User Manual

Hardware
A standard off-the-shelf PC can be used as hardware platform. Though, for instal-
lation into a control panel a model suitable for industrial applications, in the form of
an IPC (Industrial PC), is recommended.
The selected PC configuration has a substantial influence on the performance of
SX OPEN, which basically depends on the amount of data, the time taken to react
to changes in the data, and other installed software, such as the (3
rd
party) OPC
server.
Minimum hardware requirements:
• Processor ca. 1,3GHz
• RAM 2GB
• HDD 1.5 GB (min. 10 MB free disk space)
• Network interface card
With particularly demanding requirements, more powerful PC hardware (e.g. higher
RAM) must be used.
Software
SX Open runs on following Microsoft operating systems:
• Windows7
• Windows 8.1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64-Bit)
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (64-Bit)
SX Configurator requires Microsoft Excel:
• Excel 2003 + SP3
• Excel 2007
• Excel 2010
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 is a prerequisite.
For OPC-server remote applications, it is strongly recommended to use an OPC
tunneller from the following companies:
Softing AG:
http://www.softing.com
Matrikon Inc.:
http://www.matrikonopc.com
SX OPEN is not free of charge and does require a license. Licenses for Windows,
Excel and OPC tunneller are not included in the product price and must be ob-
tained independently.
Engineering
Using a predefined Microsoft Excel tool, the SXConfigurator, the OPC items are
mapped and configured on BACnet objects/properties. The SX Configurator gen-
erates a XML file for importing into Desigo Insight management station.
SX Open Engineering: For details refer to documents CM110700 and CM110702.
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