Joeman

So I'm using TIA Portal V15, and have WinCC Runtime Advanced installed and running on a Windows 7 Embedded PC (WES7).

I have checked both the "use screen keyboard" under Keyboard, and "Start Sm@rtserver" under Services, in the Runtime settings.

The onscreen keyboard works fine and pops up, just so long as I'm not remotely accessing the WinCC Advanced computer using a VNC viewer on my PC.

As soon as there's a VNC connection, the WinCC onscreen keyboard stops popping up when locally pressing for example a numeric IO Field. This computer doesn't have a keyboard, only a touchscreen, so the operator then cannot enter any values anymore. I have to disconnect from the Sm@rtserver vnc session, and then magically the keyboard appears again for the local operator after pressing another entry field.

I've also noticed that after connecting, that the PC with the WinCC Advanced Runtime switches to "Basic" rendering mode (instead of Aero Glass or whatever it's called). That's also annoying.

How do I get WinCC Advanced's On Screen Keyboard (OSK) to stay functional while being connected with a VNC viewer to Sm@rtserver?

I'm here in 2023 with WinCC Runtime Advanced V17.0 and the issue still exist.

Disable OSK on the client side is not a solution, i must use both runtimes, Sm@rtServer and Sm@rtClient.

Apps are installed on 2 Siemens IPC Win10.

Thanks in advance

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Split from Sm@rtserver onscreen keyboard issue.