My Harmony Remote and controlling lights

[huffmd1]

Hey Everyone I have just purchased a Logitech Harmony Smart Control and an ISY 994i/ir with the ir control and having a hard time getting them set up. I have logged into myharmony and added the ISY but there doesn't seem to be a good way of adding commands in their software. I have also gone into my ISY and downloaded the available IR codes to use. Some help with this would be great!!

[oberkc]

I have not used the IR portion of the ISY-994 (however I have used the IRLinc). For this reason I was hesitant to respond to this question. Unfortunately, I see others were equally hesitant, so I will not let ignorance get in the way in this case.

 

Does not the ISY IR capability let you add a device command like a learning remote? How many buttons do you need the ISY to recognize in order to give you the control you need? Half a dozen?

 

Would it be a simple matter to train the ISY for the specific buttons you wish to use for lighting control?

[Xathros]

Like oberkc, I skipped answering this one as I am not familiar with the whole scope of the question. I do use a Harmony One so here is what I can offer:

 

While the Harmony remotes *can* learn from other remotes, I don't think the ISY comes with a remote that you can train the harmony with. I could be wrong, I don't have the IR version of the ISY.

 

I do remember a thread a while back where someone mentioned that the Harmony Programming Web Interface had a more functional profile for an ISY99i rather than the ISY994I (going from an aging memory here so It might be the other way around). You might try adding a ISY-99i instead and see if that populates with IR commands. I believe the IR section is identical in the 99 series and the 994 series ISYs.

 

Another somewhat vague memory is that the ISY IR responds to Phillips Pronto codes.

 

-Xathros

[apostolakisl]

I have a lot of experience with Harmony remotes and ISY, however, not the "smart control" model. Though I suspect it works the same as the other harmony remotes of which I have 2 890's and a 900.

 

I presume the harmony base station emits IR commands on command from your phone or the included remote. The base station IR output needs to point in the general direction of the ISY input.

 

Harmony has the 40 ISY base commands built in and it sounds like you already added those.

 

You also need to install the 40 base commands to ISY. If you use all those up, you can add more using the learning mode for both ISY and Harmony.

 

Then you need to write programs in ISY that respond to triggering the 40 base commands.

 

If
       IR 'IR_013' is Pressed
   And Status  'Theater / Theater Sconces L' is not Off

Then
       Set Scene 'Theater On' Off

Else
  - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

[mike.brown412]

What about the Harmony Ultimate? It has an IP based base station that has RF and IR connections. What I'd like to do is configure a Movie Night option that dims all my lights at a very slow ramp rate when I want to watch a movie.

 

Has anyone done anything like this?

[apostolakisl]

I suspect you would have to determine what it is capable of as far as sending IP commands. ISY wiki gives pretty good explanation of how to use REST commands to set just about anything on the ISY.

 

http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index ... _Interface

[mike.brown412]

I suspect you would have to determine what it is capable of as far as sending IP commands. ISY wiki gives pretty good explanation of how to use REST commands to set just about anything on the ISY.

 

http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index ... _Interface

 

Would I need to purchase an IR device, or could I utilize my Harmony Ultimate Hub and do IP to IP and then IP to IR?

[apostolakisl]

I just looked at the ultimates webpage. It doesn't look like it does much over IP beside update the settings you change on your pc and connect to a smartphone app.

 

So, in short, you would need to do it the same way as with the harmony remotes. The remote or its base station "shines" the ir signal at the isy and the isy executes a program in response. .. like dim the theater lights and turn on the projector, or whatever.

[abuttino]

I'm new on the scene and have a Harmony 890, there are only 16 codes built in for that. Why?

[apostolakisl]

I'm new on the scene and have a Harmony 890, there are only 16 codes built in for that. Why?

 

 

I have 2 of the 890's and a 900. All 3 list 40 default codes when I add the ISY to my device list. The codes come from the Harmony server, so it should be exactly the same for everyone. I don't understand why you would only have 16.

[Xathros]

As I recall, the Harmony programmer is very picky about device model name/numbers. Try a few variations of ISY, ISY99, ISY994, ISY-99, ISY-994/IR etc and see if you get different results.

 

-Xathros

[apostolakisl]

As I recall, the Harmony programmer is very picky about device model name/numbers. Try a few variations of ISY, ISY99, ISY994, ISY-99, ISY-994/IR etc and see if you get different results.

 

-Xathros

 

 

No, there is only one Universal Devices device on Harmony Remote software. It brings in 40 IR codes which are the ISY's default 40. They are called IR001, IR002, etc through IR040

[210flyer]

I have the Harmony Ultimate remote and hub and I have an ISY994i IR/PRO. This is how I accomplish light control:

 

in My Harmony > Devices > Add Device > Add the Universal Devices ISY controller that you own: ISY 99i/IR, ISY 994i/IR, ISY 994i/IR-PRO

in My Harmony > Activities > select activity you want to control > Change Your Settings > add your ISY controller (mine displays as "Universal Devices Light") and click Next until Done

in My Harmony > Activities > select activity you want to control > Customize This Activity > Add Step > select ISY Controller > select Command > select IR code# then click Save

 

 

 

Now create your program to use the IR code you selected above, eg IR001

 

 

 

I follow a similar sequence to turn the lights back on by adding a step in the Activity Shutdown Commands and use a different IR code, eg IR002

 

Mike

[stillen_i30]

Thanks for the excellent writeup and snapshots.

 

I have a harmony ultimate and ISY 994i/IR

 

I tried the same exact process and it is not working.

 

I have a scene programmed to initiate with IR code 001 and when I sync it over to the remote and write the program in ISY exactly as the the write-up says to do, there is no response from the ISY.

 

Anything I could be missing?

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi stillen_i30,

 

Please make sure ISY is not in learning mode.

 

Also, you can go to the IR tab and see IR events as they happen.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[stillen_i30]

Thanks for the tip Michel.

 

I was able to confirm IR commands are working which helped me to realize I made a silly mistake with the timing restrictions for my IR programs as the reason for it not working.Got it up and running fine now.