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APPENDIX B: LICENSING TROUBLESHOOTING AND FAQS
LICENSE FILE FORMAT AND EXAMPLES
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Figure 4. FEATURE Line Followed by an INCREMENT Line Example
Table 2 explains the different elements of the FEATURE and INCREMENT
lines.
FEATURE START
# The following is a feature line for Quartus II Subscription Edition Fixed
# Number of seat licenses is 1
# No license expiration date
FEATURE maxplus2 alterad 2011.04 permanent uncounted 6D103456930D \
HOSTID=GUARD_ID=T000012345 SIGN="0116 7EF5 F487 4771 3456 9278 \
4DA6 80CF 4131 95C6 1F1E D54F 8429 C807 6A8B 0A13 BC80 A11D \
0F6E AC08 4FA8 0B6E C267 9BBB 5791 C037 0FAD FB9E FFD8 5CF4"
FEATURE quartus alterad 2011.04 permanent uncounted 08E2123438D3 \
HOSTID=GUARD_ID=T000012345 TS_OK SIGN="0403 403E CF63 6460 \
3C3D 2AA7 60B3 A074 77A7 670A 3C5D BF03 9391 3476 D1DA 14E7 \
56FA 0F63 1EE2 77C8 41C9 3495 A238 FF7C F507 6573 54FA F46C \
D42B C0B3"
# FEATURE END
#########################################################################
INCREMENT alteramtivsim mgcld 2011.04 13-aug-2011 uncounted \
6D7CE8FDD113FDB05C51 \
VENDOR_STRING=2A865E73 HOSTID=GUARD_ID=T000012345 ISSUER="Altera " \
SN=23912821 SIGN2="03BB 4774 F8FA 6E7A 4B71 5E3B FB9C 92B5 7B2F 3581\
49EF 4558 0945 260B 23C6 1DE0 2BD4 3709 6945 5A70 CAD6 C22B 7A4E 67B7\
C8FF 90BB B360 022C E3DC 32F8"
# FEATURE END
Table 2. Elements of the FEATURE and INCREMENT Code Lines
Element Name Description
name
The feature name.
daemon The name of the vendor daemon that manages the feature. This
name corresponds to a VENDOR line in Network/Server licenses.
version Any version of software released up to and including this date is
licensed. Software with a later version date does not function
using this license file.
expiration The date after which the software or service pack, cannot be used.
The expiration date applies to trial licenses. For Altera license
subscriptions, the expiration is “permanent.”
# of licenses The number of concurrent users that can run each feature. For
some license types, the entry is “uncounted.”
authcode An authorization code generated by Altera.
vendor_string Specified for certain third-party license features.