Multichannel Systems Cardio2D Manual - Manual (Page 11)

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3 Software and Hardware Installation
3.1 Installing the Cardio2D Software
System Requirements
Software: One of the following Microsoft Windows ® operating systems is required:
XP, Vista, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 (English and German versions supported) with
the NT file system. Other language versions may lead to software errors.
Hardware: Please read chapter "Hardware Acquisition Systems". One of the listed data
acquisition hardware system (MEA2100-System, USB-ME-Systems, USB-MEA256-System,
USB-ME32-FAI-Systems or MC_Card) is recommended by MCS. Due to the amount of recorded
data, a computer with low performance may lead to performance problems; therefore,
Multi Channel Systems recommends an up-to-date computer. Please contact MCS or your local
retailer for more information on recommended computer hardware specification. Please note
that there are sometimes hardware incompatibilities of the data acquisition system and computer
components; or that an inappropriate computer power supply may lead to artefact signals.
Important: You need to have installed the latest data acquisition driver to operate the device,
which is automatically installed with Cardio2D. The installation may be invalid if the data
acquisition does not respond. Please contact Multi Channel Systems MCS GmbH or your local
retailer in this case.
Recommended Operating System Settings
The following automatic services of the Windows operating system interfere with the data
storage on the hard disk and can lead to severe performance limits in Cardio2D. These routines
were designed for use on office computers, but are not very useful for a data acquisition
computer.
 Deselect Windows Indexing Service for all local disks.
 Turn off Optimize hard disk when idle (automatic disk fragmentation).
 It is also not recommended to run any applications in the background when using Cardio2D.
Remove all applications from the Autostart folder.
Important: Please do not run MC_Rack software program from Multi Channel Systems MCS GmbH
in parallel to Cardio2D software!
Please check the system requirements before you install the software. MCS cannot guarantee
that the software works properly if these requirements are not fulfilled.
Important: Please make sure that you have full control over your computer as an administrator.
Otherwise, it is possible that the installed software does not work properly.