Installing the TwinCAT 3 Runtime
- You have read the section Integration in Visual Studio®.
- You have downloaded the current installation program TC31-Full-Setup 3.1 from the Beckhoff homepage.
- 1. Run the program to start the installation. If you use Windows 7 or Windows 8, run the program as an administrator. To do this, right-click on the file and select the corresponding option in the context menu.
- The TwinCAT 3.1 - Install Shield Wizard will open, which guides you through the installation and in which you make all further installation settings (licence agreement, customer information, setup type).
- 2. Click on Next to proceed with the installation.
- 3. Accept the license agreement and click on Next.
- 4. Enter your User Name and Organization. Click on Next.
- 1. Activate the Custom option to install just the TwinCAT 3 Runtime. Click on Next.
- 2. Deselect TwinCAT XAE and the subordinate features by clicking on the symbol in front of the respective entry and selection This feature will not be available in the opening context menu. You can choose which of the runtime environments you wish to install: TwinCAT 3 PLC, TwinCAT 3 C++ or TwinCAT 3 MC. If you deselect a runtime environment you cannot operate the corresponding module on the computer. Click on Next.
- 1. Click on Install to start the installation. TwinCAT 3 will be installed in the specified directory C:\TwinCAT\3.1\.
- 2. Activate the Always trust software from Beckhoff Automation GmbH selection box and click on Install to install all drivers (alternatively you will be requested several times to confirm).
- 3. Click on Finish.
- 4. To complete the installation, you have to restart the system. If you wish to automatically restart the system immediately, click on Yes in the following dialog.
- Following the restart TwinCAT is ready for use. The status of the runtime system (XAR) is indicated by a blue (configuration mode) or green (run mode) symbol in the Windows menu bar.
