System Requirements For Meridian Clients

For successful installation and acceptable performance on a client computer, the Meridian client applications require the following minimum specifications.

Hardware specifications

Requirement	Minimum
CPU	Intel® Pentium® 4 3 GHz with SSE2
Memory	2 GB (4 GB recommended and for 64-bit) or higher depending on the other applications used with Meridian
Storage	Up to 750 MB depending on the options chosen.
Display	1024 x 768 resolution with true color

The software requirements include:

• One of the Windows desktop operating systems (with latest Service Pack) listed in the Supported Software document for this release of Meridian. We recommend the 64-bit editions of Windows and Meridian.

• Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition (64-bit computers only, optional for 32-bit) for Local Workspace data management. It can also be managed by SQLite (included) by setting the WorksSpaceDB registry value described in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\Client.

  Note:

  Microsoft does not support connecting to SQL Server Compact Edition by a UNC path (Local Workspace on a network share). If your organization requires such a connection, the local workspace data can be stored in Microsoft Access tables instead if an OLE DB driver is installed. Microsoft Office includes a 64-bit OLE DB driver named the Office System Driver that can be used to connect to Access, Excel, and text files. The provider name is Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.<VersionNumber>.

  If Office is not installed, the driver is available as a separate download from the Microsoft Download Center by the name of Microsoft Access Database Engine Redistributable.

  For additional information, see Jet for Access, Excel and Txt on 64-bit systems at ConnectionStrings.com.

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1 Full Profile (the Client Profile is insufficient)

• Some of the optional Meridian modules require the .NET Framework and other software to be installed. See the system requirements in the module's Administrator's Guide.

• TCP/IP protocol and DCOM access to the Meridian Enterprise server.

• For document viewing, a version of the Java Runtime Environment that is specified in the Oracle AutoVue Client-Server Deployment Installation and Configuration Guide for the version of AutoVue that is installed with Meridian.

• Sufficient access rights for installation of Meridian (that is, a member of the Administrators group of the computer).

• Any additional requirements for specific operating systems or Meridian releases that are documented in the Release Notes.

Client computer specifications should be determined by the most demanding application that is installed on them. This is particularly true for heavy duty 3D CAD applications such as Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, or SolidWorks. In such cases, you should always use a computer that meets at least the software manufacturer’s recommended specification, not the minimum.

To use PowerWeb over the Internet or an intranet requires:

• A web browser capable of rendering HTML 5 markup and of running JavaScript components. The supported web browsers and additional requirements specific to each browser are listed in Web Servers and Browsers.

• For integration with authoring applications installed on the client PC and to manage downloaded documents in the local workspace, the Application Integration component must be installed on the client PC. Application Integration communicates with web servers independent of the web browser and must be set to Remote mode as described in the Meridian Enterprise User's Guide. The local workspace location must be set to the same path in both PowerWeb and in Application Integration options as described in the Meridian Enterprise User's Guide.