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- <h1>Supported Platforms and Hardware</h1>
- <p>This section details the hardware and software that Typica
- has been tested with and what is known to work. Other
- arrangements may work but have not been tested.</p>
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- <h2>Operating Systems</h2>
- <p>Precompiled builds of Typica are provided for Microsoft
- Windows and Mac OS X. The Microsoft Windows build has been
- tested as working on both Windows 7 and Windows 8. It might
- work on Windows XP or Windows Vista but this has not been
- tested.</p>
- <p>The Mac OS X build has been tested on Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7.
- It might work on 10.4, 10.5, and 10.8 but this has not been
- tested. The build is also only for Macs with Intel processors.</p>
- <p>Source code is provided which may be used to build Typica
- on Linux, PowerPC based Macs, and possibly other platforms,
- however instructions on doing this are beyond the scope of this
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- <h2>Data Acquisition Hardware</h2>
- <p>On Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, the National Instruments
- NI 9211 module is supported in either the
- <a href="http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/13880">NI USB-9161</a>
- or
- <a href="http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/201881">NI USB-9162</a>
- USB carrier using NI DAQmx Base supporting software which is
- available for download from National Instruments. Note that the
- different USB carriers require different versions of this software.
- Using the 9161 carrier you will need
- <a href="http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/428/lang/en">NI-DAQmx Base 2.1 on Mac OS X</a>
- or
- <a href="http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/424/lang/en">NI-DAQmx Base 2.2 on Microsoft Windows</a>.
- Using the 9162 carrier, you will need
- <a href="http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/3431/lang/en">NI DAQmx Base 3.6 on Mac OS X</a>
- or
- <a href="http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/3436/lang/en">NI DAQmx Base 3.6 on Microsoft Windows</a>.
- Please check documentation
- available from National Instruments regarding Linux support if you
- intend to build Typica on Linux.</p>
- <p>On <strong>Microsoft Windows only</strong> the National
- Instruments NI 9211 module can be used with the
- <a href="http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/201881">NI USB-9162</a>
- USB carrier or the
- <a href="http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209887">NI cDAQ-9171</a>.
- The
- <a href="http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/208177">NI USB-TC01</a>
- is also an option on
- this platform. This has been tested with
- <a href="http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/3622/lang/en">NI-DAQmx 9.6.1</a>.
- Note that NI-DAQmx should not be installed at the same time as NI-DAQmx Base 3.6
- however it is fine to have it installed at the same time as NI-DAQmx Base 2.2.</p>
- <p>On all platforms, devices which communicate using the Modbus
- RTU protocol can be used. Currently only one such device is
- supported per bus and measurements must be delivered in scaled
- integer representation. You will need the communications manual
- for whichever device you choose in order to set up Typica. This
- has been tested with the Fuji PXR4 PID controller, but most
- similar devices with Modbus RTU support should also work. Typica
- does not require any supporting software for this hardware,
- however most of these devices use RS-485 for the physical connection
- and you may need an RS-485 to USB adapter and you may need to
- install driver software before this adapter will work correctly.
- Consult the manuals for your hardware for more details.</p>
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