Modelsim Altera 6.1g

Hi,

In older version of ModelSim, there used to be one utility called diagnose.exe, which could set the LM_LICENCE_FILE path for you. But in new versions, you don't find this utility. You'll have to set LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable manually. You could do so by doing followings:

- Right click on My Computer icon, click properties

- Select Advanced tab and click on the Environment Variables button (right above OK button)

- in the "User Variables for user_name" section, click new

- Type in LM_LICENSE_FILE in the Variable Name section

- Type in the path (where your license file is located, e.g., c:\altera\license.dat) in the Variable Value section

- Click OK

- Close all the remaining windows by clicking OK in each of them

This should set your environment variable. If this does not affect immediately, you may need to restart your PC once.

Again, I would like to emphasize that you need to have correct license for running correct version of ModelSim-Altera (i.e., Subscription version or Web Edition). Which version are you using? If you are using web edition, then you can get the license for ModelSim-Altera web edition along with the Quartus II web edition license. (You get an optional check mark for opting for ModelSim-Altera web edition license when you request for Quartus II web edition license). If you missed including support for ModelSim-Altera web edition license when you requested for Quartus II license, you can request Quartus II web edition license again and also include support for ModelSim-altera web edition license. You should get the combined license in no time. If you are using a subscription software, you must request for subscription license. Web edition license does not work with subscription version software and vice versa.

I hope that this solves your problem.

Cheers,

BD