Operating environment
FA-Panel operates in the following environment.
Supported OS |
Japanese OS and English OS for 32-bit/64-bit versions of Windows 11 (including IoT Enterprise) / Windows 10 (including IoT Enterprise) / 8 (including 8.1) / 7 / Server 2022 (including IoT) / Server 2019 (including IoT) / Server 2016 / Server 2012 (including R2) / Server 2008 (including R2). *For information on the range of English display for English OS, please refer to the tips below. |
Supported websites browser |
Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher. For Edge, run in "IE mode" on version 77 or higher. *For detailed version information, please refer to "Restrictions". |
Hardware |
A PC running a compatible OS. At least 2GB of free memory. At least 10GB of free storage. |
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Please install the software with administrator privileges. When you run our application, you need to determine whether you should run the application with administrator privileges. For details, see "Installation" - "Running with administrator privileges". |
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Embedded OS (Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise / Windows 10 IoT Core (Pro) / Windows Embedded 8 / Windows Embedded 7, etc.) are not supported. If you plan to use it with an embedded OS, you are responsible for verifying and verifying its operation. |
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In versions/editions of Windows that have a "lockdown function," our applications will not run properly if the function is enabled. Please disable the Windows lockdown function. For more information about the lockdown function, please refer to the Windows manual. |
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The executable files (installed files) of our applications are the same for both Japanese and English versions, and the display language automatically changes depending on the OS type. The menus and dialogues of our applications are displayed in Japanese on a Japanese OS, and in English on other OS.
However, the following is only available in Japanese.
•Library tab screen of Panel Editor •The screen after selecting "Create a new project" on the Start tab of Panel Editor •Frameworks created with Panel Editor's framework library
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You can use a mixture of 32-bit and 64-bit versions of our applications. For example, there is no problem connecting from Panel Browser (32-bit version) on Windows 8 (32-bit) to Panel Server (64-bit version) on Windows Server 2012 (64-bit). |
Communication interface version constraints
Please note the following restrictions:
Panel-Interface
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For communication between Panel Server and Panel Browser, the versions of both must be the same version and revision. Communication between Panel-Interface of different versions and revisions is not supported. |
IPLink-Interface
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When connecting to Panel Server using IPLink, the version of the IPLink client library used for the connection must be the same version as Panel Server. Communication between different versions of IPLink-Interface is not supported (communication between different revisions is possible. However, if you use Rev4 or later, all communicating versions must be Rev4 or later.). |
Some features have restrictions when you use them. Please be aware of the following:
■Communication driver
Mitsubishi Private Protocol Communication driver using |
Mitsubishi's private protocol communication drivers (CPU Direct, MELSECNET/H board, CC-Link board, etc.) communicate using Mitsubishi libraries. Currently supported operating systems are Windows 10 / 8 (including 8.1) / 7 (including 64-bit OS). However, the corresponding Panel Server is limited to the 32-bit version (if you run the 32-bit version of Panel Server on a 64-bit OS, it will run on WOW64). |
FL-net |
The FL-net connection uses the Century Systems FL-PCI board for communication. Supported OS varies depending on the type of board. FL-PCI/V2: Not supported FL-PCI/V2-100: Windows7 32bit FL-PCI/V2-100L: Windows 10/Windows 8 (including 8.1)/Windows 7 32/64bit *Please make sure that firmware compatible with each OS is installed on the board. |
■Action Restrictions
Daily/Monthly/Yearly ReportAction |
This action only works with 32-bit version. It does not work with 64-bit version. *This function is for backward compatibility. |
■If you use a function that uses Microsoft or Excel, the following versions are supported.
Daily/Monthly/Yearly ReportAction |
Excel 2002 to 2024 If you are only printing, you do not need to install Excel. For details, see "Layout Master File" in the Daily/Monthly/Yearly Report action. *This function is for backward compatibility. |
Summary Actions |
Excel 2002 to 2024 If you only want to print, you do not need to install Excel. For details, please refer to "Report Function" in Summary Action. |
Energy Management Library |
Excel 2003 to 2024 |
Excel Driver |
Excel 2016 to 2024 |
■If you use the function that links with the Web browser, the following versions are supported.
Internet Explorer |
Ver7～11 |
Edge |
Ver77 or later (only versions that support IE mode) |
* If you use the Tag report action to create a WEB monitoring screen, there are no version restrictions.
■If you want to incorporate IPLink and Panel Browser into your own application, the supported development environments are as follows.
VisualBasic .NET |
VisualStudio 2010～2022 *The only framework that can be used is ".Net Framework". ".Net6" and others cannot be used. |
Each function of FA-Panel is compatible with the following databases.
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With FA-Panel, you can select a CSV file as a data store, and it can be operated without introducing a database. |
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■The supported versions for each database are as follows.
SQL Server |
2008-2022 |
Oracle |
9i/10g/11g/12c |
MySQL |
5.6/5.7/8.0 |
PostgreSQL |
9/10/11/12/13/14/15 |
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When using PostgreSQL, make sure that the database field names are all lowercase. However, for summary (ODBC) actions, field names can be in either lowercase or uppercase. |