Harmony Home Control

[huydnguyen (Huy Nguyen)]

@Mihos

I am trying to get ST to trigger an activity to the Harmony Hub, but currently, I can only end an activity.

I have an activity caller Start Theatre. It lowers a screen, starts the sound system, bluray, selects proper HDMI input etc. This is all from the harmony remote and works. From within ST, I can stop the activity which puts the screen up and powers everything off… but no way for ST to start the activity. I would ideally set ST to trigger ‘movie mode’ which would handle the house settings and initialize the ‘Start Theatre’ activity on the harmony hub. Right now it works for shutting everything down, but cannot start it. Anyone else see this?

How are you stopping the activity from ST?
I’ll assume the following:

1. You are able to install the “Logitech Harmony (Connect)” device type
2. You can install the “Logitech Harmony Trigger” smartapp and it see the hub and all the activities you have created on the Harmony Side.

What I would do is the following:

1. Create a virtual momentary switch called “Start Theatre Switch”
2. Install an instance of the “Logitech Harmony Triggers” smartapp and set it to start the Harmony “Start Theatre” activity when the ST “Start Theatre Switch” is on
3. Add the “Start Theatre Switch” to turn on in the routine you have in ST called “Movie Mode”