ION

Installation and Licensing Guide: System Requirements

ION

ION (IDL On the Net) is a family of products that allows you to run IDL-driven applications in a networked environment, giving intranet or Internet users access to IDL visualization and analysis.

The ION family consists of two products:

ION Script

ION Java

Hardware and Operating System Requirements

ION Script and ION Java can be used separately or together to create interactive Web applications powered by IDL. These two products are available as options during installation of IDL or ENVI for Windows or UNIX.

ION 6.4 works with IDL 6.4 on the following platforms:

Microsoft Windows (32-bit)

SGI IRIX (32-bit)

Sun Solaris (32-bit)

Linux (32-bit)

Web Server Requirements for ION

In order to use ION, you must install an HTTP Web server. ION has been tested with the following Web server software:

Apache Web Server version 2.0 for Windows, Linux, and Solaris

Apache Web Server version 1.3.14 for IRIX (included with the IRIX operating system)

Web Browser Requirements for ION

ION supports the HTTP 1.0 protocol. The following are provided as examples of popular Web browsers that support HTTP 1.0:

Mozilla Firefox version 1.0 and later

Netscape Navigator — Versions 4.7 and later

Microsoft Internet Explorer — Versions 5.5 and later

Browsers differ in their support of HTML features. As with any Web application, you should test your ION Script or Java application using Web browsers that anyone accessing your application is likely to be using.

Java Virtual Machine Requirements for ION

The following are provided as examples of popular Web browsers that are shipped with the required JVMs:

Mozilla Firefox version 1.0 and later

Netscape Navigator versions 4.7 and later

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and later

IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)