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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 assuming you mean the X550e right?
      If so then yes it should work fine. I used the X750e to test it and that's the same box but with a 4 port add on card.
      You get all the functions on that box.

      Steve

      Edit: Just to add, if you have an unusual Firebox then it probably won't be detected as a Firebox and the program will just exit. Even if it happens to have the gpio_sel register set in such a way that it is detected as a Firebox the likely result is that nothing will happen. Even if, in a bizarre coincidence, there is something present at the gpio being altered it all gets reset by the bios at boot time so you can just turn it off and on again.  ;D

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        iFloris
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        Sorry for the delay.

        I've tried the program and it seems to work!

        
[2.0-BETA5][admin@firebox1.domain]/etc/rc.d(15): chmod 0755 WGXepc 
[2.0-BETA5][admin@firebox1.domain]/etc/rc.d(16): ./WGXepc
Found Firebox X-Core
WGXepc Version 0.3 17:2:2011
WGXepc can accept two arguments:
 -f (fan) will return the current fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -l (led) will set the arm/disarm to the second argument:
    red, green, red_flash, green_flash, off
Not all functions are supported by all models
[2.0-BETA5][admin@firebox1.domain]/etc/rc.d(17): ./WGXepc -l green
Found Firebox X-Core
[2.0-BETA5][admin@firebox1.domain]/etc/rc.d(18): ./WGXepc -l red
Found Firebox X-Core
[2.0-BETA5][admin@firebox1.domain]/etc/rc.d(19): ./WGXepc -l red_flash
Found Firebox X-Core
[2.0-BETA5][admin@firebox1.domain]/etc/rc.d(20): ./WGXepc -l green_flash
Found Firebox X-Core
[2.0-BETA5][admin@firebox1.domain]/etc/rc.d(21): ./WGXepc -l green
Found Firebox X-Core

        The commands do what they are supposed to, and response is immediate.

        one layer of information
        removed

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Excellent!  ;D

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            brcisna
            last edited by

            stephen,

            I will have to look at my WG FB. I am thinking mine is not the 'e' suffix? Doesn't the 'e' suffixed WG FB's have the gigE ethernet?
            Mine only has 10/100 nics in it. I should know what the model is too?:(.
            Won't know for a couple days,when I get back to work. I'll give your prog a spin regardless and report.
            I guess,I'm not real clear. Does your prog do the 'native' green to red routine at bootup,when everything is up, ,or is it simply capable of you manually toggling the led to do whatever you want it to?

            thanks,
            Barry

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Hmm, x550 no e?
              Be interesting to see if it detects it.
              At the moment the program is 'manual' only.
              It's easy to put a bash script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d to make it go green at the end of boot.

              Steve

              Edit:
              I can't find any mention of the x550 on Watchguard's website, but a lot of the good information is hidden away. The models I haven't yet any gpio information on are:
              X-Peak-E; almost certainly the same as the X-Core-E but with more ram, faster CPU and vpn card.
              SSL-100; looks like an X550E with different software, maybe an encryption card, 2GB ram!
              SSL-500/1000; also same as X550E.
              SSL-Core; looks like an X-Core but has different software using the harddisk bay!

              All the other newer models are still way too valuable to show up on Ebay!  ::)

              Edit: X-Peak-E confirmed working. Same board as the X-Core-E.

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                brcisna
                last edited by

                stephenw10,

                I miscombobulated on the model number. My FB is x500 ( no 'e').
                I believe this is/was the first generation 1u cased FB. It has the 1.2GHZ celeron cpu,FYI.
                I would guess the mobo is significantly different than the board you were testing on.
                The second gen 1u cased FB's were numbered x550e,x750e,etc,I believe the 'e' designates gigE nics?
                In three-four days ill down your code and try it on this box and file a report,,,:)
                FWIW. This simple box does handle two 3mb up/down connections with about 350 pc's and 1000 users,(possible)
                Using squid,squidGuard,Lightsquid, load balance,failover.

                Take Care,
                Barry

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  X500 (all the X-Core boxes) have been confirmed working. No off mode for the led for some reason.

