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Digital Congress Network | Installation and Operating Manual | Chapter 5 - Control using PC
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Minimum Software and hardware requirements
Chapter 5.
DCN Control using
Personal
Computers
Personal
Computers
To meet the ever changing requirements of modern conference venues and the demands of rapid
technological changes, the DCN system has now integrated conference control and management
with the flexibility and user friendliness of a personal computer. See
technological changes, the DCN system has now integrated conference control and management
with the flexibility and user friendliness of a personal computer. See
Introduction.
5.1 Minimum Software and hardware requirements
Table 5-1: PC requirements
DCN Control PC
For Windows 95, 98
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Pentium II processor or higher
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48 Mbytes of memory or more (at least 32 Mbytes)
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Video card supporting at least VGA and SVGA resolutions, high or true colour
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Hard disk with data access time <10 ms and 100 MB free disk space, after installation of
Windows.
Windows.
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Ethernet network card for use in multi-PC systems
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Free ISA slot for network card LBB 3510/00 or free RS-232 port for direct connection to
CCU
CCU
Serial ports (RS-232) for connection to:
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Chip card encoder/reader
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Label printer
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Error logging
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Printing microphone activity
NOTE:
A PC with at least 4 serial ports is recommended if a direct CCU connection and
Chip-card encoder is used.
Parallel Printer Port for connection to printer
Connections for:
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Connections for:
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Keyboard
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Mouse
For NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional
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The same requirements as used for Windows 95 and 98 but with at least 64 MB of memory,
96 MB recommended, PC-card LBB 3510/00 NOT supported.
96 MB recommended, PC-card LBB 3510/00 NOT supported.
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Free serial port for connection to CCU (baudrate 115,200 recommended).
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For XP Pentium IV: 1.7 GHz and 256 MB RAM
IMPORTANT:
1. If a ‘DIRECT’ connection is made between the Control PC and the CCU, the operator has no
connection to the PC for headphone or intercom handset. Additional DCN hardware is
required for the operator if these functions are required. Use can be made of DCN table-top or
flushmounted hardware depending on the requirements.
required for the operator if these functions are required. Use can be made of DCN table-top or
flushmounted hardware depending on the requirements.
2. If the connection to the DCN control PC is via the PC-Network card, (installed in the DCN
control PC) ONLY Windows 95 and 98 can be used.