Catch Logitech Harmony commands for scene triggering?

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#1

I have two home theater setups where I use Harmony Ultimate remotes. Both have a Roku (stick and Ultra respectively) and an Intel NUC running LibreELEC (stripped down Linux w/ Kodi).

I would like to trigger Vera scenes based on commands from the Harmony, e.g. turn off lights when starting an activity, dim up lights on pause, etc, regardless of which playback device the command is destined for.

IR-only solutions won’t work as the Harmony hub is using either wifi or Bluetooth to control the Roku, so the intermediary would have to be able to monitor the hub iself and react whenever it processes a command.

Possible?

#2

Hi,

You can use the Harmony Hub Control plug in. that monitors the Hub as you mention. You can install that from the App market directly. Other details can be found here [url=http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/board,83.0.html]http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/board,83.0.html[/url].

Note that you can start scenes based on activities, but not on device commands as the Hub does not communicate the latter.

Cheers Rene

#3

[quote=“reneboer, post:2, topic:194253”]Hi,

You can use the Harmony Hub Control plug in. that monitors the Hub as you mention. You can install that from the App market directly. Other details can be found here [url=http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/board,83.0.html]http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/board,83.0.html[/url].

Note that you can start scenes based on activities, but not on device commands as the Hub does not communicate the latter.

Cheers Rene[/quote]

…and therein lies the problem. I have the HA bridge which allows adding Vera devices to activities and also nicely integrates with the Echo. But I need the device commands too, so I can do “dim up on pause” type handling.

EventGhost or AutoHotkey can be used to do this easily for IR but not when the hub is using wifi or Bluetooth.

#4

[quote=“litby, post:3, topic:194253”][quote=“reneboer, post:2, topic:194253”]Hi,

You can use the Harmony Hub Control plug in. that monitors the Hub as you mention. You can install that from the App market directly. Other details can be found here [url=http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/board,83.0.html]http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/board,83.0.html[/url].

Note that you can start scenes based on activities, but not on device commands as the Hub does not communicate the latter.

Cheers Rene[/quote]

…and therein lies the problem. I have the HA bridge which allows adding Vera devices to activities and also nicely integrates with the Echo. But I need the device commands too, so I can do “dim up on pause” type handling.

EventGhost or AutoHotkey can be used to do this easily for IR but not when the hub is using wifi or Bluetooth.[/quote]

Ha. I may have figured out how to get around this.

I added a “dummy” device to the Harmony by picking a random DVD player from the database. I then changed the “pause” button in each activity so that it sends not the default pause command but a SEQUENCE of the actual pause command followed by the pause from the dummy device.

Thus the hub will always send this extra IR command when the pause button is pressed, even if the actual command is then sent via wifi or Bluetooth.

Eventghost is Windows only so maybe I have to go back to Kodi on Windows.

#5

Smart :slight_smile:

I have a Kira IR transceiver next to my Hub with the matching plugin and I can catch any IR command like that too to trigger some scene from a command. No Echo (or equivalent) available here yet so that is on the long goody list.

Cheers Rene

#6

I do not have a Logitech Harmony Hub and use my trusty old Harmony 900 but would like to integrate my z-wave stuff into it. Can I use the Kira or Eventghost on my HTPC with a Harmony Hub to capture the IR signal from the H900 and activate a scene in my Vera Plus?

Let me add I have a Denon AVR 2312ci and have the Denon AVR Plugin installed in my Vera but don’t use it for anything (yet).

#7

[quote=“Sammy2, post:6, topic:194253”]I do not have a Logitech Harmony Hub and use my trusty old Harmony 900 but would like to integrate my z-wave stuff into it. Can I use the Kira or Eventghost on my HTPC with a Harmony Hub to capture the IR signal from the H900 and activate a scene in my Vera Plus?

Let me add I have a Denon AVR 2312ci and have the Denon AVR Plugin installed in my Vera but don’t use it for anything (yet).[/quote]
Hi,

I know you can use the Kira. You learn the IR codes to it and you can trigger a scene from that. Eventghost I do not know.

Cheers Rene