Introduction
EtherCAT Box, License key for TwinCAT 3.1
TwinCAT 3.1 offers an option to manage TwinCAT software licenses directly also in distributed systems via the IP67-protected EtherCAT Box module EP6070-0060. The EP6070-0060 embodies the hardware license key in the modular EtherCAT I/O system. Data transfer takes place via EtherCAT.
The EP6070-0060 license key module is equipped with a local data memory for easy handling of TwinCAT 3.1 licensing. This data memory is used to store the TwinCAT 3.1 license files, is not freely accessible and is managed by TwinCAT 3.1.