License Key Not Available Wincc Logging For Runtime Advanced ⭐

If you are running a simulation directly from your TIA Portal engineering workstation, the simulator checks the engineering PC for licenses. Your engineering PC must possess either a temporary trial license, a comprehensive WinCC Advanced Comfort Engineering license that covers basic simulation, or the explicit Logging option license to avoid the pop-up during testing. Trial License Expiration

: These dedicated hardware panels do not require an extra logging license. If you use a physical Comfort Panel, logging features are included with the hardware out of the box.

The first and most critical step is to determine if your project uses the Logging function at all. It's very common to get this error without needing the function because a setting was accidentally left active. You may not need the Logging license at all if: license key not available wincc logging for runtime advanced

If you are using a USB dongle (like the green C79040-Gxxxx key), outdated firmware can cause detection failures.

You might see this message during simulation in TIA Portal even if you have the engineering license, because the simulation mimics the runtime environment's license requirements. GMP/Audit Trail: If you are running a simulation directly from

Step 2: Verify License Health via Automation License Manager

The error message means for the amount of tags you are trying to log. If you use a physical Comfort Panel, logging

If the issue persists, the license might need to be transferred out of the drive and back into it to re-register. 3. Important Considerations

This error typically manifests when you attempt to start a runtime project that includes data logging, archiving, or historical trending. Instead of seeing your data logs, the system either fails to start the runtime or runs in a degraded "demo" mode where logging is disabled or watermarked.

: The message is triggered as soon as any Tag Logging or Alarm Logging is configured in your TIA Portal project.