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rostaman
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4 years ago

Questa FPGA Starter Edition Licensing Issue

I installed Questa FPGA Starter Edition and I cannot get a license for it. I have registered for the licensing site, but I still get "Account Required".
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AR_A_Intel
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4 years ago

Hello

Could help check again the setup. But before setting up Questa, would you kindly help check, whether your machine is supported or not (OS) by referring to link below:

https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/download/os-support.html

For Questa software, you must set an environment variable the location of license. you need to specify location of the license file using the LM_LICENSE_FILE system variable (click/checkout the Use LM_LICENSE_FILE variable). You need to set your LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable to point to the license that Intel provides. c:\intel\license.dat or something similar.

Please stop and restart PC after assigning.

To make this entry, you may perform a windows Search for "System Variables" and then click on "Edit the System Environment Variables" and then click "Environment Variables". Be aware that you must add the entry in System variables, not user variables.

(if you print "system v" instead, you can see it).

You can also refer this following YouTube for license setup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob9ei5lMgGE


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    rostaman
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    4 years ago

    Thank you for your reply.

    I checked the OS for Windows 11, and it shows Win10, which I guess means 11 is supported as well.

    I still cannot launch Questa. My fixed license file is in C:\ and its name is LR-067316_License.dat. I have the system environment variable LM_LICENSE pointing to C:\. I have restarted the machine. I still get the dialog that I posted here earlier, which does not let me run the program.

    The YouTube video is useless, since it's for Quartus, not Questa, and in the example, Quartus runs successfully, allowing the license to set up via the menu.

    Pretty stupid if you ask me, with Questa not even allowing the program to load.

    If you can help me I'd appreciate it.