Start Drive Control; Install Twincat 3 Engineering On Your Pc; Before Starting Twincat 3; Create A New Twincat Project - Panasonic MINAS A6 Multi Quick Start Manual

6 Start drive control

6 Start drive control
6.1

Install TwinCAT 3 Engineering on your PC

To control the servo drive system, you must install the TwinCAT 3 Engineering software and
the Panasonic ESI file on your PC.
We highly recommend that you use a PC without security software (e.g. McAfee) because
TwinCAT 3 Engineering needs access to the kernel. Security checks could cause blue
screen errors and damage to your files.
1. Unzip the downloaded software package and execute the installation file.
2. Reboot your PC.
3. After the reboot, copy the Panasonic ESI file (Panasonic_MINAS_A6Multi_V*.xml)
to C:\TwinCAT\3.1\Config\Io\EtherCAT on your PC.
The download links can be found under
6.2

Before starting TwinCAT 3

1. Before you start the TwinCAT 3 Engineering software, execute the batch file C:
\TwinCAT\3.1\System\win8settick.bat to avoid a system clock setup error. You
must execute this file as an administrator.
2. Reboot your PC.
6.3

Create a new TwinCAT project

Before you can connect your PC to the Beckhoff C6015 host controller, you must create a
new project in TwinCAT 3.
1. Select the TwinCAT icon in the taskbar to start the TwinCAT 3 Engineering software.
2. Select "TwinCAT XAE (VS2013)".
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Available software (page 5).
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