TwinCAT 3 platform level (performance level)

TwinCAT 3 Runtime components are available for different platforms (performance levels, platform levels). The TwinCAT 3 license price depends on the platform level.

Examples of TwinCAT 3 platform levels:

TwinCAT 3 platform level (performance level) 1:

High-performance platform level

From TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4020.10 or higher, there are four new platform levels (81-84 and 91-94), depending on the computing power above platform levels 80 and 90.

The detection of platform levels of many-core IPCs is version-dependent. Older TwinCAT versions cannot recognize these and output them as 80 or 90.

When updating from a TwinCAT version lower than TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4020.10 to a current version, the original license files are no longer valid. In this case, contact Beckhoff support.

TwinCAT 3 platform level (performance level) 2:

From TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4022, a platform level downgrade option is available for dongle-related licenses. For level 9x licenses, this includes the corresponding level 8x licenses.

A platform level license 90 therefore does not include all platform level 8x licenses. Level 91 includes 81, 92 including 82 etc.

	Several system IDs A TwinCAT 3 license dongle has no platform level of its own. This is dependent on the platform level of the connected computer. Since the platform level of the computer goes into the system ID of the dongle, a TwinCAT 3 license dongle can have several system IDs.