# Turn off Logitech Harmony Activities **URL:** \ **Category:** Connected Things\ **Created:** [March 6, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/turn-off-logitech-harmony-activities/80334 "2017-03-06T11:39:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![rxsamg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@rxsamg](https://community.smartthings.com/u/rxsamg)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/turn-off-logitech-harmony-activities/80334/15 "2017-03-07T01:51:28Z")
> [@sapstar](#): > > when I issue off commands multiple times from smartthings, my subwoofer keeps toggling. All other devices are fine That sounds like more of an issue in your harmony activity programming most likely. > [@sapstar](#): > > I want to say “Alexa turn off Harmony” to turn off whatever activity is currently running. > [@sapstar](#): > > in the UK. I have to say “Alexa tell harmony to turn off…”. I think in US there is an additional skill which can be used without the “tell harmony” Not sure why, but Amazon hasn’t opened up the smart skill (UK) for Alexa to allow you to skip the “tell harmony to” but you have some choices: A) Direct Alexa → Harmony route utilizing “tell harmony” is probably most reliable as you skip the ST middleman. You also get the added bonus of pause, stop, play, change to a channel, mute, volume up/down. Also, during skill setup, I believe you can setup friendly names for activities & channels. Only issue is i’m not sure what will happen if you group the activities in Alexa for a master Off. ST keeps switch status, Alexa doesn’t so it’s going to send the multiple off commands. Again, unsure how harmony would respond. B) Alexa → ST → Harmony , assuming you have all the harmony activities setup in ST via the harmony connect app. Grant those switched access to Alexa & you can control individually. If you want a universal turn off command, just setup a routine called harmony(or whatever you want) & have it turn off all harmony ST switches. As long as you follow the below instructions (previously mentioned) , you will have realtime status in ST. That way when the routine tries to shutoff the switches, it will only send the command to harmony for the current ON switch. > [@Instant status updates for Harmony activity switches in ST](https://community.smartthings.com/t/instant-status-updates-for-harmony-activity-switches-in-st/74107): > > I’ve seen lots of complaints about how long the Harmony switches in ST take to update when using the physical remote to turn stuff on or off. Just found a really simple way to get instant state updates. Go back and add all of the ST switches to your Harmony hub as Home Control devices, then turn each corresponding one on when your activity starts and back off when it ends. Bam, instant Harmony status updates. Step by step below. This starts with the assumption that you’ve already added your Harmony hub(s) to SmartThings. Open the Harmony app on your phone (as far as I’m aware, the phone app is the only way to add/edit Home Control devices) If you have multiple hubs, connect to your target hub. These steps have to be repeated for each hub. Add your SmartThings switches to Harmony… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.smartthings.com/t/turn-off-logitech-harmony-activities/80334)._