---
title: "Before Installation"
product: "LumiScan File Transfer"
component: "lumiscan-file-transfer"
version: "1.8.4"
display_version: "1.8.4.3"
latest_version: true
language: "en"
url: "https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-file-transfer/1.8.4/before-installation.html"
---

# Before Installation – LumiScan File Transfer

## Installing CodeMeter Runtime {#installing-the-codemeter-runtime-environment-3}

LumiScan File Transfer is licensed with the LumiScan Key and needs CodeMeter Runtime 9.00 or later. Install CodeMeter Runtime and connect the LumiScan Key as described in [Installing CodeMeter Runtime](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/installing-codemeter.html).

## Licence {#licence}

How LumiScan File Transfer is licensed depends on where you bought it and where it runs:

| Bought from | Runs on | Licensing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| HD Vision Systems | Windows 11 | The licence is held on your LumiScan Key.<br><br>[Licensing path: bought from HD Vision Systems](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/path-hdvs.html) |

Each device on which LumiScan File Transfer runs at the same time needs its own LumiScan Key. Keys can be exchanged between devices.

How to install CodeMeter Runtime and how to request, renew and move licences is described in [LumiScan Licensing](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/index.html).