[mythtv-users] Harmony and Imon

[James Buckley]

Yeah I had problems with my imon-pad (that fscking annoying mouse
thing woudn't sotp transmitting, even when I wasn't pressing
anything). In the end I ditched it and made a homebrew serial IR
receiver (which I mounted next to the iMon IR receiver in my
Silverstone LC-11M). Still used the VFD, just not the IR. Best thing I
ever did, now I can use any remote (I use an Xbox 360 Universal
remote)...

Actually just sold the case, waiting for a Zalman HD160 (which comes
with the windows mce receiver + remote). Hopefully it should work...

On 08/05/07, Carl Lewis <carl.lewis at dpiw.tas.gov.au> wrote:
> 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
>
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