Avoid loading PLC at startup when autostart is not set in command line. As a side effect PLC status is artificially set to Stopped, and StartPLC eventually loads PLC if it is not already loaded.
{
"ID": "wamptest",
"active": true,
"protocolOptions": {
"autoPingInterval": 60,
"autoPingTimeout": 20
},
"realm": "Automation",
"url": "ws://127.0.0.1:8888"
}