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Metropolis
®
DMXplore Access Multiplexer Physical
Installation and Powering
P A R T I
v i
365-372-334 R2.0
Issue 4, November 2004
PC and Cable
Requirements for
WaveStar
®
CIT
This section lists the required and optional equipment needed to run the
WaveStar
®
CIT software with the Metropolis
®
DMXplore.
PC Minimum Requirements
•
Windows
®
NT (with SP5 for Y2K compliance), Windows
®
2000
or Windows
®
XP
Operating Systems
•
128 MByte of RAM (minimum for 1 system view), 256 MByte
recommended (up to 5 system views)
•
139 MByte Virtual Memory (minimum), 267 MByte
recommended
•
SVGA monitor set to 800x600 resolution or greater, with 256
colors (1024x768, 16 million colors recommended)
•
500 MByte memory available on hard drive (minimum), 550
MByte Recommended
•
CD-ROM drive
•
10/100 BaseT LAN interface (network interface card, NIC)
•
Pentium 2, 266 MHz Processor (minimum), Pentium III, 500MHz
recommended
Important!
Minimum requirements are sufficient to run two to
three System GUI views, unless otherwise noted. Recommended
requirements are intended to be used as a general guideline to
optimize WaveStar
®
CIT performance. As the CIT is used with
multiple NE connections and multiple NE types, the processor type
Quantity
Required
Description
Comments
1
Y
Personal Computer (PC)
See PC Minimum Requirements below.
1
Y
CIT Interface Cable
(848748869)
8-ft. long RJ45 to 9-pin D-sub serial cable.
LAN 10BASE-T (Crossover)
Allows for direct connection between the
PC LAN card and the CTL LAN slot. See
Table 1-17, LAN 10BASE-T Cross-over
Cable Connections (page 1-47) for
Comcode information.
LAN 10BASE-T (Straight-
Through)
Allows for connection between the PC NIC
card and a HUB. See Table 1-18, LAN
10BASE-T Straight-through Cable
Connections (page 1-47) for Comcode
information.
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