Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200

STEP 7 programming software
3.1 System requirements
S7-1200 Programmable controller
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3.1
System requirements
You must install STEP 7 with Administrator privileges.
Table 3- 1 System requirements
Hardware/software
Requirements
Processor type
Intel® Core™ i5-3320M 3.3 GHz or better
RAM 8 GB
Available hard disk space
2 GB on system drive C:\
Operating systems You can use STEP 7 with the following operating systems (64-
bit only):
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 or higher (STEP 7
Basic only, not supported for STEP 7 Professional)
• Microsoft Windows 7 or higher (Professional SP1, Enterprise
SP1, Ultimate SP1)
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 (STEP 7 Basic only, not supported
for STEP 7 Professional)
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 (Professional, Enterprise)
• Microsoft Server 2008 R2 StdE SP1 (STEP 7 Professional
only)
• Microsoft Server 2012 R2 StdE
Graphics card 32 MB RAM
24-bit color depth
Screen resolution
1920 x 1080 (recommended)
Network 10 Mbit/s Ethernet or faster, for communication between STEP 7
and the CPU
Optical drive
DVD-ROM