The installation of Idealpos 9 requires two files:
Note!
Idealpos v9 will leverage the existing Idealpos v8 Framework.
Therefore, when performing a clean installation of Idealpos v9, ensure that the Idealpos v8 Framework has been installed.
The file size and build number of the installer files will change as new builds are released.
For most PCs and POS Terminals, the Idealpos 8 Framework file will install all system components required to run the software.
It is important that your PC/POS System has the correct version of the Microsoft .NET Framework in order for Idealpos to install successfully.
The time to install Idealpos can vary significantly depending on the performance of the hardware.
When tested on the current range of Idealpos POS Terminals, the full installation process takes approximately 15 minutes.
For those customers who are upgrading from a previous version of Idealpos, we strongly recommend you test the conversion process first as there is a possibility that your data will fail the SQL Conversion process.
Idealpos Framework will attempt to install several system components including .NET 2.0 Service Pack 2, .NET 4.6, Windows Imaging Component, Windows Installer 4.5, Visual C++ 2008 Runtime, SQL 2014 Express (clean install on 32-bit Operating Systems)/SQL 2019 Express (clean install on 64-bit Operating Systems), Business Objects 11 Reports and more.
The minimum system requirements for Idealpos are typically the same as the minimum system requirements for the Operating System installed and the minimum requirements for the version of SQL Server.
Below are the minimum system requirements.
However, depending on your Operating System and other programs already installed, these minimum systems requirements may not be adequate to run Idealpos.
Intel Celeron 1Ghz CPU
1GB RAM for 32BIT Operating Systems/2GB RAM for 64BIT Operating Systems (Windows 11 requires a minimum of 4GB RAM)
10GB Free Hard Disk Space
1024x768 Screen Resolution
Note!
Idealpos is not supported on PCs running Windows 11 on Arm (ARM64 based processors).
E.g. Some Microsoft Surface devices use Microsoft SQ1, SQ2, SQ3 processors which are ARM64 based and run Windows 11 on Arm; Idealpos cannot be installed on these types of PCs.
Note!
The performance of Idealpos will vary depending on the size of data that is being stored in the database.
Idealpos may perform slower on systems with larger databases compared to systems running smaller databases.
Below are links to the Microsoft MSDN Website for the SQL and .NET Framework System Requirements:
SQL Server 2014 Express System Requirements (note that not all Operating Systems listed below are supported by Idealpos; this is a listing of Operating Systems specifically supported by SQL Server 2014 Express):
SQL Server 2019 Express System Requirements:
.NET Framework System Requirements:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/get-started/system-requirements
The following Operating Systems are compatible with Idealpos 9:
Note!
Idealpos 7.1 Build 7 and onwards requires .NET Framework 4.6.1.
Therefore, Build 7 and onwards cannot be installed on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 as the highest version of .NET Framework supported by these Operating Systems is .NET Framework 4.6.
Idealpos requires .NET 2.0 Service Pack 2 (or higher) AND .NET 4.6.1 Full Version to be installed on the computer.
Below is the version of .NET Framework that is preinstalled on the following Operating Systems, and the version of .NET that will be required for the Idealpos Framework to install:
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.NET Version | Framework Details |
| POSReady 7 | 3.51 | Idealpos Framework installs Correctly |
| Windows 7 32bit | 3.51 | Idealpos Framework installs Correctly |
| Windows 7 64bit | 3.51 | Idealpos Framework installs Correctly |
| Windows 8 64bit | 4.0 | Idealpos Framework installs Correctly |
| Windows 10 32bit | 4.0 | Idealpos Framework installs Correctly |
| Windows 10 64bit | 4.0 | Idealpos Framework installs Correctly |
Idealpos is compatible with Remote Desktop applications.
Idealpos is not compatible with Terminal Services.
Idealpos 9 is not supported on Windows Vista.
This is because Windows Vista does not support .NET Framework 4.6.1 and this Framework is required by Idealpos 9.