RTC
®
5 PC Interface Board
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2.2 System Requirements
2.2.1 Hardware
The RTC
®
5 requires an IBM-compatible personal
computer with a PCI bus interface and at least one
free PCI slot. The dimensions of the RTC
®
5 board are
shown in
.
RTC
®
5 boards intended for synchronized
master/slave operation must be installed in adjacent
PCI slots.
2.2.2 Software
The RTC
®
5 board is delivered with a software
package including software drivers and DLL files for
Microsoft WINDOWS operating systems. The RTC
®
5
software drivers support the RTC
®
5's plug and play
capability and simultaneously drive any number of
RTC
®
5 boards. The RTC
®
5 DLL files contain the
functions which can be called via RTC
®
5 commands.
• RTC
®
5 software drivers and RTC
®
5 DLL files
included in RTC
®
5 software packages of version
2013_02_21 and higher (DLL version DLL 535 or
higher) are designed for Microsoft's 32-bit as well
as 64-bit operating systems WINDOWS 8,
WINDOWS 7, WINDOWS Vista and WINDOWS XP
(SP2 or higher). The RTC
®
5 DLL files from these
packages do not support Microsoft's operating
systems WINDOWS 2000 and WINDOWS XP (SP1
or lower).
Danger!
• Do not operate the RTC
®
5 board outside of the
PC.
• The RTC
®
5 board is intended only for industrial
usage. It is designed to be incorporated in
machines (normally laser systems). It does
not
meet all criteria of ready-to-use products. Do
not operate the RTC
®
5 board unless it is incor-
porated in a machine which itself complies with
the regulations of all applicable standards and
directives (of the country concerned). It is
not
suitable to be used as toy, in household or under
unfavourable environment conditions (e.g. in
the open). Appropriate precautions to avoid
such unforeseeable misapplications must be
taken by the user.
• Installation and operation must only be
performed by trained specialists, among other
things knowledgeable in the safe and proper
use of electrical devices. Only carry out instal-
lation and maintenance work when supply
voltages and lasers have been switched off.
• The RTC
®
5 board is a class A product. In a
domestic environment this product may cause
radio interferences in which case the user may
be required to take adequate measures.
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Notes
• Version 2013_02_21 and higher of the RTC
®
5
software package contains new drivers (WDF
driver version 6.1.7600.16385), whereas older
RTC
®
5 software packages contain WDM drivers
of version 1.0.4.0 or 2.0.6.0.
• Older RTC
®
5 DLL files (version DLL 533 and
lower) are
not
compatible with the new WDF
drivers.
• In contrast, newer RTC
®
5 DLL files (version
DLL 535 or higher) are compatible with older
WDM drivers.