r9guy / TwinCAT-BSD-VM-creator

script creates VirtualBox Virtual Machine from Twincat BSD image provided by beckhoff automation

TwinCAT-BSD-VM-creator

the script creates VirtualBox Virtual Machine from Twincat BSD image provided by Beckhoff Automation

Using the batch file

Download TwinCAT BSD image from Beckhoff automation website; Extract the zip file in the same directory where the script is located. the image file will be xxxx.iso open the script and modify the line 3 the "TCBSD-x64-12-40411.iso" to match your image name

SET sourcefilename="new image name.iso"

Using PowerShell script

Run Create-TcBsdVM.ps1 where the first parameter is the virtual machine name and the second is the TCBSD image file that you will need to download and unzip the working folder.

The script will also verify the VirtualBox installation at the location Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox on the same drive where the working folder is located. If you have the VirtualBox installed in some other location, provide the path to that folder at the third positional parameter of the script.

The virtual machine folder will be created in the working folder.

Usage

PS C:\YOUR_FOLDER\.\Create-TcBsdVM.ps1 MyLovelyTcBSD TCBSD-x64-12-40411.iso

Setting up the network interface

If VMs network defaults to NAT, you may not be able to connect to the PLC. Therefore you should set the virtual network either to Host-Only Adapter if you are working with the PLC only from the host computer; or Bridged Adpater to set up a physical connection to the outside network.