1.3 Operating Environment

This product must be installed and configured by qualified software installation staff with administrator rights.

Connect to the Internet for the online update feature and the online user registration.
If you choose to change the installation destination folder for the main product, please input the folder name in your computer's operating system language or English. If you enter text in another language, GP-Pro EX will not function properly.

	Required Specifications	Remarks
PC	Windows® PC/AT compatible machine
CPU	Windows 2000, Windows XP Pentium III 800MHz or faster Windows Vista, Windows 7 Pentium IV 1 GHz or faster	Windows 2000, Windows XP Pentium IV 1.3 GHz or faster
Operating system	Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later Windows XP All editions of 32-bit versions Windows Vista All editions of 32-bit versions Windows 7 All editions for 32/64 bit versions
Resolution	SVGA 800x600 or above is recommended. (requires a display with 256 or more colors)
Memory	Windows 2000, Windows XP 512 MB or more Windows Vista, Windows 7 1 GB or more	Windows 2000, Windows XP 1 GB or more is recommended. Windows Vista, Windows 7 2 GB or more is recommended
Hard Disk Space	1 GB or more	Free space required for installation of GP-Pro EX.^*1
Others	.NET Framework Version 2.0	.NET Framework 2.0 or later will install automatically. For disk space requirements, visit the Microsoft website.
Internet Explorer Version 6.0 or later
Language	Software Menu	English, Japanese	To use any language other than Japanese or Latin-based languages, you need to add the corresponding fonts and FEP. 18.2 Drawing in Other Languages
Languages supported by the display unit	Japanese, ASCII supported languages, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Russian (Cyrillic), and Thai
Each Language's FEP	Those supported by the above operating systems
CD/DVD drive	Those supported by the above operating systems	Use during installation.
Mouse	Those supported by the above operating systems	Required.
Printer	Those supported by the above operating systems
USB Port	Required when transferring data via USB cable. Supported USB cables differ depending on the model. For more details, please refer to the following. 34.2 Transferring Project Files via USB Transfer Cable You can also save data to USB storage or transfer using the USB Memory Loader
LAN port	Required when transferring data via Ethernet. LAN cable	Hub may be required depending on your computer and network card.
CF Card drive	For CF card transfer (memory loader), or reading and writing to a CF card, a CF card reader or a PCMCIA conversion card is required. Pro-face CF Card (sold separately)	If you use commercially available CF-Cards, we are under no warranty for their function.
SD card drive	Needed when transferring via SD card (memory loader) or reading and writing data on SD cards. SD card supporting SD or SDHC standards	For display units that support an SD Card, you can use a SD or SDHC card.

Required Specifications

Remarks

Windows® PC/AT compatible machine

CPU

Windows 2000, Windows XP

Pentium III 800MHz or faster

Windows Vista, Windows 7

Pentium IV 1 GHz or faster

Windows 2000, Windows XP

Pentium IV 1.3 GHz or faster

Operating system

Windows 2000

Service Pack 3 or later

Windows XP

All editions of 32-bit versions

Windows Vista

All editions of 32-bit versions

Windows 7

All editions for 32/64 bit versions

Resolution

SVGA 800x600 or above is recommended.

(requires a display with 256 or more colors)

Memory

Windows 2000, Windows XP

512 MB or more

Windows Vista, Windows 7

1 GB or more

Windows 2000, Windows XP

1 GB or more is recommended.

Windows Vista, Windows 7

2 GB or more is recommended

Hard Disk Space

1 GB or more

Free space required for installation of GP-Pro EX.^*1

Others

.NET Framework Version 2.0

.NET Framework 2.0 or later will install automatically.

For disk space requirements, visit the Microsoft website.

Internet Explorer Version 6.0 or later

Language

Software Menu

English, Japanese

To use any language other than Japanese or Latin-based languages, you need to add the corresponding fonts and FEP.

18.2 Drawing in Other Languages

Languages supported by the display unit

Japanese, ASCII supported languages, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Russian (Cyrillic), and Thai

Each Language's FEP

Those supported by the above operating systems

CD/DVD drive

Those supported by the above operating systems

Use during installation.

Mouse

Those supported by the above operating systems

Required.

Printer

Those supported by the above operating systems

USB Port

Required when transferring data via USB cable.

Supported USB cables differ depending on the model. For more details, please refer to the following.

34.2 Transferring Project Files via USB Transfer Cable

You can also save data to USB storage or transfer using the USB Memory Loader

LAN port

Required when transferring data via Ethernet.

LAN cable

Hub may be required depending on your computer and network card.

CF Card drive

For CF card transfer (memory loader), or reading and writing to a CF card, a CF card reader or a PCMCIA conversion card is required.

Pro-face CF Card (sold separately)

If you use commercially available CF-Cards, we are under no warranty for their function.

SD card drive

Needed when transferring via SD card (memory loader) or reading and writing data on SD cards.

SD card supporting SD or SDHC standards

For display units that support an SD Card, you can use a SD or SDHC card.

^*1 Includes capacity required by other tools such as the Transfer Tool that are also included when you install [GP-Pro EX]. Capacity required by other tools is not included.