Logitech Harmony Elite & Hub - tips, tricks and how to's

ablelocks · 13-05-2019 6:56pm #1

Bought one of these a couple of weeks ago, just getting it set up

if anyone has any tips or advice on set up and use please post here

I've successfully set up activities for all devices, and that was a breeze. Have to get started on other features now.

(this isn't a thread for the merits or otherwise of the elite - i had done a search, but couldn't see a specific thread on the elite, and lots of posts i found were in general threads. mods feel free to delete if ye feel it's not required)

ablelocks · 13-05-2019 8:19pm

I'm having difficulty with enabling Alexa, if anyone has any advice on that?

eddiem74 · 13-05-2019 8:54pm

ablelocks wrote: »

I'm having difficulty with enabling Alexa, if anyone has any advice on that?

https://support.myharmony.com/en-ie/harmony-experience-with-amazon-alexa

ablelocks · 14-05-2019 9:51pm

eddiem74 wrote: »

https://support.myharmony.com/en-ie/harmony-experience-with-amazon-alexa

thanks.

step 2 in the guide should actually read :

2. Make sure that there is an echo device in the room, that it is plugged in and working. Roaring "Alexa, Turn on TV" directly to the Harmony Hub is futile and will only frustrate you, your family and the neighbours dog.

Once you have ensured that Alexa is up and running on the Echo device, proceed to Step 3

I assumed that the hub had a built in echo. You roar, reboot, roar again, reboot the wifi, reset the hub, roar, swear, re-read the instructions carefully, word for word and it still takes 3 goes to figure out that another device is required to sit alongside the hub in order for Alexa to work.

Wouldn't it have made more sense to build in alexa bits to the hub?

(although it may help explain all the negative comments about not getting Alexa to work:D )

mgray · 10-08-2019 3:13pm

Can't seem to get my elite to learn the DVR or tv guide commands for the Virgin box. Anyone know a way around it.?

garion · 30-08-2019 4:35pm

Has anyone has any issues pairing the Harmony Elite with an 2015 Nvidea Shield? Doesn't seem to recognize it properly. There's lots of posts about it online but wondering if anyone here had any issues or tips for getting it working?

Heiser · 08-09-2019 10:34pm

For those that have bought, is it any good? I heard they pushed out an update that reduced the functionality?

Grumpypants · 11-09-2019 6:17pm

Mine is wrapped up in the spare room as it was a giant pain and rarely worked. I just got a firestick 4k and Alexa can control that much easier and The Alexa remote controls the TV.

Irish Gunner · 11-09-2019 6:38pm

I have logitech harmony elite and can be temperamental. Use it for TV and nvidia shied and linked it with Alexa.

I'm happy enough with just the one remote

garion · 11-09-2019 11:01pm

Irish Gunner wrote: »

I have logitech harmony elite and can be temperamental. Use it for TV and nvidia shied and linked it with Alexa.

I'm happy enough with just the one remote

Can you share how you paired it with your nvidea shield or if you had any trouble? It won't find mine when I search for it via model number. Very frustrating!

Heiser · 11-09-2019 11:14pm

They're temperamental? Ah I think I'll leave it so, I've enough annoying gadgetry in the house. I thought this would make life easier, I've six remotes in the living room, but if it's a pain to connect to things and temperamental I'd end up using the old remotes

Irish Gunner · 12-09-2019 5:47am

garion wrote: »

Can you share how you paired it with your nvidea shield or if you had any trouble? It won't find mine when I search for it via model number. Very frustrating!

I downloaded the harmony app from the play store and set it up with this can't remember how. I searched for devices and it picked it up.

