Hardware Requirements
In order to work with the STEP 7 V5.4 including SP3 software, you need a programming device or a PC with the following minimum requirements for processor speed/performance, RAM and graphics capability:
| Operating System | Minimum Requirements for: | ||
| | Processor | RAM | Graphics |
| MS Windows 2000 Professional | 600MHz | 512 MB *) | XGA 1024x768 16-bit color depth |
| MS Windows XP Professional | 600MHz | 512 MB *) | XGA 1024x768 16-bit color depth |
| MS Windows Server 2003 | 2.4 GHz | 1 GB | XGA 1024x768 16-bit color depth |
| MS Windows | 1 GHz | 1GB **) | XGA 1024x768 16-bit color depth |
| MS Windows | 1 GHz | 1GB **) | XGA 1024x768 16-bit color depth |
| MS Windows Vista | 1 GHz | 1GB **) | XGA 1024x768 16-bit color depth |
| *) At least 1 GB RAM is recommended **) At least 2 GB RAM is recommended | |||
Use a programming device or PC with the latest performance capabilities if you are editing extensive STEP 7 projects or working with hardware configurations containing several hundred modules (CPUs, slaves, I/O devices, etc.).
In addition, you will need an external prommer for SIMATIC memory cards / MMC if you are using a PC and want to save your user programs to EPROMs and a SIMATIC NET interface if you want to use online functions to the PLC system with your personal computer.
Additional Style” can only be used with a high-performance graphic adapter. It requires:
· DirectX9 capability
information on Windows Vista:
The “Aero Glass 128 MB separate graphic memory
· The performance of the graphics system architecture can have a substantial affect on the performance of STEP 7.
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