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Setup TwinCat 3.1
TwinCAT 3 is PC based control software and software development process is integrated into Visual Studio® 2010/2012/2013/2015. This is compiler for the IEC 61131-3 languages.
There are two options for installing TwinCat 3.1 software.
Since we focus on development of PLC software in structured text, we download TwinCAT 3.1 – eXtended Automation Engineering (XAE) from Beckhoff site. The latest version of download file is TC31-Full-Setup.3.1.4022.16 .
Before installing TwinCAT 3 we need to consider
Virtualization Technology
This option activates or deactivates the additional hardware capabilities of virtualization technology.
Virtualization Technology
[Enabled]
If virtualization in BIOS is not set we get the following error when we run a PLC program in this laptop, so before continueing we should check the BIOS.
Accept license agreement
Select complete type
Select Visual Studio which one should be integrated with your TwinCat
Complete the installation by pressing Finish
Restart the computer so changes will be in effect.
After restarting the computer, we can can change the TwinCat icon to blue color (config mode) and green color (run mode)
If we cannot see this icon, it might be located in the "hidden icons" area (right bottom corner):
See also : Create first "Hello PLC world" program