Introduction

I would like to thank Andrew of Xoxide.com for providing us with this review sample.



Functional panels for our computers have been around for a while now, but Logisys took the standard functional panel with USB, Firewire, fan controller, and temp monitors and tricked it out one more. They created "The first remote panel in the world designed for media PC and for enhancement of all computers". The Logisys FP800BK includes almost everything you could want in a front panel device, plus you can turn your PC on and off with its handy remote!

Packaging

The unit comes in an attractive green box.

Front/Back of the Box


The Packing inside the box. As you can see the unit itself and its wires are concealed.


When you remove the top, the first thing you find is the manual. It is a good idea to read this, because there are so many wires that need to be correctly arranged.


Here we can see the unit and its wires very neatly organized and protected


This picture shows everything included inside the package: the panel, its wires, antenna, remote, and user's manual.

The Unit

The panel is designed to fits perfectly into any 5.25" computer drive bay.


The unit seems to be well built, its aluminum body feels very strong. The aluminum's black color matched perfectly with my Lian Li PC-65B (review here). The two meters are well placed off to the side, followed by a single fan controller, one Firewire port, and two USB ports. Above that are two lights: one red for power and one green for restart.


Broad view of the front of the panel


Closeup of the ports, fan controller, and the two system lights.


The back view of the panel.


Side of the panel


Here we can see the electronics of the unit, as well as a close up picture of some of the trimmers used for tweaking the temperature sensors and other major voltages.

Below are some various shots of connectors for the panel.


Pictured are the headers for the Power/Reset functions.


This is the unit's power connector.


These pins are for the USB and Firewire connection.