Quartus II web edition licensing

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I have installed the Quartus II v11 sp2 and I received a license as I requested.

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Your subject line says Web Edition - it does not require a license.

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I am having problem withe full compilation?

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Are you trying to use an IP core that requires a license? If so, its the license for that core that is the problem, not the license for the Web Edition.

Cheers,

Dave

Hey Dave,

I agree and I saw that web edition doesnt require a license, but I believe it requires a license file just to register the PC am running the tool in, which I received from here-

www[dot]altera[dot]com/download/licensing/free_software/lic-q2web.jsp

steps done-

Then I followed the instructions to place the license file in C:\flexlm and then added the system variable for this license file and mapped this license fro the Quartus (Tools>License setup) and checked the "Use LM_LCENSE_FILE variable" and I also tried by placing this license file somewhere in the harddrive (C:/) and mapped the location from the Quartus again using the same License set up dialog box and this time unchecked the "Use LM_LCENSE_FILE variable" and but brosed the location of the license file.

With all these done- I have two messages 1. About checking my internet connection 2. About the license.

the error messages I get when I try to compile (my project doesnt use any paid IP cores) are-

Error (20005): A license file is required to enable compilation of your design for the Cyclone family of devices

Error: Quartus II 32-bit Analysis & Synthesis was unsuccessful. 1 error, 0 warnings

Error: Peak virtual memory: 229 megabytes

Error: Processing ended: Thu Apr 12 17:15:34 2012

Error: Elapsed time: 00:00:01

Error: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:00

Error (293001): Quartus II Full Compilation was unsuccessful. 3 errors, 0 warnings

I believe. am missing something somewhere. please advise-

Thanks for your reply

rrk

I installed Quartus Web Edition 11.1sp1 under several virtual machines (Linux Ubuntu, Centos, Windows XP, etc) a few weeks ago and did not have to perform any license management. See p40 of this tutorial:

http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/using_the_usb-blaster_as_an_sopc/qsys_avalon-mm_master_tutorial

http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/pdf/altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial.pdf

Could you check one thing. Go to the Quartus II Help->About menu. What is the version information there?

For 11.1sp1 full-edition, the info is: 'Quartus II 32-bit Version 11.1 Build 216 11/23/2011 SJ Full Version', and in the window below this it says 'Service Pack Installed: 1'.

Cheers,

Dave

About information for this installed Quartus is 'Quartus II 32- bit version 11.1 Build 259 01/25/2012 SJ Web Edition'. and 'Service pack installed :2"

just a note: Initially I installed this version in my WIn 7 (64 bit) but then I read that this version isnt supported by Win 7 64 bit yet, so now I have installed this to my XP machine (32 bit)- but again I am having other issues as I mentioned above.

On this licensing subject- do you think, the tool needs to be internet connected for license file validation? because this didnt happen, I am not able to connect using the proxy server- since I am not sure about the username /psswrd its asking ( I mean- which username /psswrd) Tools->Options->(General tab) Internet connectivity.

Thanks

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About information for this installed Quartus is 'Quartus II 32- bit version 11.1 Build 259 01/25/2012 SJ Web Edition'. and 'Service pack installed :2"

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Ok, that confirms its Web Edition.

What does Tools->License Setup have on it? Mine has nothing filled in, and a lot of fields that say 'Not found'. Eg., there is no license file setting.

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On this licensing subject- do you think, the tool needs to be internet connected for license file validation? because this didnt happen

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I'm not sure. Perhaps that has something to do with it, or perhaps 11.1sp2 is just buggy. Is 11.1sp1 still available on the Altera web site? If it is, try that version.

Cheers,

Dave

Dave,

The License setup window - under the group "Current license"

License Type : Web edition

Subscription Expiration 2011.11

Host ID type : not found

Host ID value: Not found

and in the local system inf0- it has my NIC ID and C:\ s/no.

and, I just found that altera still has the v11 sp1 for download, so I will try out and see

if that helps, will keep you posted

Thanks

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The License setup window - under the group "Current license"

License Type : Web edition

Subscription Expiration 2011.11

Host ID type : not found

Host ID value: Not found

and in the local system inf0- it has my NIC ID and C:\ s/no.

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That's consistent with what I see for 11.1sp1.

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I just found that altera still has the v11 sp1 for download, so I will try out and see if that helps, will keep you posted

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Ok, great.

Cheers,

Dave

Perhaps, the v11 sp1

also has the same problem- license.

Now am working on the proxy server setting to make it internet connected if that solves.

Thanks

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Perhaps, the v11 sp1

also has the same problem- license.

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I don't recall if I had an internet connection during the installation. However, after it is installed, if you do not have an internet connection, Quartus simply pops up a dialog telling you that. You can dismiss the dialog and then use the tool just fine.

Cheers,

Dave

Does Quartus II v11 sp1 (web edition) supported by Win 7 (64 bit)?

Thanks