BECKHOFF ET1100 - Manual (Page 21)

EtherCAT IP Core for Altera FPGAs
Slave Controller – Application Note FAQ 17
4.1.4 License expired
Messages
Warning: License for core EtherCAT_VendorID (745C_1810), version 0000.00 is expired
Error: Can't find valid feature line for core EtherCAT_VendorID (745C_1810) in current license
Error (10003): Can't open encrypted VHDL or Verilog HDL file
"C:/Altera/Quartus101/ip/beckhoff/ethercat_2.4.0/reference_designs/EL9800_DIGI_EP3C25F256/ethe
rcat_digitalio/ETHERCAT_VENDORID.VHD" -- current license file does not contain a valid license
for encrypted file
Info: Found 0 design units, including 0 entities, in source file
ethercat_digitalio/ethercat_vendorid.vhd
Error (10003): Can't open encrypted VHDL or Verilog HDL file
"C:/Altera/Quartus101/ip/beckhoff/ethercat_2.4.0/reference_designs/EL9800_DIGI_EP3C25F256/ethe
rcat_digitalio/ETHERCAT_IPCORE_TOP.VHD" -- current license file does not contain a valid
license for encrypted file
Info: Found 0 design units, including 0 entities, in source file
ethercat_digitalio/ethercat_ipcore_top.vhd
Error (10003): Can't open encrypted VHDL or Verilog HDL file
"C:/Altera/Quartus101/ip/beckhoff/ethercat_2.4.0/reference_designs/EL9800_DIGI_EP3C25F256/ethe
rcat_digitalio/ETHERCAT_IPCORE.VHD" -- current license file does not contain a valid license
for encrypted file
Info: Found 0 design units, including 0 entities, in source file
ethercat_digitalio/ethercat_ipcore.vhd
Info: Found 2 design units, including 1 entities, in source file el9800_digi_ep3c25f256.vhd
Error: Quartus II 64-Bit Analysis & Synthesis was unsuccessful. 4 errors, 1 warning
Error: Quartus II Full Compilation was unsuccessful. 6 errors, 1 warning
Figure 5: License Setup: License expired
Solution
Acquire a valid license.