Minimum Computer Requirements for Wyatt Software

ASTRA^™, DYNAMICS^™, HPLC CONNECT^™, CALYPSO^™ and VISION^™ require a PC with these minimal specifications:

• 1 GHz Intel or AMD processor with 2 or more cores with 64-bit support
• Display with 1280-by-1024 resolution or higher
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics
• 4 GB of RAM; 8GB if additional software is to run simultaneously on the same PC, e.g. HPLC software, or SQL Server for ASTRA/DYNAMICS with Security Pack
• 1 GB of available disk space for installation
• 1 Ethernet port
• USB 2.0 port for Calypso instrument communications (CALYPSO only)
• Supported operating system mentioned below
• For ASTRA/DYNAMICS with Security Pack: Microsoft® SQL Server or SQL Server Express 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 or 2022
• HPLC CONNECT 3 supports 1200/1220/1260/1290 pumps, autosamplers, UV detectors, and fraction collectors listed here.
• HPLC CONNECT 4 supports Waters™ LC components listed here.

OBSERVER™ requires a PC with these minimal specifications:

• Microsoft® operating system: Windows® 10 64-bit Professional
• 2+ GHz Intel or AMD processor with 4 or more cores with 64-bit support
• 16 GB of RAM
• 500 GB SSD if storing experiments locally
• WebGL must be supported by your PC and its GPU(s)
• Computers with discrete AMD GPUs must have Radeon 18.5.1 drivers or newer
• Supported operating system mentioned below

Recommended Computer Specifications for Wyatt Software

For optimal performance, ASTRA, DYNAMICS, HPLC CONNECT, CALYPSO and VISION should be installed on a PC with these additional/extended specifications:

• 2+ GHz Intel or AMD processor with 4 or more cores with 64-bit support released in the past 5 years
• Display with 1920-by-1080 resolution or higher
• 16 GB or more of RAM
• 500 GB or larger Solid State Disk (SSD)
• For ASTRA/DYNAMICS with Security Pack: Microsoft® SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019 or 2022

Operating System

ASTRA Basic, HPLC CONNECT 3, OBSERVER and VISION Basic will run on the following operating systems:

• Recommended: Microsoft Windows® 11 64-bit Professional Edition
• Minimum requirement: 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows 10 Professional/Enterprise Edition

ASTRA with Security Pack, DYNAMICS, HPLC CONNECT 4, VISION with Security Pack and CALYPSO will run on the following operating systems:

• Minimum and recommended: Microsoft Windows® 10 64-bit Professional Edition/Enterprise

The ability to download the software installer from the Internet or a DVD drive for installing is required.

Wyatt software have been tested extensively with English versions of the Windows operating system. We do not guarantee absolute compatibility with all other language versions but in our experience we have seen almost no issues.