                  Steve

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                    hmeister
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                    @stephenw10:

                    Here is the new program incorporating all the new values for the X-Core.
                    Obviously rename it WGXepc (remove the .png extension). Copy it to your box and chmod it to 0755. Run it!  ;D

                    Because the new memory locations were quite high I felt it would be dangerous to simply write all the values on every box, which what the previous programs did. This new one tries to find out which Firebox model it's running on by reading the gpio_sel register and comparing it with known values. It works fine for me here on the three boxes I've tested it on but I don't have an X-Core and I can imagine that a different bios version might cause detection problems. Deal with that if it happens. Hopefully this might stop people randomly installing it on any box and messing with some important setting!  ::)

                    It seems to run fine on 1.2.3 and 2.0Beta5.

                    Steve

                    Steve - what syntax do I use when I copy this to the /tmp dir. to run this? (yes-will rename it first!)
                    thx
                    H.

                    Best Regards;
                    H.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      You can use the upload feature in the web gui to copy it /tmp. However /tmp only exists in memory so you have to move it somewhere else if you want it to survive a reboot.
                      It's up to you where you put it but /usr/local/bin seems good. Since you are running a full install you shouldn't have any problems with a read-only filesystem.
                      You can use WinSCP (if you're running Windows) to copy the file directly to /usr/local/bin.

                      Then you can put a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d that runs on startup.
                      Here's mine, called WGXepc.sh

                      
#!/bin/sh
#
/usr/local/bin/WGXepc -l green

                      Steve

                      Edit: And make sure the file permissions are set to 0755 or it won't run. You can do this from WinSCP or from the command line:

                      
chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/WGXepc
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                        hmeister
                        last edited by

                        Steve…
                        Thanks - will set this up now...
                        H.

                        Best Regards;
                        H.

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                          hmeister
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10:

                          You can use the upload feature in the web gui to copy it /tmp. However /tmp only exists in memory so you have to move it somewhere else if you want it to survive a reboot.
                          It's up to you where you put it but /usr/local/bin seems good. Since you are running a full install you shouldn't have any problems with a read-only filesystem.
                          You can use WinSCP (if you're running Windows) to copy the file directly to /usr/local/bin.

                          Then you can put a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d that runs on startup.
                          Here's mine, called WGXepc.sh

                          
#!/bin/sh
#
/usr/local/bin/WGXepc -l green

                          Steve

                          Edit: And make sure the file permissions are set to 0755 or it won't run. You can do this from WinSCP or from the command line:

                          
chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/WGXepc

                          Steve - working great!

                          Best Regards;
                          H.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Good to hear.  ;D

                            Steve

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                              fastcon68
                              last edited by

                              I added you LED package and it works perfectly.  I got both your LCD package and your ARM/Disarm light package running and they are working great.

                              Since the lcd backlight is not working correctly, I was wondering if I could open the case up and take a USB light and add it internally so you could see the display.  How do you think it would be to do that.
                              RC

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                                woc38
                                last edited by

                                Steve, just to let you know: your arm/disarm LED script is working fine on my Core X700! Thanks!

                                pfSense 2.0-RC3 (i386) built on Thu Jul 14 02:02:34 EDT 2011 (nanobsd 4g) running on a 4GB Hitachi microdrive.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks for the feedback.  ;D

                                  Steve

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                                    dmitche
                                    last edited by

                                    For those who are complete noobs at this like me, I thought I would add two pointers to help you out.

                                    • In Windows, to use WinSCP, your login should be root, admin never worked for me. root will allow you to change file permissions.

                                    • You also must give your WGXepc.sh startup script file execute privileges. I used 0755 again like WGXepc.

                                    Don't forget the following post to display different settings:
                                    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7920.msg135626.html#msg135626

                                    Thanks stephenw10!

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      @dmitche:

                                      In Windows, to use WinSCP, your login should be root, admin never worked for me. root will allow you to change file permissions.

                                      Good point, I've become too used to logging in as root. A bad habit.
                                      The reason is that the admin account always shows the menu when you log in via ssh, root does not have to.

                                      Steve

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Hmm I seem to omitted to attach the source for this.  :-[
                                        Not very open.

                                        Steve

                                        WGXepc.c.png

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                                          bryansxviper
                                          last edited by

                                          Yep!

                                          I am a new pfsense user and also have a firebox x700. Just did the led fix and its working great. Running 4GB CF card with pfsense 2.0.1-Release.

                                          Thanks.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Another firebox resurrected.  ;D
                                            With any luck we might be able to get this included with the lcd driver soon. Stuck on some bugs at the moment though. I'll post here when things are closer to working.

                                            Steve

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