[App_rpt-users] Ideas re: Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?)

Pi stretch, stock allstar install and allmon2. Using asl-menu I get this message. Have tried to create the dir w diff permissions and owners. I use pi not root for main user. Ideas as to how I can solve or what the core issue may be? Thanks Clifford KK6QMS IAX2 show registry: Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?)