Requirements

Overview of minimum requirements

The following minimum requirements must be met for the implementation and debugging of TwinCAT 3 C++ modules.

The following must be installed on the engineering PC:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or 2019 Professional / Enterprise.
• When installing Visual Studio, the Desktop development with C++ option must be additionally selected, as this option is not selected with the automatic installation:
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• TwinCAT 3 installation (XAE engineering)
• XAE Shell is sufficient for integrating and using existing binary C++ modules in a TwinCAT 3 PLC environment (Visual Studio is not required).

On the runtime PC:

• IPC or Embedded CX PC with one of the operating systems Windows 10 or TwinCAT/BSD. Both 32 and 64-bit versions are supported.
• Microsoft Visual Studio does not have to be installed.
• TwinCAT 3.1 installation (XAR runtime)