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Remote Course Technical Requirements

For students to use the remote conferencing

Students must have access to a desktop or notebook computer that they are comfortable using.
The computer needs to have reliable broadband access to the internet of at least 512 kbps speed.

There will not be any software to install on the student’s computer.

Windows requirements

1.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or faster processor (or equivalent) for Microsoft® Windows® XP or Windows 7
2 GHz Pentium 4 or faster processor (or equivalent) for Windows Vista® Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (32-bit/64-bit editions with 32-bit browser)
512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended) for Windows XP or Windows 7; 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended) for Windows Vista or Windows 8
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or higher (32 bit only); Mozilla Firefox 3 or higher or Google Chrome
Adobe Flash Player 11.3.
Ports 1935, 443 and 80 need to be open.

Apple Mac requirements

1.83 GHz Intel CoreTM Duo or faster processor
Mac OS X v10.4, 10.5, 10.6 (Intel) or higher 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
Mozilla Firefox 3 or higher; Apple Safari 4 or 5; Google Chrome
Adobe Flash Player 11.3.
Ports 1935, 443 and 80 need to be open.

If you are unsure that your computer meets these requirements, we can set up a quick test to make sure that your computer and internet connection will work.

Student Tablet

Update will ship a Windows tablet computer to the student a week before the class begins.

This tablet will have:

  • DT6 vibration analysis software
  • Update’s vibration simulator software

This student tablet does not need to be on any computer network or have access to the internet.

Update will provide a usb drive and adapter cable so that the student can transfer DT6 data files to the instructor from any computer with internet access.