Installation instruction Isadora 3 USB Key Version with USB key license

To be able to save your work in Isadora, the HKU lending and the Blackboxes have USB keys. Below is an instruction:

Download the “Isadora 3 USB key Version” for Windows or MacOS at

1.1. https://troikatronix.com/get-it/ under the Downloads heading.

Disclaimer: At the moment licence 4 is out on the Isadora site. HKU needs to transition to this new license. The USB License keys still use version 3.

You can download version 3 on this page, choose macOS or Windows USB Key Edition

~~Instal this version and then~~Then continue to point 3 on this page.

2.2. Under the heading “Related Downloads” click on “USB key Version” for Windows or MacOS. Another page appears.

3.3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the correct USB key driver download link for your platform (Windows or MacOS). You will be redirected to the THALES website.

4.4. Click on the “Sentinel® LDK and Sentinel HASP® Run-time Environment Installer GUI” download link.

5.5. A pop-up screen appears with the “End User License Agreement”. Scroll down and click “I accept”

6.6. Install the Sentinel USB key for Windows or MacOS.

7.7. Install “Isadora 3 USB Key Version."

8.8. Insert the physical Isadora USB Key into the USB port and boot up Isadora.

9.9. In the Isadora menu bar, go to Help -> Register

~~10.~~10. Copy the code that you receive from a teacher or workshop employee or can find in the lending environment and paste it in the empty registration field.

~~11.~~11. You can now save Isadora patches with the USB key. Have fun!

Note!: If you use a USB (C) adapter, make sure that it stays in place properly. Connection to isadora and the dongle will be disconnected if the adapter moves or becomes loose. Then you cannot save your patch. So save your work regularly.