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Positioning Application, SimCHAN: What is the recommended minimum specification for a Spirent PosApp/SimCHAN Controller?
Environment/Versions
PosApp
SimGEN
SimREPLAY+
SimREPLAY (discontinued 2017)
SimTEST
SimCHAN
Answer
This information should be used as a guide only and does not imply that previously supplied systems necessarily need updating or replacing.
Customer-sourced Controller minimum specification:
A computer running Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit
Note that from PosApp v4.04, Windows XP is no longer supported
Note that PosApp v2.91 onwards does NOT run on Windows 2000
Windows Vista is NOT recommended
CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or similar as a minimum requirement (NOT Celeron)
2GB RAM Minimum
80GB hard disk minimum
NOTE: We have experienced problems with laptop hard drives with “Free Fall sensors”, avoid hard disks with this feature if possible
USB: 4 ports minimum, 6 preferred
Laptops: 1 x type I/II PC Card slot (PCMCIA) or 1 x ExpressCard minimum
Desktops: 1 or more PCI slots required depending on system configuration
1 x 100MHz Ethernet port minimum. Full duplex auto-MDI/MDIX switching preferred, 2 ports preferred, (also 1MBit Ethernet preferred over 100MHz)
Graphics: Laptop: 15” WXGA+ LCD minimum
CD/DVD Reader minimum
Autosensing power supply 100V to 240V. 50Hz & 60 Hz recommended
The GSS6300MI simulator system contains a pre-configured "Embedded Host Controller":
Minimum specification as listed above
The GSS9000 simulator is supplied with a pre-configured "C50r Host Controller":
x2, 8-core, 2.1 GHz Intel Broadwell Xeon processors
x8, 8 GB DDR4 2400 MHz DIMM (64 GB total)
x1, removable, Kingston 1 TB SSD, SATA3 6Gb/s, 2.5”
x1, DVD-recorder, SATA - TEAC DV-W28SS-BZ3 built-in type CD-RW/DVD-Multi
recorder/DVD+RW
x1, 2 Port PCIe USB 3.0 controller adaptor
x1, PCIe re-driver card (PCIe X1 GEN2 Cable adapter)
x1, NVIDIA QUADRO K420 video card 2GB DDR3
x1, 1 Port Gigabit Ethernet card
x1, Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Embedded with SP1
The GSS7000 simulator system contains a pre-configured "Embedded Host Controller":
x1, 4-core, 3.1 GHz Intel Haswell Intel i7 processor
x1, 8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz DIMM
x1, non-removable, 500GB, SATA, 2.5”, SSD
x1, Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Embedded with SP1
Version
2.0
Publish Date
2018-06-05
Categories
Product : Positioning
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