How To: Install SPM

After you download SPM, double-click the downloaded .exe file. This extracts the Setup program onto your hard disk and then automatically launches the Setup.

After the Setup program is extracted, the Welcome page appears. Click Next.

Click Yes.

Type in a user name and a company name. It doesn't matter what you type, just type something. Then click Next.

We recommend you install SPM in the default location, so just click Next.

If you want to choose a different location, click Browse.

Click Next.

This option determines where "Softimage Licensing" appears in the Windows Start menu. By default, Setup adds "Softimage Licensing" here:

Start > All Programs > Softimage Products > Softimage Licensing.

Unless you specifically requested a different type of dongle, you have a USB dongle and you can click Next.

Click OK, unless you know you need to change the port number.

If you are happy with the installation settings, click Next to start the actual installation. Otherwise, click Back to change the settings.

After the SPM Setup program finishes, it automatically starts the Setup program for the 1-Wire dongle drivers. Click Yes to continue.

To successfully install 1-Wire, your Windows user account must have Administrator permissions. Click OK if you are an Administrator on your computer (if you are the only user on your computer, then you most likely are an Administrator).

If you are really not sure, then to check if you are an Administrator (on Windows XP): click Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and verify that your user account belongs to the Administrators group (not the Users group).

Make sure your dongle is unplugged, and then click OK.

Click Yes to continue.

Click Next to continue. You don't need to read this README information.

Click Next to use the default installation location.

Again, just click Next to use the default settings.

When you see the BOOT Option message box, plug in your dongle.

Important Plug the dongle into a USB port on the back of your computer (or the side of your laptop). Do not use a USB hub or a USB extension cable.

Then click OK.

If you see a Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box, ignore it for a moment.

Click Finish to close the 1-Wire setup program. You're not finished yet, you still need to go through the New Hardware Wizard, but the 1-Wire setup program is finished.

After you plug in your dongle, the Found New Hardware Wizard automatically opens.

On the Welcome page of the wizard, click No, not at this time and then click Next.

Tip If the wizard doesn't appear, try plugging the dongle into a different USB port.

Click Install from a list or a specific location and then click Next.

Click Don't search. I will choose a driver to install and then click Next.

Usually you can just click Next.

If there is a list of hardware under Models, locate USB Host for 1-Wire Microlan and then click Next.

Wait while the wizard sets a system restore point. The wizard will then open a Files Needed dialog box.

1. In the Files Needed dialog box, click Browse.
2. Go to the folder C:\Windows\system32\drivers.
3. Click the file DS2490.sys and click Open.

You're done. Click Finish.