Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
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Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
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Re: Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
#2This is some proper hacking. It seems like the majority of stuff on Hacker News these days is just political crap, but this... this is good stuff.
Re: Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
#3That's pretty amazing. We used to have a Harmony remote like 15+ years ago. Best remote we ever owned. Great at controlling everything, including the original xbox for dvd viewing.
Then they went and updated. They artificially limited the number of devices a class of remote could control. They moved more "features" into the display of the remote which made them harder to use and reduced buttons. The quality went down, and the the newer remotes stopped being able to accurately control all my devices.
I now sit with 5 remotes on my couch's armrest instead of one harmony. They had the best universal remote and they ruined it. If I were more of a hardware guy, I'd start a competing product that added the required sensors as a dongle to your phone.
Re: Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
#4The shortcuts they took when developing this remote are just mind boggling! I never would have imagined it was running a full networking stack, servers, and Flash for the UI. Just incredible.
Re: Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
#5That's pretty amazing. We used to have a Harmony remote like 15+ years ago. Best remote we ever owned. Great at controlling everything, including the original xbox for dvd viewing. Then they went and updated. They artificially limited the number of devices a class of remote could control. They moved more "features" into the display of the remote which made them harder to use and reduced buttons. The quality went down…
Did Harmony ruin it, or did Logitech ruin Harmony?
Re: Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
#6It's hard to see, but I think he could have cut the plastic in the charger to let the rf blaster to function while it was connected to the charger. But it's always nice to hack old hardware instead of looking for a shortcut.
Re: Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
#7It's hard to see, but I think he could have cut the plastic in the charger to let the rf blaster to function while it was connected to the charger. But it's always nice to hack old hardware instead of looking for a shortcut.
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Re: Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
#8The shortcuts they took when developing this remote are just mind boggling! I never would have imagined it was running a full networking stack, servers, and Flash for the UI. Just incredible.
This model is more than 10 years old, I wonder if the more recent models have the same architecture.
Re: Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
#9Hey y'all.
I wrote the client/server/embedded software for the Harmony (technically the 'EasyZapper'(!) at first). It was the original 'two guys and a laptop' project. My mate Justin was the electrical/industrial/hardware/UI designer (although he will blame all the shitty software UI on me...).
Happy to answer any questions.
Glen.
Re: Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
#10Hey y'all. I wrote the client/server/embedded software for the Harmony (technically the 'EasyZapper'(!) at first). It was the original 'two guys and a laptop' project. My mate Justin was the electrical/industrial/hardware/UI designer (although he will blame all the shitty software UI on me...). Happy to answer any questions. Glen.
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