Astek CTC Utility Beta 0.82
Copyright (c) 2026 Astek. All rights reserved.

Authorized evaluation only. Redistribution requires Astek written permission.
Installation requires acceptance of the Astek and Microchip agreements.

This beta includes the C# GUI, its .NET desktop runtime, MCP2221 native library,
DDR5Cntrl script helper, HTML help, and two harmless script-queue examples.
Python, Visual Studio and a separately installed .NET runtime are not needed.
No driver replacement, firmware update or hardware commands run during setup.

Install for the current Windows user. Administrator access is not required.
Start the app from the Start menu. It starts disconnected, with monitoring off.
Click Connect, then Scan I2C to read the supported pages. Click Help for the guide.
Scripts automatically finds the installed native helper. Import your .bat/.cmd
files and check their working folders and companion assets before running.

Beta target: Windows 11 x64. Windows Server 2022 is the local validation host.
The technical minimum is Windows build 19045; older Windows, x86 and ARM64 are
not supported by this beta package. Windows 10 requires appropriate OS support.
Clean Windows 11 and physical fixture acceptance remain separate beta checks.

Settings and scripts remain under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Astek\CtcUtility.
Uninstall and upgrades preserve this data and user-selected capture files.
Close the app before upgrading or uninstalling; setup will not force it closed.

This is a beta evaluation build. Paid licence-key enforcement is not yet
implemented; the Astek beta agreement still applies. It contains no licence-signing secret or issued licence.
The legacy CLI's exit status does not reliably represent every device failure;
review script output. Bundled examples do not exercise hardware.

This initial setup is unsigned. Windows may identify its publisher as unknown.
Use the SHA256 file supplied by Astek to check the download. Customer IT policies
may require an Astek code-signed installer; do not disable security controls.
