2.1 Initial Inspection
Check your package for shipping damage before opening. Your box should contain either a USB
3.0 Vision cable (SM200A/B) or a SFP+ module and 3 meter fiber optic cable (SM200C), a CD-
ROM, a GPS antenna, a 12V power supply, and a Signal Hound SM200A/B/C.
2.2 Software Installation
See the Spike Software manual for installation instructions. You must have administrator
privileges to install the software. During the installation of the Spike software, the USB device
drivers will also be installed.
2.3 Software Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
• SM200A/B – SM435B
o Windows 7/8/10 – (64-bit recommended)*
o Ubuntu Linux 18.04 – 64-bit
• SM200C
o Windows 10 (64-bit recommended)*
o Ubuntu Linux 18.04 – 64-bit
System Requirements
• Processor – 4
th
generation or newer Intel dual/quad core i-series processors***
o Quad core 8
th
generation or newer i7 / i9 recommended for SM200C (200MS/s I/Q
streaming)
• 8 GB RAM - 1 GB for the Spike software
• Native USB 3.0 support (SM200A/B and SM435B)†
• 10 GbE SFP+ network interface adapter (SM200C)
• OpenGL 3.0 capable graphics processor** (When using the Spike software application)
(* We do not recommend running the SM in a virtual machine (i.e. Parallels/VMWare/etc.))
(** Certain display features are accelerated with this functionality.)
(***Our software is optimized for Intel CPUs. We recommend them exclusively.)
(† Early USB 3.0 controllers from Renesas and ASMedia do not function well with our SM200A/B.
Native USB 3.0 hardware is used to refer to Intel’s USB 3.0 controllers found on 3
rd
generation or
newer i-series processors.)
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