I'm trying to start HMI simulation on VM and on Tia, it gives connection error when I hit "Start Simulation" after selecting the HMI.

I've also chekced runtime manager and it says "General error during processing".

Can you help me solve this?

Thanks for all the replies.

maybe check your installed updates/versions.

A TIA Update does not update your simulation software. Therefore you need to install these updates aswell.

Maybe rerunning the unified configuration afterwards does the rest.

Good luck
ZickZackTIA

Here's the installed packages on Tia Portal

I've also ran the configurator before a couple of times according to article on siemens website but no chance.

Weird thing is if I try to run it locally on my laptop, it's working flawlessly.

Hi,

This message usually indicates that an important service is not running.
(e.g. WCCILScsService or UmclService)

The start of these services is authorized by default by the Windows NT service, which is a member of the SIMATIC HMI and UM Service Accounts user groups, for example.

If the computer is running in a domain, I believe you should contact the local IT department or the domain administrator to adjust the group policies accordingly so that the service can be started properly.

Some additional information:

Required Windows features for WinCC Unified

Hi everyone,

beirhanonder, did you solve your problem ?

Because i have the same issue with the general error. I tried so many things but nothing changed.

I have exactly the same problem.

It works just fine and then after some delta loads and changements of Faceplates, it gives this error.

Only restarting the PC (VM Ware) fixes the problem. Then after some delta loads it reappears.

Very annoying I must say.

I run Win 11 and TIA20.

Certificates are fine. It works most of the time.

As a workaround, i found that when the transfer goes slower, I just restart TIA (only engineering, not the runtime or PLC Sim). After that it keeps working fine. I repeat that when it gets slow again.

For an 8 hour workday, I need 2-3 restarts of TIA.