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Set up licensing – Altera DSP Development Kit, Stratix & Stratix Professional Edition Getting Started User Manual

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Development Kit Version 1.3.0

Altera Corporation

DSP Development Kit, Stratix & Stratix Professional Edition Getting Started User Guide December 2004

Set Up Licensing

Set Up Licensing

Before using the Quartus II software and DSP Builder, you must request
a license file from the Altera web site. Select the Licensing link at
www.altera.com

. Install the license file on your PC. When you request a

license file, Altera e-mails you a license.dat file that enables the software.

To obtain a license, perform the following steps:

1.

Select the Licensing link at www.altera.com.

2.

Click DSP Development Kit, Stratix Edition or DSP Development
Kit, Stratix Professional Edition

.

3.

Follow the online instructions to request your license. A license.dat
file is e-mailed to you.

4.

Close the following software applications if they are open:

The Quartus II software

The MAX+PLUS II software

The MATLAB and Simulink software

The LeonardoSpectrum synthesis tool

The Synplicity Synplify Pro software

The ModelSim simulator

1

To install your license, see the Specifying the License File section
in the Quartus II Design Software Installation & Licensing for PCs
manual, which is included with the development kit.