Welcome to the US-SOMO with HPLC tools release page

If you run into any issues during the installation, please email Emre Brookes and/or the program support contact listed here.

Windows
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS 64 bit
OSX
Other options
Sample data: For each data set, download one of the packages below and open and extract all files to a location convenient on your system.
- Lysozyme HPLC SAXS data with Blanks
- Aldolase HPLC SAXS data

Get a license file emailed to you here.
When you get the license email, save the attachement somewhere convenient, as you will need it later.
Download the US2 windows package here (us2 rev 3087) .
Install the package by locating the downloaded file and double-clicking on it.
You may require "Administrator" privileges to install.
If after installion, you get a window that says it may have not installed properly, just click that it did install properly.
Once installed, run the US-SOMO program by clicking on the US-SOMO icon and select "Register", then "E-Mail import" and open the generic license file emailed to you in the attachment, then "Save", "Ok", and "Close".
At this point, run the US-SOMO program by clicking the US-SOMO icon again, then click the "SAXS/SANS" button to open up the SAS module, then click the "HPLC" button to open up the HPLC module as shown here.

Get a license file emailed to you here.
When you get the license email, save the attachement somewhere convenient, as you will need it later.
Download the US2 Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS package here (us2 rev. 3106).
You will have to extract it somewhere on your system:
- $ tar Jxf filename.tar.xz
The extraction will produce a subdirectory. (which you can rename if you wish).
Edit the file us_somo.desktop (in the subdirectory just created) and update the path of Exec= and Icon= lines to reflect the actual path of install.
Once installed, run the program by opening your file browser and clicking on the US-SOMO icon and select "Register", then "E-Mail import" and open the license file that you received in the registration email, then "Save", "Ok", and "Close".
At this point, run the US-SOMO program by clicking the US-SOMO icon again, then click the "SAXS/SANS" button to open up the SAS module, then click the "HPLC" button to open up the HPLC module as shown here.

Download the US3 MAC OSX version from here.
Take care to follow any special instructions here and make sure to read the "Read_Me_First" file included with the package for any special notes.
If you have issues with installing, please email the program support contact listed here.
For convenience, use the Finder to locate the us3_somo.exe in /Applications/ultrascan3/bin/ and drag it to your Launcher. Once installed and running, the first time you run it, it will likely ask to install several ".new" files, simply click "OK", and the files will be installed and the program will exit.
At this point, run the US-SOMO program by clicking the US-SOMO icon again, then click the "SAXS/SANS" button to open up the SAS module, then click the "HPLC" button to open up the HPLC module as shown here.

N.B.: We recommend you use a US2 version if possible, as it has greater performance, especially when working with the HPLC-SAXS tools (seemingly due to bloat of "upgraded" underlying libraries, but we have plans to fully migrate to US3 once the performance bottlenecks have been optimized).
One can utilize a Virtual Machine manager such as VirtualBox to install Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS 64 bit or Windows as a guest and then follow the approriate instructions for US2 versions above.
US3 versions are available for Windows, generic Linux 32 and 64 bit and from source code. Details are here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us directly.

Emre Brookes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor for Research
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
The University of Montana, Missoula