Version 4.X
Beckhoff.TwinCAT.Ads 4.X Series Package
The 4.X package series is recommended to use when the support of TwinCAT version< 3.1.4024.10 (including TwinCAT 2) is a necessity on the same system. Although it is based on the Full .NET Framework (net4) it is useable in newer .NET Core Generations (net8.0, net6.0 but not in standard2.0 applications). However, the use then is limited to Windows only.
This version is still under active support.
Key characteristics
- Windows only
- Basing on .NET Framework 4.0 (net40, .NET Full Framework)
- Supports all versions of TwinCAT (including TwinCAT 2 and TwinCAT 3 versions) running on the local system.
- Synchronous communication
- Asynchronous Read/Write requestes (with async-Statement) are not supported.