The following specifications are Orchard Software’s recommendation for optimal performance of the Orchard Device Engine (ODE) workstation for laboratory analyzer integration. | Specification | Minimum Requirements |
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| Operating System (OS) | Windows 10 Professional, 64-bit or later |
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| Processor Core Allocation (CPU) | (4) 2.0+ GHz |
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| Random Access Memory (RAM) | 8 GB statically allocated |
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| Hard Drive | 100 GB |
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Notes on recommended hardware deployment: - At least one ODE workstation should reside at each geographical location where devices are present.
- Connections between ODE and instruments often utilize TCP socket connections that remain open even when the instruments are idle. If these connections are improperly terminated, the instruments will lose connectivity and may require manual intervention to reestablish it. Network hardware with active connection management including routers and firewalls often improperly terminates these connections when the instruments are idle due to idle timeout features. It is recommended that the network path between ODE and instruments runs exclusively through hardware that does not have idle timeout features unless they can be disabled.
- Each ODE workstation should be assigned a static IP address.
- Windows Firewall should be configured with inbound and outbound rules to allow ODE to communicate with network devices.
- ODE may run under the local service account if it is only communicating with devices via TCP, but it will require a network service account so that permissions can be assigned if it is communicating with instrumentation or document printers that exchange files over a shared folder.
- The number of ODE workstations may be increased for scalability and load balancing.
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