Please start a new thread for this, we’re getting pretty far off topic.
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Doing that now…done. 
https://community.smartthings.com/t/official-smartthings-to-logitech-harmony-integration/151676/
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All this is good, but complex automation does not work correctly, or is wrong in conjunction - Smart things + harmony hub activites, for example: I create automation, with a motion sensor (Aeon lab 6 in 1) and harmony, in the Samsung application, so that the TV turns on in the morning from 7.30 to 10.00 on the move and install - use the action once a day, and so it does not work! Often it does not turn on in time but even in the evening and many times a day so that I do not do it does not work.
the attempt to control TV through harmony and to Alex was also unsuccessful, I did not achieve normal control - it works 1 time, and 3 times says that such a device cannot add sound or switch on. it is also bad that the harmony of the hub is very hard to remember new device buttons - for example, for an air conditioner, I spent 3 days to program the commands. In general, I am not happy with Harmony
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You’re not alone. It’s an awful product
I have 3 Logitech Harmony Hubs installed throughout the house. They work amazingly well for me.
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I’ve been very happy with the harmony hub for almost 4 years now. The native echo integration is very good.
The SmartThings integration, on the other hand, has had a lot of issues for me, mostly in that they kept changing it without any announcements and it would stop working for a while Until we figured everything out.
Since I am unable to use a regular button remote (I’m quadriparetic), it just became too frustrating and I eventually just took smartthings out of the equation altogether. Since then, it’s reliably done exactly what I wanted to do, which is give me voice control over television, cable box, Roku, and even some battery operated flameless candles. But different things work for different people. 
If you want more granular control beyond the activity level, and have a strong technical background and are willing to go through a fairly complex set up process, there are other devices and systems you can look at, including global cache itach. Or if you don’t want to deal with all the technical stuff, you can just get a smart television. But as long as smartthings is in the mix, you are going to run the risk of something that worked great on Sunday not working on Monday even though you haven’t changed anything. 
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I tried to integrate other devices into the Samsung system. Magic home, Agara Hub, installed device handlers on the recommendation of the community. but they do not work. as it turned out, for their work, it is necessary to create a Tcp iP tunnel, with Raspbery pi. But no one here can tell and help with this. since I am not a guru in programming. I could not configure third-party devices. very sorry that no one helped me in this.
My wife loves (which means, she doesn’t complain about, that good ol’ WAF) our Harmony Hub. It’s great telling Alexa to turn on TV, Roku, or Media Player, and she automatically switches the channel on the TV for each input. It’s also convenient to turn off whatever we’re watching as we head out the door.
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Glad you are both so happy with the Harmony product line.
Unfortunately, between Logitech’s indecisive nature surrounding the API access between the end of last year and this Spring, and the statements and behavior exhibited by good ol boy Todd Walker, there have been quite a few more people than myself who are rightfully pissed and up in arms about Logitech.
Not only that, but the mobile app is slow, the app AND the remote itself constantly get in the way of normal use with the constant, painfully slow “synchronizing” anytime a single tiny setting is changed. Good luck if their servers aren’t responding or can’t be reached at the time you end up changing something.
I’m sorry, but the old Harmony One and 900 of days gone by, of which I used to have 2 were headed in a much better direction than these Harmony Home Hub remotes. It’s 2019 and the best they can offer is a 180x180 pixel screen on their top of the line remote. I’ll admit the battery life is great, but it has always been great on the Harmony’s I’ve owned.
The only reason I stick it out with the Harmony Home Hubs I have (which I also use in combination with Broadlink RM3’s) is because no one else manufactures a higher quality universal remote. I don’t want to sit there and play around on my phones with some silly, buggy, slow Logitech app to control my TV. My phones are used as communication devices. Not TV remotes.
I do appreciate the (now) fairly solid and reliable Google Home and Alexa Integration with the Harmony Hub, but again, I could deal without it. Give me a nice, sleek remote that can handle macros so I’m not juggling 20 remotes and I’m good to go. The mobile app, both for Android and iPhone is hot garbage, as is the now crippled, sorry excuse of a desktop application they offer for configuring your devices and activities. I gave up any hope of Logitech catering to power users a long time ago. They continue to prove worthy of my resentment and that of others.
Well, it’s not worthy of my resentment. I loved my Harmony One, but I haven’t used it since getting the hub. I still have the DirecTV and Roku remote around for regular use, and can switch over the my phone app if I can’t find the remotes and am too lazy to search for them. It took some experimentation to get all the app buttons where I want them, but once it’s set up, it’s convenient to use.
As for programming the hub, my Harmony One macros copied over very nicely using the desktop app. I’ve been very happy with my system.
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