As for being temperamental. I've lights, av receiver. Shield and TV connected to it so temperamental with the handshake between them but not often to make it annoying

[Deleted User] · 12-09-2019 12:42pm

Heiser wrote: »

They're temperamental? Ah I think I'll leave it so, I've enough annoying gadgetry in the house. I thought this would make life easier, I've six remotes in the living room, but if it's a pain to connect to things and temperamental I'd end up using the old remotes

I have an older harmony touch and have had them for 10+ years.
I don't have any listening devices in the house so just use IR controls and its the best ever!

ablelocks · 12-09-2019 5:29pm

i have the elite a few months now. set up in about 30 minutes, haven't had an issue with it since. (I haven't yet tried the Alexa control - i've an echo input that won't set up right but that's not the elites fault)

AV Receiver / Xbox One X / Blu-ray player / Now TV / Sky Q Box and Hue lights all working perfectly on it.

taytobreath · 24-10-2019 8:07pm

is anyones harmony elite giving trouble the last few days. Mine seems to have a delay in responding and sometimes the remote disconects from the hub. or when i press a button once it shows that i pressed it twice or more. ive tried the usual, the reset button on the hub and the remote, but still clunky as fuk.
any help regarding this would be great.

Irish Gunner · 26-10-2019 12:32pm

I have 2 activities set up on Harmony one for the TV and other for nvidia shield.

Not sure about handshake between TV, Av receiver and shield /virgin media box.

Sometimes have to turn activity off and on again to get either working.

Should i put a delay in between each activity action ie 1 second delay to prevent this from happening

The high horse brigade · 26-10-2019 12:44pm

Irish Gunner wrote: »

I have 2 activities set up on Harmony one for the TV and other for nvidia shield.

Not sure about handshake between TV, Av receiver and shield /virgin media box.

Sometimes have to turn activity off and on again to get either working.

Should i put a delay in between each activity action ie 1 second delay to prevent this from happening

It's trial and error. I have slight delays added to some of mine which fixes things in my activities.

I also changed TV in the kitchen from Samsung to Toshiba and find the Toshiba terrible. It does not have individual source buttons to configure (HDMI 1, 2 etc) so the harmony must cycle through Source. This makes cold starting on the correct source almost impossible unless you want the device in use before power off. I have the a source button mapped as an option on the screen as it's always on the wrong source. I think I'll pick up a HDMI switch as some stage to fix it

taytobreath · 22-11-2019 1:33am

is anyones routines working on google home and harmony.
stuff like turn on tv, or increase volume. turn off tv... etc etc

mine was working but there would be delays of an average of 5 minutes. But now i cannot get anything to work.
has anyone got any ideas?

paulbok · 22-11-2019 9:25am

About to get an Elite on sale on Amazon today, has anyone used one to control a media PC, as in the keyboard and mouse functions?

Irish Gunner · 19-12-2019 9:12pm

Got new phone and can't connect the android app to the Hub. Remote working okay. Harmony support just saying standard stuff below none working

Move Harmony Hub closer to your router.
Upgrade the firmware on your router which may help address connection issues.
Change the channel frequency of your router to help prevent interference. Consult your router's user manual for channel changing steps.
If you’ve same SSID for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz, I’d recommend you to change the SSID of the 2.4 GHz and re-configure the Wifi for Harmony Hub

Anyone got any other solutions?

The high horse brigade · 19-12-2019 9:27pm

Is your phone using 5ghz and your hub using 2ghz. Try disabling 5ghz to see if you can connect

Irish Gunner · 19-12-2019 10:00pm

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Is your phone using 5ghz and your hub using 2ghz. Try disabling 5ghz to see if you can connect

Changed WiFi on phone to 2.4ghz and still cannot connect. Checked under settings on the remote and hub on this.

Can't find the hub. Tried manually inserting ip address and still can't find it.

Set it up for pairing and hub light blinking and Bluetooth on but can't locate it.

Was on one plus 5 using Android 8 and no issues now on one plus 7 Pro android 10 and I can't connect.

Haven't turned router on and off yet. ðŸ˜Š

ablelocks · 10-04-2020 1:10pm

I reckon I'm only using my elite to less than qtr of it's potential - does anyone have or know of a step by step guide to getting it fully and properly integrated with TV / Alexa / Hue ?

Logitech Harmony Elite & Hub - tips, tricks and how to's

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