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•Serialinterfaces
Thenumberofseriallinesdependsontheinterfacerequirements.
IfyouhaveconnectedaUSB-to-serialadaptertotheProcessorUnit,donotremove
itwhiletheEK80isrunning.DonotmovetheadaptertoadifferentUSBsocket
ontheProcessorUnit.
•Operatingsystem
WerecommendyoutoinstallallMicrosoft’slatestWindows10updates,before
installingEK80.
TheEK80softwarehasbeendesignedforWindows10.Operatingsystemsolderthan
Windows10arenotsupported.
•Ethernetadapter
–Type:Intel82571(orbetter)
–Minimumbandwidth:1Gb/s
TocommunicatewiththeWideBandTransceiver(WBT),ahighqualityEthernet
adapterisrequired.TwoadaptersarerequirediftheProcessorUnitshallalsobe
connectedtoalocalareanetwork(LAN).
TheEthernetadaptercommunicatingwiththeWideBandTransceiver(WBT)must
offeraReceiveBuffersfunction.Thisparametermustbesettoitsmaximumvalueif
morethanoneWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isused.
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Minimumdisplayrequirements
Unlessspecicallyordered,theEK80isnotprovidedwithadisplay.Thedisplaymust
thenbepurchasedlocally.
YoucanusemorethanonedisplayonyourEK80ProcessorUnitdependingonpersonal
and/oroperationalpreferences.
Note
MakesurethatthechosendisplaymeetstheEK80requirements.Thedesignand
constructionmustallowformarineuse,andthedisplaymustbeabletowithstandthe
movementsandvibrationsnormallyexperiencedonavessel.V erifythatyouhaveeasy
accesstocablesandconnectors,andthatthedisplaycanbeinstalledinasafeand
secureway.
Theminimumtechnicalrequirementsforthedisplayare:
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