This document contains information about version 16:

• What’s new in 16.0 – An overview of the main new features in version 16 Initial Release (16.0.0)
• What’s new in 16.1 – An overview of the main new features in the 16.1 Feature Release (16.1.0)
• What’s new in 16.2 – An overview of the main new features in the 16.2 Feature Release (16.2.0)
• What’s new in 16.3 – An overview of the main new features in the 16.3 Feature Release (16.3.0)
• System requirements
• Installation

What’s new in 16.0

HMI

• Web browser control – A new built-in graphic control to display web content and Pdf files in a mimic.

Installation and deployment

• Support for Microsoft® Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022.

What’s new in 16.1

• Feature enhancements and fixes.

What’s new in 16.2

• Support for the visibility animations on more graphic elements, including symbols and most graphic controls.
• Feature enhancements and fixes.

What’s new in 16.3

• The Comment property is now available as a runtime tooltip for all animations.
• Multiline tooltips that automatically combine the Comment property values of all animations linked to a graphic element into a single tooltip at runtime.
• Feature enhancements and fixes.

System requirements

Operating systems

Only operating systems from the Microsoft® families of Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 are supported.

We recommend you use Windows Client versions for operator stations and Windows Server versions for server stations.

Supported and operational

• Windows 10 version 1607 or later – Professional and Enterprise Editions
• Windows 11 – Professional and Enterprise Editions
• Windows Server 2016 – Essentials, Standard and Datacenter Editions
• Windows Server 2019 – Essentials, Standard and Datacenter Editions
• Windows Server 2022 – Essentials, Standard and Datacenter Editions

All operational versions of Windows Server shall be installed with the ‘Desktop Experience’ option.

Operational but may have limitations in use

Please contact the technical support before using:

• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2016 or later, Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, Windows Server IoT 2019, Windows Server IoT 2022, Windows Server for Embedded Systems and all other embedded systems
• Any operating system hosted in a system virtual machine such as Microsoft® Hyper-V and VMWare® virtualization products

NOT supported

• All other versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11 – In particular Windows 10 version 1507 (RTM) and 1511 (Nov 2015 update) are not supported
• Windows 10 IoT Core
• Windows Server installation in Nano Server or Server Core mode

For all operational versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11, only the x64 processor architecture is supported.

The software requires .NET Framework 4.8 and cannot run on an operating system if .NET Framework 4.8 is not preinstalled or cannot be installed separately.

For all platforms, we recommend that you apply any critical updates available from the Windows Update web site.

For any other Microsoft® operating system, please contact the Technical Support.

Recommended minimum PC configuration

• Processor – x64-compatible AMD or Intel CPU (or equivalent) – 1.4 GHz dual core minimum.
• System Memory – 4 GB of RAM.
• Available hard disk space – At least 10 GB.
• Graphics – 1024×768 display for Windows Server platforms. In addition for Windows Client platforms, support for DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver.
• Network Interface Card – At least 1.
• Drives – A DVD drive, as appropriate, is required for installation from disc.

The above figures represent the minimum requirements. For advice on specific applications, please contact the Technical Support.

Installation

For information about the Microsoft® Windows user privileges required to install and run the product, see the following topic in the online help: Operating system related considerations.

See the Installation help for more information and help about prerequisites and the installation process itself.

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Last edit: May 16th, 2025