Logitech harmony and remote buddy install#
Logitech harmony and remote buddy software#
Logitech harmony and remote buddy tv#

Previously, I found the RF remote lacking in RF power - in the same room, twelve feet away, hidden only by a thin sheet of cardboard.

Logitech harmony and remote buddy tv#

But, the Buddy TV remote can be used for a u-verse STB. These are available, but incomplete & other devices do not yet support wireless remote. The ultimate solution is a wireless remote app. Only if the remote is RF (like the point anywhere remote) transmitted to a well hidden device will it ward off IR corruption. Any optical link open to the room is still open to IR corruption. If you have an IR receiver that produces RF to go through a wall, it is still IR subject to corruption.

Note that hidden means the IR does not see outside light - If you have an optical repeater(like the Niles mentioned above) it is IR subject to corruption. If another STB can see the IR generated by the dongle, it will respond to it. If the STB IR sensor can see IR from another remote, it will respond to it. If the corrupting light can be seen by the STB IR sensor it will continue to corrupt the IR signal. But, if the STB is not hidden nothing has changed to eliminate theI IR corruption problem. IR corruption - Ironically, the RF remote was often offered as a resolution for IR problems. If it is not hidden it is subject to the following problems: The STB using RF must be hidden due to the dongle conversion of RF to IR. The number buttons were already good - see below for that solution. I replaced the black tape with the 'duct tape' & saw an immediate improvement in response to menu buttons. I had the IR sensor covered with black tape. I run an STB well hidden for a second TV. It should not be a surprise, but it is, that half the problems with the RF remote are IR. Previously, there would have been at least 6x100=600 occurrences.ДЄlmost all button presses are accepted & none are changed to a different action. In over 100 evenings since I applied the tape - watching recordings while FF through the ads - I have not had one chan up - chan down corruption. I thought I would use it to cover the IR sensor. Actually, it just looks like duct tape, but is electrical tape available at the Home Depot in the electrical dept. I happened to notice that I had a specific kind of 'duct tape' covering the blue light on the STB. Recently, my most common problem was FF and Play Buttons often corrupted to chan up and chan down more than six times a night while watching recorded shows, exclusively. This reinforces my theory that the IR sensor is too sensitive. It appeared to me that the Harmony IR signal is stronger than the U-verse remote. I looked at the IR signal through a digital camera. I noticed that the U-verse remote does work better than my Logitech Harmony model 700.

Logitech harmony and remote buddy software#

That, somehow software updates can make it better or worse, So, it is a moving target. That command type buttons are worse than the number buttons. I came to believe that the IR sensor is too sensitive, That the DVR is worse than other STBs.

Logitech harmony and remote buddy install#

Oddly, a U-verse customer posted in this community that they had a NIles install that was not working & after they contacted Niles they did not get any satisfactory resolution. They said their new line of repeaters could handle it. makes IR repeaters & has a video on their web site showing the fragility of the IR coding that is used for U-verse & other boxes. But, one day long ago that just went away. My personal initial primary problem was getting the zero to register. The number of reports of this have totally fallen away. Remedies included taping over the IR sensor, hiding the STB, turning off auto brightness on the TV.ДЄ common fault was the info button press corrupting to an STB mute action. Going back ten years there are many posts about IR interference. I replaced mine when it wore out after five years with a Logitech Harmony Smart Control (now Companion) - Offers many more features. Over strong IR - tape over IR sensor on STB A slight drop in capacity brings iffy function.

I found the remote to work only when the batteries were fresh. No response is when the green light does NOT blink because the STB does not see the click as a valid IR. Generally, it is amazing how fast that can happen. But, keep in mind, many actions have to go back through the network to the mother ship & the response comes back to your TV screen. Any time after the green light blinks is caused by upstream/internal processing. You can see this if you watch the green light on the STB blink when you send a buttton click from the remote. Slow response & no response have two different causes.