Quickstart
Because the TwinCAT Automation Interface provides a lot of possibility, it might sometimes be hard to understand where to start. This quickstart provides a step-by-step introduction into the TwinCAT Automation Interface and the different articles in this documentation.
We recommend to read the following in-depth articles:
Step | Article | Content |
|---|---|---|
1 | Describes how different Visual Studio versions can be accessed via the Visual Studio API | |
2 | Describes how to use the Automation Interface in order to create a new TwinCAT project. It also covers the co-existence of Visual Studio API and TwinCAT Automation Interface and how they correlate with each other. | |
3 | Describes how to navigate through an opened TwinCAT configuration by using different Automation Interface functionalities. | |
4 | Describes why every Automation Interface application should implement a custom COM MessageFilter. | |
5 | Describes how to turn the Automation Interface “silent” |
After these basic articles, the Best Practice articles may be consulted for different topics like PLC or I/O access via the Automation Interface.