[mythtv-users] Harmony and Imon

[Carl Lewis]

Eric Smith wrote:
> So I finally broke down and bought a Harmony 880 to replace my imon-pad 
> remote on my main box.  I won't actually get my new harmony for a couple 
> of weeks so this is all just preliminary thinking and planning ahead....
> 
> I know the imon uses a different standard and won't work well by default 
> with the harmony.  So I have two main questions.
>  1. Can the harmony "learn" to communicate in the imon's langauge?
>  2. If not, i have a usb-mce lying around as well that i can use as the 
> ir reciever.  I would like to retain my imon VFD though.  Is it possible 
> to keep my imon vfd running, but disable its ir reciever and use the mce 
> instead?
> 
Very similar to mine, Silverstone LC14M case with imon VFD
and a harmony 880.

That said, I wouldn't bother trying to use the imon remote codes,
they best you'll get is the same performance as the the imon
remote, unpredictable and weak, I wasted weeks on it before
ditching that way of doing it, it does work just not well.
(Hmm, there are different models of the iMON gear so your
mileage may vary :-)

I now use a usb receiver that came
with one of my tuner cards (DVICO Fusion plus), the
harmony database had some DVICO codes in it and I taught it the rest.
I believe the support for the MCE stuff is good, and there are
certainly plenty of lircrc examples for it floating around.

The VFD still works fine, from memory I had to compile/install lirc
twice, once for the imon module and the second time for my DVICO
receiver.

The other main bonus is the strength of the Harmony, no need to point in
exactly the right direction, plus WAF, one remote to (mainly) rule
them all!

Cheers
Carl