So I downgraded and blocked internet access for the hub, but now it seems I’m getting a timeout of some sort on almost every keypress of the remote. Actions eventually happen but it looks like it’s trying to do some sort of internet access prior to acting on the button press! I’m not seeing anyone else reporting this behaviour so presumably it’s not inherent in the design of the hub that it needs internet access to function as a remote control? Anyone have any ideas what could be going on here? Unblocking internet access immediately restores normal operation but then it upgraded itself again overnight .
I am making progress on getting it communicate using websockets on LUA without the need for installing anything special. It is first baby steps, but at least not a dead end.
Thank you for your hard work. It is very much appreciated. Will the changes work for UI5 users too?[quote=“reneboer”]Hi All,
I am making progress on getting it communicate using websockets on LUA without the need for installing anything special. It is first baby steps, but at least not a dead end.
[quote=“lennier, post:601, topic:184450”]So I downgraded and blocked internet access for the hub, but now it seems I’m getting a timeout of some sort on almost every keypress of the remote. Actions eventually happen but it looks like it’s trying to do some sort of internet access prior to acting on the button press! I’m not seeing anyone else reporting this behaviour so presumably it’s not inherent in the design of the hub that it needs internet access to function as a remote control? Anyone have any ideas what could be going on here? Unblocking internet access immediately restores normal operation but then it upgraded itself again overnight .
Thanks for any suggestions.[/quote]
Blocking Internet access to the hub does make starting my Activities much slower.
However once it’s going, I’ve not had any problems with the remote at all and no lag.
Also either blocking complete Internet access to the hub or just blocking those listed MyHarmony domain names, then breaks the Harmony mobile Android app, it no longer connects and the Google Home integration doesn’t work. Google Home says OK to your voice commands but nothing happens.
So that is the downside to protecting your hub from the firmware update to .206.
Some people on the Logitech forum thread have claimed that just blocking the domains still allows them Harmony app and Google Home access but I think maybe they haven’t really been able to block the domains properly?
I have an Asus router with Merlin firmware and the Firewall URL Filtering doesn’t seem to work.
So I added a hosts.add file and pointed all the Harmony domains to 127.0.0.1 to black hole / block them. And I lose the Harmony app connection and Google Home connection.
I am very thankful I stumbled across this thread. My hub stopped working and I didn’t know why. I was able to downgrade the firmware and block internet access to the hub and it went back to normal.
Luckily my Alexa voice commands for this hub were already routed through a raspberry pi hue bridge to scenes on my Vera. So I have very fortunately maintained all of my previous functionality!
Thank you guys so much!!
This update truly sucks!! But if it wasn’t for you guys, I would have been completely screwed!
[quote=“cw-kid, post:604, topic:184450”]Blocking Internet access to the hub does make starting my Activities much slower.
However once it’s going, I’ve not had any problems with the remote at all and no lag.[/quote]
Thanks, so do you mean there’s an initial delay when you start an activity (30s-1min?) but after that remote commands work as normal? In my case I think remote commands largely all have a delay, occasionally they seem to be acted on in a normal timeframe. Regardless I tend to do a lot of activity swapping between sources etc which would make it virtually unusable as it stands. Wondering if perhaps just blocking the harmony URLs might make it operate differently.
Edit: Just confirmed that the initial response delay is basically 60s (TCP timeout) then after that maybe one or two remote commands work immediately then it goes back to 60s timeout delays for everything. So completely unusable. Others doing the internet blocking don’t seem to be reporting this so I’m confused as to why my installation seems more dependant than others’ on internet access.
[quote=“chasiu, post:603, topic:184450”]Thank you for your hard work. It is very much appreciated. Will the changes work for UI5 users too?[quote=“reneboer”]Hi All,
I am making progress on getting it communicate using websockets on LUA without the need for installing anything special. It is first baby steps, but at least not a dead end.
Keep you posted.
Cheers Rene[/quote]
Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk[/quote]
Too early to say. I do not have a UI5 system to test anymore.
Thanks, I will test when available and let everyone know.[quote=“reneboer”][quote=“chasiu, post:603, topic:184450”]Thank you for your hard work. It is very much appreciated. Will the changes work for UI5 users too?[quote=“reneboer”]Hi All,
I am making progress on getting it communicate using websockets on LUA without the need for installing anything special. It is first baby steps, but at least not a dead end.
Keep you posted.
Cheers Rene[/quote]
Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk[/quote]
Too early to say. I do not have a UI5 system to test anymore.
Just found out my harmony is not working again with vera and stumbled upon this thread … offcourse I am on the other side of the world when the wifes says… When I am home again next week I will try to downgrade and block it from the internet …
Thanks for working on it and trying to solve it Rene ,
Cor
Well, I just did the downgrade and block access routine and that works but as others have stated now there is a very long delay when starting any activity. Too long to handle.
Once the activity starts and you wait another minute or so for some other attempted access to timeout it then seems to go back to responding to the remote normally. Activity switching is a pain but at least it’s usable within an activity.
Err… literally just got one of these last weekend. Got everything installed and working last week but then Saw the errors tonight and figured I did something when I added Alexa access to the hub the other day. Just spent two hours troubleshooting and reinstalling everything and then found this thread.
It is working good now! Thank you! I am on UI5 and the latest Harmony Hub firmware of 206. I went to Apps… Develop Apps… Luup files… Upload Files… Browse… Checked Restart Luup after upload… Go. No issues yet, I will post this feedback in both threads.