Question 1

Does it connect to the motherboard in any way?

Accepted Answer

Yes, as you can see in the pictures, there is an internal USB connector. This allows you to run the recon software, so you can control the fans from not just your computer, but from your phone or any computer with remote access via internet. You use the middle USB line.

Question 2

Does this read the CPU temperature using the USB motherboard connector or do you have to install a "temperature probe" that you install under the CPU cooler heatsink?

Accepted Answer

There's a total of 5 fan controls and there is a "probe" for each fan,  essentially an additional wire that comes from the device that you can set or tape wherever you want to to gauge temperature. I believe one of the pictures shows the "probes".

Question 3

Can i plug 4 pin fans into this or is it just 3 pin?

Accepted Answer

You can plug in a 4-pin fan, but the fourth pin (PWM speed control) will not be connected to anything. I *think* that a PWM fan with no PWM connection will run at full speed, but I don't know for sure. It might even be different for different PWM fans. This controller varies the power voltage to control the fan speed, and uses the third pin to tell how fast the fan is going so it can find the right voltage to get the desired speed.

Question 4

Is there any difference between this one and the white one other than color? I noticed this one only has 3 eggs and the white one has 4 so I was trying to figure out why.

Accepted Answer

Hello,

I have this fan controller and it is one of the best touch screen ones; as for the color, there is no difference in the features of it, they both have the same features. Hope this helps.

Question 5

Can this turn off the LED's in the fan like the hydra pro? also can the screen be turned off without actually turning off the fans themselves, like for nightime? Lastly, does anyone else know if the hydra pro is discontinued because its out of stock and I'm not overclocking or anything, I'm just building in the Bitfenix prodigy so really I just would want enough connectors for at least 3 fans.

Accepted Answer

1. There is no functionality to explicitly control the fans LED's. On my system with the Bitfenix Recon, if the fan is spinning the LED's are on, and turning the fan off (down to 0 RPM) turns the LED's off for that particular fan. Also, the brightness of the LED's do fluctuate slightly depending on the fans current RPM, when ramping the fan from low to high RPM the LED's get noticeably brighter on that individual fan.
2. Yes, the LCD screen can be turned off without affecting the control of the fans... There is no dimmer though, the LCD screen can either be on or off.
3. No idea, google it, you'll probably find an answer... :) Hope this helps someone :)

Question 6

would this be able to control a pump?

Accepted Answer

I would think there would be a better option for controlling a pump.  It controls by varying the voltage supplied to the fans via a 3 pin fan connector.

Question 7

Im looking to control two 120mm case fans for a server rack so when the temp gets high enough the fan would kick on. Would this work with out actually hooking up to a motherboard?

Accepted Answer

You should be able to.  There are "plug in the wall" adapters for stuff like this.  It's a little non-standard; but combined with the temperature sensors and the settings on the controller, it should fit the bill.

Question 8

Is this the model that allows you to change the LCD display color?

Accepted Answer

No I don't believe you can change the display color. It is always that white-grey color with a black background

Question 9

Doesn't show very detailed images of connectors or tell in the descrip or specs, how does it get the temps? If it has its own sensors do you have pics? How well do they install/setup?

Accepted Answer

It has 5 wires to plug fans into and it has 5 wires that have temp sensors on the ends. It also has a molex for power that has a pass through on it. The 5 temp sensor wires can be taped to what you want the temps from. For example, you could have one to your gpu, cpu HDD, etc. You just want to tape them in a manner so you don't have to see them if looks are an issue.

Question 10

It says "Internet Connected for Mobile Devices" does that mean there's an Android App and/or Apple App for this?

Accepted Answer

Seems its a browser based interface: "Best of all, Recon is not platform dependent and only requires a simple web browser to operate."

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