Divar Control Center, Configuration Tool and Archive Player software
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Version 2.34 ReadMe

(c) Copyright 2002-2007 Bosch Security Systems B.V.
All Rights Reserved.


Table of Contents
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1. What's new in this version
2. Known issues
3. System requirements
4. DCOM 1.3 required for Windows 95 and Windows 98



1.What's new in this version
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- Configuration Tool updated to support a change to daylight savings time in New Zealand.
- Fix to the Configuration Tool Storage Setup page to allow external disks to be configured.


2.Known issues
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- Due to the highly graphical nature of the Control Center, a PC can run low on available resources under Windows 98 or Me, 
when running multiple Control Center instances on a single PC.

- When exporting a very large clip, the Control Center may become unresponsive until the export operation has completed, 
at which point it will operate normally.

- Under Windows 95, 98 and ME, the Help Viewer may display an error message when closed.  This error does not affect the 
Control Center or Configuration Tool operation.


  
3.Installation requirements
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Minimum PC requirements vary for the Control Center, Archive Player and Configuration Tool software. For all applications 
Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (SP 4), Windows 2000 or Windows XP with Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher needs to be 
installed. Windows 2000 or higher and Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher are recommended.

The Control Center software requires the following minimum configuration for a 16 images-per-second video update rate:
- Processor: Pentium-II 450 MHz (or equivalent). For connecting to multiple Divars at a time, a more powerful PC 
(Pentium-III or higher) is strongly recommended.
- RAM memory: 128 MB* 
- Free hard disk space: 50 MB 
- Video system: 8 MB video memory, 800x600 with 16-bit color. 
  A 1024x768 display with 24-bit color or more is desirable.
- Network interface: 10-BaseT (100-BaseT desirable)

The Archive Player software requires the following minimum configuration:
- Processor: Pentium-II 450 MHz (or equivalent)
- RAM memory: 64 MB* 
- Free hard disk space: 10 MB 
- Video system: 800x600 with 16-bit color. 

The Configuration Tool software requires the following minimum configuration:
- Processor: Pentium 200 MHz with MMX (or equivalent)
- RAM memory: 32 MB*  
- Free hard disk space: 15 MB 
- Video system: 800x600 with 16-bit color. 
- Connectivity: free RS232 port or a 10/100-BaseT network interface

* depends on operating system



4. DCOM 1.3 required for Windows 95 and Windows 98
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Microsoft's DCOM 1.3 upgrade needs to be installed on Windows 95 and Windows 98 PCs before the Divar PC Software 2.0 can be 
installed.

The DCOM 95 version 1.3 patch can be downloaded from Microsoft at:  http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom95/dcom1_3.asp.

The DCOM 98 version 1.3 patch can be downloaded from Microsoft at:  http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/dcom1_3.asp.
