[mythtv-users] Logitech Harmony remote replacement - SofaBaton U1 ?

[Paul Gardiner]

On 21/06/2021 23:07, Phill Edwards wrote:
> 
>      >>> The Sofabaton is my expected fallback when/if my Harmony's quit
>      >>> working.  Sadly, I don't know of any other affordable, universal,
>      >>> bluetooth remotes.
> 
>     The sofa baton is an interesting device, and it is on sale in
>     amazon's prime day for less than US $40.
> 
> 
> I just watched a review of the Sofabaton. Looks ok but doesn't seem to 
> have the equivalent of Harmony's activities, which means it can't 
> automatically select HDMI inputs when you turn things on. That was such 
> a good WAF feature.

Yes, but I think you could make it emulate that feature, providing you 
reserve one button for the activity-change-over actions so, unlike with 
the harmony where you just change activity, you'd need to change 
activity and then press your setup button.