How to check which edition of Quartus you are using

Which type of license file are you using—fixed or floating?

If you're using a floating license, after setting up the license daemon, you can run the following command in the command prompt to check the license status:

lmutil lmstat -a -c <license.dat>

This will provide detailed information about license seat usage and availability.

Assuming you have one sw_pe license seat, I believe you should be able to run one instance of Quartus Standard and one instance of Quartus Pro simultaneously. (Note: exclude quartus_nonvolatile_encryption to avoid confusion.)

Unfortunately, I don’t have full visibility into the sw_pe purchased license, so I recommend trying to launch multiple instances of Quartus to check whether it is true that you can run both Standard and Pro editions simultaneously. [1std + 1pro] or [0std + 2pro]. *Only keeping sw_pe feature in the license file to avoid checking out the other quartus/quartus_pro feature.

Regards,

Richard Tan