If your operating system installed its own driver for the Beckhoff Intel PCI/Ethernet card, you have to install the TwinCAT driver for real-time Ethernet manually in order to be able to take advantage of its real-time capability.
| Note | Install the Beckhoff TwinCAT automation software before manually installing the TwinCAT driver for real-time Ethernet. |
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After the Beckhoff TwinCAT automation software has been installed, you can manually install the TwinCAT driver for real-time Ethernet.
| Note | All screen shots of this documentation are made under Windows 2000. Under Windows XP, the TwinCAT driver is installed in the same way. |
Click on Network and Dial-up Connections under Start/Settings/Control Panel.
Click on an unused LAN connection (LAN connection 2).
The properties of LAN connection 2 are displayed.
Click on Configure.
Change to the Driver tab, click on Update Driver and follow the instructions of the Add New Hardware Wizard!
If you wish to select the associated driver yourself, select the option to display a list of all known drivers.
If the Beckhoff TwinCAT automation software is already installed, the Add New Hardware Wizard will offer the TwinCAT driver for real-time Ethernet.
Select the TwinCAT driver for real-time Ethernet.
Start installing the selected driver.
Operation of the TwinCAT drivers for real-time Ethernet requires no digital signature from Microsoft.
Beckhoff has thoroughly tested this driver in conjunction with the supported hardware and has verified compatibility with Windows 2000 and XP.
Click Yes to continue with the rest of the installation.
The TwinCAT driver for real-time Ethernet was installed successfully. Exit the installation with Finish.
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Now you have to activate the TwinCAT Ethernet Protocol.
Resources
Example for the resources of an FC900x under Windows 2000.
(Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager/Network adapters/TwinCAT Intel PCI-Ethernet adapter/Resources):
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