seagate-leds

Linux utility to control Seagate/Maxtor external hard disk LEDs. Supports both the standard activity LED and capacity LEDs. Also provides information on:

• Supported features
• Supported interfaces
• Serial number
• Download Finder URL (for firmware updates, etc)

See the [Supported Devices] supported-devices page for information on what devices are known to be compatible.

Build

You will need sg3_utils (for libsgutils2).

make

or

g++ seagate-leds.cpp -oseagate-leds -lsgutils2 -O3

Usage

Three different commands are supported: info, led, capacity-led.

Info is the only command that will probably work without special prvileges.

info

$ ./seagate-leds /dev/sdb info
0BC2:50A7 Seagate GoFlex Desk (SB22)
Supported VPD Pages:
  [0x00] Standard Inquiry
	[0x80] Serial Number
	[0x83] Device Identification
	[0xC1] Features
	[0xC2] Interfaces
Serial # NA0LRYV7
Download Finder URL: https://apps1.seagate.com/downloads/request.html?userPreferredLocaleCookie=en_EN_&fryqrp=QYSAQEAN5YELI27568
Features:
	[0x08] Power
	[0x31] T10 SAT
	[0x37] LED Control
	[0x38] LED Capacity Control
Interfaces:
	[0x08] USBMiniB [active]

led

Get

# ./seagate-leds /dev/sdb led
led: on

Set

# ./seagate-leds /dev/sdb led off

Available arguments are 'on, off, 1, 0'.

capacity-led

Get

# ./seagate-leds /dev/sdb capacity-led
0000

Set

# ./seagate-leds /dev/sdb capacity-led 1001

This command accepts 3 types of arguments:

• Percent (as in, 90% full)
• Binary (requires 4 digits: 1010)
• Decimal input (ex: 15)

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