Installation

Engineering prerequisites

Microsoft Visual Studio® Professional/Enterprise 2017, 2019 or 2022 must be installed on the engineering PC.
In the Visual Studio® Installer, the Desktop development with C++ option must be selected, as this option is not selected in automatic installation:

XAE Shell is sufficient for integrating and using existing binary C++ modules in a TwinCAT 3 PLC environment (Visual Studio® is not required).

Runtime prerequisites

Microsoft Visual Studio® does not have to be installed.

• For TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4024.x: TwinCAT 3.1 XAR
• For TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4026.x: TwinCAT Standard Runtime

TwinCAT Package Manager: Installation (TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4026)

Detailed instructions on installing products can be found in the chapter Installing workloads in the TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4026 installation instructions.

Install the following workload to be able to use the product:

TC1300 | TwinCAT 3 C/C++

TwinCAT setup: Installation (TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4024 and earlier)

Is included in the TwinCAT 3.1 Full setup.

TwinCAT/BSD:

No installation necessary