[MMM-Remote-Control] Can not access remote control module

motdog

@stuartiannaylor tried adding my router info but not successful

stuartiannaylor

yeah but you have wiped what there before have a look at :-
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(3) For security reasons, the MagicMirror (and therefore the Remote Control) is not reachable externally. To change this, configure address, and ipWhitelist in your config.js (see these lines in the sample config). For example change address to 0.0.0.0 and add two allowed devices with IP-Adresses 192.168.0.42 and 192.168.0.50:

address : '0.0.0.0',
port: 8080,
ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.0.42", "::ffff:192.168.0.50"],"

You can also add multiple devices in an IP range (e.g. all devices with 192.168.0.X):

ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.0.1/120", "192.168.0.1/24"],


Have a look at config.js.sample to get the originals back.

Then as it is above your router ip address might be 192.168.1.1 so it would be the above but with ::ffff:192.168.1.42, ::ffff:192.168.1.50  you can also put your router address in there but make the last octal 0/24 and you can then access from your desktop.

Then the next big thing you are missing is apiKey: "",         // Optional, See API/README.md for details

motdog

@cruunnerr said in [MMM-Remote-Control] Can not access remote control module:

@budwha

do it like Mykle said

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1517/mmm-remote-control-can-not-access-remote-control-module/18

I think I have yet I still am getting config screen.

var config = {
	address: "0.0.0.0",
	ipWhitelist: [], 

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 12,
	units: "imperial",

{
		    module: 'MMM-Remote-Control'
		    // uncomment the following line to show the URL of the remote control on the mirror
		    , position: 'bottom_left'
		    // you can hide this module afterwards from the remote control itself
		    config: {
		        customCommand: {},  // Optional, See "Using Custom Commands" below
		        customMenu: "custom_menu.json", // Optional, See "Custom Menu Items" below
		        showModuleApiMenu: true, // Optional, Enable the Module Controls menu
		        apiKey: "",         // Optional, See API/README.md for details
		    }
		},

I also watched this and at 4:41 seem to have exactly the same thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=539zmAJREe4

Mykle1

@motdog

Your config entry for MMM-Remote-Control is missing a comma after position: 'bottom_left'. It’s not your fault as I see you copied it directly from the readme. I removed the comments. Try this entry below;

{
    module: 'MMM-Remote-Control',
    position: 'bottom_left',
    config: {
        customCommand: {},
        customMenu: "custom_menu.json", 
        showModuleApiMenu: true,
        apiKey: "", 
    }
},

I have not tested this as I do not use this module. However, it should work for you unless something else is amiss in your config

motdog

@Mykle1 its weird. I have a working config. I add the module exactly as you have it, I follow the directions and it doesn’t work. I have tried adding my phone IP into the whitelist area, doesn’t work. I followed the directions from the video which match your suggestion of

var config = {
   address: "0.0.0.0",
   port: 8080,
   ipWhitelist: [],

and still nothing. The crazy thing is I somehow got it working once before. then i had to rebuild my config and here I am.

Mykle1

@motdog said in [MMM-Remote-Control] Can not access remote control module:

then i had to rebuild my config and here I am.

Ok, just to be sure. You rebuilt your config and now MM errors at startup, telling you to create a config? Perhaps the error is generated by something else in your config. Please post your entire config.js file here, in a code block, so that all can see it. This way, any errors will be noticed more quickly.

Or, make a copy of the config.js.sample and rename the copy to config.js. This will get you up and running again. Then you can add one module entry at a time, saving each time you are successful. When an addition fails, you know where the problem is.

motdog

@Mykle1 my bad. I am confusing on this. I did a fresh reboot of the whole thing using Jesse instead of Raspian stretch and don’t have the start up issues. I rebuilt the config like I wanted with all of the modules working good. I then add the remote module and change the address etc and get the please make a config file error. As soon as I remove the remote control info things work again. So I know the error comes when I add this module. The frustrating thing is at a previous point I was able to get the remote control module working. That’s why I am confused but here is my working config without remote control.

Thanks for your patience with me on this



var config = {
	address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be:
	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 12,
	units: "imperial",

	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					
{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "http://kuathletics.com/calendar.ashx/calendar.ics?sport_id=4&schedule_id=0&_=dd9bfb6f-df5f-4a47-9975-dd3bb74bd06a"
					},

					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "https://calendar.google.com/calenxxxxxxxxxxx7495e80bc22/basic.ics"
					},

					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "http://ical-cdn.tex3xxxxxxxxxx4e056117.ics"
					},

					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "http://ical-cdn.teamsnap.com/team_schedule/xxxxxxxxxxa68b.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},

		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},

			{
	        module: 'MMM-NOAA3',
		position: 'bottom_left',
	        config: {
			    provider: "darksky", 
			    apiKey: "6462c3f6d7c6dxxxxx311",         
			    airKey: "WZzmCBxxxxxmBM",    
		        css: "NOAA4",                    
			userlat: "x8.7xx9",  
		        userlon: "-x0.5xx" 
	 }
         },



