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PLUTO0
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4 months ago

I'm using Quartus Prime Lite, and I keep getting a license-related error.

I'm having trouble running a simulation with the University Program's VWF in Quartus Prime Lite. It keeps failing with a license-related error. What should I do?
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ShengN_altera
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4 months ago

Hi,


Quartus Prime Lite and VWF not need license. Could you check other version got error?


Thanks,

Regards,

Sheng



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DrRussMeierMSOE
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4 months ago

Sheng,

I can absolutely confirm as a university professor with 100 students using Quartus Prime Lite 24.1 and Questa-Sim that using the VWF graphical waveform editor and QuestaSim simulation requires a free license for QuestaSim. You will receive an error message until you acquire a license.

With my students, I use this workflow on Microsoft Windows:

  • Use Quartus --> Tools --> License Setup --> Get No Cost Licenses
  • After acquiring a license file, a confirmation dialog will appear with the pathname of the file. Mouse highlight and copy that path name.
  • Ensure Use LM_LICENSE_FILE_variable is checked in the same dialog box
  • Open the Command Prompt application.
  • In Command Prompt: setx LM_LICENSE_FILE <<paste in path>>
  • Reboot computer
  • Use Quartus --> Tools --> License Setup
  • Ensure the Use LM_LICENSE_FILE checkbox is checked. It should be prepopulated with your path name now.

Russ