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    What’s the best way to operate power dB

    What do you guys use for computers and the best way to set up power dB without failing? Operating this system is awesome...when it works. Either having trouble with devices connecting or power db itself shutting down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TrapFlyVenus View Post
    What do you guys use for computers and the best way to set up power dB without failing? Operating this system is awesome...when it works. Either having trouble with devices connecting or power db itself shutting down.
    My personal recommendation would be an i7 with 16GB RAM and dedicated gpu running win 10. Latest DB version is 11.2.8.4

    We just started integrating our compatible instruments with DB and so far so good. The delta 4k power factor set works great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SecondGen View Post
    My personal recommendation would be an i7 with 16GB RAM and dedicated gpu running win 10. Latest DB version is 11.2.8.4

    We just started integrating our compatible instruments with DB and so far so good. The delta 4k power factor set works great.
    I’ll check my updates could be it. I’m running an i3 but used to be able to run everything (meager wise) on a transformer test without a problem just recently acting up had to restart whole computer for it to read my driver

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    Quote Originally Posted by TrapFlyVenus View Post
    I’ll check my updates could be it. I’m running an i3 but used to be able to run everything (meager wise) on a transformer test without a problem just recently acting up had to restart whole computer for it to read my driver
    What version are you running? A large database can eat up nearly 4GB RAM just in idle. How large is your db file? Maybe try reinstalling the drivers for the instrument.

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    Have 11.2 but There is a new file from 11-15 for 11.2 downloading now and files are all under 1GB

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    Quote Originally Posted by SecondGen View Post
    What version are you running? A large database can eat up nearly 4GB RAM just in idle. How large is your db file? Maybe try reinstalling the drivers for the instrument.
    Looks like there’s a new update from 11-15 that deals with the drivers

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    Quote Originally Posted by TrapFlyVenus View Post
    Looks like there’s a new update from 11-15 that deals with the drivers
    What version do you show after running the update?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SecondGen View Post
    My personal recommendation would be an i7 with 16GB RAM and dedicated gpu running win 10. Latest DB version is 11.2.8.4

    We just started integrating our compatible instruments with DB and so far so good. The delta 4k power factor set works great.
    Thank you SecondGen for your recommendation. It is really helpful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JuliaSmith View Post
    Thank you SecondGen for your recommendation. It is really helpful.
    No problem. Just to reiterate, those recommended specs are for the Pro version running a large SQL database. If you are using Lite, Advanced, or have a moderate Pro installation using an access database, you can probably get away with 4GB RAM on an i5 or i3 machine.

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    megger and Powerdb

    When doing a PI using powerDB and an equipment suck as a 5kv megger; does anybody knows if you can actually select only the points(time/result) you are interested example minute 1, 2 and 10?

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