[dapouch]

Just got my HP IR Receiver in the mail from Ebay finally. Was a cheap-o one like $12 I paid and it works beautifully with my Logitech Harmony 550. I am amazed how perfectly it all worked out!

The only issue I am yet to solve is powering on the computer from the remote. I can do it with a keyboard but cant seem to power any of the USB ports.

Harmony software for the MCE Keyboard comes with 24 pages of advanced buttons (about 96 keys). There will be an option there for Power Toggle.

Probably delete most keys (unneeded for media centre (esp if you have a wireless keyboard as well)) and keep Power Toggle, Start or Windows, Esc and some mouse functions. Ok should be enter and basically you're flying.

Anyone else with questions on their harmony should have a look at these two links:

http://www.bevhoward.com/Misc/IR/HarmonyAdvFaq.html

and

http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Harmony-Re...m-p/374844

Also you can't power on from usb afaik. If you mean wake from sleep then configure the appropriate usb controllers in device manager to wake from sleep and the remote should then work for you. I can't tell you wich HID device is the correct one - I had to use trial and error to find out.

Thanks