Use Harmony plugin state to start a scene

[Guest pmviana]

Hi,

 

I don't know about Lua programming until now I survived using blocks but since there's a plugin for the Logitech Harmony Hub I would like to start a scene every time I start/end an activity in my Harmony Hub.

 

The Harmony Hub is working fine and I have all the activities listed in Fibaro HC2 and I can interact with them.

 

Can you provide me a codding example for turning on/of a switch everytime I start/finish an activity with my harmony remote?

 

Best regards,

Pedro Viana

[Aparini 0]

How do I know the activity ID? I cant find it anywhere. 

 

Thanks

 

Agustin

[Guest pmviana]

When I enter the activity setup I can find the id on the hiperlink above in the browser address field. Isn't this the id?

[j.nowacki 5]

Yes it is

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[wesselvvvb 1]

I would like to know how I turn on an activity in LUA too.

 

This is not working:

 

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fibaro:call(233, "turnOn")

 

 

Where 233 is obviously my Harmony Activity ID (watch TV)

[MaTi 29]

Wessel, just to make sure, as I would have tried it in the same way..

Have you tried:

 

fibaro:call(233, "turnOn");

 

?

(notice the ; at the end..)

[j.nowacki 5]

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[wesselvvvb 1]

Hello Mati,

 

At first I tried that.

But now I figured out that this works:

 

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fibaro:call(233, "changeActivityState")

[MaTi 29]

Thanks for the update. Good to see it works now!

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I will start playing with my smart hub tonight/tomorrow, lets see if I can get it to work

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[wesselvvvb 1]

It is really convenient!

Now I turn on activity "Watch TV" with a triple click on my light switch and the TV, receiver, decoder are turning on and the lights will dimm to 30%

 

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[gusqua 4]

Is it possible to start a Fibaro scene from the Logitech Harmony R Control?

In my case, after to turned on all teh devices, I need the Harmony remote control to change the TV's channels, so I prefer to start my Watch TV activity from the harmony control. Many Thanks

 

PS: At the moment I have the same configuration that you described, starting my activity from Fibaro

[wesselvvvb 1]

I think not yet.

But maybe mr Nowacki can say something about this?

[j.nowacki 5]

So far this integration is only one-way, you can't control Fibaro devices with Harmony.

[elev8john 0]

I have just ordered my Harmony Ultimate. Then I read coincidently this feed and to my surprise something I hadn't anticipated Fibaro having! Im excited! 

From what I have read so far it isnt possible from the Harmony to fire up a Fibaro Scene am I right?

What I want to achieve is fairly simple.

I want the lights (controlled by a fibaro RGBW module) to dim down, LED ceiling lights also controlled by a Fibaro Dimmer to also dim down, TV to fire up, Amp, DVD all from pressing a single button on the Harmony.

 

I know I will be able to control everything from the Harmony except the LED lights - from reading this post. 

Any suggestions please guys?

[SirMaggot 12]

You can always measure power of the TV and do stuff if watt > 30 or something.

[Alzi 6]

Thank you for the very informative posts.

 

I learned that with fibaro:call(XYZ, "changeActivityState") I can alter the current state of the Harmony activity XYZ.

Question: Is there a command where I can call for the ON or OFF activity directly?

 

I am asking as the Harmony Plugin on the HC2 is not updating the status if I e.g. change the activity status from another device, e.g. remote or iPhone.

 

My corresponding problem: If I change the activity with another remote, the FIBARO status will be wrong. Let’s say I turned the TV already ON using my iPhone but the FIBARO activity is still saying OFF. Now I want to turn the TV OFF with the fibaro:call(XYZ, "changeActivityState") command. But all I will do is to send from the Fibaro the turn ON command even the devices are already ON.

 

What I would need is a command to send the ACTIVITY OFF or the ACTIVITY ON command directly by the HC2.

Is this possible?

 

Would be great if one of the experts here could help J

 

 

PS: Is there a command to check what Activity state is selected?

[cag014 731]

Right now there is no option to send the ACTIVITY OFF or the ACTIVITY ON command directly by the HC2, but there is a way to check the Activity state:

fibaro:getValue(ActiviyID, "ui.activityCurrentStateValueLabel.caption") 

You should receive a string which includes "Off" or "Running".

So  in case the activity is off, you need to execute fibaro:call(XYZ, "changeActivityState") one time more.

 

[DEBUG] 07:49:09: TV State [Off] i18n_startStopActivitySwitchOff > i18n_activityCurrentStateRunnin

[Alzi 6]

Great info and idea. Thanks cag014!