System Requirements and Limitations
This section provides the system requirements and known limitations for Simulation Server.
System Requirements
Simulation Server is a stand-alone software module that is available for use with MPI 04.00.03 or greater. The following table provides the system requirements for Simulation Server:
System Requirements |
| MPI 04.00.03 Runtime or Developers Kit (or greater) |
MPI 04.00.03 must be installed on the same PC as the simulator.
Note: The MPI Development Kit is required to build an executable program to utilize the simulator. |
| Hardware |
PC with x86 CPU or higher. |
| Windows Operating System |
Windows XP and Windows Vista supported. |
Limitations
The following table provides the known limitations for Simulation Server.
Known Limitations |
| Controller Sample Rate |
The controller sample rate cannot be changed while running a client application connected to a simulation server. |
| Server Update Rate |
The simulation server update rate is not precise, due to real-time limitations of Windows. To reduce CPU load, simulation server runs in bursts of 20 controller updates, followed by a sleep, to give other applications a chance to run. |
| Direct Controller Memory address |
Specifying hard-coded addresses and trying to read and write memory won't work. E.g. you can read UserBuffer[0] if you go through MFWBufferData.UserBuffer.Data[0] but if you try to read the controller memory address 0x002202B8 directly, you will get an error. |
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