FDM system requirements

Before proceeding with the FDM installation, verify that you have the necessary hardware and software, as detailed in the following table.

Note: During installation, the FDM mobile application must be able to communicate with the FDM server through a designated port (the default is port 8731) in your network's firewall. Be sure to ask your organization's information technology (IT) department well ahead of time to open the applicable port.

Component

Minimum*

Recommended
Itron Mobile Radio (IMR) handheld data collector

Operating system Win CE 5.0

Operating system Win CE 5.0

or

 

 

Laptop computer

CPU: Intel® Pentium® or AMD or compatible; clock speed 1 GHz

CPU: Dual-core, 64-bit, Intel® Pentium® or AMD or compatible; clock speed 2GHz.

 

RAM 2 GB

RAM 4 GB

 

10 GB of available hard disk space

10 GB of available hard disk space

 

1024 x 768 dpi video adapter and monitor

1024 x 768 dpi video adapter and monitor

 

Windows 10 with minimum .NET Framework 4.5.2

Windows 10 with minimum .NET Framework 4.5.2

or

 

 

Panasonic FZ-G1 tablet computer

10 GB of available hard disk space

10GB of available hard disk space

 

1024 x 768 dpi video adapter and monitor

1024 x 768 dpi video adapter and monitor

 

Windows 10 with minimum .NET Framework 4.5.2

Windows 10 with minimum .NET Framework 4.5.2

or

 

 

Panasonic FZ-M1 tablet computer

10GB of available hard disk space

10GB of available hard disk space

 

1280 x 800 dpi video adapter and monitor

1280 x 800 dpi video adapter and monitor
 

Windows 10 with minimum .NET Framework 4.5.2

Windows 10 with minimum .NET Framework 4.5.2
 

High speed Internet connection (dial up not supported)

  

*Minimum requirements are for a dedicated system in which FDM is the only application running of the computer.

Recommended components

Component

Recommended

All mobile devices running the FDM mobile application

Use of domain, user permissions, and/or local security policy settings to disallow operating system users from setting or changing the mobile device's operating system time. Mobile device operating system time is configured to synchronize to a Network Time Protocol (INTP) server.

Optional components

Component

Recommended

Radio
  • Itron Mobile Radio
  • Zigbee radio

Barcode scanner
  • Itron Mobile Radio
  • Intermec® SF61B series external scanner
  • Intermec SF51 external scanner
  • Motorola DS4208 external scanner
  • Panasonic FZ-G1 internal scanner
  • Panasonic FZ-M1 internal scanner

Optical probe
  • uData Net (handheld)
  • Data Sourcing Technologies Inc. (handheld)
  • Abacus Electrics (laptop)
  • Abacus Electrics (handheld and laptop), for use with COSEM endpoints.

Mobile Device

Bluetooth-enabled device running the Object Exchange (OBEX) Object Push profile communications protocol.

All mobile devices running the FDM mobile application

Use of domain, user permissions, and/or local security policy settings to disallow operating system users from setting or changing the mobile device's operating system time. Mobile device operating system time is configured to synchronize to a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.