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= Preferences > Remote Control =

[[Image(source:trunk/images/preferences/remotecontrol.png)]] **Settings for the remote control feature.**

Remote Control allows JOSM to be controlled from other applications, e.g. from a web browser, by opening a listening TCP port (8111) on localhost where it accepts commands.[[BR]]
Since JOSM version 6941 it is also listening for HTTPS on port 8112.[[BR]]
**Note**: Due to security reasons this feature is disabled in the default settings and has to be enabled manually.

If you access the a website via HTTPS and use the Remote Control it will also use HTTPS to control your JOSM. If it does not work, note that your browser, security addons/plugins and firewalls may block this access (you may be able to whitelist/allow it inside these tools) – check your logs. In addition you may need to tell your browser to accept the self-signed JOSM HTTPS certificate. More details on some of these issues: [https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/2208/how-do-i-enable-the-remote-control-in-josm How do I enable the "remote control" in JOSM?] (on the OSM help site).


The following control options are available:

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* **Enable remote control** allows to switch the remote control feature on or off.
 * **Load data from API**
 * **Import data from URL**
 * **Load imagery layers**
 * **Change the selection**
 * **Change the viewport**
 * **Create new objects**
 * **Read protocol version**

* **Confirm all Remote Control actions manually**

== See also ==
* '''[[Help/RemoteControlCommands]]''' - the list of commands

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