Remote Control

The Remote Control feature lets you drive your Demo Time presentations from another device (phone, tablet, second laptop). It connects over your local network or a reachable host where the Demo Time local API is running.

Open the control at: remote.demotime.show

Tip

You can make use of ngrok or a reverse proxy to expose the API over the internet to make the Remote Control feature accessible from anywhere.

Key Capabilities

• PWA (installable on supported browsers)
• Advance to next / previous step or slide
• See all steps

Prerequisites

1. Demo Time extension installed
2. Local API enabled by using the demoTime.api.enabled setting and setting the value to true.
3. (Optional) Set a fixed port: demoTime.api.port (default shown in settings UI)
4. All devices are on the same network (or the host is publicly reachable)

Note

More information about the API can be found in the Demo Time - API section.

Launching the Remote Control PWA

1. Open the project and start your ngrok tunnel with ngrok http 3710.
2. Open a browser on your secondary device and navigate to: remote.demotime.show.
3. Install / add to home screen if your browser prompts (PWA capable - optional).
4. Add the URL of the ngrok tunnel (or local IP with port if on the same network).
5. Interact with the controls (Next / Previous / Start) as the presentation runs.