Sentinel Visualizer

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What is Sentinel Visualizer?

Sentinel Visualizer is a Windows®-based program that provides data visualization, analysis and knowledgebase management all within one product. Sentinel Visualizer produces interactive dynamic link charts, timeline and geospatial views, and provides a variety of analysis tools including Social Network Analysis, temporal analysis and entity and relationship weighting. Sentinel Visualizer includes a multi-user knowledgebase for efficiently and economically storing analysis data.

What is the latest version?

Sentinel Visualizer 4.1 is the latest version. It is the follow-on product to the previous Sentinel Threat Management System (TMS) 3.0.

What are the hardware and software requirements?

Sentinel Visualizer is compatible with the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2 or later

For multi-user configurations, Sentinel Visualizer supports:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, or 2008

The following table lists minimum and ideal hardware configurations.

Hardware Minimum Ideal
CPU 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 2-3 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
RAM 1 GB 2 GB
Video Card Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 512 MB of non-shared graphics memory
Hard Disk Space 200 MB 1 GB
Network Connectivity None required for single-user features Ethernet/Windows Networking for multi-user features
Internet Connectivity One-time internet connection required for product activation Full-time high-speed internet connectivity for open-source web search feature

Does Sentinel Visualizer require a dongle or other form of hardware lock?

No. Unlike other link analysis vendors, we believe that forcing users to maintain and use a hardware lock (dongle) is a practice that considers customers as criminals. Sentinel Visualizer does not require any type of hardware/dongle device.

How do I install Sentinel Visualizer

The Sentinel Visualizer software is distributed as a single setup executable. Simply navigate to the directory containing your setup file and run it.

Does Sentinel Visualizer require additional software to be installed?

No. The Sentinel Visualizer Setup program takes care of installing all the requisite system files for operation. If you want to use Sentinel Visualizer in a multi-user configuration, you will need network access to a system running Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, or 2008.

How can I purchase Sentinel Visualizer products?

You can purchase Sentinel Visualizer products directly from FMS. Please visit our Contact page.

What are the differences between the Sentinel Visualizer Editions?

  • Standard Edition: Powerful link analysis and visualization for single users
  • Professional Edition: Adds the Geospatial Tools
  • Premium Edition: Adds multi-user database access and Geospatial Tools

More information about Editions and Pricing is available here.

How does Product Activation work?

All non-Trial installations of Sentinel Visualizer require online internet activation. The first time you run the software, you enter your product serial number and email address. Sentinel Visualizer takes care of activating the product for you. You can activate a single product serial number on up to two (2) computers as long as you don't run both copies simultaneously.

If you do not have an active Internet connection to activate your software, please contact our support group.