TwinCAT 3 license dongle

TwinCAT 3 standard licenses are tied to a specific hardware (via their individual TwinCAT 3 system ID). This is usually a TwinCAT 3 license dongle in the form of an EL6070 License Key Terminal or a C9900-L100 license key USB stick or, in special cases, a Beckhoff IPC.

Compared to licensing an IPC, a TwinCAT 3 license dongle offers significantly greater flexibility with regard to the control computer used, since TwinCAT 3 licenses are no longer tied to a specific IPC and only has to match the hardware platform level of the associated TwinCAT 3 license. This is a great advantage when servicing is required, for example.

	TwinCAT 3 licenses for non-Beckhoff IPCs If you use an IPC from a manufacturer other than Beckhoff (TwinCAT 3 platform level >= 90), a TwinCAT 3 license dongle is always required for licensing TwinCAT 3.

	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.

	Coverage of the platform level The platform level of the computer must always be covered by the TwinCAT 3 licenses on the license dongle.