quite quickly start making noise with a load.

                                            Steve

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