The behaviour is the same when you try to connect a real control with e.g an USB adapter. The VPN does not allow this, because you would connect the Bosch network to the outside world.
With ctrlX Works installation you get also 5 virtual adapters (allows up to 5 virtual controls).
Your virtual control is connected via a virtual cable to the virtual adapter.The high-lighted adapter shows the connection to my virtual control. The other virtual adapters are missing the virtual cable.
After a reboot without using VPN the connection worked on my PC.
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