PLC programming using TwinCAT 3 - Basics & installation (Part 2/18)

Here I will give some background information to PLCs and TwinCAT 3, and describe on a high level how it is working. We will also download the TwinCAT 3 development environment (XAE) so that we have everything up and set for our first program.

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Intro 0:00
A bit of history 0:15
The dawn of TwinCAT 1:30
XAE & XAR 4:28
XAE & Visual Studio 7:49
TwinCAT installation 9:34
TwinCAT modes 20:42

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[kevinxiao]

This is the best TwinCAT 3 tutorial i've ever seen thank you so much!

[AudioJunkie]

I am really looking forward to this series. I have followed your blog for some time and benefited from your articles. You sir know your stuff. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[paulcisek]

So glad to see a "useful" tutorial. Thanks for investing the time!

[Amalokch]

13:46 the best part!!! LOL hahaa i just started to learn TwinCAT for a new job opportunity and this videos are gold. Muchas gracias!

[SEHAMOSA]

Very pleased to see a "useful" tutorial. After searching a lot for good content, thank you very much. Good luck, I am Isaac from Egypt

[gtg]

Very Great Tutorials - Because it is not just discuss in the programming but also the concept of TwinCAT.

[rasoulsadeghi]

It is just what we needed. I really appreciate it. I have three years of experience with TwinCAT 3 but haven't known the difference between XAE and XAR. just using them. But when you know the fundamentals, your performance would be different.

[RedGloveFan]

I will watch the full series. Good intro.

[DonnyJ_CountryLife]

Thank you so much for taking the time to do these video!. I am learning TwinCAT through this series.

[jancatalinnicoara]

Jakob, you did a great job regarding these tutorials. Just excellent explications and easy to fulfill. I'm an automation engineer and it's help for me a lot these tutorials. Greetings and my hat is off in front of you. :)

[kenku]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. I have been looking for TwinCAT tutorials online and I am very glad that I found this.

[altamimi]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

00:16 *🏭 History of PLCs and TwinCAT*
- Introduction to industrial automation before PLCs
- Emergence of PLCs in the 1960s by Allen-Bradley and General Motors
- Evolution of TwinCAT from the 1980s to the release of TwinCAT 3 in 2012
02:27 *💻 Development Environment and Runtime of TwinCAT*
- Integration of development environment and system manager into Microsoft Visual Studio with TwinCAT 3
- Introduction of TwinCAT runtime for Windows and Beckhoff's Tc/BSD operating system
- Usage of CODESYS compiler for PLC software development in Visual Studio
04:39 *🔧 Components of TwinCAT: XAE & XAR*
- Overview of the eXtended Automation Engineering (XAE) environment for software development
- Description of the eXtended Automation Runtime (XAR) for real-time execution
- Explanation of communication between XAE and XAR using ADS protocol
06:27 *🔄 Development Environment Setup and Advantages*
- Ability to compile and test TwinCAT projects locally on development machines
- Utilization of VirtualBox for isolated TwinCAT development environments
- Advantages of TwinCAT 3's cost-free development and runtime environment
09:12 *📥 Installing TwinCAT XAE and Visual Studio*
- Steps to download and install TwinCAT XAE development environment
- Options for integrating TwinCAT into existing Visual Studio installations
- Recommendations for choosing between bundled and separate Visual Studio installations
12:35 *🖥️ Installation Process and Software Requirements*
- Demonstration of the TwinCAT XAE Shell installation process
- Explanation of additional software packages included in the TwinCAT installation
- Overview of the system requirements and recommended resources for TwinCAT development
16:49 *🛠️ Configuring TwinCAT and System Modes*
- Explanation of TwinCAT modes: CONFIG, RUN, and STOP/EXCEPTION
- Procedure for switching between CONFIG and RUN modes using taskbar options
- Importance of configuring TwinCAT for development and runtime environments

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[grzegorzszafulski]

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[bjornsoderlindh]

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[morrobotik]

Thank you so much for the detailed and excellent tutorial. I think you definitely need more subscribers.

[Thoft]

Excellent job Jakob, these are extremely useful tutorials to many of us, thanks a lot 😊
Please be aware that, Beckhoff always suggest to right click installation files and select "Run as Administrator" - otherwise you might experience unwanted behaviors at some point.
Keep up the godt work 👍

[nicolascuor]

Thanks Jakob, very informative tutorial. I'm still laughing about your comment about reading the license agreement carefully 🙂

[Rupeshshirose]

Great Videos. PC based programming seems to be the future, I have seen 5 axis gantry (not simultaneous) warehouse robots running of twinCAT. Thanks and keep posting. :)

[maxmusterman]

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[oussamaalilou]

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