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I've gotten the harmony hub to recognize my Pi by setting it up as a device being a raspberry Pi computer.
I am able to program the up, down, left and right keys, but I cannot program anything else. No play, pause, ok, back or anything like that.
I have kodi installed on it and I'm trying to use it as a media centre. So this is being problematic. Anyone know how I could program extra keys?
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Just out of interest.... Is the bluetooth speed any faster than the IR when it comes to keypresses?
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Wow! what a difference!
I just managed to setup bluetooth finally for my Harmony Smart control and the lag has dissapeared completly.
Awesome!
I will try to update a guide later.
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Yeah... it's a bit tricky for the first time.
You need to do the initial pairing with the Android/iOS Harmony App.
1. Start the Activity, which contains your LibreELEC device (Profile: Microsoft KODI)
2. The navigation controls appear on you smartphone display. Simply press cursor left or right or so...
3. The harmony app will notice that it isn't paired yet (perhaps it will timeout first) and then it will ask for pairing.
4. Click pair in Harmony App
5. On your LibreELEC/Kodi Device, you need to navigate (lets say with the App Kodi Remote: Yatse) to LibreELEC Configuration --> Services --> Enable Bluetooth and then navigate in LibreELEC Configuration to Bluetooth and pair the now steadily appearing Harmony Keyboard.
6. Press "Connect and Trust"
7. Switch back to your Harmony Android/iOS app, which now will show successful pairing.
8. Now you will be able to use it.
Keep in mind, that after every boot of your LibreELEC device, it will take about 20s after the first button-press to have a connection. Not sure this is because of Harmony Hub or because of LibreELEC, which might take long to initialize the Bluetooth service after boot.
But I have the suspicion that it is the hub which takes long to establish the bluetooth connection.
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Unfortunately I don't have a clue here :/.
Did your Harmony Smartphone App show you the "pair"-dialog upon pressing a button (e.g. cursor left) after starting the activity?