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Quick reference guide
SMART Learning Suite 17.1
Complete installer (EXE) installation
guide for Windows
Introduction
This guide is intended for teachers, IT administrators and others who are responsible for installing
software on multiple computers. This guide explains how to install the SMART software using the
SMART Learning Suite Installer.
Computer requirements
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Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor or better
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2 GB of RAM (4 GB for UHD displays)
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4.7 GB free hard disk space
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Windows 7 SP1 or later
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Internet access to download SMART software
SCCM/GPO installations requires additional components on remote computers:
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Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.5.1 for SMART Ink and SMART Notebook
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Microsoft Visual Studio® Tools 2010 for Office for SMART Ink
Getting installation and configuration files
Installation packages are available as EXE or MSI. This quick reference guide, uses the USB
executable (smart17-1usb.exe) also referred to as SMART Learning Suite (EXE). For installation
configuration use the SMART Install Manager (smart_install_manager.exe). These packages can
be found online from the SMART website.
For more detailed information, see the full SMART Learning Suite system administrator’s guide at
http://education.smarttech.com/products/notebook/notebook-resources-for-admins
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Using the SMART website
Download the SMART Learning Suite and SMART Install Manager from the website following the
steps below.
To download SMART Learning Suite and SMART Install Manager from the SMART website
1. Go to https://education.smarttech.com/en/products/notebook/download#admin.
2. Select SMART Notebook 17.1 from Select your version.
3. Select Admin Exe install from Select install package.
4. Enter your information into the following fields:
a. First Name
b. Last Name
c. Job Title
d. Email
e. Country
5. Select the service agreement check box.
6. Select Windows from Change operating system.
7. Click DOWNLOAD - WINDOWS.
8. Save the smart_install_manager.exe file to your computer.
9. Browse to and double-click the smart_install_manager.exe file you downloaded.
The SMART Install Manager installation wizard appears.
10. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Configure SMART Learning Suite for deployment
Use the SMART Install Manager to configure the SMART Learning Suite Installer.
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To open an installation package
1. Start the SMART Install Manager.
2. Select File > Open to search for and load SMART Learning Suite EXE file.
OR
Drag the SMART Learning Suite Installer EXE file into the SMART Install Manager window.
Configuring products and options for installation
After you open an installation package, select the products and options from the control panel.
IMPORTANT
The following options install software using the default settings.
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To select products and options
1. Select Product Selection from the General Options menu.
2. Select the following products from the Select the products you want to install box if they are
not already selected:
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SMART Product Drivers
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SMART Ink
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SMART Notebook software
3. Read the note under the SMART response 2 software.
IMPORTANT
If SMART Response is already installed, it will be updated to the new SMART response 2
assessment tool. Visit http://smarttech.com/response-faq to learn more.
4. If you have a product key enter it into the Product key box.
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To publish the configuration
1. Select Publish.
The published output is a formatted SLS.xml file.
2. Select File > Save to save and complete the configuration process.
The saved output is a formatted SLS.xml file.
Deployment of SMART Learning Suite
All required third-party installation packages (described on page 1) should automatically be
installed through the SMART Learning Suite install package and do not need to be deployed
separately.
Follow these instructions to deploy onto a single computer or multiple computers.
To deploy or install on a single computer
1. Open the Administrator command window.
2. Enter the following command:
[PATH_TO_SLS]/SLS.exe --adminfile [PUBLISHED_XML_CONFIG] /qn
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Where [PUBLISHED_XML_CONFIG] is the name of the configuration .xml file that you
published with the SMART Install Manager.
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The SMART Learning Suite (EXE) will automatically generate an installation log in user
temp folder, %TEMP%, in the form of: SMARTInstallWrapper_17.0.xxx.0_mmddtime.log,
where xxx is the build number and mmddtime is the month, day and time that the installer
started.
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To deploy or install onto multiple computers
1. Open the network deployment tool.
2. Configure the network deployment tool to push: [PATH_To_SLS]/SLS.exe to the network
computers with the command line: --adminfile [PUBLISHED_XML_CONFIG] /qn
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Where [PUBLISHED_XML_CONFIG] is the name of the configuration .xml file that you
published through SMART Install Manager.
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The SMART Learning Suite (EXE) will automatically -generate an installation log in the
user temp folder, %TEMP%, in the form of SMARTInstallWrapper_17.0.xxx.0_
mmddtime.log, where xxx is the build number and mmddtime is the month, day and time
that the installer started.
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You can also use network configuration push applications such as GPO, and SCCM.
Configure the push tool for the application installer, command line entries, and required
network and computer groups to push the SMART installation installer.
NOTE
If you use a network deployment tool, such as Group Policy software installation, start up
script, or Microsoft SCCM, you can specify your product key. In Install Manager or by using
command-line parameters. Activation occurs during installation on each computer.
TIP
If your computer stops responding after the performing procedure above, restart your
computer.
For more detailed information, see the full SMART Learning Suite system administrator’s guide at
http://education.smarttech.com/products/notebook/notebook-resources-for-admins.
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