Beckhoff ADS in a VM

Academy
1

Hello.

I am a student who is interested in using twincat to program the things in VC.
my TC software is running in a VM and when i try to open it in the connectivity it says

“This Connection Plugin requires separate installation of external dependencies before use. Please refer to the user manual for more information”

i been trying to google my way through the issue to no avail. Is there anyone who can help me solving this issue

2

You need to install the ADS router on the same computer as VC to communicate with the TwinCAT ADS in your VM.

3

Hi.
I ended up calling my local Beckhoff support.
It was because i hadn’t made exception rules for the ports in my main machine and my VM
So now it fully works

4

Hi, could you please share what exception rules for the ports you setup and in which machine?

This would be a great help for me

Thanks in advance