# PlexConnect won't sign in

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**Category:** Apps & Creations\
**Created:** [October 3, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexconnect-wont-sign-in/639631 "2020-10-03T23:45:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexconnect-wont-sign-in/639631/14 "2020-10-20T08:35:21Z")

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@timur_senchenkov [This announcement](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-support-is-ending-2020-09-30-on-older-smart-tv-devices/629707) has two consequences:

1. If you have PlexConnect installed in the ATV3 you can’t login it to plex.tv, therefore you can’t access remote PMS, or use plex pass. But you can use your local PMS (see below)
2. If you have PlexConnect installed in other platform, you need to install python 2.7.9 or higher (2.7.18 is recommended)

If you opt for option 1. above these are the steps to access a local PMS:

1. Identify the IP assigned to the ATV3 and parametrize PMS according to [Q7 in FAQ’s](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexconnect-faqs/210620#Q7)
2. SSH to the ATV3 and stop PlexConnect (see [Wiki](https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide-AppleTV-3#how-to-update-plexconnect))
3. Edit `Settings.cfg` so that `enable_plexgdm = False` and `ip_pms = x.x.x.x` (where x.x.x.x is the ip address of the ATV3)
4. Start PlexConnect

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