User's Manual

Automation and Drives - SCE
T I A Training Document Page 9 of 129 Module
F6
Issued: 02/2008 Operator Control with WinCC flexible 2005
Preface Installation Project Description Step7 Project HMI Station WinCC flexible Project Messages Recipes User Management
2.2 Installation/Deinstallation
2.2.1 System Prerequisites
WinCC flexible supports all common PC platforms that are IBM/AT compatible. Although values for a
minimum configuration are specified, you should use as a guide the recommended values for an
optimum configuration, for WinCC flexible to operate efficiently.
System Prerequisites for WinCC flexible ES
Operating System
Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP Professional
SP1 and SP2
For multi-lingual configurations: Windows 2000
SP4 MUI, Windows XP Professional SP1 and
SP2 MUI
Processor
• Minimum
Pentium 4
• Recommended ≥ Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz
Resolution
• Minimum
1024 x 768
• Recommended ≥ 1280 x 1024
RAM
• Minimum
512 Mbyte
• Recommended ≥ 1 Gbyte, ≥ 512 Mbyte for WinCC flexible
micro
Hard disk drive (free
memory)
1)
≥ 1 Gbyte
Diskette drive
2)
3.5“/1.44 Mbyte
CD-ROM
for software installation
1) In addition to WinCC flexible, Windows also makes demands on the free hard disk drive capacity.
For example, free memory should be provided for the swap out file. The following formula has proven successful: Size of swap out file = 3
times the size of the RAM.
Additional information is provided in the Windows documentation
2) To transfer the License Key