Installation

System requirements

The same requirements apply for the Target for FMI as for TwinCAT 3 C/C++. The detailed description of the TwinCAT 3 C/C++ requirements can be found in Chapter 4 Installation in the TwinCAT 3 C++ manual.

In the following sections, these requirements are only referred to briefly, not in detail.

On the engineering PC

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, 2019, or 2022 Professional, Premium, Ultimate, or Community Edition

Select the Visual C++ checkbox when installing Visual Studio.

TwinCAT 3 XAE

On the runtime PC

IPC or Embedded CX PC with Microsoft operating system based on Windows NT kernel (Win 10 and corresponding embedded versions)
TwinCAT 3 XAR

TwinCAT 3.1 supports 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. If the target is a x64 system, the created drivers must be signed. See also "x64: Driver signing" in the TwinCAT 3 C++ manual.

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:

TE1420 | TwinCAT 3 Target for FMI

Setup: Installation (TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4024)

If neither one of the supported Visual Studio versions nor a TwinCAT 3 setup is available, proceed as follows during the installation:

1. Install one of the supported Visual Studio versions.

2. Download the TwinCAT 3 setup from the Beckhoff website in the Download section. See also: Installation up to TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4024

3. Start TwinCAT 3 Setup.

4. Run the setup wizard and follow the instructions to install TwinCAT 3.

TwinCAT 3 is installed.

5. Then start the TE1420-TargetForFMI setup to install the Target for FMI.

6. Follow the instructions in the setup wizard.

Target for FMI is installed.

If a Visual Studio and/or a TwinCAT installation already exists but the Visual Studio version does not meet the requirements stated above (e.g. Visual Studio Shell or Visual Studio without Visual C++), proceed as follows:

1. Install a suitable Visual Studio version.

2. Execute the TwinCAT 3 setup.

TwinCAT 3 is integrated into the new or modified Visual Studio version.

	Driver signing for targets with x64 operating system To use an x64-operating system as the runtime PC, the drivers must be signed. Details can be found in the TC3 C++ manual under Driver signing.