Beckhoff volume system ID

With a TwinCAT 3 volume license a Beckhoff IPC or TwinCAT 3 license dongle is assigned a unique, customer-specific volume ID, in addition to the system ID. The volume system ID is assigned to the individual volume license for a particular customer, and the unique licensing reference refers to precisely this volume license for this customer. The volume system ID includes the volume ID of the corresponding volume license, the platform level of the IPC, the device type (IPC/dongle) and other components.

• The volume system ID is assigned to an individual volume license, not to individual hardware.
• The volume system ID is the same for all IPCs or license dongles with a volume license and identical platform level. Devices with a different platform level but the same volume license have a different volume system ID.
• The volume license can only be used in conjunction with the appropriate volume system IDs.
• The volume system ID is not transferable. It cannot be transferred to another customer or to another TwinCAT 3 license combination other than that specified in the volume license.
• The volume system ID and system ID can be used in parallel on a system. Volume licenses and standard licenses can therefore be used in parallel on a control computer, for example to extend the volume license with individual TwinCAT 3 functions on the respective computer.
• During the production of an IPC the volume system ID is stored on the mainboard (not on the hard disk) and cannot be changed later.
• During the production of the license dongles (in this case always customer-specific), the volume system ID (except the platform level) is stored permanently in the license dongle and cannot be changed later. The platform level of the connected IPC is later automatically added by TwinCAT.
• A TwinCAT 3 license dongle with a volume license is customer-specific and always has a customer-specific order number. The TwinCAT 3 license dongle is included in the customer-specific order number of the volume license and is not ordered separately.

Displaying the volume system ID in the TwinCAT 3 development environment (XAE)

In TwinCAT 3 Engineering the volume system ID of a TwinCAT 3 license dongle is displayed in the License Device tab of the license manager. To open the license manager, double-click on License in the SYSTEM subtree of the Solution Explorer.

Displaying the volume system ID in the TwinCAT 3 Runtime (XAR)

In the TwinCAT 3 Runtime (XAR), the volume system ID of an IPC that was produced for a volume license is displayed next to the system ID of the IPC by right-clicking on the TwinCAT 3 icon in the taskbar and then clicking on the About menu item in the About TwinCAT System window that opens.

Under TwinCAT version 3.1 Build 4020, display of the system ID of the TwinCAT 3 license dongle in the TwinCAT 3 Runtime is not yet available.