TwinCAT driver

Observe these guidelines when working with TwinCAT driver.

Supported controllers

The driver supports these controller families:
  • TwinCAT® runtime
  • Beckhoff ® TwinCAT® systems
IMPORTANT: The driver has been tested with TwinCAT® runtime and CX5130-0155.

Controller tags import

IMPORTANT: Before importing tags from Beckhoff ® TwinCAT® controllers, perform Configure controller routing.
You can import tags in these modes:
Online mode
Use online mode to import tags directly from the controller at design time or runtime.
Offline mode
Use offline mode to import tags from
TPY
 files.
For more information, refer to the product documentation.
This communication driver supports importing custom data types defined in the controller project.

Data types

The driver supports these data types:
Controller data type
FactoryTalk Optix
 data type
Length
Notes
BOOL
BOOL
1 BIT
BYTE
BYTE
1 BYTE
WORD
UINT16
2 BYTES
DWORD
UINT32
4 BYTES
LWORD
UINT64
8 BYTES
SINT
SBYTE
1 BYTES
INT
INT16
2 BYTES
DINT
INT32
4 BYTES
USINT
BYTE
1 BYTE
UINT
UINT16
2 BYTES
UDINT
UINT32
4 BYTES
LINT
INT64
8 BYTES
ULINT
UINT64
8 BYTES
REAL
FLOAT
4 BYTES
LREAL
DOUBLE
8 BYTES
TIME
DURATION
4 BYTES
LTIME
DURATION
8 BYTES
DATE
DATE TIME
2 BYTES
TIME_OF_DAY(TOD)
UTC TIME
4 BYTES
Rockwell Automation
 recommends using the Date and time object, which allows you to set and view date and time data.
DATE_AND_TIME(DT)
DATE TIME
4 BYTES
STRING
STRING[Length]
WSTRING
STRING[Length]
ARRAY 1 dimensional
Type [dimension]
ARRAY 2 dimensional
Type [1st dimension, 2nd dimension]
ARRAY 3 dimensional
Type [1st dimension ,2nd dimension, 3rd dimension]
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