15General Information
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2.3
System Requirements
For a reliable operation the DCx cameras need the following minimum system requirements:
Table 1: System requirements
USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbps)
USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbps)
Intel
®
or NVIDIA
®
nForce mainboard
chipset
PCI/PCIe graphics card with
DirectDraw support
DirectX 9.0 or higher
Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)
Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack 2)
Windows Vista 32 bit
Linux (Kernel 2.6.x)
Windows 7 32 or 64 bit
Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack 3)
Windows Vista 32 bit (Service Pack 1)
Linux (Kernel 2.6.x)
NOTE
Please make sure that: SP4 for WIN 2000 is installed, SP2 for WIN XP is installed,
the USB 2.0 Port is full powered (500mA) and USB2.0 certified cables are used
2.4
Supported Operating Systems
Table 2 : Supported Operating Systems and Interfaces
NOTE
We strongly recommend using PCs with USB2.0 on board. PCI or PCMCIA USB2.0
adapters may have a lower performance.
Make sure that the USB2.0 interface is ‘full powered’ and can provide 500 mA.