Software® Upgrades and Conversions Manual

Bio-Plex Manager Software 6.1 User Guide
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3 Software Installation
Install, or reinstall, Bio-Plex Manager
™
6.1 software as described in the
following section. If you need to upgrade your software from a previous
version, see the “Bio-Plex Manager 6.1 Software Upgrade and Configuration
Guide” to determine the part number of your upgrade kit.
System Requirements
Component Minimum Recommended
Operating system Windows XP (XP Professional required
for running Security Edition) or
Windows 7 (32-bit)
Windows XP Professional
Processor Pentium 4 or equivalent, 2.8 GHz Core 2, 2.6 GHz or higher
Hard disk space 80 GB 160 GB
System memory 1 GB 2 GB
Screen resolution 1024 x 768 (Windows XP)
1280 x 1024 (Windows 7)
1280 × 1024
Screen colors 256 colors 24-bit True Color
Ports for connecting
instrument (required for
Instrument Control
license only)
1 RS232 serial port and
1 USB port
1 RS232 serial port and 1 USB 2.0
port
Port for connecting
the HASP key
1 USB port 1 USB 2.0 port
Other software Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Microsoft Excel 2003 or later
Internet Explorer 8.0
Microsoft Excel 2007
NOTE: For Windows 7, the Instrument Control version of Bio-Plex Manager 6.1 can be run only on
32-bit; it is not compatible with 64-bit.
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