GE Digital PAC Machine Edition 9.70 System Requirements
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PAC System Requirements
Contents
PAC Machine Edition 9.70 ............................................................................................................................ 2
Operating System .................................................................................................................................... 2
Windows Administrator Settings ............................................................................................................. 2
Processor Speed and Memory ................................................................................................................ 2
Miscellaneous Requirements................................................................................................................... 3
View & Control Runtime (Windows PC) 9.70 ............................................................................................... 4
Operating System .................................................................................................................................... 4
PAC Productivity Suite 3.60 .......................................................................................................................... 5
System Components ................................................................................................................................ 5
System Level Operating System .............................................................................................................. 5
Regional Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 5
PAC Change Management 9.70 .................................................................................................................. 6
Operating System .................................................................................................................................... 6
Processor Speed and Memory ................................................................................................................ 6
Miscellaneous Requirements................................................................................................................... 7
Subversion Repository ............................................................................................................................. 8
Example SVN Installation ..................................................................................................................... 8
Supported Product Modules .................................................................................................................. 10
Project Type Modules ......................................................................................................................... 10
Thin Client Modules ............................................................................................................................ 10
As-is Project Type Modules ................................................................................................................ 11
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PAC Machine Edition 9.70
Operating System
Machine Edition Product
Windows 7
SP1
Windows 8 and 8.1
Windows 10
Logic Developer – PLC
√ √ √
QP+ View Developer
√ √
QP+ Logic Developer – PC
√ √
Notes
a. Windows regional settings must be set to English
b. 32-bit & 64-bit variations of Windows are supported (64-Bit recommended)
c. It is a good security practice to always run software that has had security patches and other
operating system support fixes provided by Microsoft and applied by the owner/operator as
part of a cyber maintenance program.
d. It is recommended to apply security patches and other operating system support fixes before
installing.
e. When using Profinet, a 64-bit Operating System is highly recommended.
Windows Administrator Settings
Some features of PAC Machine Edition are not supported when running without elevated access.
When using the following features, you can lower your User Account Control settings and/or set up
PAC Machine Edition Engineering to always "Run As Administrator":
• View and Logic Developer PC
• View and Logic Runtimes
• EGD Management Tool
• PACSystems Analyzer Tool
• Profinet DCP Tool
• PAC8000 I/O Configuration Tool
• Serial PLC Communications
• Creating Custom Project Templates
• IEC 61850 Configurator
Processor Speed and Memory
• Minimum (for small to medium-sized projects):
o Intel Core i5 with 4 GB RAM
o AMD FX or Phenom II X6 with 4 GB RAM
• Strongly recommended for large projects or when using multi-instance
o Intel quad-core Core i7 with 8 GB RAM and 64-bit Windows
o AMD higher FX or Phenom II X6 models with 8 GB RAM and 64-bit Windows
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Notes
a. When using multiple instances, each instance will consume the resources required
for a single instance. Running too many instances may cause your system to
become unstable. You can run more instances with small projects than with medium
or large projects. In general, more than 5 instances of small projects, 3 instances of
medium projects or 2 instances of a large project will likely impact performance on
most systems.
b. A large project is one that exceeds 125,000 variables, 128 blocks, 10 targets, or
combinations of each that would exceed these values.
Miscellaneous Requirements
• Internet Explorer Version: 11.0 or newer with current updates.
Note: Install Internet Explorer before installing Machine Edition.
• TCP/IP Network protocol-based computer (if you use an Ethernet connection).
• .NET Framework 4.6 Full. If the Microsoft .NET Framework is not yet installed, it is
automatically included during the installation of Machine Edition and may require a reboot to
complete the installation. This installation requires a minimum of Windows 7 SP1.
• 2 GB of hard disk space. Additional space is required for your projects and temporary files.
• The Development Environment is supported on VMware Player or VMware Workstation
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View & Control Runtime (Windows PC) 9.70
When you install only View Runtime or Control Runtime from the DVD, the Runtime executables are
automatically updated from the development computer when the project is downloaded.
Operating System
Machine Edition Product
Windows 7
SP1
Windows 8 and 8.1
Windows 10
QP+ View Developer
√ - √
QP+ Logic Developer – PC
√ - √
o Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Professional and Windows 10.
Notes
▪ The above versions of Windows are supported in both 32-bit and 64-bit.
▪ Windows regional settings must be set to English.
Important: Windows 8 and 8.1 does not support View Runtime or Control Runtime
o 233 MHz Pentium-based workstation (1.6 GHz recommended)
o 200 MB free hard disk space
o 128 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
The following table describes the minimum requirements needed for the range of variables
defined in your projects.
Requirements
Variables
< 500
500 - 10000
> 10000
CPU
233 MHz
1 GHz
2 GHz
Disk Space
200 MB
200 MB
200 MB
RAM
128 MB
512 MB
1 GB
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