This section explains the recommended system requirements and licensing information.             
 
System Requirements and Compatibility

The hardware and software requirements of Wonderware Historian Client 2014 are as follows:

Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements for installing Wonderware Historian Client 2014 are listed in the following table:
 

Hardware	Minimum Required Configuration	Recommended Configuration
Processor	1.2-GHz Pentium III	Single CPU - 2 GHz or more
Memory, RAM	512 MB	1 GB or more
Disk space (For Wonderware Historian Client software)	55 MB	55 MB or more

 
Software Requirements

The Wonderware Historian Client is supported on the following operating systems:

• Windows Workstation
• Windows Server

Note:
Wonderware Historian Client supports Windows 2008 Server, and Windows 7
operating systems only when User Access
Control is enabled and it is running as non-administrator.

 
Other Software Requirements

Wonderware Historian Client 2014 software requires the following software:

• Microsoft.NET Framework
• Microsoft Office

Note : if the Microsoft.NET Framework is not installed on your computer, Wonderware Historian Client
automatically installs the 3.5 version with SP1.

Microsoft Office an optional prerequisite. If you intend to use Report or Workbook, it is best to install Microsoft Office prior to installing Wonderware Historian Client. If you install Microsoft Office after installing Wonderware Historian Client, the Wonderware Historian Client add-ins do not appear in the list of available add-ins in Microsoft Office applications. In this case, you need to run the Wonderware Historian Client installation program again and repair the installation to get the add-ins loaded.

Licenses

Wonderware Historian Client 2014 Historian supports two kinds of licenses: unserved and served.
Unserved licenses, also known as local licenses, are installed on the same computer as the applications using them. Unserved licenses do not run on a licensed server. Unserved license files usually have the file names as wwsuite.lic or ArchestrA.lic.

Served licenses are only installed on those computers that have an installed ArchestrA licensed server. Licensed servers can reside on the local or remote computers. Served licenses files usually have the file name ArchestrAserver.lic.
There are three types of served licenses:

• Named device licenses, also known as host-based licenses, are associated with specific computers
• Named user licenses, also known as user-based licenses, are associated with specific users
• Concurrent licenses can be used with any devices or users

Information about the license type appears in the license name and license components when you view it in the ArchestrA License Manager.
When Wonderware Historian Client starts, it looks for an unserved license on the same computer in the background. If no license is found locally, the application searches all license servers specified in ArchestrA License Manager for the computer.
When a license file is found, the application checks if the stated version is licensed for use. If more than one license is found, the applications get the licenses in the following order:

• Unserved licenses
• Named device licenses
• Named user licenses
• Concurrent licenses

If Wonderware Historian Client is not supported by a license or if the required license is not found, the software component has either demonstration mode or absent license mode as the default.