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      DeLorean
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      Did it work ?

      Grtz
      DeLorean

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        BrettMerrick
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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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          DaveinTN
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          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
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                      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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                            ojguerrier
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                            @pglover19

                            Could you help me please , i have the same model.

                            Thanks you

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                              ojguerrier @pglover19
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                              @pglover19

                              I have the same model ( XTM 810) , could you help me please ?

                              Thanks

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Help you do what?

                                What are you doing? What do you expect to happen? What's actually happening?

                                Steve

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                                  ojguerrier
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                                  Hello

                                  I have a XTM 8 series, I would like install PFSense on it. Can you help me please.

                                  Best regards

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Are you installing to a CF card or a SATA device? Do you have some means of writing to the CF or installing to the SATA device outside on the XTM8?

                                    Steve

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                                      ojguerrier @stephenw10
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10

                                      I have a CF 1Gb and an HDD 500Gb. What ISO PFsense to copy on the CF 1Gb ? And how to install PFsense on the HDD.

                                      Thanks

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Noting here for reference since it somehow seems to have been missed and I found myself having to search for it again.

                                        The only change required to enable the serial console on com2 is this loader line:

                                        comconsole_port="0x2F8"

                                        Add that to /boot/loader.conf.local and/or set it at the loader prompt initially.

                                        Steve

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                                          DeLorean @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10 said in Watchguard Firebox XTM 8 Series:

                                          Noting here for reference since it somehow seems to have been missed and I found myself having to search for it again.

                                          The only change required to enable the serial console on com2 is this loader line:

                                          comconsole_port="0x2F8"

                                          Add that to /boot/loader.conf.local and/or set it at the loader prompt initially.

                                          Steve

                                          Hi,

                                          This is my first XTM810 that i'm converting to a pfsense box, but damn, who weird is this box compared to a XTM5 series ?
                                          The em0 to em9 assigning is crisscross, these boxes can't shutdown because of the AT powersupply design with a hard on/off switch like the ancient X-Core boxes.
                                          At the moment i use a 1Gb CF card with a older version (2.4.4) 64bit full version with Ramdisk enabled from a XTM5 box, i can login with the Web GUI, and with the above fix of Stephen for activating the COM2 port, i can also see whats happening throug serial console with PuTTy.
                                          But the 2 major problems are :
                                          No internet is passing the box, while on the dashboard the gateway is showing green, and the WAN (em0) has a dynamic IP.
                                          The second problem is the Bios of this XTM810 (labeled FW-8750 WG v1.1 on the motherboard and Bios version 1.2 labeled on the LCD) is that i can only make a backup of the Bios with a GQ-4X Willem Programmer through the SPI interface, and that the Bios file is 2Mb in size. Flashrom gives a read error when trying to backup the original Bios.
                                          Erasing the Bios and flashing this backup back with Flashrom gives also a read error, and the 1Mb Bios files brick this box each time.
                                          Also, only the 1Mb Bios files can be opened by the Amibcp tool, i have tried 6 or 7 different versions of Amibcp from version v3.13 to v4.53, the 1Mb Bios files can be opened, but the 2Mb Bios file that i previously backup can't be opened for editing. So first i though that this backup was corrupt, after bricking the box with the 1Mb unlocked Bios, i revived the box again with the 2Mb Bios that i backup, so it's definitely not corrupt this 2Mb Bios file.
                                          With the original Watchguard firmware 12.1.3 (latest version), internet works fine , so the hardware of this box is okay.
                                          I have also tried with and without the AGP disabling fix, because on Supermicro motherboards this fix works great when the assigning of the extra added interfaces doesn't work properly.
                                          So any help or tips to get pfSense working will be great.

                                          Grtz
                                          DeLorean

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                                          • mr.roshM
                                            mr.rosh @DeLorean
                                            last edited by

                                            @delorean I ran into same issue, where the physical order of nics and emX nics in pfsense doesn't match up.

                                            Your nic order may be issue, unless u surely know that phsycal nic and em0 is same.

                                            my fix was as per

                                            https://forum.netgate.com/topic/164397/watchguard-xtm850-network-interface-orders/2

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