Hardware and Software Basis

Innovator clients can be run on a PC with 2 GHz or more with Microsoft Windows 8.1 or higher and the respective current service pack.

Installation

You require Windows Installer 5.0 and a free hard disk space of 6 GB when installing Innovator.

Supported Platforms

Innovator runs with the following hardware configurations:

  • Server (64 bit)

    • PC with 3 GHz or more with Microsoft Windows 8.1 or from Windows server 2012 R2 with the respective current service pack

    • PC with 3 GHz or more with openSuSE 15.0 or higher

    • PC with 3 GHz or more with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or higher

  • Client (64 bit)

    PC with 2 GHz or more with Microsoft Windows 8.1 or higher with the respective current service pack

The installation of the following is also a system prerequisite:

  • Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2015-2022 (64 bit)

The Java 17 and .NET 6 runtime environments required are included within the scope of delivery of Innovator and installed.

Some extensions (engineering actions, plug-ins) are an integral component of both a Java API and .NET API (e.g. C#) in the Innovator installation; no separate download is required.

Memory Requirements

  • Innovator requires at least 2 GB of available memory on a single station, but 4 GB is recommended
  • Small teams require at least the following: Client 2 GB; server 2 GB, recommended 4 GB
  • Enterprise teams require at least the following: Client 2 GB; server 4 GB (approx. 1 GB per model)

Graphical User Interfaces

A screen resolution of at least 1600 x 900 pixels and a graphics memory or 1 GB is recommended for ease of use.

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