RS 5.11/5.12 in windows 64-bit

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   Hi,

has anyone practical experiences with RS 5.11 or 5.12 based in windows 64-bit operating systems like XP 64-bit  or vista business 64-bit ?

In the release notes i can read:
Note: RobotStudio 5.12 does not support 64-bit editions of Windows XP Professional or Vista Business or Enterprise 

But: What does this mean ? - Is the software working (without the benefits of 64-bit), or not ?
Are there problems and limitations, or not ?

Please tell me your experiences.

Thanks to all.
Klaus

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kuv-vokl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 2007-June-12 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Quote Reply Topic: RS 5.11/5.12 in windows 64-bit Posted: 2009-April-27 at 11:03
	Hi, has anyone practical experiences with RS 5.11 or 5.12 based in windows 64-bit operating systems like XP 64-bit or vista business 64-bit ? In the release notes i can read: *Note:* RobotStudio 5.12 does not support 64-bit editions of Windows XP Professional or Vista Business or Enterprise But: What does this mean ? - Is the software working (without the benefits of 64-bit), or not ? Are there problems and limitations, or not ? Please tell me your experiences. Thanks to all. Klaus
	Klaus Vogel Kühne+Vogel Sondermaschinen GmbH

Anders S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ABB Internal Users Joined: 2003-October-10 Location: Sweden Online Status: Offline Posts: 480	Quote Reply Posted: 2009-April-28 at 12:41
	Hi Klaus, We can not guarantee that RS will work correct with 64-bit OS. You may run into problem, specially with the Virtual Controller. Therefore are we not recommending 64-bit OS when you run RobotStudio.
	Best regards, Anders Spaak ABB Robotics

kuv-vokl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 2007-June-12 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Quote Reply Posted: 2009-April-28 at 13:03
	Hi Anders, thank you for your hints. - That is what i have expectetd. But i want to know, if there are any experiences with it. Has anyone installed RS 5.11 or 5.12 in 64-bit system with or without problems ? I can not believe that i am the first user, interessting in 64-bit systems with RS. Many thanks for further posts. Klaus
	Klaus Vogel Kühne+Vogel Sondermaschinen GmbH

Dean Thomas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 2006-September-12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Quote Reply Posted: 2009-September-07 at 06:43
	Anders, are there any plans for Vista64bit support? Dean.

mattdavis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 2008-February-29 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 102	Quote Reply Posted: 2009-September-08 at 02:24
	I have installed it on Vista Ultimate 64 bit without any problems, I used the 30 day trial on my home computer without any problems as it was faster than my work laptop. I did have a couple of Virtual Controller crashes, but i get plenty of those running 32 bit anyway so I didnt see any extra problems because it was 64 bit (and having 8gb memory certinaly helped)

DanS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 2007-February-08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 67	Quote Reply Posted: 2010-February-08 at 21:40
	Anders, What problems exist on the VC specifically? I recently upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit and can't seem to get a PCSDK application to work...I keep getting an error related to the ABB.Robotics.Adapters.IRC5 assembly: "Could not load file or assembly 'ABB.Robotics.Adapters.IRC5'" when doing a "new NetworkScanner()".

Johannes Weiman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List TP_User & ABB Internal Joined: 2005-September-16 Location: Sweden Online Status: Offline Posts: 245	Quote Reply Posted: 2010-February-09 at 08:31
	Hi Dan, A .NET application will run in 64-bit mode by default, but the PCSDK only supports 32-bit operation. Therefore you must change the build settings of the .exe to target 32-bit only: Alternatively, if you can't recompile the app: http://blogs.intesoft.net/post/2007/12/Running-NET-Apps-in-32-bit-mode-on-64-bit-Windows.aspx regards, Johannes Edited by Johannes Weiman - 2010-February-09 at 09:35
	Johannes Weiman Software Engineer ABB Robotics