		{
			  module: "MMM-NowPlayingOnSpotify",
			  position: "bottom_right",
			
			  config: {
			    clientID: "85d8bxxxxxxx",
			    clientSecret: "e6b226e4b819xxxxxx",
			    accessToken: "Bxxxi-UItbKL3NR1dQXpC8sJ1041J5NjVeafoAb3fGVsicRUataJodmfa1urp0akDwThbo",
			    refreshToken: "AQBP1w70KP5TqlxiFNgA4RU6mdTct0AHb58nasw2sEpl17iIz-uPDq9M0ifITQcOxxxxxx"
			  }
},



		{
			  module: "MMM-MyScoreboard",
			  position: "top_right",
			  classes: "default everyone",
			  header: "My Scoreboard",
			  config: {
			    showLeagueSeparators: true,
			    colored: true,
			    viewStyle: "mediumLogos",
			    sports: [
			      {
			        league: "NHL",
			        teams: ["STL"]
			      },
			      {
			        league: "NBA",
			        teams: ["BOS", "GS", "HOU", "PHI"],
			        
			      },
			      {
			        league: "MLB",
				teams: ["STL"]
			        
			      },
			      {
			        league: "NFL",
			        
			      },
				
				
			      {
			        league: "NCAAM",
			        groups: ["Top 25"]
			      }
			   
			    ]
			
			  }
			},



		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "5128581",  //ID from https://openweathermap.org/city
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "New York Times",
						url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true
			}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

sdetweil

@motdog whenever you get the ‘create a config file’ error, run

npm run check:config

and work thru the errors from the top down

Mykle1

@motdog

I went and installed MMM-Remote-Control on a laptop running ubuntu and MM v2.5.0. I used this config entry:

0_1551667234525_Screenshot from 2019-03-03 21-40-00.png

The module loads (bottom right):

0_1551667367462_Screenshot from 2019-03-03 21-41-36.png

I’ll send a picture from my other machine. brb

Mykle1

@motdog

You can clearly see that it is working remotely.

0_1551667630017_Screenshot from 2019-03-03 21-45-43.png

It would not allow connection with address: "localhost",. Take your working config and carefully add my entry for Remote-Control, address and ipWhitelist It should work.

motdog

@Mykle1 Awesome! Thanks so much for your help.

Mykle1

@motdog

So, does that mean that it’s working for you now? If so, mark the topic as solved.

AshDarko

Hi, i too have the same issue. I have changed my router IP to be something other than 192.XXX.X.XX

Could this be the problem? I can access via browser on the Pi…?

When i run the remote in browser on the pi, i notice in terminal this message:

MMM-Remote-Control customMenu Requested, but file:/home/pi/MagicMirror/config/custom_menu.json was not found

i receive an “Access Denied to IP address 10.100.10.1” in terminal and a message on m y phone saying the device is not allowed to access your mirror

Here is config code:

address: "0.0.0.0", // Address to listen on, can be:
	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	ipWhitelist: [ "127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:10.100.10.0/24",], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",

And here is my module code:

{
		module: 'MMM-Remote-Control',
		/**position: 'bottom_left',**/
		config: {
			customCommand: {},  // Optional, See "Using Custom Commands" below
			customMenu: "custom_menu.json", // Optional, See "Custom Menu Items" below
			showModuleApiMenu: true, // Optional, Enable the Module Controls menu
			/**apiKey: "",         // Optional, See API/README.md for details**/
		}
	},

The module code is pretty much the defaults.

AshDarko

I have just commented out the custom menu for now, so ignore that terminal message about it

{
		module: 'MMM-Remote-Control',
		/**position: 'bottom_left',**/
		config: {
			customCommand: {},  // Optional, See "Using Custom Commands" below
			/**customMenu: "custom_menu.json", // Optional, See "Custom Menu Items" below**/
			showModuleApiMenu: true, // Optional, Enable the Module Controls menu
			/**apiKey: "",         // Optional, See API/README.md for details**/
		}
	},

motdog

@Mykle1 my only other question is when I was at a friend’s house I tried to pull up the remote to show them the mirror & nothing happened on their wifi or cellular. I’m guessing on the white list I would have to input my phone ip address?

sdetweil

@motdog lot more than that…

by default your home router blocks ALL incoming requests (or should anyhow) so you would have to open a port and map incoming requests on that port to your mirror machine (and port) by using the routers admin function… some providers do not allow this
(this is called port forwarding)

second, the IP address of the router on the internet is assigned dynamically, and might change…
some of us use a dns mapper to define a specific NAME to our router as it appears on the internet
( I use dyndns.org to map a known name to my router ip address, today my routers internet ip address is near 47.220.177.xxx)

third, the ip address of your phone will be randomly assigned too… their router, maybe over phone link connection… so , here u might have to say 0.0.0.0 anyone…

retroflex

@motdog If you open up a port for outside access of MM you’ll have to whitelist all IP’s since your phone changes IP. You will then expose it for everyone. This includes the config.js file, which might contain passwords to calendars etc. So be careful! Best option is to connect to your network using VPN. It is possible to setup a VPN server in some routers.

sdetweil

@retroflex he will still have to whitelist everything, or use Listen: 0.0.0.0

motdog

Thanks for all the feedback. I get the concerns and why its set up that way. No big deal at all

AshDarko

So I still get access denied, but if i change

ipWhitelist to [] then my phone can now access the remote page.

Just dont understand when I have address the correct ip for my phone it says access denied to that same ip in the terminal

Changed:

ipWhitelist: [ "127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:10.100.10.1",],

To:

ipWhitelist: []