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3. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
3.2 Operating Environment
3. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
3.1 System Configuration
The system configuration is shown below.
3.2 Operating Environment
The following tables indicate the operating environment of the GOT900 series software stored in GT Works2 Version2 and GT Designer2 Version2.
1 GT Designer2
The following table indicates the operating environment of GT Designer2.
Item Description
Personal computer PC/AT compatible personal computer that Windows® runs on
Operating system
Microsoft® Windows® 98 Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions) Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions) Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 Operating System Service Pack 3 or later (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*1 Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional Operating System Service Pack 4 or later (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*1 Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Operating System Service Pack 2 or later (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*2 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Operating System Service Pack 2 or later (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*2 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Computer
Refer to "Applicable operating system and performance required for personal computer" on the next page.
CPU Memory
Hard disk space For installation: 1.1GB or more*7 For execution: 100MB or more
Disk drive CD-ROM drive
GT Works2 Version2 or
GT Designer2 Version2 IBM-PC/AT-compatible
personal computer
3.2 Operating Environment 3 - 2
1
OVERVIEW
2
SOFTWARE PACKAGE CONFIGURATION
3
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
4
INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION
5
HOW TO USE THE ONLINE MANUAL AND HELP
6
WHAT IS THE GOT?
7
CREATING THE MONITOR DATA
8
EXECUTING MONITOR ON THE GOT
*1: Administrator authority is required for installing GT Designer2.
*2: Administrator authority is required for installing and using GT Designer2.
*3: Administrator authority is required for installing GT Designer2.
A standard user or Administrator account is required for using GT Designer2.
For interactions between GT Designer2 and the other MELSOFT applications, use GT Designer2 under Administrator authority when the other applications are used under Administrator authority.
*4: The following functions are not supported.
y "Compatibility mode" y "Fast user switching"
y "Change your desktop themes (fonts)" y "Remote desktop"
*5: Only the 32-bit OS is available.
*6: For using the MES interface function, a display resolution of 1024 768 dots or more is required.
*7: 800MB or more when using Windows® 98, Windows® Millennium Edition or Windows NT®.
Applicable operating system and performance required for personal computer
Display color High Color (16 bits) or more Display*6 Resolution 800 600 dots or more
Others Internet Explorer 5.0 or later must be installed.
The mouse, keyboard, printer, and CD-ROM drive must be compatible with the above OS.
Operating system Performance required for personal computer
CPU Memory
Microsoft® Windows® 98 Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium® 200MHz or more 64MB or more
Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition Operating System (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium® 200MHz or more 64MB or more
Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 Operating System Service Pack3 or later
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium® 200MHz or more 64MB or more
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional Operating System Service Pack4 or later
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium® 200MHz or more 64MB or more
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Operating System Service Pack2 or later
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Operating System Service Pack2 or later
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium II® 300MHz or more 128MB or more
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium Operating System (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic Operating System (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
800MHz or more (Recommended: 1GHz or
more)
512MB or more (Recommended: 1GB or
more)
Item Description
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2 GT Simulator2
The following table indicates the operating environment of GT Simulator2.
*1: Administrator authority is required for installing GT Designer2.
*2: Administrator authority is required for installing and using GT Designer2.
*3: Administrator authority is required for installing GT Simulator2.
*4: The following functions are not supported.
y "Compatibility mode" y "Fast user switching"
y "Change your desktop themes (fonts)" y "Remote desktop"
*5: Only the 32-bit OS is available.
*6: For using the MES interface function, a display resolution of 1024 768 dots or more is required.
Item Description
Personal computer PC/AT compatible personal computer that Windows® runs on
Operating system
Microsoft® Windows® 98 Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions) Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions) Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*1 Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*1 Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*2 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*2 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)*3 *4 *5 Computer
Refer to "Applicable operating system and performance required for personal computer" on the next page.
CPU Memory
Hard disk space For installation: 600MB or more For execution: 100MB or more
Disk drive CD-ROM drive
Display color High Color (16 bits) or more Display*6 Resolution 800 600 dots or more
Others Internet Explorer 5.0 or later must be installed.
The mouse, keyboard, printer, and CD-ROM drive must be compatible with the above OS.
3.2 Operating Environment 3 - 4
1
OVERVIEW
2
SOFTWARE PACKAGE CONFIGURATION
3
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
4
INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION
5
HOW TO USE THE ONLINE MANUAL AND HELP
6
WHAT IS THE GOT?
7
CREATING THE MONITOR DATA
8
EXECUTING MONITOR ON THE GOT
Applicable operating system and performance required for personal computer
Remark
GX Simulator software version for simulating PLC CPUThe following table indicates PLC CPUs simulated and software version of the GX Simulator that simulates the PLC CPUs.
