Durango Installation

License Registration

Register on our website. This will enable you to retrieve your Durango License Code. On completing the registration form, you will be sent an email asking you to confirm your registration. This should occur almost immediately. You must open the email and click a link to validate your registration.

Visit the License Page to retrieve your Durango License Code. You will be required to enter your email and password before viewing this information.You will be prompted for your license code the first time you start Durango. Otherwise, your license code can be used to unlock your copy of Durango at any time by selecting About Durango from the Durango Help menu. Once you have entered your license code correctly, the icon in the lower righthand corner will change from to , indicating that your copy of Durango is now unlocked.

If you are able to log in successfully but no Durango keys or license codes are displayed, then perhaps Diffraction International has not yet assigned your key to your email address. This may happen if you receive your Durango key through a third party. Contact technical support by email or phone so that we can correct the online database.

Hardware Key Driver Installation

Before attaching the hardware key (dongle) to your computer, you must first download and install the Sentinel Pro driver using a custom setup. Instructions are provided below. After installing the driver, you may attach the hardware key.

If you do attach the key first, then Windows will likely assign to it an incorrect driver. To correct this situation, take the hardware key out of the USB port and then run the key driver cleanup utility (available on the Downloads page). Then reboot your computer.

1. The Sentinel Protection Installer is available on our Downloads page.
2. Open the Sentinel Protection Installer and click Next.
3. You must accept the terms and license agreement in order to complete the installation. Check the appropriate bubble and click Next.
4. Select the Custom installation option and then click Next.

   Durango uses the Sentinel drivers from SafeNet to communicate with the hardware key. These drivers (and similar keys) are also used by OLSO and ZEMAX optical design software. A "complete" installation of the Sentinel drivers will attempt to change settings for ports 6001/6002/7001/7002. These ports are also used by National Instruments LabVIEW software. If LabVIEW is already installed, then a "complete" installation of the Sentinel drivers will fail. LabVIEW is not required for Durango to work with National Instruments hardware, but it may nonetheless have been installed. The conflict is between SafeNet and LabVIEW software, both of which feel they are entitled to exclusive use of these ports. While Durango "plays well with others", it is unable to mediate between SafeNet and LabVIEW.

5. Click the icon next to Sentinel Protection Server and Sentinel Keys Server and then choose the red X option in each of the drop down menus to prevent these features from being installed.
6. Double check to make sure both the Sentinel Protection Server and the Sentinel Keys Server features have been removed, then click Next.
7. The driver is now ready to be installed, click Install.
8. The status bar indicates that the installation is proceeding correctly.
9. The installer will alert you when the installation has completed and should confirm that it was successful. Click Finish.
10. You may now attach your Hardware Key (dongle) to your computer through a USB or Parallel Port. An alert message should appear to confirm that the key has been attatched and properly installed. Click Close.

Durango Installation

Download and run the Durango installer from our Downloads page.

1. Open the installer and this window should appear.
2. Click Next.
3. In order to install Durango, you must first agree to the terms and licensing conditions. Select the appropriate bubble and click Next.
4. The software is set to be installed into your Program Files. Click Next.
5. Select the Typical setup and then click Next
6. Review the information and then click Next.
7. The status bar indicates that the installation is proceeding smoothly.
8. A success message will appear if the installation has run properly. Otherwise, it may be necessary to run the installer again Click Finish.
9. Reboot your computer.
10. Launch Durango. You must accept the license agreeement in order to run the software.
11. Follow the registration instructions at the top of this page in order to obtain your license code and unlock your copy of Durango.