I LOVE this remote!
That being said, I do have some issues. The IR Receiver I currently use is part of my keyboard setup(Microspeed KB200, which I love as well), but it has an interesting effect. When I learn a key from the remote to the Harmony it appears the the key simply repeats forever...which sux! I've found that if I immediately cover the IR transmitter after pushing a button, it doesnt happen, and it doesnt happen from the keyboard. So it appears that somehow, when the key is learned, it does not retain whatever end of signal code the keyboard also sends. I cannot really blame this on the Harmony, its just the difference for the proprietary keyboard thats getting me.
So, what now...
Well, I just ordered an IR receiver and Ill likely try to pick one up at Radio Slack later today as well(just do I dont have to wait, Ill grab a cheapie piece of chit). Once I have the receiver in place, I will have to setup LIRC to use the Harmony. It appears that this is not too hard.
I think this device is absolutely the key to the WAF. This will allow me to remove the complexities of working with mutliple devices and make it all one easy push button, with additional configurability beyond what I could have imagined.
Now, if I can just get the damn thing working ;-)
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Have you searched around on http://www.harmonyremote.com to see if this is a common problem with learning keys and if there's something that can be done to fix it? It sounds weird, and there's got to be a valid reason for it. Hell, even emailing Logitech support might help!
Here man:
http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitech_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=cAMb3Qzi&p_lva=3873&p_li=&p_accessibility=0&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_pv=2.340&p_prods=844%2C340&p_cats=&p_hidden_prods=&prod_lvl1=844&prod_lvl2=340&prod_lvl3=0&p_search_text=repeats&p_new_search=1&p_search_type=answers.search_nl
Or just go to http://www.harmonyremote.com select Support -> Product Support -> Harmony remotes fmor the pull downs and search for "repeats"
Don't know if it'll help, but there's some data there.
Actually, yeah, I spent a few hours working on this yesterday. It was quite maddening. I set every timeout, every repeat. I tried learning it to a different remote that worked OK with the same setup(the orignal Kameleon), but that didnt work at all. In either case, its onlt $25 for the receiver. I plan to keep the keyboard, and that why I got that very small unobtrusive ir receiver. I may even drill a hole and mount it in the case. I dunno yet, but I really look forward to getting it running;-)
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