Operating system Performance required for personal computer
CPU Memory
Microsoft® Windows® 98 Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium® 200MHz or more 64MB or more
Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition Operating System (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium® 200MHz or more 64MB or more
Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 Operating System (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium® 200MHz or more 64MB or more
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional Operating System (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium® 200MHz or more 64MB or more
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Operating System (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Pentium II® 300MHz or more 128MB or more
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business Operating System
(English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium Operating System (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic Operating System (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German versions)
800MHz or more (Recommended: 1GHz or
more)
512MB or more (Recommended: 1GB or
more)
PLC CPU simulated Software version
QCPU (A mode), ACPU, motion controller CPU Version5 00A edition or later QCPU (Q mode) (excluding Q00J/Q00/Q01CPU), QnACPU, FXCPU Version5 00E edition or later
Q00JCPU, Q00CPU, Q01CPU Version6.00A or later
Q12PHCPU, Q25PHCPU Version6.10L or later
Q12PRHCPU, Q25PRHCPU Version6.20W or later
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3 GT SoftGOT2
The following table indicates the operating environment of GT SoftGOT2.
*1 Use the personal computer where Windows NT Workstation 4.0 of Service Pack 3 or later has been installed.
*2 To use the A9GTSOFT-LKEY-P, a parallel port (Centronics/printer connector) is required for the IBM-PC/AT-compatible personal computer.
*3 When more than one GT SoftGOT2 are started, "number of started GT SoftGOT2's × 100" M bytes are required.
When the monitor screen data size (space) is large (30M bytes or more as a guideline), 200M bytes or more may be required.
*4 "Compatibility mode", "Fast user switching", "Changing desktop themes (font)" and "Remote desktop" are not supported.
*5 The administrator authority is required to install GT SoftGOT2 into Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Edition. Also, the administrator authority is required to use GT Designer2 on Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Edition.
*6 Characters in the dialog box may not be properly displayed when OS other than the above is used.
Item When IBM-PC/AT-compatible Personal Computer Is Used When PC CPU Module Is Used PC PC/AT compatible PC on which Windows will operate MELSEC-Q series compatible PC CPU
module manufactured by CONTEC
OS
Microsoft Windows 98 operating system
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition operating system Microsoft WindowsNT Workstation4.0 operating system *1*5 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional operating system *5 Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system *4*5 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system *4*5
WindowsNT Workstation 4.0 *1, Windows 2000
CPU Refer to the following "Applicable operating system and the corresponding required PC performance".
Required memory
Required memory
64M bytes or more (96M bytes or more recommended)
(96M bytes or more (128M bytes or more recommended) when GT SoftGOT2 and GX Developer are used simultaneously or more than one GT SoftGOT2 are started.)
Available hard disk space
At installation : 200M bytes or more At operation : 100M bytes or more *3
Disk drive CD-ROM disk drive 3.5 inch (1.44MB) floppy disk drive
CD-ROM disk drive Display color 256 colors
Display Resolution 800 × 600 dots or more (640 × 480 dots or more when full screen display function is used) Required software GT Designer Version 5 Edition D or later or GT Designer2
Requirement license
key/license key FD A9GTSOFT-LKEY-P *2 SW5D5F-SGLKEY-J
Valid OS Japanese, English *6
3.2 Operating Environment 3 - 6
1
OVERVIEW
2
SOFTWARE PACKAGE CONFIGURATION
3
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
4
INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION
5
HOW TO USE THE ONLINE MANUAL AND HELP
6
WHAT IS THE GOT?
7
CREATING THE MONITOR DATA
8
EXECUTING MONITOR ON THE GOT
Basic software used and PC performance required
Basic software
Required PC performance
CPU
Required memory
GT SoftGOT2 only
When GX Developer is used with GT SoftGOT2 or when multiple GT
SoftGOT2's are started
Microsoft Windows 98 operating system
Pentium 200MHz or more (Pentium II 300MHz or
more recommended)
64MB or more (96MB or more recommended)
96MB or more (128MB or more recommended)
Microsoft Windows Me operating system
Pentium 200MHz or more (Pentium II 300MHz or
more recommended)
64MB or more (96MB or more recommended)
96MB or more (128MB or more recommended)
Microsoft WindowsNT Workstation4.0 operating system
Pentium 200MHz or more (Pentium II 300MHz or
more recommended)
64MB or more (96MB or more recommended)
96MB or more (128MB or more recommended)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional operating system
Pentium 200MHz or more (Pentium II 300MHz or
more recommended)
64MB or more (96MB or more recommended)
96MB or more (128MB or more recommended)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system
Pentium II 300MHz or more (Pentium II 450MHz or
more recommended)
128MB or more (192MB or more
recommended)
128MB or more (192MB or more recommended)
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