System Requirements

Compact Reader (Analogue Chart Analysis)

If your computer does not have a PS2 and/or a COMMS port connection for the reader cable you will need to connect the reader via an adapter into a USB connection.

You will then need to assign this USB port to be Coms 1.  For information on this visit our help section

Digital Analysis

You can perform digital analysis on laptop or desktop computers.

Any PC that is to have access to the VDO Trading Ltd (TIS_Web) Internet chart analysis / digital download system requires the following:

TIS-Web can currently be used with the following PC operating systems

1. Windows 2000

2. Windows XP Professional

3. Windows XP Home

4. Windows Vista

5. Windows 7

Your PC will also need:

1. 50MB free hard disk space

2. One free USB port for Smart Card Reader

3. One free serial port or adapter, (Only if using Compact Chart Reader for analogue charts)

4. Internet connection

5. When using the Compact Reader a PS2 and free COMMS Port.  If you use USB connections you will have to configure your computer to recognise the connection as COMS1)

What Internet Browsers can I use?

You may use TIS-Web with any version of Microsoft Internet Explorer from version 6 or better. No other browser is currently supported.

No requirement is specified for free disk space as either system has minimal storage requirements on the users PC.

Your Internet Security settings must also allow

1. The loading of cookies

2. The loading of signed Active-X components

The  VDO Internet chart analysis system makes use of cookies and Active-X controls loaded onto your PC from the Siemens VDO Trading Ltd web server. 

If you prohibit the loading of these controls then the service will not work. Therefore your Internet Security settings must allow the loading and use of cookies and Active-X controls. 

All of VDO components are registered with VeriSign.