Specifications

CHAPTER 2: LICENSING ALTERA SOFTWARE
SETTING UP THE LICENSE FILE
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6. Click Assign User. The licensed user receives an email notifying them
that they have been added as a licensed user, and now have access to
the specific license that they have been assigned.
Obtaining a Check-Out License
You can obtain a check-out, or temporary, license for each seat in an existing
floating license. The check-out license is valid for two weeks and licenses all
software available on your associated floating license.
1. Access the Self Service Licensing Center from the Altera website.
2. Log on to your myAltera account.
3. Click Create New License to access the Create New License page.
4. Click temporary check-out license above the My Software & IP
Licenses table.
5. On the Get Check-out License page, click Enter NIC ID next to the
primary computer from which you want to obtain a check-out license.
If you do not have any computers listed in the table, you can add
computers with companion IDs with the procedure in “Creating a
Computer” on page 34.
6. On the Provide Check-out License Computer page, type the NIC ID of
the computer for which you want to obtain a temporary license in the
Fixed Computer Information box.
7. Click Get Check-out License. Your check-out license file is sent to the
email address specified for your licensed user. If you have not specified
an email address for your licensed user, your license file is sent to the
email address in your myAltera account profile. Your computer license
type must match the license type of any license to which you want to
want to assign your computer.
Setting Up the License File
After you receive your license file, you must modify the license.dat file for
your specific licensing options.