will do! thank you so much for the help guys!

excuse the spam. FINALLY works!

I keep getting this error now: This device is not allowed to access your mirror.
Please check your config.js or config.js.sample to change this.

I do see “http://ip-of-your-mirror:8080/remote.html” though. so definitely progress.

ok, the problem WAS on the local host and IP section. it worked after modifying just the commas you mentioned!
Any tips on fixing the ip address section?

“(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:”

Thanks for the update. I just added the commas and I’m still getting an error. Is the localhost change to 0.0.0.0 and the ip addresses added correct?

[0_1578708666463_config.txt](Uploading 100%)

Thanks for the response! I didn’t know how to transfer the entire file, so I just copied from VNC into a text document. that’s the attached config js file!

Update. I don’t think it got attached, but here it is. I don’t know how to find the API key for the MMM remote. I also removed the appid on weather.

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
	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:192.168.0.182", "::ffff:192.168.0.171"], // 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",
	// serverOnly:  true/false/"local" ,
			     // local for armv6l processors, default 
			     //   starts serveronly and then starts chrome browser
			     // false, default for all  NON-armv6l devices
			     // true, force serveronly mode, because you want to.. no UI on this device
	
	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics"					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "middle_center"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "",
				locationID: "4703384",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: ""
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "",
				locationID: "4703384",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: ""
			}
		},
		{
		  module: "MMM-NowPlayingOnSpotify",
		  position: "bottom_left",

		  config: {
		    clientID: "hidden",
		    clientSecret: "hidden",
		    accessToken: "hidden"
		  }
		},
		{
		    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
		    }
		},		
	]

};

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

Hi, I followed the “https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Remote-Control” guide and after the first reboot, I get an error that says: Please create a config file. I’m still a noob to linux, and would appreciate some help!
I have been using putty to make the command input easier.