The Programming Laptop
A ready-to-run laptop, set up by a controls engineer, with the PLC and HMI programming software your plant actually uses — pre-installed, updated and tested, so a new tech can open the lid and start working.
Buy just the laptop, or pair it with RungWise Academy. CLICK, Productivity and C-more are free and ready; RungWise and the Siemens and Rockwell trials come pre-installed to try. Buy a RungWise license and it's installed and registered to you — and it's free with a Site license.
Open the lid, start programming
- CLICK, Productivity and C-more tools free and ready — no license, no clock
- RungWise Academy pre-installed — trial, or licensed and registered to you if you buy it
- Siemens and Rockwell trial versions pre-installed, to try on day one
- Ethernet set up for PLC comms, drivers in place, everything tested
Every programming package, on one machine
Pick Siemens, Rockwell, or both, plus the AutomationDirect tools and your RungWise Academy. We install, update and test all of it before it ships.
Included — no license to buy
These are free from AutomationDirect and from Syon Automation. They come pre-installed, patched to the current version and ready to connect.
- CLICK & CLICK PLUS Programming Software — for the whole CLICK family
- Productivity Suite — for Productivity2000 / 1000 / 3000
- C-more CM5 Programming Software — the new C-more CM5 panels
- C-more Programming Software (EA9) — EA9-series panels
AutomationDirect made its CLICK, Productivity and C-more software free, so there is no license, no key and nothing to renew for these tools — they are simply ready when you open the laptop.
Pre-installed to try — the official trials
So a tech can start evaluating on day one, the laptop also comes with the manufacturers' own free trial versions, installed and ready. Try them side by side, and when you buy a license later you simply activate it — nothing to download, nothing cloned.
- RungWise PLC Academy — free trial pre-installed; buy a license and it's installed and registered to your business, your name, or both
- Siemens — TIA Portal trial
- Rockwell — Studio 5000 and FactoryTalk View trials, where the maker offers them
- Try first, then license only the ones you keep
These are the vendors' own evaluation versions, installed straight from the source. We never clone or rename licensed software. When you're ready, you buy the license in your name and activate it right on the machine.
Built to run the heavy ones
TIA Portal, WinCC and Studio 5000 are demanding. This spec (or better) runs all of them at once without a crawl. Bring your own laptop that meets it, or we supply one.
Gets it running
- Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
- Intel Core i5 (recent gen) or Ryzen 5
- 16 GB RAM
- 512 GB NVMe SSD
- 15.6" Full HD (1920×1080)
- Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) or included USB–Ethernet adapter
Comfortable for all of it
- Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
- Intel Core i7 (12th gen or newer) / Ryzen 7
- 32 GB RAM — several packages open at once
- 1 TB NVMe SSD — room for every toolchain and your projects
- 15.6" Full HD, matte; business-class build
- RJ45 Ethernet, multiple USB-A + USB-C, SD slot
For this software
- RAM is the big one — TIA Portal and Studio 5000 are memory-hungry
- An SSD cuts project open/compile times dramatically
- A real RJ45 port saves fighting with adapters at the panel
- Windows Pro (not Home) for domain join and IT policies
Exact make and model are chosen at order time against the current market, so you always get a fair, up-to-date price. Have one already? We'll configure your machine instead, for less.
Buy just the laptop, or pair it with the Academy
Every laptop ships with the free AutomationDirect tools ready to go and the RungWise, Siemens and Rockwell trials pre-installed. Add a RungWise Academy license and it comes installed and registered to you; buy the Site license and the laptop is free. Prices below are suggested, in US dollars.
Laptop only
- CLICK, Productivity & C-more — free and ready
- RungWise Academy trial pre-installed
- Siemens & Rockwell trials pre-installed to try
- Send us your own laptop (must meet the min spec): round-trip shipping + $325 install / setup / handling / licensing
Laptop + RungWise Academy
- RungWise installed and registered to your business / name
- Personal $249, or Team 5-Pack $995 for a crew
- Laptop loaded & tested: suggested $1,295 (Team: $795)
- Train on the same machine your techs will program on
Academy Site + free laptop
- RungWise for every tech at one site, registered to you
- Configured laptop included free
- We supply the unit, or credit up to $1,295 toward one you choose
Off the plant floor: a used laptop with a valid license
From time to time we have a programming laptop retired from a plant or our own bench with a genuine, valid perpetual license already on it — Siemens or Rockwell. The license is moved to you the proper way, through the maker's official ownership-transfer process, so it stays fully valid and audit-clean. Availability varies, and each is priced on its spec and what's licensed on it.
Ask what's on the bench right now: sales@syonautomation.com.
Suggested prices for planning — confirmed on your quote. Every laptop includes the free AutomationDirect tools, the pre-installed trials, and your RungWise Academy install and registration when you buy a license. New Siemens and Rockwell licenses are bought by you in your own name; an off-the-floor unit above comes with its license transferred to you. Ask us: sales@syonautomation.com.
Good to know
- Sending your own laptop? It must meet the minimum specification above. Shipping is paid both ways, plus a flat $325 for install, setup, handling and licensing.
- Warranties: your laptop is covered by the laptop maker's own warranty; Syon Automation software is covered by Syon Automation LLC's warranty; CLICK PLUS, C-more, Productivity and other third-party software follow their own makers' warranties.
- Accounts: each package needs a free account with its owner — AutomationDirect, Rockwell, Siemens and so on — to download, license and receive updates. We'll walk you through setting them up.
From order to open-the-lid
- Tell us your plantWhich PLCs and panels you run, Siemens or Rockwell or both, and which RungWise Academy edition.
- We quote itLaptop to the current market, plus the RungWise edition if you want one. The trials are free and pre-installed — one clear number.
- We build and test itEverything installed, set up, patched and tested, with Ethernet and drivers ready for the field.
- Open the lidIt ships ready. Your techs program and train on the same machine, and support is a call away.