If you have any questions, please get in touch with your Beckhoff sales contact. Beckhoff does not provide support for specific problems when using the TwinCAT software on virtual machines.The use of TwinCAT software on virtual machines is at your own risk.Beckhoff does not test the operation of TwinCAT software on virtual machines and therefore cannot guarantee its functionality in this environment.Since October 2022, the software license agreement for Beckhoff software products also allows the use of TwinCAT 3 on virtual machines. A license for a higher platform level can be used for all lower platform levels. The TwinCAT 3 license dongle supports a downgrade of the platform level. The simple exchange of the Industrial PC or use of the licenses on different Industrial PCs is possible with the dongle. The TwinCAT 3 license dongle makes the TwinCAT 3 license independent of the Industrial PC in use. A maximum of 20 license files, each with an unlimited number of licenses, are possible on a TwinCAT 3 license dongle. The user can add additional license files to a TwinCAT 3 license dongle at any time. However, it is recommended to use a TwinCAT 3 license dongle.įor a current TwinCAT 3 version (from build 4022), TwinCAT 3 licenses can be ordered conveniently on a C9900-L100 license key USB stick or an EL6070 EtherCAT license key terminal and are thus ready for use immediately. TwinCAT 3 licenses can be activated directly for a control computer. The performance is subdivided into so-called platform levels. The price of TwinCAT 3 runtime licenses depends on the performance of the control computer employed. Various functions/development tools that go beyond pure PLC programming (TExxxx) as well as TwinCAT 3 runtime licenses (TCxxxx / TFxxxx) are chargeable, however. The core of TwinCAT 3 Engineering (PLC programming) is royalty-free and can be installed on any number of development PCs. TwinCAT 3 consists of the TwinCAT 3 development environment ( TwinCAT 3 Engineering, XAE) and the TwinCAT 3 runtime environment ( TwinCAT 3 Runtime, XAR).
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