I am a budding “Smartthinger”, and am slowly but surely getting the hang of things…
I currently have a Harmony One Remote in my main TV room, which I know will not be integrated with ST. ( I have “Smarthinged” the lighting in the room, however…)
Here are the rooms/Zones I need to control
Main TV Room (Smart TV, Cable Box, XBOX1< WII-U, Smart Blu-Ray Player, Pioneer Receiver) Currently Harmony One Remote
Master Bedroom (Smart TV, Receiver, Smart Blu-Ray, AppleTV, Cable TV). Currently Harmony Smart Remote
Onkyo Reciever with Sonos Connect for Music in our Living Room (not the TV room) and our Deck… Currently another Harmony Smart Remote…
(I purchased the Onkyo Receiver (the only simple stereo receiver I could find with a digital optical input for the Sonos to connect to) with the intention of using Speakers “A” for the Living Room and “B” for the deck… Well, the A,B,A+B speaker selector switch can’t be controlled with a remote, it’s a mechanical switch… ughh… as a result, I may purchase another receiver in order to have independent remote control of the two music zones…)
I will be adding a dedicated Home Theater over the summer. Projector, Motorized Screen, Blu - Ray, Cable, Etc… This equipment will be in the same rack that the receivers for the Living Room and Deck will be in …
I know I need to replace the Harmony One with at least one Harmony Home Hub/Remote…and have a few questions…
Will the more basic Smart Remote Hubs communicate with the Home Hub, and, in turn be controlled via Smarttings? If not, do I need to buy several “Home” Remotes/Hubs?
Also, for the Living Room/Deck Zones, Is it possible to use one Home hub, and direct specific commands to specific IR emitter jacks (since the receivers would be identical), or would I need to re-purpose the Smart Remote from the Master BR and use a new Home Hub there as well?
I hope this isn’t too confusing…
Basically, I will have 3 stacks of audio/video equipment in 3 areas…
I know i could just by a couple of additional Smart Remote Hubs and control them fairly well from the Harmony App on my iPhones/iPads, but I would prefer to integrate with ST…
PS… Logitech has a sale on their Harmony Devices ($30 - $50 off through 4/25/20015)
Oh, and their entire support page is down… can’t search on any subject on the Logitech site right now…