Download hardware configuration - References - SIMATIC AX - AX Hardware Engineering documentation - Hardware Engineering,

Hardware Engineering reference
Portfolio
SIMATIC AX
Product
SIMATIC AX
Software version
3.0.0
Edition
08/2025
Language
English (original)
Package Name
@ax/hw-docs

The Hardware Loader deploys a hardware configuration to a SIMATIC PLC.

Download a deployable hardware configuration.

  • The --master-password parameter is the master password set using the setup-secure-communication command.
  • The --password parameter is the access protection password set using the set-accessprotection-password command.
  • The first time you download a hardware configuration to a PLC, you will be asked to confirm the connection because the PLC will use the default TLS certificate.
  • If you have already downloaded a hardware configuration to the PLC, specify the public key of the certificate you created via the --certificate parameter.

Note

Please not that the command line parameters for hwld are slightly different between versions 2 and 3.
If you're using version 3 of Hardware Loader, you will need to specify the "load" subcommand.

# hwld 2.x
apax hwld --input "./bin/hwcn/PLC_1" --target "192.168.0.37" --password "" --master-password "" --accept-security-disclaimer

# hwld 3.x
apax hwld load --input "./bin/hwcn/PLC_1" --target "192.168.0.37" --password "" --master-password "" --accept-security-disclaimer