![]() I guess the point I’m making is the main market for the harmonies, controlling complicated media center devices, is going away and being replaced with voice and much simpler control paradigms. Google TV’s remote is even svelter with a mere 13 buttons (not counting the two specific channel buttons) and Sideclick is available for it as well. And if you need more, a Sideclick will add 8 more programmable buttons (and make the remote easier to find, those little buggers get lost easily). You can do almost anything with a 15 button Roku remote (not counting the specific channel buttons at the bottom). Instead of five remotes with 50 buttons on them we had one remote with 50 buttons on it.īut with the rise of TV sound bars, the CEC, streaming devices with voice search, and the falling away of DVD/Blueray players and cable TV subscriptions there is just no need for 50+ buttons on a remote. This was back when I had four or five devices that all had to be independently controlled to work the TV (satellite receiver, stereo receiver, DVD player, HTPC, and so on). I used to have a couple of basic Harmony Remotes (I don’t even remember the model but they didn’t have an LCD screen). Hopefully a solution develops before that happens. Then, the only thing I’d really be losing is the Google Assistant integration (which I barely use due to the lag).ĮDIT: Actually, I guess we would also lose the integration with OH if the API disappears. ![]() I’d like to think that when they do shut down the servers, they’ll at least make it possible for people to program remotes manually. You can’t just cut off the service (or start charging for subscriptions) without people screaming bloody murder, so instead you stop selling the product and keep supporting it until the user base dwindles. So when you consider how small sales are relative to their other products, it kind of makes sense. That’s probably the same for the vast majority of Harmony Hub users. So, Logitech hasn’t generated any profit from me over eight years, even though I use the product at lease a few times a week. I bought my second one off of someone else who wasn’t using it. I bought my first Harmony Hub in 2013, and it’s still going strong. Some buttons like Volume Up/Down/Mute are explicitly set to the diacommand but I am trying to create a trigger that fires when say “exit” is pressed and send the signal based on the device variable.The problem with this particular business is that there’s really no money to be made. I have created a virtual device variable that I set to the current device in a trigger when I select the device button as I couldn’t find a system variable. I want a single screen of buttons to send the signals for say “exit”, “menu”, “play” etc for the selected device rather than having a different layout for each device. I have created a set of device buttons which tells the hub to switch to that devices controls when selected. Is there a system variable that holds the device name so that when I create a trigger I reference the diacommand instead of having to code for each device? ![]() So I tried to design a remote from scratch based on the media control detail xaml, but with the harmony hub it controls the signals based on the device or activity selected. When you edit it, its a diagloue showng whats referenced. Unfortunately it doesn’t open in a grid, with all the layout, buttons triggrs etc. It creates a ZIP but I realised that if I change the ZIP to HRP I can open it. I did an export to gDrive to transfer to the designer on my PC. I have added the Harmony Remote to the Android App and added the devices. I have been trying for several days watching videos and searching the forum for help, but I cannot work this out and need help
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