TwinCAT 3 volume licenses

Requirements for TwinCAT 3 volume licensing:

• Only available for Beckhoff IPCs/ePCs or Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 license dongles
• High number of identical Beckhoff IPCs with identical (or lower) TwinCAT 3 platform level.
• Only available for TwinCAT 3 Runtime licenses (i.e. not for the TwinCAT 3 development environment)
• Identical TwinCAT 3 volume license for all Beckhoff IPCs

For customers requiring simple license handling for a large number of identical Beckhoff IPCs, the only option available in the past was volume licensing for the TwinCAT 3 Runtime (XAR).

The TwinCAT 3 license dongles in the "... -0033" version (e.g. EL6070-0033) now offer a licensing option that has the technical advantages of volume licenses (no activation, easy replacement of the IPC) without their technical disadvantages (no flexibility in license configuration, customer-specific production).

Adding TwinCAT 3 standard licenses If required, TwinCAT 3 standard licenses (e.g. for TwinCAT 3 functions) can be added on each IPC individually in addition to the TwinCAT 3 volume license, although they are not included in the volume licensing. They are subject to the normal restrictions for standard licenses, e.g. in the event of a replacement of an IPC. Additional standard licenses are tied to the individual system ID of the respective IPC or the respective TwinCAT 3 license dongle in the conventional way.