On Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:11:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
A friend has proposed the idea of using a fiber-optic cable to bring the
Core's LED out to the panel. I don't know whether or not that will work,
but it is an interesting idea. He's looking into it.

Paul, I've done this. You need to get good quality fiber optic
multi-strand and it works pretty well. There is some loss but under
a shadowed part of the panel, you can see it just fine. The trick is
to make a coupling for the fiber at the LED end.

Darren

Guys, you really don't need the LEDs.
Any display device *should* echo the relevant status messages.