# 64-Bit PowerPacs

**URL:** <https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/64-bit-powerpacs/5680>\
**Category:** UpFeed\
**Created:** [August 25, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/64-bit-powerpacs/5680 "2013-08-25T22:04:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![shurd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@shurd](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/shurd)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/64-bit-powerpacs/5680/1 "2013-08-25T22:04:42Z")

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Hi there,

I haven’t read about this elsewhere, but are there any plans to update the PowerPacs to run under the 64-bit version of RobotStudio?

Cheers,

Shaun.

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**Author:** ![Niklas\_Skoglund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@Niklas\_Skoglund](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Niklas_Skoglund)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/64-bit-powerpacs/5680/2 "2013-08-26T05:52:11Z")

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Hi Shaun!

Thanks for asking ;). There are plans. And not only plans. There is also a fair amount of action.

In order to support 64-bit PowerPacs we have had to refactor the entire PC SDK components so that it runs on a 64-bit OS. This has been done and we are are now in testing phase.

I’m not in a position to tell exactly which PowerPacs will support 64-bit in the 5.60 release this autumn, so I’ll pass this question over to the PowerPac teams.

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**Author:** ![Sudarshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sudarshan](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Sudarshan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/64-bit-powerpacs/5680/3 "2013-08-29T04:26:39Z")

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Hello Shaun,

Yes, there is a plan to have PowerPacs on 64 bit platform. We are now testing based on the changes mentioned and hope to release all of them for 5.60.

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**Author:** ![Sudarshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sudarshan](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Sudarshan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/64-bit-powerpacs/5680/4 "2013-08-29T04:26:39Z")

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Hi Shaun,

Yes, there is a plan for PowerPacs on 64 bit platform. We are testing them now and hope to release all of the PowerPacs for 5.60.

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**Author:** ![shurd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@shurd](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/shurd)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/64-bit-powerpacs/5680/5 "2013-09-01T20:57:16Z")

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Hi guys,

Thanks for the update, that’s great news! I’m particularly interested in the Machining PowerPac (it’s the one we’re using), so I’m really hoping that this is one of the PowerPacs that will be supported.

Cheers,

Shaun.