System requirements

The minimum hardware specifications and software versions that you'll need to use the Toolbox successfully are listed below.

Client hardware and software (for learners)

Hardware

To use the learning material in this unit, learners will need a computer with the following features:

• IBM® compatible with a 1000 MHz processor running Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or
• Apple Macintosh® with a 500 MHz processor running OSX v10.2.0 with:
  • 128 Mb of RAM
  • 800 x 600 pixel display
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Internet access
  • Sound card

Software

Learners will also need the following software/plug-ins installed on their computer:

• Internet Explorer 6.0 or above (http://www.microsoft.com/)
  -- OR --
• Firefox 1.5 or above (http://www.mozilla.com/)
  -- OR --
• Safari 1.3 or above (http://www.apple.com/)
  
  
• Microsoft® Word 97 or a similar word processing program to open and use downloadable forms, checklists and worksheets.
• Adobe® Flash Player 8. If you haven't got this plug-in, you can download and install the latest free version from: www.adobe.com
• Adobe® PDF Reader 6.0 or above. If you haven't got this plug-in, you can download and install the latest free version from: www.adobe.com

Incorrect versions of these applications could result in information being shown in an unreadable form or not shown at all.

Server hardware and software (for RTO)

• IBM compatible computer with a 1000 MHz processor (OR Unix equivalent)
• 128 Mb of RAM
• 4 Gb hard disk space free
• CD-ROM drive
• 2xISDN (128k), T1 preferred
• Internet server software

Developer hardware and software (for customising)

Same as client hardware and software above, with the addition of:

• An HTML text editor such as Homesite®, BBEdit® or Macromedia® Dreamweaver.
• A word processor such as Microsoft® Word to edit documents.
• If customisation of multimedia interactions is required, then the following applications may be necessary:
  • Flash Player 8
  • XML SPY or equivalent XML editing tool
  • Photoshop/Fireworks (or equivalent) for editing still images
  • SoundEdit16 (or equivalent) for editing sound content
  • Premiere (or equivalent) or Final Cut Studio 2 (MAC) for editing video content