H1 + HDD + Harmony

[pdb]

In one room we have had a P1 + Topfield 5000 + Harmony remote for 12 months, all work fine.

Just added a H1 to another room containing a 5000 and an old Panasonic SD Plasma. Two quirks have arisen:

[1] If an ext HDD [powered] is connected to the front USB [Device 1, as perm HDD is Device 0] I can select and play perfectly any file eg .avi. But when I hit the STOP button the H1 seems to lock up and it requires switching to STANDBY via the front panel before it is useable again.

[2] If I change Harmony Activity from H1 to Toppy, everything works fine. If I change Activity from Toppy to H1, the Plasma switches itself from AV to TV and we dont even have an antenna connected to the TV. Have changed the order of Harmony switching but no improvement.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

[prl]

In one room we have had a P1 + Topfield 5000 + Harmony remote for 12 months, all work fine.

Just added a H1 to another room containing a 5000 and an old Panasonic SD Plasma. Two quirks have arisen:

[1] If an ext HDD [powered] is connected to the front USB [Device 1, as perm HDD is Device 0] I can select and play perfectly any file eg .avi. But when I hit the STOP button the H1 seems to lock up and it requires switching to STANDBY via the front panel before it is useable again.

[2] If I change Harmony Activity from H1 to Toppy, everything works fine. If I change Activity from Toppy to H1, the Plasma switches itself from AV to TV and we dont even have an antenna connected to the TV. Have changed the order of Harmony switching but no improvement.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

1 - See the bug list. It's a known bug (1(b)) in the H1. The workaround is to only connect either the non-recording HDD if you want to play media. I'm trying to get Beyonwiz to put some more effort into bugs on the H1 in the beta forum, but of course, in the end they set their own priorites.
2 - I use a Harmony 785 with my Beyonwiz setup, and it does activity-to-activity transitions smoothly without any problems. It's hard to know exactly what your problem is without knowing more about your setup. It sounds as though one of the input selection codes for your TV is either set to the wrong thing in one of your setups, there isn't enough delay between TV input changes, one of the Harmony codes for input selection on your TV is wrong, or your TV doesn't respond to codes for switching to some inputs (my TV has this problem).

[Swordfish805]

[2] If I change Harmony Activity from H1 to Toppy, everything works fine. If I change Activity from Toppy to H1, the Plasma switches itself from AV to TV and we dont even have an antenna connected to the TV. Have changed the order of Harmony switching but no improvement.

I'd take that one to the logitech/harmony forum or even try the dtv forum. Doesn't sound like a beyonwiz issue.

[Gully]

[2] If I change Harmony Activity from H1 to Toppy, everything works fine. If I change Activity from Toppy to H1, the Plasma switches itself from AV to TV and we dont even have an antenna connected to the TV. Have changed the order of Harmony switching but no improvement.

I'd take that one to the logitech/harmony forum or even try the dtv forum. Doesn't sound like a beyonwiz issue.

Just email Harmony support if you cannot see an obvious error in your setup and they will fix it. It's an excellent service.