Echelon Mini FX - Manual (Page 9)

viii Preface
Purpose
This document describes how to use the Mini FX Evaluation Kit to develop and build
simple Neuron C device applications, download the device applications to L ON W ORKS
devices, and test the L ON
W
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devices.
Audience
This guide is intended for device and system designers with an understanding of control
networks.
Hardware Requirements
Requirements for computers running the Mini kit are listed below:
• Microsoft
® Windows Vista ® or Microsoft Windows ® XP. Echelon recommends that
you install the latest service pack available from Microsoft for your version of
Windows.
• Intel® Pentium ® III 600MHz processor or faster, and meeting the minimum Windows
requirements for the selected version of Windows.
• 120 to 350 megabytes (MB) free hard-disk space, plus the minimum Windows
requirements for the selected version of Windows.
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The Mini kit requires 90 MB of free space.
o
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, which is required to run the Mini FX
Application, requires 30 MB of free space.
o
The LonScanner ™ Protocol Analyzer (Demo Edition), which is included with the
Mini kit software, requires 26 MB of free space.
o
If you install Adobe ® Reader 9.1 from the Mini FX Evaluation Kit CD, you need
an additional 204 MB of free space. You need Adobe Reader or another PDF
viewer to view the Mini kit documentation.
• 512 MB RAM minimum.
• Note: Windows Vista testing for the Mini FX Application has been performed on
computers that have a minimum of 2 GB of RAM. For complete Windows Vista
requirements, refer to
www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx . You
can use Microsoft’s Vista Upgrade Advisor to determine upgrade requirements for a
particular computer. To download this tool, go to the Microsoft Web site at
www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx .
• CD-ROM drive.
• 1024x768 or higher-resolution display with at least 256 colors.
• Mouse or compatible pointing device.
• LNS
® network interface or IP-852 router. If an LNS network interface is used, it
may be a local or remote interface.
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Compatible local network interfaces include the U10/U20 USB network interface
(included with the Mini FX/FT and Mini FX/PL Evaluation Kits); PCC-10,