Comments on: Installing OpenWRT on a Firebox X550e https://mattventura.net/2013/07/17/installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e Matt Ventura's blog about various stuff. Fri, 08 Dec 2017 17:50:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 By: Shotgun25 https://mattventura.net/2013/07/17/installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e/comment-page-1/#comment-433546 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 17:50:26 +0000 http://mattventura.net/?p=361#comment-433546 Hi again,

For anyone interested I found a PDF for the VGA and other pinouts across various models here http://www.sechsender.com/bilder/forum/WG_pfsense_guide.pdf

WG Description VGA female
1 Red 1
2 n.c. n.c.
3 Green 2
4 GND? n.c.
5 Blue 3
6 n.c. n.c.
7 n.c. n.c.
8 V_SDAT 12
9 GND 5
10 Hsync 13
11 GND 6
12 Vsync 14
13 GND 7
14 V_SCLK 15
15 GND 8
16 n.c. n.c.

I’ve just finished verifying this with a cut in half VGA cable and an adaptor from the front case cabling from an old computer case (2x USB (10 wires) + LED wiring (8 wires)) that had a perfect fit plastic end.

Hope it helps

Regards,

MATT (shotgun25)

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By: Shotgun25 https://mattventura.net/2013/07/17/installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e/comment-page-1/#comment-433520 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:48:30 +0000 http://mattventura.net/?p=361#comment-433520 Hi all,

Found this link which contains details of a cable and of the pin out for the CN_V_A1.
I googled 16pin VGA and looked at the image search.

The image is – https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/csc/people/computingstaff/jaroslaw_zachwieja/readynaspro-jailfix/15-vga-16-pin.jpg
The page with details is – https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/csc/people/computingstaff/jaroslaw_zachwieja/readynaspro-jailfix/
That page refers to a website with further technical details and where American’s can purchase the cable – https://www.pccables.com/VGA_PORT_HD15F_PORT_To_IDC16.htm

I’m going to look at my collection of old graphics cards in the loft for the cable, but the provided pin out will mean I can mash something together if I find nothing.

Thought it might be helpful.

Regards,

MATT (shotgun25)

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By: Matt Ventura https://mattventura.net/2013/07/17/installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e/comment-page-1/#comment-417525 Fri, 26 May 2017 05:58:08 +0000 http://mattventura.net/?p=361#comment-417525 In reply to Christophe.

I was considering looking further into the HDD ports, but because I couldn’t get DMA to work on the CF slot I figured it might not have worked on the proper HDD slots either.

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By: Christophe https://mattventura.net/2013/07/17/installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e/comment-page-1/#comment-416034 Thu, 04 May 2017 18:47:46 +0000 http://mattventura.net/?p=361#comment-416034 Hi,
I suspect that the “CN V A1” is for VGA (“connector video analog 1”), but it’d need an oscilloscope to verify that and check the pinout.
If you take the front panel off, a USB port will reveal itself! (after a little case mod it could be used for a LTE modem, additional storage, printer etc.).
X550e was the lowest model on these series, the higher-end X750e and X1250e had more parts installed, but the motherboard seems the same.
See the thing on http://www.lnx.ro/2015/01/09/pfsense-on-a-watchguard-firebox/

The PCI-e x8 was used for an additional 4x1000BASE-T NIC in X750e and X1250e. PCIEx4 was meant for some kind of an expansion card (not standard PCIe) inserted into the upper slot on the back panel.

The small IDE connector accepted 2.5″ HDDs with an adapter (you can sometimes see that on old laptops) slid into the lower slot on X1250e and maybe even X750e.
I wonder if both IDE sockets are connected in parallel, so you could use a hot-air station to solder a normal IDE in and drop an old HDD into the box.

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By: ZQuiet Review https://mattventura.net/2013/07/17/installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e/comment-page-1/#comment-294219 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:21:24 +0000 http://mattventura.net/?p=361#comment-294219 ZQuiet Review

Matt Ventura’s blog » Blog Archive » Installing OpenWRT on a Firebox X550e

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By: Matt Ventura's blog » Blog Archive » OpenWRT Firebox Part 2 https://mattventura.net/2013/07/17/installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e/comment-page-1/#comment-278222 Sat, 01 Nov 2014 05:31:04 +0000 http://mattventura.net/?p=361#comment-278222 […] started using the Firebox mentioned previously as my main device. I upgraded it to 14.07 and had to go through the installation process again, so […]

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By: Matt Ventura https://mattventura.net/2013/07/17/installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e/#comment-71559 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:44:25 +0000 http://mattventura.net/?p=361#comment-71559 Yes, I was able to get Debian to work. Since Debian includes the necessary modules for the hardware to begin with, the only real work that needs to be done is reconfiguring the bootloader and inittab to use the serial port.

You may run into issues with larger SD cards. As per the links in the article, if your card is larger than the limit in the BIOS, you will have to manually set up the card in the BIOS to get it to think that the card is smaller than it really is. I think it may be necessary to have a dedicated /boot partition and keep this partition smaller than the fake size you set up in the BIOS.

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By: Jeff https://mattventura.net/2013/07/17/installing-openwrt-on-a-firebox-x550e/comment-page-1/#comment-250671 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:06:25 +0000 http://mattventura.net/?p=361#comment-250671 Matt,

You stated that it would be easy to install almost any OS. So I could install Linux on an old X550e and use it as a server?

Jeff

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