System Requirements

ROB-EX Scheduler client (Planner or Viewer)

1. Windows 7/8/10/2000/2003/2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2/2016/2019/2022
2. Minimum 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended).
3. Minimum 1200×800 or better monitor.
4. Hard drive space required approx. 200 MB.
5. The windows registry is not used by the ROB-EX Desktop Client.

The preferred way is to install the ROB-EX Scheduler client code on a shared file server. This way multiple clients share the same program code, making it easier to manage and update the software.

As an alternative a complete installation of the client program can also be made on the users local hard drive. Only recommended on Laptop or home computers without access to the company network.

Client installation on Windows/Citrix Terminal Server is supported.

Licenses are by default delivered as network licenses (also known as concurrent users or “floating licenses”), but can also be delivered as named licenses (the latter is necessary to run ROB-EX Scheduler on laptop computers without access to the company network). To learn more about license types see the document Planning the client installation

*Note that licenses are independent of the location of the installed program code. This means that a client can still run with a network license (concurrent user) even though program code is installed on the users local hard drive.

!Note that the Shop Floor server will not run on Java 9 or newer. It requires Java 8. The regular ROB-EX Scheduler client works on Java 9 and newer.

ROB-EX Scheduler Multiuser server

The role of the server is to coordinate multiple users (i.e. ROB-EX Scheduler clients) planning at the same time and persist changes to a central SQL database.

The Multiuser server has the following system requirements:

1. Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2/2016/2019/2022. Can also run on Windows 7/8/10 workstations.
2. Min. 6 GB RAM, 8 GB RAM is recommended.
3. Hard disk space approx. 5 GB free.
4. Standard TCP/IP LAN.
5. Microsoft SQL Server (all Editions of 2005/2008/2008R2/2012/2014/2016/2017/2019/2022 are supported including the Express Edition). Both 32-bit and 64-bit SQL server is supported.
6. Java JDK 8 64-bit (OpenJDK supported)
7. Virtualized server OS is supported.

Recommended:

1. Windows server 16, Xeon or I5/I7 8th generation or newer (Server)
2. Windows 10, I5/I7 8th generation or newer (User devices)
3. For server running multiuser environment a minimum of 8 GB RAM (16 GB for scalability in environments with many users or several integration clients)
4. Minimum of 1920×1080 monitor for clients
5. Minimum of 2 cores/CPUs when running virtual machines
6. Chrome-browser for running ROB-EX web apps

The Multiuser server runs as a standard Windows service

*The ROB-EX Scheduler Multiuser server only consumes server CPU when users (ROB-EX Scheduler clients) perform transactions on it, so in almost all cases it can run together with other standard server applications. For very large plans with a high number of simultaneous users (>30) causing many transactions a dedicated CPU may prove beneficial for the overall performance of the server and the ROB-EX Scheduler user experience.