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Installation of multiple license files

Altera_Forum
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This seems like a very very beginner problem, but if anyone could spare the time, please help. 

 

I'm having two license files, one for a node-locked Quartus Prime 15.1 Standard, and one for a Bitec HDMI IP core. At the moment I have to select the Bitec license file in Quartus License Setup to synthesize my design and then later change to the Quartus license to build the output files. I can't load the two license simultaneously. Now I don't know, if I'm just looking in the wrong place or if this is not possible by design. I screened the forum and documentation about this, but didn't find any information. 

 

Thanks!! 

Klaus
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Altera_Forum
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I think under Tools -> License Setup you can point to more than one file by separating them with a semicolon. (I used to do this but now only have a single file, so don't have an example anymore.)

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Altera_Forum
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You can open both your license files in a text editor, and copy and paste the entire contents of one into the other. And then save it as a new file, eg Bitec_and_Quartus. I've certainly done this with new IP license files I've got.

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Altera_Forum
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Yes, you can separate license entries with a semicolon - either directly in the tool or using the 'LM_LICENSE_FILE' environmental variable. This entry can contain any mix of licence servers and license files. Mine looks like this: 

License file = 51210@ls-sjc-01.xxxx.com;51021@ls-rtp-01.xxxx.com;51021@ls-sjc-03.xxxx.com;C:\altera\license\license.dat 

 

Cheers, 

Alex
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Yes, you can separate license entries with a semicolon - either directly in the tool or using the 'LM_LICENSE_FILE' environmental variable. This entry can contain any mix of licence servers and license files. Mine looks like this: 

License file = 51210@ls-sjc-01.xxxx.com;51021@ls-rtp-01.xxxx.com;51021@ls-sjc-03.xxxx.com;C:\altera\license\license.dat 

 

Cheers, 

Alex 

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Thank you everyone for the replies! Both solutions, separating files with a ";" and merging the files via copy-paste work. Problem solved! 

 

Klaus
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