Citect Scada Software Protection Failure
Posted : admin On 3/3/2019[Text] CitectSCADA Web Server/Client LIVE PLC Questions And Answers. Of 'No protection key found or no licence available from network. Dec 9, 2008 - The 'Software Protection Failure' error can be caused by various factors. Application trying to access the key at the same time as Citect.
Citect Scada Manual

Issue: When logging into a PL SCADA session using a remote desktop connection (mstsc admin) the Runtime manager will not start and the graphics page crashes with the following error message: Software Protection Failure No key found or no license available from network Cause: This issue may be caused by PL SCADA running as a service. Resolution: If PLSCADA is running as a service you will not able to open another instance of the Runtime Project. The only instance that may is open will be displayed as running as host 0 instance. If an attempt is made to open another instance of the project, it will not run. All of the Citect32.exe processes will shutdown shortly after starting. Another symptom will be that you can see some meter values but not able to see circuit breaker status's or one line status's. If you are unsure as to whether or not SCADA is running as a service open the Windows Task Manager and note how many processes are running for Citect.exe. You can select to show Session ID in task manger to see under what session the citect32.exe are running under.