Activating volume licenses

TwinCAT 3 volume licenses no longer have to be activated by the OEM due to the technical procedure used (volume ID in the hardware). However, the volume licenses are always tied to a corresponding hardware for this volume license and can only be ordered together with this hardware. The corresponding License Response File (identical for all devices with this volume license) is stored on the target hardware ordered with the volume license (TwinCAT 3 license dongle or Beckhoff IPC) during the production.

You can request your Volume License Response File at any time from Beckhoff Support by specifying the order number for your volume license.

Manual installation and activation of volume licenses on the control computer

By default, no manual installation of the License Response File is required, as this is done by Beckhoff during production. If, for example, you are using your own image that does not yet contain this License Response File, or if it is not yet in the license directory for other reasons, a manual installation may be necessary.

The License Response File must be copied to the control computer in directory c:\twincat\3.1\target\license.