Preparations For Installation; Installing The Cx-Designer - Omron NS-CXDC1-V3 User Manual

Preparations for Installation

2-1 Preparations for Installation
System Requirements
Item
Operating system (OS)
(See note 1.)
Japanese or English system
Computer
Memory
Hard disk
Display
Disk drive
Communications ports
Other
Using CX-Designer with
Windows Vista
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Installing the CX-Designer

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Check to be sure that the following system requirements have been met
before installing the CX-Designer.
The system requirements for the CX-Designer are given in the following table.
Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
2000 (Service Pack 3 XP
or higher)
IBM PC/AT or compatible with a Pentium II
333 MHz or faster processor
(Pentium III 1 GHz or faster recommended.)
A minimum of 256 MB of memory is
required, and a minimum of 1 GB is recom-
mended.
Approx. 700 MB or more available space is required to install.
SVGA (800 × 600) or better high-resolution display with 256 colors min.
CD-ROM drive
1 port minimum, either RS-232C or USB (See note 2.)
Internet access is required for online user registration, including a modem or other hard-
ware connection method.
(1) CX-Designer Operating System Precaution
The CX-Designer will not run on Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, Me, or
any other OS not listed above. If such an OS is being used on the client
computer, the OS must be upgraded before installing the CX-Designer.
System requirements and hard disk space may vary with the system en-
vironment.
(2) An RS-232C or USB port is required to connect to the NS-series PT.
(3) The following restrictions apply when using CX-Designer version 2.1 or
higher with Microsoft Windows Vista.
Some help files cannot be referenced.
Help files can be referenced if the help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Win-
dows Vista (distributed by Microsoft Corporation) is imported. For details,
either refer to the Microsoft home page below or contact Microsoft Cor-
poration. (When connected online, the download page is displayed auto-
matically by opening the help file.)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607/en
The following restrictions apply when using CX-Designer with Windows Vista.
Item
Fonts
Memory Card Transfer
Support Software
Install the CX-Designer in the hard disk.
To install the CX-Designer, execute the installation program provided.
Requirement
Microsoft Windows Vista (except for 64-bit
edition) (See note 3.)
IBM AT-compatible personal computer with
the processor recommended by Microsoft.
A minimum of 1 GHz is recommended.
A minimum of 1 GB of memory is required,
and a minimum of 1.5 GB is recommended.
Contents
When project data created outside of Windows Vista is
saved in Windows Vista, characters using fonts that are
different in Windows Vista will be changed.
Similarly, characters in project data using fonts added or
changed in Windows Vista will be changed when saved
outside of Windows Vista.
Two-bytes characters used in file names and folder
names on the Memory Card will not be displayed nor-
mally.
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