Unable to select specific active serial configuration device in Quartus Pro "Device and Pin Options"

[Steve-Mowbray-ENL]

Arria 10 and Quartus Pro 20.4

In Quartus Standard device and pin options we can select from a list of compatible flash devices however in Quartus Pro the "Configuration Device Options..." button is greyed out:

How do I tell Quartus Pro what configuration device to use for active serial configuration scheme in our project?

Thanks

Steve

[FvM]

Hi,
there's no need or purpose of setting a specific configuration device in Device Options, the device has to be set in Programming File Generator tool in case you are using indirect JTAG programming method for the flash.

[Steve-Mowbray-ENL]

Thanks FvM -- this makes good sense but now I'm confused as to why Quartus Standard allows a configuration device to be selected in the equivalent Device and Pin Options section when using Standard edition -- perhaps it is an unused setting left over from previous versions...

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