Installation

1 Introduction

TwinCAT3 has a development environment for software development called XAE and an execution environment for real-time processing called XAR. Then, the development environment PC and the execution environment PC can be separated by preparing a PC with XAE installed and a PC with XAR installed. This page introduces how to connect from the development environment PC to execution environment PC by remote connection.

I prepared a note PC Thinkpad E14 Gen3 for the development environment PC. Then, the execution environment PC is the mini PC ThinkCentre M75q Tiny Gen2.

Specifications of the Development Environment PC

  • OS: Windows 11 Pro 64bit
  • GPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700U
  • Memory: 8+8 GB DDR4-3200MHz
  • 1st Storage: 256 GB SSD, M.2 PCIe-NVMe
  • 2nd Storage: 1 TB SSD, M.2 PCIe-NVMe

Here, a 8 GB storage and the 2nd Storage have been added to empty slots respectively after purchase.

2 Installation of TwinCAT3

TwinCAT3 full setup installer is HERE.

2.1 Installation of XAR to the execution environment PC

  1. Execute TwinCAT3 full setup installer.
  2. Choose “Custom” setup type.
  3. Click “TwinCAT XAE”, choose “This fearure will not be available.”

2.2 Installation of XAE to the development environment PC

  1. Execute TwinCAT3 full setup installer.
  2. Choose “Custom” setup type.
  3. Click “TwinCAT XAR 64 bit”, choose “This fearure will not be available.”
  4. Check the installed Visual Studio.
  5. Do not forget checking “Install TwinCAT XAE Shell” either, otherwise TwinCAT measurement will not be installed.