<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 9:48 PM David Engel <<a href="mailto:david@istwok.net" target="_blank">david@istwok.net</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 06:50:09PM -0500, James Abernathy wrote:<br>
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> > On Dec 26, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Greg Oliver <<a href="mailto:oliver.greg@gmail.com" target="_blank">oliver.greg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 4:49 PM David Engel <<a href="mailto:david@istwok.net" target="_blank">david@istwok.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david@istwok.net" target="_blank">david@istwok.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 04:16:24PM -0600, Greg Oliver wrote:<br>
> > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 4:02 PM David Engel <<a href="mailto:david@istwok.net" target="_blank">david@istwok.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david@istwok.net" target="_blank">david@istwok.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
> > > > Note that you only need one keyboard configured per hub. Just include<br>
> > > > it in any activity that needs it. For example, on one of my hubs, I<br>
> > > > have a Shield, FireTV Stick 4k and a ChromeBox and have the same<br>
> > > > keyboard device included in each device activity. The keyboard<br>
> > > > actions always get sent to whatever bluetooth device you are connected<br>
> > > > to.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > I am not sure what you mean here. How can the single hub talk BT to any<br>
> > > device just by being included in it's activity? They must be paired<br>
> > > individually. I currently have my Hub paired with my linux frontend,<br>
> > > Windows10 Surface Book Pro and my Shield. Of course they all show the<br>
> > > Harmony Keyboard entry, but it is in fact connected to them all separately<br>
> > > and simultaneously. Care to explain more what you described?<br>
> > <br>
> > You still have to pair the hub with each, "main", device. For<br>
> > example, my hub is individually paired with my Shield, Stick and<br>
> > ChrhomeBox. The keyboard does not need to be paired and, in fact,<br>
> > can't be paired with anything. It just auto-magically works with<br>
> > whatever, paired device is currently connected. When I press a button<br>
> > bound to a keyboard action while my Shield activity is active, they<br>
> > key gets sent to the shield. If I switch to the Stick activity, the<br>
> > key gets send to the Stick. The same goes for the ChromeBox.<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > Ahh, I got you - you are referring to an actual keyboard, not the logical HarmonyKeyboard the hub emits to the devices. Re-reading your email actually says that!<br>
> > <br>
> > I'm a little slow today - too many holiday drinks and my liver is asking why it stopped today :)<br>
> > <br>
> > So this brings a new question - I never knew you could add a BT keyboard to the hub and use it's keypresses with the remote - that is pretty slick - I will definitely re-work my hub to do that as soon as I get the original circle key figured out later.<br>
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> So does this mean I could pair an old Apple Bluetooth keyboard I’m not using with the Harmony hub and and use it for each device just like I do the Harmony remote??<br>
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I don't know. If you can't, you should suggest it to Logitech as that<br>
could be a very useful feature. It would eliminate the need for<br>
things like the following. Since Logitech would probably like you to<br>
buy their new keyboard, I wouldn't bet on it happening, though.<br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-YEvJv2lj8" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-YEvJv2lj8</a><br>
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David<br>
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David Engel<br>
<a href="mailto:david@istwok.net" target="_blank">david@istwok.net</a><br></blockquote><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">That does make sense</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> - I just remember that the default keys in my Mythfrontend did not originally jive with the "Media Keys" that were normal. I spent a lot of time changing my setup so I could also use my phone with the Harmony app and the usual keys there worked since the keys on the harmony app cannot be reassigned *at all*.. Not to mention that those are also the keys Alexa and Google use via voice.<br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Also James, the Harmony mobile app has a full blown keyboard inside it that you can already fully type into a device that has a BT connection to it already. It basically alleviates the need to have external keyboards.<br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">As soon as Logitech gets voice input working from the remote to Android, I will be happy and will sell my old Philips Pronto remotes (even though they do not have half the features of Harmony).</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">:)</span> </div></div></div>