Beckhoff EL3773 - Installation of the Twincat Real-Time Driver; Fig. 32 System Manager Options (Twincat 2); Fig. 33 Call up under VS Shell (Twincat 3); Fig. 34 Overview of Network Interfaces

Commissioning
EL377344 Version: 2.5
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Within the following sections commissioning of the TwinCAT Development Environment on a PC System for
the control and also the basically functions of unique control elements will be explained.
Please see further information to TwinCAT2 and TwinCAT3 at http://infosys.beckhoff.com.
6.2.1 Installation of the TwinCAT real-time driver
In order to assign real-time capability to a standard Ethernet port of an IPC controller, the Beckhoff real-time
driver has to be installed on this port under Windows.
This can be done in several ways. One option is described here.
In the System Manager call up the TwinCAT overview of the local network interfaces via Options → Show
Real Time Ethernet Compatible Devices.
Fig.32: System Manager “Options” (TwinCAT2)
This have to be called up by the Menü “TwinCAT” within the TwinCAT3 environment:
Fig.33: Call up under VS Shell (TwinCAT3)
The following dialog appears:
Fig.34: Overview of network interfaces