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Hardware Engineering reference

Portfolio
SIMATIC AX
Product
SIMATIC AX
Software version
2.0.0-alpha1.56
Edition
08/2025
Language
English (original)
Package Name
@ax/hw-docs

The compile command generates a deployable hardware configuration from the textual hardware declaration file created above. Details of the commands can be found in Hardware Compiler documentation.

To compile Sample.hwl.json, run

apax hwc compile --input "Sample.hwl.json"  --output "bin/hwcn"

Output files will be generated within the specified path to a folder named like the PLC in the hardware declaration file, i.e.bin/hwcn/PLC_1 in this example.