Specifications

CHAPTER 17: INSTALLATION,LICENSING & TECHNICAL SUPPORT
LICENSING THE QUARTUS II SOFTWARE
250 ■ INTRODUCTION TO QUARTUS II ALTERA CORPORATION
– Enable 30-day evaluation period with no license file (no
programming file support). This option allows you to evaluate
the Quartus II software, without programming file support, for 30
days. After the 30-day grace period is over, you must obtain a
valid license file from the Licensing section of the Altera web site
at www.altera.com/licensing, and then follow the remaining steps
in this procedure.
– Perform automatic web license retrieval. Selecting this option
requests a valid license file automatically from the Altera web site.
If you are using a node-locked (FIXEDPC) license and the
Quartus II software is able to retrieve a license file successfully
from the web site, you can skip the remaining steps of this
procedure. If you are using a network (multiuser) license, or if the
Quartus II software is not able to retrieve a license file, you are
guided through the licensing procedure.
– Specify valid license file. If you have a valid license file but have
not specified the location of the license file, selecting this option
displays the License Setup page of the Options dialog box (Tools
menu). It will give you an option to Specify valid license file or
Use LM_LICENSE_FILE variable. You can also specify the license
file or LM_LICENSE_FILE variable in your System control panel
for Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP, or in your
.cshrc file for UNIX and Linux workstations. If you select this
option, you can skip the remaining steps of the procedure.
2. If you are requesting a new license file, in the Licensing section of the
Altera web site, choose the link for the appropriate license type. Refer
to Table 1 on page 249.
3. Specify the requested information.
4. After you receive a license file by e-mail, save it to a directory on your
system.
5. If necessary, modify the license file for your license.
6. Set up and configure the FLEXlm license manager server for your
system.