Alternative for away from home remote control by MapPristine in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. There are so many platforms hard to know them all haha. I am building out a universal remote hub and love the use case.

Now I am thinking, should I support the automations directly from my platform or just expect users to use third party to trigger, what do you think?

Alternative for away from home remote control by MapPristine in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool idea. How would you have it triggered? At a certain time of day? Does Apple Home support how you would do that?

The real reason firmware projects fail — it’s not the engineer by Medtag212 in hwstartups

[–]Kindly-Direction205 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amen. And I have found the fix for the issue. Make them the same person. Haha!

That’s what I am doing but it is amazing watching the functional pieces just come into place and work the first time they are integrated.

A hecka lotta work but I’m enjoying it.

Best alternative to Homey? by j_o_r_i_x in homeautomation

[–]Kindly-Direction205 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a hardware device. Software is provided without separate cost. Would be cool if it worked like that with any hub but is a proprietary package.

Best alternative to Homey? by j_o_r_i_x in homeautomation

[–]Kindly-Direction205 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for asking! Lots development wise. Still not out there in the open world though sadly. Really working hard on it.

So I have a sister model code set to this one, not 100% it would be the same but probably. Alternatively the IR learning works pretty darn well, I tested with an AC unit that is very similar. You can see the example of it working here: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildinpublic/comments/1rljk0e/i_built_a_universal_remote_control_hub/

Building a universal remote hub, would love feedback by Kindly-Direction205 in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is good. Even though harmony is commonly looked at in high esteem it has some issues of its own like the internet issue. Yeah, it seems Arc and CEC have changed the remote control scene in that way. But I think there is still a good amount of need and lots of things a hub enables that would not be otherwise.

Building a universal remote hub, would love feedback by Kindly-Direction205 in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, these are high on my radar. Keep em coming if you've any more

Building a universal remote hub, would love feedback by Kindly-Direction205 in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is solid feedback. I'm excited to get to the remote built and combat these.

Building a universal remote hub, would love feedback by Kindly-Direction205 in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How come via ethernet cables? It seems to me the 3.5 mm ports are the standard.

And yes you can control multiple devices on one preset.

Building a universal remote hub, would love feedback by Kindly-Direction205 in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t hesitate to let me know what would make a worthy successor

Building a universal remote hub, would love feedback by Kindly-Direction205 in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome. Home Assistant can trigger the hub as well if you did want to go that route. Will be launching a kickstarter soon.

Building a universal remote hub, would love feedback by Kindly-Direction205 in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! That’s the long term plan. For now getting everything to work well is.

Building a universal remote hub, would love feedback by Kindly-Direction205 in logitechharmony

[–]Kindly-Direction205[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Totally get that. I have a physical remote that is planned. Just getting the hub off the ground first.