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Hardware protection - installing the drivers/license manager
Manual installation of the system drivers for the hardware protection plug is necessary:
• If you want to operate ATHENA as a network license and the hardware protection plug is connected to a server.
• If the driver must be reinstalled for unexpected reasons.
• If the driver has to be updated.
The installation of the license manager is required:
• If you want to operate ATHENA as a network license and the hardware protection plug is connected to a server.
Old Sentinel/SafeNet (Rainbow) SuperPro or SuperProNet hardware protection plugs are not supported and must be replaced. Before installing the drivers, check which hardware protection plug you have. You will find the name of the manufacturer on the hardware protection plug.
In the Driver folder of the installation package you will find a document showing all available hardware protection plugs. If you are not certain which hardware protection plug you have, you can find out with the aid of this document.
Installing the HASP driver
Once you have made sure that you have connected a supported hardware protection plug (see info below), please carry out the following steps:
1. Start the ATHENA Installer and click the Driver button on the start screen. An Explorer window with the folder Driver opens.
2. Change to the folder Hasp HL Driver Setup.
3. Execute the file HASPUserSetup.exe to install the driver.
4. To do this follow the instructions of the installation assistant.
5. Then return to the Explorer window and change to the folder Driver.
Supported hardware protection plugs
Type
Color
 
HASP HL Pro
blue
HASP HL Net
red, green...
Sentinel HL Pro
black
Sentinel HL Net
red, green...
Sentinel HL Max
yellow (or green)