Features:

The ICOP-1400 is a stand-alone device
that independently can monitor the
hardware / software state of your system.
Its most simple function is to report POST
codes during boot up of the system. Built-in
logic together with a serial interface let
the module be controlled remotely through
a standard dialup connection. Diagnostic
information is send through the dialup
connection and matched with a BIOS
database to give clear text information
rather than codes. The remote user can
reset the main system by issuing
commands remotely through the dialup
connection.
Besides hardware diagnostics, the module
can survey a running system by
monitoring the systems I/O channels. It
can either monitor the systems standard I/
O ports (RS-232 etc) or can use non-assigned
I/O ports as interfaces to
transfer information between software and
diagnostic module.
The ability to remotely debug a running
system has a wide field of application.
Already in the development stage of a
system this can be extremely helpful.
However the most important feature of
remote debugging is that it will reduce the
maintenance costs of a system
dramatically since an engineer can dial-in
to a system from his own workplace.