Specifications

CHAPTER 2: LICENSING ALTERA SOFTWARE
OBTAINING A LICENSE FILE
39 ■ ALTERA SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND LICENSING ALTERA CORPORATION
Activating a License
You can activate a new license with the Self Service Licensing Center. You
must first purchase your new license, for example, from the Buy Design
Software page of the Altera website, before activating the new license.
1. Access the Self Service Licensing Center from the Altera website.
2. Log on to your myAltera account.
3. Click Activate Products to access the Activate Products page.
4. Type your license activation code in the License Activation Code box.
If you have a Quartus II software serial number, you can type the serial
number in the License Activation Code box.
5. Click Go.
6. Select one or more products that you want to activate in the Activate
Products table.
7. Click Activate.
8. To obtain a license file for the new license, follow the procedure in
“Obtaining a License File” on page 33.
Managing Licensed Users
You can assign or change users for your existing licenses. Licensed users are
granted access to their assigned licenses.
1. Access the Self Service Licensing Center from the Altera website.
2. Log on to your myAltera account.
3. Click Manage Users to access the Manage Users page.
4. Select one or more licenses from the My Software & IP Licenses table,
and then click Assign User.
5. On the Add A Licensed User page, type the name and email address of
the licensed user.