System Requirements - Visplore

Software Requirements

Operating systems:

Windows 10, 64bit (all Visplore versions)
Windows Server 2016 or newer (only Visplore Professional and Visplore Discovery)

Visplore versions for Linux and Mac are planned for the future.

Admin rights:

are NOT necessary for installing Visplore Free.
are NOT necessary for installing Visplore Discovery purchased via webshop.
are necessary for per-machine installations of Visplore Professional, and all versions that use the Codemeter licensing system.

Please see the FAQ below for more info on requirements of the data connectors, and info on possible deployment scenarios.

Hardware Recommendations

RAM: 4 GB or more.
CPU: The faster the better, especially for larger datasets.
However, there is no strict minimum, most Visplore users have standard laptops.
Hard Disk: required space of Visplore Free and Visplore Discovery: ~350 MB, Visplore Professional: ~ 400 MB.
Input: A mouse is *highly* recommended (though not strictly required).
Graphics card: is not required to run Visplore.

General recommendation: try Visplore Free, or ask for a trial of the paid versions as a benchmark for the performance you will have.

Frequently asked questions

What deployment options are there for Visplore?

Local, e.g. on a Windows laptop or desktop machine, or virtual Windows machine run locally or in local network. (applies to all Visplore versions.)
Windows server deployment of Visplore Professional or Visplore Discovery, where clients connect via Terminal Server/RDP.
Cloud (Windows VM): Visplore Free, Visplore Discovery (webshop) and Visplore Professional based on the LicenseSpring licensing system can also be installed in Windows VMs in the cloud, and have been tested on Azure and Amazon AWS.

Are administrator rights necessary to install Visplore?

Admin rights are NOT necessary for installing Visplore Free. The installation is performed in the user directory.
Admin rights are NOT necessary for installing Visplore Discovery when purchased via webshop (per-user installation, uses the cloud-based LicenseSpring licensing system). The installation is performed in the user directory.
Admin rights are necessary for any per-machine installations of Visplore (using separate installers you can request from us), and for all versions based on the Codemeter Licensing System. Such versions install to C:\Program Files by default (which you may change).

What are the requirements of the data connectors (Python, R, Matlab, OSISoft, ODBC)?

VisplorePy (Python connector):

64bit Windows
64bit Python 3.5 (or higher) environment, such as Anaconda.

VisploreR (R connector)

64bit Windows
64bit R, Version 3.5 (or higher) environment, such as RGui, RStudio, etc.

VisploreMatlab (Matlab connector)

64bit Windows
64bit Matlab Version 2018a or newer

ODBC Connector

Database must support ODBC, and you must have odbc drivers installed.

OSISoft PI Connector (Visplore Professional only)

PI Data Archive 3.4.380 and later; PI Data Archive 2012 or later recommended
PI Web API 2017 R2 (To authenticate with the pi web API the “Kerberos”, “Basic”, or “Anonymous” authentication method should be enabled.)
- PI Indexed Search
- PI Indexed Search Crawler
Optional: AF Framework
- PI AF Server 2018 (v2.10.0) and later

Which licensing system is used?

Visplore Free requires no licensing system.

Visplore Discovery uses the cloud-based licensing system “LicenseSpring”. see https://licensespring.com/
In this case, activation is done by entering a license key.

Visplore Professional is available with two options:
– cloud-based licenses using LicenseSpring (see above)
– using the Codemeter Licensing system by WiBu Systems. See https://www.wibu.com/
Both systems also support license servers for shared (=concurrent) licenses. With Codemeter, these are hosted on-premise by the client, with LicenseSpring they are hosted in the cloud.

Does Visplore require an internet connection?

Visplore Free: no. It checks for new versions at start-up (as many other programs do), but will still start, if it cannot connect to the server.

Visplore Discovery (e.g. from webshop): yes, an internet connection is necessary for activating the personal license on a machine, as well as occasionally (at least every few days) for performing an online license check. The LicenseSpring licensing system is used in this case.

Visplore Professional: depends on the licensing system used: Versions based on Codemeter don’t need an internet connection. Versions based on LicenseSpring do (for personal licenses, occasional connections are sufficient, see above. For concurrent licenses, every start of Visplore requires internet.)

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