Installation manual
SimradPI50
Physicalandenvironmentalspecications
•Mechanicalconstruction:
–Chassis:Aluminium
–Cooling:Integratedcoolingribs
–Mounting:Bracketsoneachside
•Physicaldimensions:
–Depth:195mm
–Width:268mm
–Height:80mm
•Environmentalspecications:
–Operatingtemperatures:-10to+50°C
–Storagetemperatures:-20to+80°C
–Relativehumidity:10to90%(non-condensing)
Localpurchase
Ifyoupurchaseacomputerlocally,itisimportanttomakesurethatthechosenmodel
meetsthefunctionalsystemrequirements.
•Itisimportantthatthecomputercanfacilitatethevariousinterfacerequirementsmade
bythesystem,andyoumayneedtoaddextraEthernetandserialadapters.
•Makesurethatthecomputerdesignandconstructionallowsformarineuseandsafe
installation.
•Alap-topcomputermaybeusedaslongasitmeetsthefunctionalrequirements.
Minimumcomputerrequirements
Observethefollowingminimumcomputerrequirements.
•Operatingsystem:Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP
®
(32–bit)orMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
7(32–bit)
[4]
Onnewinstallations,werecommendthatMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
7isused.
•Processorspeed:2GHzDualcore
•Memory:2Gb
•Freeharddiskspace:30Gb
•Graphicadapter:DirectX9.0ccompatiblewithDirect3dandOpenGL
[5]
•Interfaces:
–Oneserial(RS-232)interfacetocommunicatewiththeReceiverUnit
Notethat“PCIExpress”serialinterfaceboardsarenotsupported.
–OneEthernetinterfacetocommunicatewithship’slocalareanetwork(ifrequired)
4.ThePI50softwaredoesnotsupportMicrosoft©Windows©NTorolderoperatingsystems.
5.Alargenumberofcommercialgraphicadaptersareavailable,andSimradhasnottestedallofthem.
EvenadaptersmeetingtheminimumspecicationsmayinsomecasesprovetofailwiththePI50
software.Wewelcomeanyfeedbackwithcommentsorexperienceswithgraphicadapters.
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