WireReady Requirements

All WireReady products are Windows 7 compatible beginning with Version 9.0 and later. We recommend Windows 7 Professional. All WireReady versions will also remain compatible for Windows XP Pro Service Pak 3 32-bit edition. Radio products are compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Win 7 Pro, however StormReady is currently only compatible with 32 bit Windows 2000/XP/7 and will not run from the 64 bit version of Windows 7. Calltaker can run from 32 or 64 bit, so long as the database itself is hosted on a 32 bit computer/operating system if multi-user access is required. All other WireReady radio products (i.e. NewsReady, ControlReady, etc) will run from 32 or 64 bit versions of Windows 7.

Windows 7 Recommended requirements for radio systems (in general)

• Core2Duo processor or better (2 or more cores)
• 3GB of RAM (6GB is ideal)
• DDR3 or better is ideal. DDR2 is acceptable.
• 320GB drive or larger depending on individual preferred storage needs
• RAID1 hotswap mirrored drives recommended for mission critical workstations
• 19" or larger monitor. Widescreen recommended.
• PCI slots if using internal sound cards
  

Windows 7 Recommended requirements for TV systems (in general)
Television products are compatible with ONLY 32-bit operating systems (if used with Stradis MPEG2 decoder cards). 64-bit drivers are not available at the current time for Stradis family MPEG2 decoder (playout) cards.

If a PlayoutReady Smart Server is configured with Sky Micro Merlin cards for recording ONLY, both 32- and 64-bit editions are supported. If you plan to use a Stradis card and the server is also used for playout, you MUST use a 32-bit version of XP or Windows 7.

For single channel playout or recording in SD:
Use the same requirements as used for radio systems

For multi-channel playout or recording, combinations of both, and HD playout and recording:

• Quad core processor or better with 6GB of RAM
• RAID 5 or better
• Gigabit LAN recommended for over the LAN file ingest (for fastest transfers)
  

For multi-channel play/record in HD:

• WireReady-built Smart Servers currently utilize Xeon 5620 or better series processors
• 4 Core / 8 Threads or better
• Single or Dual processor motherboard (Dual processor motherboard provides 8 core / 16 Threads or better)
• Stradis cards require PCI-E x1 slots (will fit in a larger slot)
• Merlin IP recording cards require PCI-E x8 slots (will fit in larger slot). SD Merlin cards require an SDI slot.
• Magma expansion chassis are supported by WireReady for adding slots to machines that lack them
• Hardware (Adaptec) RAID 5 hot swap storage, and redundant power supplies