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 the manual TwinCAT 3 C++ Chapter 4 Requirements.

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

On the engineering PC

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

For Visual Studio 2017 or 2019 check the Visual C++ checkbox during installation.

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 "x64: driver signing" in the TC3 C++ manual

Setup instructions

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. Start TwinCAT 3 Setup.

3. Then start the TE1420-TargetForFMI setup to install the TE1420.

4. Follow the instructions in the setup wizard.

The setup is installed.

If a Visual Studio and a TwinCAT installation already exists but the Visual Studio version does not meet the requirements mentioned 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 runtime PC, the drivers must be signed. Details can be found in the TC3 C++ manual under Driver signing.