User`s guide

APPENDIX F – Remote GigaView Installation
Remote GigaView software provides one of the most comprehensive jitter analysis software packages on the
market today. The Windows

-based GUI, Getting Started Wizard and online help will enable new users to
confidently acquire useful data in seconds. Even inexperienced users will be capable of making measurements
of accumulated jitter, low and high frequency modulation and frequency locktime enabling them to
characterize and fully understand the performance of their clock signal. Furthermore, the addition of macros
allows users to perform routine tasks at the click of a button.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
This version of the Remote GigaView software operates on a personal computer running Microsoft
®
Windows
TM
95, 98, 2000, XP or NT 4.0, LINUX 7.2 or above, as well as SUN/Solaris
®
and Hewlett-Packard
®
Workstations.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0/XP
• Minimum extended memory: 32 megabytes for Windows 95/98
48 megabytes for Windows 2000/XP/NT 4.0
• VGA Monitor
• Video Graphics card with minimum of 256 colors and minimum display area of 1024x768 pixels
• National Instruments GPIB card: PCI-GPIB recommended, PCMCIA or AT-GPIB
• Hard drive with 8 megabytes of unused space
• Printer is configured through Windows printer Setup feature
SUN/Solaris
• SPARC Workstation
• National Instruments GPIB Interface Card: a) (GPIB-SPRC B) or
b) external (GPIB/SCSI-A) interface box
Hewlett-Packard
• Hewlett–Packard 9000, Model 715 and above
• National Instruments GPIB Interface Card: a) EISA-GPIB for HP-UX or
b) GPIB-SCSI-A Controller
• HP E2070 Card (ISA HP-IB Interface Card)
or,
HP E2071I Card (ISA/EISA High Speed HP-IB Interface Card).
LINUX 7.2 and above
• Minimum CPU Requirements - Pentium class. Recommended - 200MHZ Pentium class
• Minimum extended memory: 96 megabytes recommended
• VGA Monitor
• Video Graphics card with minimum of 256 colors and minimum display area of 1024x768 pixels
• National Instruments GPIB Interface card: PCI-GPIB recommended
• 2.5 GB Hard drive recommended; 4.5 GB hard drive for full installation
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