Logitech Harmony¶
Harmony Hub¶
To change which button invokes which activity on the remote, do:
MENU
Harmony Setup
Add/Edit Devices
REMOTE & HUB
BUTTON CUSTOMIZATION
ACTIVITY LAUNCH BUTTONS
Programming it using Linux¶
I have the Harmony One model (no longer produced).
Some of this information comes from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=781059, but I’m not using the GUI tool (congruity), just command line.
Help Harmony Devices for finding devices.
Install Concordance¶
Install the concordance tool.
I’m using v1.0 on Ubuntu 15.10 64-bit.
Briefly:
sudo apt-get install libusb-dev libzzip-dev
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/concordance/concordance/1.0/concordance-1.0.tar.bz2
tar xjf concordance-1.0.tar.bz2
cd concordance-1.0/libconcord
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
cd ../concordance
./configure
make
sudo make install
Arrange to run without needing sudo¶
Run ‘lsusb’ to see what devices are already attached to your computer.
Plug in your remote
Run ‘lsusb’, looking for the device that wasn’t there before. E.g. my Harmony One produced this:
Bus 001 Device 021: ID 046d:c121 Logitech, Inc.
Unplug the remote
Now (using sudo as needed) create a new file, /etc/udev/rules.d/custom-concordance.rules, substituting in the values for your own remote:
ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c121", MODE="666"
Test
Plug the remote in
Run “concordance -i”. It should print out information about the attached remote
Programming the remote¶
Make a directory to hold firmware and config backups, e.g. ~/Documents/LogitechHarmonyOne.
cd ~/Documents/LogitechHarmonyOne
Backup firmware if you haven’t previously:
concordance --dump-firmware <filename> (default: firmware.EZUp)
Backup config if you haven’t previously:
concordance --dump-config <filename> (default: config.EZHex)
Go to http://members.harmonyremote.com/EasyZapper/ and log in (ignore the message about upgrading your software). If you don’t already have an account, create one.
Update your remote’s configuration using the web site.
When ready to update your remote:
Click “Update your remote”. It’ll prompt to connect your remote.
Connect the remote to the computer via USB.
Click “Next” on the web page.
Your browser will download a file named “Connectivity.EZHex”. Save it to your LogitechHarmonyOne directory.
Go to your shell.
Run:
concordance Connectivity.EZHex
Go back to your browser.
Click “Next”.
Wait… could be several minutes.
Eventually your browser will download a file named “Update.EZHex”. Save it to your LogitechHarmonyOne directory.
Go to your shell.
Run this command. This will take quite a while (5 minutes?), but it will print progress status as it goes:
concordance Update.EZHex
When that’s done, disconnect your remote and try it out.