TwinCAT.ProductivityTools

Visual Studio Extension for higher productivity when working with TwinCAT 3.1 from Beckhoff

Installation

TcXaeShell:

open the generated *.VSIX as archive and copy it´s content to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Beckhoff\TcXaeShell\Common7\IDE\Extensions\ProductivityTools" restart TcXaeShell

Visual Studio:

1. Execute the TwinCAT.ProductivityTools.vsix file
2. Select Visual Studio version

Features

• Remote Shutdown / Reboot of the selected target
• Open a RDP connection to the selected target
• Execute the win8settick.bat on the selected target
• Remote installation of the TwinCAT real-time driver
• Reading the device information (TwinCAT, OS, Image, installed TwinCAT Functions, etc.)

Usage

TwinCAT.ProductivityTools uses the selected target of a TwinCAT XAE project Without an open TwinCAT XAE project the buttons are hidden. When starting a VS Solution with a TwinCAT XAE project they are automatically displayed. The use of the local target system is deactivated, e.g. to avoid a shutdown of the own operating system.

License

MIT