38.2.1 Operating Environment - WinGP

The following IPC and PC/AT compatible machines support WinGP.

IPC Series (PS Series, PE Series, PL Series)

Models

For a list of the display unit models that support WinGP, see the following.

1.4.6 IPC Series (PL Series, PS Series, PE Series, PC/AT)

 

When using the following models, only those models corresponding to these or subsequent revisions are applicable.

  • PS3700A: Rev.H or later

  • PS-2000B (Pentium III 1 GHz): Rev.M* or later

Operating System

The supported operating systems vary with the model.* 2

  • PE-4*00

Windows Embedded Standard 7 (ML)

Windows Embedded Standard 2009 (ML)

  • PS-4*00

Windows 7*3 (ML)

Windows Embedded Standard 7 (ML)

Windows XP*3 (Japanese/Multilingual)

Windows Embedded Standard 2009 (ML)

  • PS-5*00*4

Windows 7*3 (ML)

Windows Embedded Standard 7 (ML)

Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry (ML)

Windows 10 32bit/64bit (Home/Pro/Enterprise)

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 LTSB (64bit)

  • PS series other than PS-5*00 or PS-4*00

Windows XP*3 (Japanese/Multilingual)

Windows XP Embedded (Japanese/ML)

  • PL Series

Windows XP*3 (Japanese/Multilingual)

Windows XP Embedded (ML)

Memory

  • PS-4*00, PE-4*00

1 GB or more (2 GB or more is recommended)

  • PS series except PS-4*00 and PL series

256 MB or more (512 MB or more is recommended)

512 MB or more for Windows XP Embedded

Hard disk space*1

200 MB or more

Language

  • Software Menu Interface Display Language

English, Japanese

  • Languages supported by WinGP

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

Required equipment

  • DVD drive

Used during installation.

Other required environment

  • Must have TCP/IP settings.

  • The CPU usage rate must be 50% or lower before starting WinGP.

*1 Free space required for installation.

*2 When using API communication with Windows XP, the update program for Service Pack 2 "KB884020" must be installed.

*3 To install WinGP, the following Service Pack is required.

Windows XP: Service Pack 2 or later

Windows 7 (64-bit version): Service Pack 1 or later

*4 For the Atom model of the PS5000 Series Modular Type, use GP-Pro EX Ver.4.08.200 or later.

PC/AT Compatible Machine

PC

Windows® PC/AT compatible machine

Operating system*3

  • Windows 10

32-bit/64-bit versions of Home, Pro, and Enterprise

  • Windows 8/Windows 8.1

32-bit/64-bit versions of Core, Pro, and Enterprise

  • Windows 7

32-bit/64-bit versions of Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate, and 32-bit version of Starter Edition (all Service Pack 1 or later)

  • Windows Vista

All editions for 32-bit version (Service Pack 2 or later)

  • Windows XP

32-bit version (Service Pack 2 or later)*2

Other non-operating-system programs

 .NET Framework Ver.2.0*4

Memory

  • Windows 8/Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista

1 GB or more (2 GB or more is recommended)

  • Windows XP

512 MB or more (1 GB or more is recommended)

CPU

  • Windows 8/Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista

Pentium IV 1GHz or faster

  • Windows XP

Pentium M and Pentium IV: 1 GHz or faster is recommended

Hard disk space*1

200 MB or more

Resolution

SVGA (800 x 600) or more is recommended (256 color display or higher is required)*5

Language

  • Display language of the software menu

English, Japanese

  • Languages supported by WinGP

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

Required equipment

  • Mouse (compatible with the above operating systems)

Required.

  • DVD drive

Used during installation.

Other required environment

  • Must have TCP/IP settings.

  • The CPU usage rate must be 50% or lower before starting WinGP.

*1 Free space required for installation.

*2 When using API communication with Windows XP, the update program for Service Pack 2 "KB884020" must be installed.

*3 To use WinGP SDK on 64-bit versions, operation on the emulator (WOW64) is supported.

*4 Automatically installed on computers without .NET Framework 2.0 or later. For disk space requirements, visit the Microsoft website.
To install the .NET Framework on Windows 8 or later, a network connection or installation media for the operating system is required. For more details, please refer to the following.
T.2.2.7 Does .NET Framework required appear?

*5 The following screen sizes are not supported.

Supported drivers

The following drivers are not supported by WinGP.

Manufacturer

Series

KEYENCE Corporation

KV Series CPU Direct

CAN in Automation

CANopen Slave

CC-Link Partner Association

CC-Link Intelligent Device

Crouzet

Millenium 3 FBD

ODVA

DeviceNet Slave

PROFIBUS International

PROFIBUS DP Slave

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

DH-485

Siemens AG

SIMATIC S7 MPI Direct