Operating Quartus with a remote PC

Question

Hi
My PC at work has Quartus Prime Pro installed, running with a node-locked license.
Is there any way I can remotely run that Quartus from home, with my personal PC?
Perhaps if I install a secondary node-locked license on the personal PC?
Thanks!

ar_a_intel · Answer

Hello

Welcome to INTEL forum. Based on my understanding on your note, you need to use the license on multiple computers. Yes, it is possible to generate a Temporary License. This license enables portability for the same user that needs to use the license on multiple computers.

Please note that a Companion license is only temporary for 2-weeks period of time.

Refer to link on how to generate temporary license in Self-Service Licensing Center.

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/education/demonstrations/online/licensing/how-to-generate-companion-or-temporary-license.pdf

tss3 · Answer

Hi AabdRahman, 
At home I'm running a private PC, and as such, it is too weak to run Quartus Prime Pro.
So unless I misunderstood you, I'm not sure a companion license could help,
as it cannot be installed on a PC uncapable of running said software.
My private PC can, however, connect from my home to my office work PC,
however the Quartus Prime Pro installed on that PC forbids any remote
operation, thus forcing me to actually do the work by physically being in the
office - this is the main problem I seek to solve.
Regards,
Itay

sstrell · Answer

You don't need a license for your local machine.  Any remote access software (Teamviewer, LogMeIn, Webex, etc.) would work fine.
When you say "PC forbids any remote operation", do you mean that your work has a firewall or something else that doesn't let you connect to your work machine?  I've used Quartus Pro remotely plenty of times with no issues.

tss3 · Answer

Hi sstrell,
Quartus Prime Pro needs a license by definition, as it targets higher-end devices such as
the Arria10 I'm working on.
My place of work has a firewall yet allows remote accessing, used by contractors to remotely
participate in integration sessions in our labs, and for writing documents from home,
just to name a few examples.
I suspect the reason why you're able to remotely access this Quartus is because in your case
the Quartus's license type is FLOATING - whereas in my case, it's NODE-LOCKED.
Also, I can definitely remotely access Quartus Prime LITE, I assume the reason is, 
that in the LITE case, a software exempt from licensing (as opposed to the PRO) is deemed
as a software with floating license i.e. permits remote accessing.
Pls. advise.
Regards,
Itay

sstrell · Answer

No, I always access node-locked machines that have their own license files.
So what you're saying is that you can access the machine but you can't run Quartus, so this is a licensing issue, not a remote access issue.  If it's Standard or Pro and you're not using a floating license server, then the machine you're trying to access needs its own license file that is specified in Quartus in the Tools menu (License Setup).  But you say you have that.
So I guess clarification is needed on this: "My private PC can, however, connect from my home to my office work PC, however the Quartus Prime Pro installed on that PC forbids any remote operation, thus forcing me to actually do the work by physically being in the office - this is the main problem I seek to solve."
When you say it forbids remote operation, what is actually happening that is not working as expected?

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