I use Harmony with hub currently. My wife could never use the very wonky Control4 system we started with 5 years ago. Lots of flexibility, and they keep updating it, and the supported device list.
In my previous house I used an IR remote receiver (wired) to a small IR signal repeater box to send the signals to devices that were inside the cabinet. Another consideration for you. The box had a wall wart, and allowed me to plug in the little wired IR emmiters. |
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Logitech Harmony Elite w/Hub here. It runs all my gear, the Lutron Caseta lighting, and Hunter Douglas PowerView Shades.
Unless you are looking for deep integration it works great. By deep integration I mean one touch events like placing the source in pause raises the lights to 30%. That is now a 2 step process because the home automation functions like shades and lights can’t be combined with simple device control actions. At least I haven’t figured out how to do it yet. Lots of flexibility in power on and power off sequences, including lights, shades, etc. So for example when I start the gear for a movie, all the blinds go down and the lights turn on at 50%. There is a huge library of devices to choose from, although the McIntosh list is a little thin in spots but still very workable. If your device isn’t listed you can always learn its codes, a little tedious but easy to do. I have an MX 151, C 1100 and the HT passthru works perfectly. I have several activities programmed; Listen to Vinyl Listen to Tidal Watch a Movie Watch TV Watch Roku Highly recommended. Tom |
I should mention that the Logitech Harmony can integrate with Amazon Alexa. So it is possible to integrate a series of Alexa controlled devices to a single voice command. For example, a command such as “Alexa, turn on the TV” can close shades, turn down the lights and trigger the Logitech Play TV activity.
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Maybe it's time to move from the MX880 to the Logitech Harmony. I like the idea of integration with alexa.
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Thank you everyone for input. The Logitech Harmony is a compelling one.
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Does anyone know how to program the alternate remote codes for a C2600 on a Harmony 650?
I’m using it with Passthru in conjunction with my MX-151 and have the HT part all programmed. To listen to music it powers the MX and not the C2600 which I have setup with the alternate remote codes. I can use the Mc remote just for this but the Harmony works great with everything else and it would be awesome to use just one remote. Thank you. |
Used to do Logitech, now I'll only touch URC. PITA to program but once you do, holy cow now that is a proper remote!
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The Elite is worth the money in my opinion. Easy to program using the iPad app or a computer, but the app is better. Tip: the best thing we did to get this working seamlessly in our media room is give everything ample time (like 8 seconds or more) to turn on before sending more commands. HDMI handshaking, the bane of home theaters these days, was the biggest headache solved by adequate turn-on timing and getting the turn-on sequence right. |
I know I'm in the minority here, but I found that the URC MSC-400 Base Station and MRX-1200 remote was much more flexible and easier to program than the Harmony in terms of programming discrete codes and macros. With any of my RS232-capable components, I can program events such as powering on my home theater and 2-channel systems with a single touch of a button, and setting all the right inputs in any order I want to get me going. The Harmony just didn't allow me to program specific events and inputs in any order. This was a few years ago and maybe things have changed, but I'm afraid I'll have to find something else sometime soon because URC has discontinued the MSC-400 and it cannot be programed on anything but a 32-bit Windows system.
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Are URC’s programmable by consumers or does one have to have a dealer do it? I would be doing this on an apple. The URC website indicates dealer programming only so far as I can tell.
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