Harmony Remote and Discrete ON/OFF - work for you?

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I've got the P2. I've requested Logitech add the discrete power options and the now appear as PowerOn and PowerOff. I've assigned them to the BW.

Unfortunately they're pretty erratic, acting as Power Toggle still or not working at all.

Has anyone got these items working with their BW?

Regards

Peter Gillespie

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I've used discrete power off on my Logitech 785 for a long time, and never had any problem with it, though only ever with non-P2 models.

Is there actually a discrete PowerOn for the P2s? As far as I know there isn't one for the non-P2s. Could what Logitech has called PowerOn be sending the PowerToggle code?

It's a real pain with Logitech that there's no way, as far as I know, for the user to enter their own hex codes, nor any way to check what hex codes Logitech has assigned to function names.

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Thanks,

Yes I was suspicious that the tech may have simply assigned the PowerOn and PowerOff entries and either or both could simply be a remapped PowerToggle. Causing more confusion than Power Toggle alone.

Do you have any thoughts on the power on and other delay settings?

Regards

Peter Gillespie

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Thanks,

Yes I was suspicious that the tech may have simply assigned the PowerOn and PowerOff entries and either or both could simply be a remapped PowerToggle. Causing more confusion than Power Toggle alone.

Do you have any thoughts on the power on and other delay settings?

Regards

Peter Gillespie

IIRC, the default delays were OK for the Beyonwiz, except, perhaps, power-on. I've had more problems with the default delays for other gear, especially the TV's input selection. I can post my Beyonwiz delay setup later this evening, if you like.

You may also want to set up power-up and power-down sequences that take into account the possibility of the "Stop all recordings: Yes/No/Later" popup as discussed here.

You can test out the exact effects of the PowerOn and PowerOff commands on the Harmony by going to the Device menu and selecting the P2 device (at least that's a good way to do it on the 785). Then you can see whether, for example, PowerOn also switches the P2 off if it's already running, and so on, without having other distractions, and without the rigmarole of reprogramming the Harmony.

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I appear to have the default delays set for the Beyonwizes on the 785:
Power on 1500 ms
Inter-key 100 ms
Inter-device 500 ms