How do I get a Logitech Harmony to work with MP? (2 Viewers)

[mrbert]

Just got MP running V1.0RC2 on XP pro SP3
Great piece of Software!
I am using the antev fusion V2 enclosure
And a harmony one.
I also setup MCE remote in MP

Some keys seem to work, volume up / down, and 4 arrow navigator buttons + OK
But most keys do not work and generate a NOT DEFINED message on the LCD
No stop, pauze play, ffwd rew, and so.

I read on another forum I should do a MCE roll over but that dos not install.
This is really driving me crazy

Anyone a solution for this??
Pleas help!

 

[ced007]

I confirm that the windows mce remote IR receiver works perfectly with an Harmony 885.
I just bought the Win MCE remote, I have just plugged the IR receiver (USB) in the PC, Vista recognizes it directly, and then I went online in the Logitech Harmony configuration interface, added Microsoft Media Center as device and then I added an activity "MediaCenter" that turn on the mediacenter and put the TV in the correct input channel, I saves the activity and then updated the remote. Last step: in mediaportal configuration, I tick the MCE remote.
That's all. It's working fine.

 

[mrbert]

OK thay might work for vista and the original MCE remote.
It takes some more to get it working with just a compatible hardware etup.
But most of it is working now

 

[rsbrux]

2BitSculptor,
Lots of people rave about the Harmony, but I have been reluctant to get it because of my rather exotic display. The website doesn't appear to allow any access to the library unless you already own a Harmony. I don't want to shell out a couple of hundred just to find that my display isn't supported. How can I find out, short of buying one?

 

[2BitSculptor]

@2bitSculptor,
Lots of people rave about the Harmony, but I have been reluctant to get it because of my rather exotic display. The website doesn't appear to allow any access to the library unless you already own a Harmony. I don't want to shell out a couple of hundred just to find that my display isn't supported. How can I find out, short of buying one?

I think you can check to see if the device is supported... I found this.

Logitech® Harmony® Member Web (members.HarmonyRemote.com)

Chcuk

 

[rsbrux]

Thanks for the links, but they don't lead anywhere unless you download their SW and connect it to your Harmony (which I don't have).

 

[2BitSculptor]

sorry, I didn't notice that.... I went to their website, but they must have auto-logged me in unexpectedly.
I just went to the website, selected the 'Remotes' tab and in the sidebar there was an option under 'Testdrive' to check for compatibility.

Chuck

 

[rsbrux]

Didn't find tabs or sidebars on the pages your links sent me to, but a Google search turned up this which claims that my InFocus TD40 is in their DB. This is still a long way from my idea of a "test drive" however.

 

[ronilse]

Didn't find tabs or sidebars on the pages your links sent me to, but a Google search turned up this which claims that my InFocus TD40 is in their DB. This is still a long way from my idea of a "test drive" however.

Hi,
This was a problem for me too, i didn't know if it supported my B&O system. It claimed that it should but you never know. I was lucky that i could deliver remote back to shop if it didn't, & guess what... It didn't support all functions so i had to rip rest of the remote codes & send it to them, but after a week i had support for all(TV, Video, DVD, Radio, light etc & of course MP ).

So yes a bit frustrating that your not able to confirm it to work before using money on it......

Regards
Roy

 

[ced007]

rsbrux,
If you want to know if your display Infocus TD40 is in the list of devices we can choose when configuring the remote, I can check in my Logitech account.
In any case, the Harmony 885 (the model I have) is able to learn IR commands, so in the worth case you can manually "teach" all the commands of your current TV remote to the logitech remote.
Ced