Harmony support, new hardware?

[gizmocuz]

new windows version is available

[markk]

Thanks you. Can't wait to get home from work and give this a go

[mbliek]

It's working again. Needed to reboot the hub.

[Yihaaa]

At the moment I have the "old" method to control my Harmony. One question that I have is this new method better or?
Can someone please explain shortly?

[Derik]

At the moment I have the "old" method to control my Harmony. One question that I have is this new method better or?
Can someone please explain shortly?

From the base, the new way is better.
Only my experience that the old way works [even] better.
The new way is work well, but some time's is see weird things.
And sometimes he does not switch on or off or switching when I want

[markk]

Thanks you. Can't wait to get home from work and give this a go

Spot on. Thanks to everyone involved in this. Well pleased

[gb160]

I'm trying this on the pi and its still not working .
can anyone confirm if this is successfully working on the pi?
I'm using v1.2015

in my log I'm getting....
Tue Sep 23 11:13:46 2014 (Harmony) Lighting 2 (Watch TV)
Tue Sep 23 11:13:50 2014 User: gb160 initiated a switch command
Tue Sep 23 11:13:50 2014 Error: Harmony Hub: Command cannot be sent. Hub is changing activity
Tue Sep 23 11:13:50 2014 (Harmony) Lighting 2 (Watch TV)
Tue Sep 23 11:13:52 2014 User: gb160 initiated a switch command
Tue Sep 23 11:13:52 2014 Error: Harmony Hub: Command cannot be sent. Hub is changing activity
Tue Sep 23 11:13:52 2014 (Harmony) Lighting 2 (Watch TV)
Tue Sep 23 11:13:55 2014 User: gb160 initiated a switch command
Tue Sep 23 11:13:55 2014 Error: Harmony Hub: Command cannot be sent. Hub is changing activity
Tue Sep 23 11:13:55 2014 (Harmony) Lighting 2 (Watch TV)

do the switches need to be just on/off switches for all activities?
do i need to set any as slave ?
some feedback would be appreciated...ill hold off and revert to the "old" method if someone can confirm these problems

[markk]

Try re-booting the hub and setting all activity switches as "on" only. Also, set the "all off" activity as an "on" switch then use these switches as you would with the original remote

[gb160]

Try re-booting the hub and setting all activity switches as "on" only. Also, set the "all off" activity as an "on" switch then use these switches as you would with the original remote

many thanks...will try this tonight.

EDIT....tried this, its still not working, i don't think anyone has reported native support working on the pi ? The old method works like a charm.

Tue Sep 23 15:23:30 2014 Error: Harmony hardware (14) thread seems to have ended unexpectedly
Tue Sep 23 15:23:30 2014 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
Tue Sep 23 15:24:00 2014 (Harmony) Lighting 2 (PowerOff)
Tue Sep 23 15:24:00 2014 (System) Temp (Pi Temp)
Tue Sep 23 15:24:00 2014 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
Tue Sep 23 15:24:05 2014 Harmony Hub: Too many commands missed. Resetting connection.
Tue Sep 23 15:24:07 2014 Harmony Hub: Authentication succesfull

back to the old method for me.

[CodeItAway]

I will look into the Pi problems.

On a general sidenote: Pressing 'Off' on an activity executes the 'PowerOff' activity. So you can use regular on/off switches.

[gb160]

I will look into the Pi problems.

On a general sidenote: Pressing 'Off' on an activity executes the 'PowerOff' activity. So you can use regular on/off switches.

Many thanks...appreciated.

[Philos31]

Thanks for all the hard work. Changed out my Harmony 900 for the Harmony smart with hub and connected it to Domoticz.
This looks prommising, could be a great addition. To bad 3 out of 5 times I used it it hung my pi But still, its a work in progress, I really like the addition of this to domoticz, this will be totaly baddass when its out of beta and just wanted to say thanks!

[markk]

I'll second that. I love this feature. I've added my air con units as activities and can now control these remotely. Linked with the geofencing app it's even more fantastic. Mine is running faultlessly on windows.

[Yihaaa]

Which geofencing app do you use?

[markk]

Which geofencing app do you use?

I'm using Geofancy: http://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2793

[gb160]

Which geofencing app do you use?

I'm using Geofancy: http://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2793

I'm using this as well...its great as I'm coming through the front door i can hear my tv come on and my PC start up, all with zero user interaction !!
still coming to terms with leaving everything on when i leave the house...as I'm pulling off the drive i get the notification from geofancy alerting that everything has switched off.
Geofancy is highly recommended.

[jackisidore]

I would like to send device commands from the harmony hub. For instance VolumeDown for the TV and more specific 50 times the VolumeDown command.
Is this possible with the native interface?
The standalone HarmonyHubControl supports sending device commands, I can't get it running on my Harmony Hub. Maybe the latest firmware broke something on the Harmony.
HarmonyHubControl:
./HarmonyHubControl [email] [pasword] [ip] issue_device_commands [deviceID] VolumeDown
LOGITECH WEB SERVICE LOGIN : BYPASSED
HARMONY COMMUNICATION LOGIN : SUCCESS
HARMONY COMMAND SUBMISSION : FAILURE
ERROR : submitCommand: Invalid Harmony response

[gb160]

I will look into the Pi problems.

On a general sidenote: Pressing 'Off' on an activity executes the 'PowerOff' activity. So you can use regular on/off switches.

any news with the pi issues?
Appreciate the hard work

[CodeItAway]

I will look into the Pi problems.

On a general sidenote: Pressing 'Off' on an activity executes the 'PowerOff' activity. So you can use regular on/off switches.

any news with the pi issues?
Appreciate the hard work

Sorry, i was busy the past week. I have not forgotten you .
It seems that running Domoticz with the Harmony Hub support on Windows is working without issues and that the Pi is giving issues. This means i will have to compile myself for Raspberry Pi, which is more time consuming than compiling for Windows.

I would like to send device commands from the harmony hub. For instance VolumeDown for the TV and more specific 50 times the VolumeDown command.
Is this possible with the native interface?
The standalone HarmonyHubControl supports sending device commands, I can't get it running on my Harmony Hub. Maybe the latest firmware broke something on the Harmony.
HarmonyHubControl:
./HarmonyHubControl [email] [pasword] [ip] issue_device_commands [deviceID] VolumeDown
LOGITECH WEB SERVICE LOGIN : BYPASSED
HARMONY COMMUNICATION LOGIN : SUCCESS
HARMONY COMMAND SUBMISSION : FAILURE
ERROR : submitCommand: Invalid Harmony response

This is on my Todo list. For volume up and down and channel up and down

[Philos31]

Thnaks for all the hard work. Here another RasbPi user who is eagerly waiting.