Main Unit

If you're familiar with the older models of the DigiDoc then you'll find that this new one has the exact same exterior features, with the LCD on the left side, the control buttons next to it and a vent on the right side. It's mounted on a 5.25" bracket with an internal 3.5" bay behind it.

For those of you are not familiar with the DigiDoc product line, the LCD displays the temperature of your chosen monitored hotspots like your CPU, vidcard, etc. It displays them in either °C or °F, which ever you choose and it during operation, it scans each channel continuosly and emits a warning whenever there's a discrepancy in your temperature. It also displays your fan speed monitoring (provided your fan has RPM Sensing).

Next to the LCD, you have the 5 operation buttons, namely, Up, Down, Set, Force and Scan. The "Set" button is used when you want to enter the Set-Up Mode and determine the setting for the different functions of the DigiDoc. The "Up" and "Down" is used in conjunction with the "Set" button when setting up the DigiDoc and in normal mode, you can use the buttons to scroll thru the different temperature channels. The "Force" button overrides your fan control settings and turns all the fans connected to the unit on. The "Scan" button when pressed forces the unit to scan thru all the temperature channels and then the fan channels.

Front USB2.0 and Firewire Ports

Next we come to the vent on the right side of the unit. The previous units used to house a 40mm fan behind the vent but many users did not like the idea and requested to have a USB/Firewire ports instead and voila! Macpower finally removed the fan and added dual USB2.0 ports and a firewire port to the location. There's also a switch here to control the alarm buzzer. You can turn the buzzer "Off" completely or just leave it at "On", which reacts automatically to the temperature and fan RPM sensing settings.

Connections

Here you see the colour-coded fan connectors and the Power Supply connector. The 3-pin Male fan connectors are also labelled to help you during installation. Both the colour coding and labelling helps you to identify which channel is a particular fan connected to and since the temperature probes are colour-coded identically, you can match say, the CPU fan and the CPU temperature probe together on a single channel for easy monitoring. At the back of the PCB, you'll find the connections for the fan, power and also the temperature probes. All connections are clearly labelled for easy identification.

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