Introduction:

        As the name implies Logisys is indeed developing a product that provides a remote for your computer system. Not just any remote mind you - but a remote that allows you to power on/off as well as restart your machine. Remotely. Out of the box this panel looks simply elegant with no obvious problems or useless frills. The device fits in a 5.25" bay and comes with a mess of wires that prove to be all you need to get up and running. The unit provides the remote features, along with USB 2.0 & Firewire breakouts, temperature monitoring via two probes, and manual fan-bus control.

Features:

        The first two wires I attached are shown to be the dual temperature probes in the top left picture. In the middle picture you can see the "power" and "reset" leads which go to your motherboard breakout pins. When using the remote panel you cannot use your manual power & reset buttons. A pass though system could be used in future revisions to allow this.

        The unit features USB 2.0 and a Firewire breakout which are connected to standard breakout pins with the cables shown top left. The middle picture shows the connectivity breakouts along with a front view of the temperature gauges and fan control slider. Shown top right is the antenna breakout which mounts into any empty PCI slot although it does not hook to your motherboard.  The vertical slider to the left of the gauges is the manual fan control knob. The manual fan bus performed well; providing between approximately six volts and eleven volts to the fan output.