B&R Windows Embedded Standard 7 Development
Quick Start Guide

2014-09-02

What Do You Need?

Hardware

A development computer [1]  that must fulfill the following hardware requirements:

• 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
• 1 GB of system memory (32-bit), 2 GB of system memory (64-bit)
• 7 GB free hard drive space for complete installation
• DVD drive and/or USB 2.0 port

A target system [2] that must be one of the B&R automation devices released with Windows Embedded Standard 7:

• Automation PC 510
• Automation PC 511
• Automation PC 620 (with 945GME CPU board)
• Automation PC 810
• Automation PC 910
• Automation PC 2100
• Panel PC 700 (with 945GME CPU board)
• Panel PC 800
• Panel PC 900
• Panel PC 2100
• Power Panel 500

with:

• 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 8 GB CF/HDD (32-bit) or 16 GB CF/HDD (64-bit)
• DVD drive or USB flash drive with 16 GB (for deploying the Windows Embedded Standard 7 image).

Software

The development computer must be running one of the following operating systems:

• Windows 7
• Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or higher
• Windows Server 2008 R2

and must have the following software installed:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher [3]
• Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 or higher [4]
• Windows Embedded Standard 7 Toolkit [5]
• B&R Windows Embedded Standard 7 BSP [6]

Start

1. Start the Image Configuration Editor (ICE) [7] from the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Toolkit.
2. Open the respective answer file [8] for your target system included in the B&R Windows Embedded Standard 7 BSP.
3. See the B&R Windows Embedded Standard 7 Development Guide [9] for a description of the B&R specific components and settings and how to build and deploy your own image.

Next Steps

Modify the the Windows Embedded Standard 7 image for your needs.

Where to Get More Information

MSDN

For a detailed description of the Windows Embedded Standard 7 development process see:

Windows Embedded Standard 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ff795587(v=winembedded.0).aspx

You will find following topics on this page:

• Welcome to Windows Embedded Standard 7
• Windows Embedded Standard 7 Basics
• Build Your First Windows Embedded Standard 7 Image
• Building Images
• Customizing Images
• Deploying Images
• Maintaining Images
• Windows Embedded Standard 7 Technical Reference
• Technical Articles

Trainings

You can also consult a Windows Embedded Standard Training from a Microsoft Training Partner. Search the Microsoft Website http://www.microsoft.com for Windows Embedded Partner Search or Windows Embedded Classroom Training.

[1] The development computer is the computer where you install the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Toolkit.
[2] The target system is the computer where you run Windows Embedded Standard 7.
[3] You can download the Microsoft .NET Framework from the Microsoft Web site http://www.microsoft.com.
[4] You can download the Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) from the Microsoft Web site http://www.microsoft.com.
[5] You can download an evaluation version of Windows Embedded Standard 7 SP1 (= Toolkit) from the Microsoft Web site http://www.microsoft.com.
[6] The B&R Windows Embedded Standard 7 BSP contains all files specific for B&R automation devices and can be downloaded from the B&R Web site http://www.br-automation.com. For this download a customer login on B&R website is required.
[7] The Image Configuration Editor (ICE) is part of the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Toolkit and can be used to create or modify an answer file.
[8] The answer file defines all the files, packages and drivers that the Windows Embedded Standard 7 image should contain. It can be used to create a bootable setup medium that installs the image on a target system. Answer files for B&R automation devices are included in the B&R Windows Embedded Standard 7 BSP.
[9] You can download the B&R Windows Embedded Standard 7 Development Guide from the B&R Web site http://www.br-automation.com. For this download a customer login on B&R website is required.