Installing FicsitRemoteMonitoring (FRM)

Overview

FicsitRemoteMonitoring (FRM) is a Satisfactory mod that exposes your factory data as a JSON API. FICSIT.monitor requires FRM to display most of its monitoring panels — without it, only the basic server health and player count are available.

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What FRM Enables

Feature	Without FRM	With FRM
Server health (online/offline)	✅	✅
Player count	✅	✅
Tick rate / game phase	✅	✅
Power grid data	❌	✅
Production rates	❌	✅
Factory buildings (efficiency %)	❌	✅
Player health and position	❌	✅
Trains and drone stations	❌	✅
World inventory	❌	✅
Resource sink data	❌	✅

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How FRM Works

Once installed, FRM runs as part of the game server and exposes an HTTP API on port 8080 and a WebSocket on port 8081:

GET http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:8080/getPower     → Power circuit data
GET http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:8080/getPlayer    → Connected players
GET http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:8080/getProdStats → Production metrics
... (10+ endpoints)

FICSIT.monitor polls these endpoints at regular intervals (every 15–60 seconds depending on the endpoint) and stores the data in a time-series database.

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Prerequisites

• Your server is running → see Running with Docker
• Port 8080 and 8081 are open → see Firewall Configuration
• You can connect to the server from the game client

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Step 1: Install the Satisfactory Mod Manager

FRM is installed via the Satisfactory Mod Manager (SMM), also known as the FICSIT App.

1. Download SMM from ficsit.app for your operating system
2. Launch SMM and log in with your Satisfactory game account

SMM must be installed on your PC (the machine running the game client), not on the VPS running the server.

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Step 2: Connect SMM to Your Dedicated Server

1. In SMM, click the server icon (top of the left sidebar) or go to Manage Servers
2. Click Add Server
3. Enter your server’s IP and port: YOUR_SERVER_IP:7777
4. Enter your admin password when prompted
5. SMM will connect to the server

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Step 3: Install FicsitRemoteMonitoring

1. With your dedicated server selected in SMM, use the search bar to search for FicsitRemoteMonitoring
2. Find the mod by P.H.I.L (published on ficsit.app)
3. Click Install → SMM installs the mod directly to your server
4. Click Launch / Apply to activate the changes

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Step 4: Restart the Server

After mod installation, restart the server container to apply the changes:

docker restart satisfactory-server

Wait for the server to come back online (~2–3 minutes):

docker logs -f satisfactory-server | grep "InProgress"

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Step 5: Verify FRM is Running

Test the FRM HTTP API:

curl http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:8080/getPower

Expected: a JSON array with power circuit data. Example (empty factory):

[
  {
    "CircuitGroupID": 1,
    "PowerProduction": 100.0,
    "PowerConsumed": 45.2,
    "PowerCapacity": 100.0,
    "PowerMaxConsumed": 50.0,
    "BatteryPercent": 0.0,
    "BatteryCapacity": 0.0,
    "BatteryDifferential": 0.0,
    "FuseTriggered": false
  }
]

If curl returns a connection refused error, check:

1. Port 8080 is open in your firewall
2. The container restarted successfully after mod installation
3. The mod is enabled in SMM

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FRM via the Vanilla API (Port 7777)

Since FRM v1.1, factory data is also accessible via the vanilla HTTPS API port (7777), avoiding the need to expose port 8080 publicly:

curl -k -X POST https://YOUR_SERVER_IP:7777/api/v1 \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"function": "frm", "endpoint": "getPower"}'

FICSIT.monitor supports both access methods and will use whichever is available.

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FRM Endpoints Reference

Endpoint	Data	Polling interval
getPower	Power circuits (production, consumption, batteries, fuses)	15s
getProdStats	Production/consumption rates per item	30s
getFactory	Per-building data (efficiency %, recipe, power)	60s
getPlayer	Player status (online, health, position)	15s
getTrains	Train status (speed, mass, derailment, schedule)	30s
getDroneStation	Drone station data (trip times, rates, power)	30s
getWorldInv	Global storage inventory totals	30s
getGenerators	Power generator details	15s
getExtractor	Resource extractor data	30s
getResourceSink	AWESOME Sink coupon points	60s

Polling intervals above are FICSIT.monitor’s default schedule. They are not configurable in the Free tier.

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Next Step

Generating Your API Token →