Harmony Remote = Double-plus Good!

Tom · July 23, 2012, 10:39:27 AM

Quote from: Thorin on July 22, 2012, 11:47:13 PM
That's just the furnace though, right? I mean, my quoted price was full installation - a good thing as I don't know enough about venting requirements and code as well as I don't know enough about how to properly punch a hole through a concrete wall without letting all kinds of creepy crawlers get in through it.

Nope. It was installation included. I've had it quoted a couple times. $2400-2600 for a new furnace, installed.

Lazybones · July 28, 2012, 06:50:52 PM

Managed to pickup two of the 650 refurbished units at NCIX at the special price (had gone up).

Also found this Tom

Concordance and open source harmony remote configuration tool... Not sure if it is any good but might check it out if I can't get these going the normal way.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/concordance/

Tom · July 28, 2012, 09:37:23 PM

Quote from: Lazybones on July 28, 2012, 06:50:52 PM
Managed to pickup two of the 650 refurbished units at NCIX at the special price (had gone up).

Also found this Tom

Concordance and open source harmony remote configuration tool... Not sure if it is any good but might check it out if I can't get these going the normal way.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/concordance/

Yeah, I initially went that route (and mentioned it earlier), but the site that it works with is a tad slow and doesn't support setting the dedicated activity buttons. Also chrome doesn't support launching an app for a downloaded file so you get to launch the program manually after. Sure using Firefox fixes that one annoyance, but I normally use chrome.

So far I've found the older windows software much better than the 'easyzapper' site we're talking about.

Thorin · July 28, 2012, 10:04:50 PM

Quote from: Tom on July 28, 2012, 09:37:23 PM
So far I've found the older windows software much better than the 'easyzapper' site we're talking about.

I second that - the older software is slow as molasses too, but it's easier to put in custom things.

Tom · July 28, 2012, 11:03:00 PM

Quote from: Thorin on July 28, 2012, 10:04:50 PM
Quote from: Tom on July 28, 2012, 09:37:23 PM
So far I've found the older windows software much better than the 'easyzapper' site we're talking about.

I second that - the older software is slow as molasses too, but it's easier to put in custom things.

I'm not sure but I don't think the easy zapper site is the same one as the second software that page you linked to in this thread. Its like they have three separate web based interfaces for their remotes. Also I actually having had serious performance issues with the 7.7 software. Its not great, but I didn't find myself waiting minutes for a request, or hours for the site to start responding again after it starts acting up.

Lazybones · July 28, 2012, 11:42:53 PM

There are 3 ways to program the remotes with Logitec software.
1. Old standalone
2. Old website
3. new website

concordance the open source one appears to have at least two UI projects... both have not been updated in a long time.

Tom · September 07, 2012, 12:55:11 PM

So I've figured out why NCIX had so many of these cheap refurb harmonys. They suck. Thats why.

So it likes to send the signal to switch inputs on my hdmi switch when I'm pressing other buttons, like the volume buttons. Kindof annoying. Then I just noticed its been rebooting itself fairly often now. Just happened twice in like an hour. it resets back to the home screen so I have to get it back into video mode without my media box showing the video menu (as I told it to do...). Ugh.

At least it was cheap.

Lazybones · September 07, 2012, 01:03:05 PM

The two referbs I am using seem to still be working, however I agree that the setup system sucks and clearly has been dumbed down vs even the old system.

Tom · September 07, 2012, 01:21:25 PM

I just realized, it /may/ be a power issue. I'll try replacing the batteries.

Thorin · September 07, 2012, 02:18:51 PM

lol

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?" "Well, are you sure it's plugged in?"

I haven't had those kinds of problems with my older Harmony; it seems lately the receiver doesn't get turned on 1 out of 3 times, but that could be stuff in the way or dirt on the receiver or something. I just push Help and everything fixes itself.

Tom · September 07, 2012, 02:25:39 PM

Quote from: Thorin on September 07, 2012, 02:18:51 PM
lol

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?" "Well, are you sure it's plugged in?"

I haven't had those kinds of problems with my older Harmony; it seems lately the receiver doesn't get turned on 1 out of 3 times, but that could be stuff in the way or dirt on the receiver or something. I just push Help and everything fixes itself.

Heh. well it turns itself off and back on. If its just a low power issue, thats fine. Can't really expect a cheap device to work all that well under low power conditions. I've had worse problems with a cheap wireless mouse and an MCE remote when the batteries were low.

If it keeps happening, I'll just go get a better remote. No big loss (It would have been before the job... $40 was like a few days of food).

Melbosa · September 07, 2012, 02:29:52 PM

My Harmony One is solid. Wouldn't trade it in for any other model.

Tom · September 07, 2012, 02:31:59 PM

Quote from: Melbosa on September 07, 2012, 02:29:52 PM
My Harmony One is solid. Wouldn't trade it in for any other model.

Holy crap that's expensive.

Melbosa · September 07, 2012, 02:35:47 PM

Yep, was a Birthday gift from a bunch of people... but was worth every penny!

Tom · October 28, 2012, 05:56:15 PM

Man my harmony remote is kicking the bucket. For a while it'd reboot once in a while... Today its done it several times. In the past hour no less. I think I got myself a lemon

I have the worst luck with hardware I swear.

I'm going to have to take a look at the stuff Lazy posted in his universal remotes thread.