I can create an object on a remote PC, but can not do anything with that

I am trying to fire up an instance of the MatLab application on a remote PC and then get a handle on this application so I can try to control it.  I am able to start the application up without any problems, but I then get an error saying "Cannot create ActiveX component" on the GetObject part of the code

I also get an error when I create the object, but as I've said it does actually start the application on the remote PC.  I put in the On Error Resume Next just to force it past this for my testing purposes.

Any ideas?

Sub CreateRemoteExcelObj()
        Dim xlApp As Object
        Dim xlMyApp As Object

        On Error Resume Next

        xlApp = CreateObject("MatLab.Application", "\\1.1.1.1")
        MsgBox(xlApp.Version)
        
        xlApp = CreateObject("MatLab.Application", "\\1.1.1.1")

        On Error GoTo 0

        xlMyApp = GetObject(, xlApp)
        MsgBox(xlMyApp.Name)

    End Sub

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