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Giorgi_Kvernadze
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10 months ago
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Licesnse for Questa?

I downloaded the free, lite version of Quartus Prime and opted for installing Questa, during the installation setup. But now when I try to run it, it doesn't work. Is a separate license for Que...
Installation & Licensing
Simulation
  • RichardT_altera's avatar
    RichardT_altera
    10 months ago

    Hmm, it looks like almost everything is correct.
    Could you double-check if the NIC ID is correct?
    Also this is a Fixed type license, correct? 
    5.5.1. Identifying Host's NIC ID

    Regards,
    Richard Tan

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Giorgi_Kvernadze
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10 months ago

I did that, but nothing changed.

When trying to launch Questa manually I just get this pop up and it goes away, with nothing happening afterwards.


And when I set up Quartus to run the simulation automatically after compilation, I get the following messages:

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ShengN_altera
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10 months ago

Latest version simulator needs environment variable SALT_LICENSE_SERVER for fixed license

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    Giorgi_Kvernadze
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    10 months ago

    I have added the fixed license, as SALT_LICENSE_SERVER environment variable

     

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      ShengN_altera
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      10 months ago

      May I know you're using company working environment like vnc or virtual machine?

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        Giorgi_Kvernadze
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        10 months ago

        no