Certain minimum hardware requirements must be met to use crWebBB, both on the PC on which you will be running the application, and the DCS machine which will be used for audio playback.
Application PC
The user needs a PC that running Microsoft Windows™ 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7 or Windows 8. crWebBB requires at least:
| • | 64MB RAM (Windows 2000), 128MB RAM (Windows XP), 512MB RAM (Windows 7, Windows 8), with 128MB, 256MB and 1GB recommended as minimums, respectively. |
| • | 15MB free disk space (for this application only) and sufficient available disk space to accommodate your music database (if imported) and the alternate messages database. |
| • | A LAN connection for reading XStudio, DCS or Maestro inventory information, if used. |
| • | A working and available serial port for connection to the host audio machine or TCPIP installed for connection to an rcServer host or XStudio. |
| • | A 2nd working and available serial port for connection to an RDS/RBDS encoder (if using the feature). |
Host XStudio Unit
Nothing special needs to be done with XStudio in order to use crWebBB to post messages to the web or send data to an RDS encoder. crWebBB obtains play information via TCPIP, so there are no physical connections to be made, nor is there any need to enable the data stream from XStudio as it is always available.
Host DCS or Maestro Unit
In order to use crWebBB, you must have a DCS unit (DOS) or Maestro unit available that you can connect to via a serial cable. The unit must have an available serial port for remote control purposes. For information on how to set up DCS or Maestro to use the serial data, see the sections on Setting Up DCS or Setting Up Maestro, respectively.
Additional Hardware Needed
One or two "null modem" serial cables for connecting to the host audio machine and/or an RDS/RBDS encoder. For information on wiring the serial data connection to the host audio machine, see the section on Serial Interface. For information on connecting to an RDS/RBDS encoder, review the encoder documentation for specifics on wiring the cable.
