Installation and Configuration > System Requirements

SAMLight will run under the following Microsoft Windows operating systems and is available as 32- and 64bit installer:

•Windows 11 (complete support starts with SAM version 3_9_5_0044_20200706 or 4_0_0_0006_20211019)

•Windows 10 - 32/64 (complete support including Secure Boot starts with SAM version 3_6_5_20161230_004 or 3_6_0_20170116_0001)

•Windows 8 - 32/64

•Windows 7 - 32/64

•Windows Embedded Standard 7 - 32

•Windows Vista - 32/64

•Windows XP - 32/64 (only up to SAM version 3_6_5_0124_20170907 or 3_6_0_0012_20170714, newer SAM versions are not supported)

•Windows XP Embedded - 32 (only up to version 3_6_5_0124_20170907 or 3_6_0_0012_20170714, newer SAM versions are not supported)

•Windows2000 (only up to version 3_6_5_0124_20170907 or 3_6_0_0012_20170714, newer SAM versions are not supported)

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In order to run SAMLight correctly it is necessary that all current Windows Updates have been installed. For example:

•On Windows 7 x64, KB3033929 must be installed for it to recognize the Jungo driver signature.

•On Windows Vista, 7 and 8, KB3118401 must be installed, because of a bug in the universal C runtime.

These updates can be installed via automatic Windows updates or manually from the provided links.

	In order to avoid unwanted laser emissions or malfunctions during the operation procedure it is necessary to deactivate the Windows hibernation or any power saving mode.

The hardware requirements are not strictly defined. Depending on the application and to get a reasonable working speed you need much better components. Minimum requirements for SAM (Light) are very low:

•500 MHz x86-CPU

•256 MB RAM

•512 MB HDD

For big job files the following is recommended:

•8 GB RAM or more

•CPU with high clock rate (SAMLight mainly runs on a single core)

•64bit SAMLight (32bit allows to use up to 4 GB RAM)

•SSD or fast HDD

Increased hardware requirements could be necessary for the following applications:

•Many Bitmaps → more RAM required

•Large Jobs with many vector data → more RAM required

•Using mode Job IO Select → more RAM required, because of buffering of jobs

•Using complex jobs or using often calculations on the vector data → more RAM required

•Using option SAM3D → more RAM required (for slices) → because of more calculation operations for slicing; also more hard disc memory is recommended to buffer the slice data which have to be stored during the use of SAMLight; faster graphic is required for View3D

•Using option Optic3D → no additional requirements needed

•Using option MultiHead controlling many heads (up to six) → more RAM and processor power is recommended

•Using Background Camera → more GPU and processor power is required