5 Mounting and Wiring
5.1.1 Recommended Computer Specifications
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5.1 Installing the MP2100/MP2100M
5.1.1 Recommended Computer Specifications
The following tables show the specifications for the host computer in which the MP2100/MP2100M is installed.
(1) Hardware Specifications
The MP2100/MP2100M occupies one of the host computer's PCI slots. Up to four MP2100/MP2100M Boards
can be installed in one personal computer.
* These are the specifications when one MP2100/MP2100M board is being used.
When two or more MP2100/MP2100M boards are installed in a computer, multiply the resources listed above by
the number of boards.
(2) Software Specifications
The following table shows the host computer software specifications.
When the driver (ver.1.0.0.0 for MP2100) is being used with Windows 2000, proper operation can be
expected only when the computer is set as a “Standard PC” with the
Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/
Hardware Tab/Device Manager/System devices/Computer
setting. When the driver (ver.1.1.0.0 for
MP2100) is being used with Windows 2000 or Windows XP, “ACP PC” and “ACP UniprocessorPC” also
can be operated. Contact the manufacturer for more details on this setting.
Item
Specification
Notes
Model
IBM PC/AT or compatible
NEC 9800 series computers are not
compatible.
CPU
Pentium 200 MHz min.
Recommended:
Pentium 400 MHz or faster
Memory
64 MB min.
Recommended: 128 MB or more
Hard Disk
Capacity
500 MB free space min.
−
Display
800
×
600 resolution min.
Recommended: 1024
×
768 or higher
Expansion Slot
∗
One half-size PCI slot
−
Interrupt
∗
Uses 1 level
IRQ sharing is possible.
I/O Memory
∗
Uses 32 KB of shared memory.
−
Item
Specification
Notes
OS
WindowsNT4.0
Workstation SP5 or higher
Windows 2000 Professional
SP1 or higher
Windows XP
−
Browser
Microsoft IE 5.5
SP2 or higher
Development
Language
Microsoft Visual C/C++6.0
SP5 or higher
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