Logitech Harmony and SmartThings Integration after Harmony "Control" Smartapp was pulled? (November 2015)

[roofone]

Weird – my ST-Harmony integration is still working OK. I set it up with my new V2 hub yesterday.

@Raeven

Does it also somehow allow ST to control my AV stuff? What other possibilities does it open?

Yes. So you can have ST shut all of your TV when you leave the house or go to bed…or you can have it play music when you wake up in the morning…or automatically switch to a Movie mode when you watch a movie.

@Raeven

As for what is needed, obviously the ST hub and some Harmony equipment. I’m assuming the Home Hub is the bare minimum which one would use with their smartphone and an app. I’m assuming that because of the ST radios, the Logitech Home Hub Extender, which controls Zigbee, Z-Wave and Z-Wave Plus, is not necessary. Is this correct? Do I need more than one Home Hub in my apartment or will I need more? Are the remotes used straightforward in what they can do or are there cool things that aren’t obvious?

• Right, you don’t need to Logitech home hub extender…ST fills that function.
• You’ll need one Logitech home hub per entertainment area you want to control, e.g., one for the living room TV and one for the TV in the basement.
• Not sure I understand your question, but the remotes are pretty straightforward…and am sure there are cools subtle things too.

@Raeven

Lastly, I do have two Echos which I’m also looking forward to integrating. I only mention it in case it affects what can be done with the Harmony and ST integration.

This is my favorite integration. You can use Alexa/ST to control lights, modes, etc. You can also use Alexa to start and stop Harmony activities.

For example, at home I can say “Alexa, turn on TSF Jazz” and Harmony will turn on my receiver, and switch source to my Sonos. ST will turn on power to my external amp and set Sonos to the TSF Jazz radio station. When I’m done, I can either say “Alexa, turn off the activity” or just wait until ST shuts it off when the house automatically goes into Night mode.

Some links:

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