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WinCan VX has following requirements hardware and software.

Requirements Software

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Windows 10 Pro (64 bit) recommended
Windows 8/8.1  Pro (64 bit)

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NET 2.0, SP2 and dot.NET 4.0
DirectX 9c or higher
Windows Media Player 11 or higher

Requirements Hardware

Requirements regarding Hardware and Operating System

This documentation is listing the minimum requirements of hardware and software elements needed for computers to get the application WinCanVX installed and operated successfully.

Hardware

Hardware

Requirements

Type of computer

  • Desktop computer: chassis type, ATX 4HE 19 or ATX tower (with at least 400 W power supply)

  • Laptop, shock and water resistant (for usage in TV vans)

Prozessor

INTEL Core

i5 or higher

i7 or Core i9 (for 3D applications)

Mainboard

INTEL, ASUS or MSI (recommended brands), with at least

1 PCI and/or

1 PCI-Express slot for the VITEC board

Working Memory (RAM)

8 GByte or more

16 or 32 GByte (for 3D applications)

Graphic Board

NVidia GeForce, series 9 or higher (2 VGA/DVI ports)
  • NVIDIA RTX 30, 40

  • AMD-Radeon-RX-7000 Series

Number of USB-ports

  • 4

or more (USB2/USB3
  • USB 2.0/USB 3.0 ports

  • 1 USB 3.1 port for DFG/HDMI device (The Imaging Source)

Number of RS232-ports (COM ports)

1

- If not available

If missing, a USB-Serial

-Converter

converter (based on a FTDI chipset) can be used as an alternative to establish the communication with the OSD-device

Hard Disk Type

SATA or SSD

Hard Disk Capacity500 GByte, split into 2 partitions

and Capacity

M.2 2280-SSD, 2000 GB OR

  • System drive or partition: SSD 500 GB

  • Data drive or partition: 2000 GB

Notebooks:

  • System partition:

200 GByte
  • 500 GB

  • Data partition:

300 GByteDVD (optional)Standard DVD Burning Drive (used for data exchange)
  • 1000 GB

Internet speed

4G-Internet connection for license activation and remote sessions via TeamViewer

Video Encoding Card

Recording video clips in the formats MPEG1MPEG2, MPEG2 and MPEG4 or HD usually requires the use of specific hardware encoding devices.
CDLab WinCan LTD provides and entirely supports the following products directly

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  • VITEC board (PCI

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  • -Express)

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  • , VM4-C8 or VM4-C9: for desktop computers

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  • VM4-2-C7  PCI port                    
  • VM4-2-C8  PCIExpress port
  • VM4-2-C9 HD  PCIExpress port

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  • MobileCap (USB-card) connected to Laptops

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  • MobileCap 124 (Sensoray 2250)
    • MPEG-1,2,4
  • MobileCap 2253
    • only MPEG-4
    • Software OSD and Audio
    • only with composite connection (BNC)
  • USB-Video Encoder card (alternative).
    The video quality is worse with this solution.
    You need an additional software MPEG license

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  • Dazzle or other manufacturer

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Note

In case of computers provided by the company HP the usage of the VITEC board may cause a device conflict with the mainboard!

  • MobileCap 124 (Sensoray 2250) or Sensoray 2253: USB-card, connected to Laptops

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Note

The installation of the device MobileCap124 on computers with Windows 11 is no longer supported!

It is also possible to install any other common USB video encoding card (e. g. DFG/USB2pro or DFG/HDMI from The Imaging Source) available on the free market but with limited support:

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In order WinCanVX can create an MPEG-clip directly from the live video stream provided by such a device, you will need the additional license elecard (SoftwareEncoding). Otherwise an AVI-clip is created per default that results in a worse quality-size ratio.

Chassis Dimensions

Mind the minimum chassis height/depth for desktop computers in order to plug in the VITEC board properly.
The values for the dimensions indicated below can always differ from the dimensions of the products currently available on the market!

  • ATX Desktop (420 x 415 x 175 mm / 16.54 x 16.34 x 6.89'')

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Width: 420 mm (16.45 Inch)
Length: 415 mm (16.34 Inch)
Height: 175 mm (6.89 Inch)

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  • ATX Tower (495 x 430 x 180 mm / 19.49 x 16.93 x 7.09'')

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  • Shuttle (290 x 200 x 185 mm / 11.42 x 787 x 7.28'')

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Width: 290 mm (11.42 Inch)
Length: 200 mm (7.87 Inch)
Height: 185 mm (7.28 Inch)

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At least 1 free PCI-Express slot must be available on the mainboard.

Operating System

The following operating system versions are supported in case of WinCan installations on computers in a truck or in an office:

  • Windows 10 Pro, 64 bit

  • Windows 11 Pro, 64 bit

Info

 Make sure the latest system updates provided by Microsoft have been downloaded and installed.

System Extensions provided by Microsoft:

Always upgrade to a WINDOWS Windows PROFESSIONAL version in case a WINDOWS Windows HOME or HOME PREMIUM version has been pre-installed on your Laptop.
Contact CDLab S.A. at Contact WinCan LTD at support@wincan.com for more detailed information.

CD LAB S.A. The company WinCan LTD does installations of WinCan8 WinCan on WINDOWS Windows PROFESSIONAL operating systems only. Please contact us in advance to fix an appointment.

CD LAB S.A. The company WinCan LTD does neither install nor upgrade any operating system; nor does CD LAB S.A. WinCan LTD sell any computer hardware and operating system software. This work has to be done by certified computer specialists, which have carefully read the present documentation before.

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