Missing activities and International characters does not decode propertly

[janjoh]

Wooow.

I did a firmware update on one of my hubs and now I have similar issues

Can all off you who are facing this issue with missing activities respond with your hub firmware version?

Good! (as in now you have a relevant basis for investigation)

4.12.36 here.

[mrardon]

Going to throw my issue into this as well, thought it was just me and linux but I am also on the harmony firmware 4.12.36 and seem to have no activities/devices show up.

[Rien du Pre]

Ok.

Now I know it's an issue raised in the new firmware.

There are 2 options,

1. Find out how the firmware has changed and hopefully find a solution.
2. Rewrite the plugin with the official API

I would like to go for option 2, but this might take a few weeks. Logitech have to approve the code to get a production token. The advantage is that road is ready for the future. I knew this moment would come, because I used an unofficial way of getting the info from the hub.

Do you agree on my approach ?

Sorry for the inconvience

[bartbakels]

Rien,

I Agree, please try the official API route, also for future use.

For now i can still activate my activities, as long if i dont remove the devices.

i hope you have a lot of spare time thanks in advance

Bart

[Rien du Pre]

I don't Bart...

But a lot of users are depending on this plugin, so I want to help them as soon as I can.

If you can't wait, you can downgrade the firmware (I did this) by using the procedure below.

Steps to Downgrade Firmware:

◙ Launch MyHarmony Computer Application.
◙ Before clicking anywhere inside the window.
> Windows users: Press Alt+F9.
> Mac users: Press Fn+Option+F9 or Option+F9 (depending on Mac model, either one will work).
◙ You will be taken to advanced tools page.
◙ Select 'Factory Reset' button below your Harmony Remote Model.
◙ Now frestore Harmony Hub firmware listed on the page to downgrade Firmware. Don't do the reset to factory settings
◙ Once you are done, do not Sync. Syncing will update the Firmware again.

[janjoh]

Ok.

Now I know it's an issue raised in the new firmware.

There are 2 options,

1. Find out how the firmware has changed and hopefully find a solution.
2. Rewrite the plugin with the official API

I would like to go for option 2, but this might take a few weeks. Logitech have to approve the code to get a production token. The advantage is that road is ready for the future. I knew this moment would come, because I used an unofficial way of getting the info from the hub.

Do you agree on my approach ?

Sorry for the inconvience

The only downside with (2) is that we would no longer have the possibility to triggar Button pressses, byt only scene activation. That's a will-not-buy for me.

Of course I agree that (2) is the only sane way forward, but I'll hold of purchasing the plugin until (if ever) the API is extended with those functions.

I don't think they will,approve your code if you use official API to get an inventory, but use unofficial ways to trigger presses.

[bartbakels]

The only downside with (2) is that we would no longer have the possibility to triggar Button pressses, byt only scene activation. That's a will-not-buy for me.

Of course I agree that (2) is the only sane way forward, but I'll hold of purchasing the plugin until (if ever) the API is extended with those functions.

I don't think they will,approve your code if you use official API to get an inventory, but use unofficial ways to trigger presses.

Jan, Rien,

Is this true? Are the individual devices not accessible with the offial api? this is also a no go for me (airco interfacing...)


regards

Bart

[janjoh]

Jan, Rien,

Is this true? Are the individual devices not accessible with the offial api? this is also a no go for me (airco interfacing...)


regards

Bart

https://www.myharmony.com/en-se/harm...landing%20page

which links to

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...EoxsDbgt8I/pub


Also see
https://forum.fibaro.com/index.php?/...#comment-74136 (j.nowacki is a Fibaro employee on the development team)

[Rien du Pre]

https://www.myharmony.com/en-se/harm...landing%20page

which links to

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...EoxsDbgt8I/pub


Also see
https://forum.fibaro.com/index.php?/...#comment-74136 (j.nowacki is a Fibaro employee on the development team)

This is true....

But I found a solution for the problems using the 'old' method. I have to do some more testing and compile it for different platforms. But expect a new version this weekend.

[mike5906]

I am also having the same problem. Only two of three of my Activities show up.

[janjoh]

This is true....

But I found a solution for the problems using the 'old' method. I have to do some more testing and compile it for different platforms. But expect a new version this weekend.

New version... much better, BUT i do not have an"activity device" that I can see.. what is it called etc? I cant find any devoce that lets me start Activities?

dec-15 18:13:36 Harmony HubInfo Activity device for Hub1 allready exists
dec-15 18:13:08 Harmony Hub Plugin: Harmony Hub Test Get Activities output id is Listen to CDs
dec-15 18:13:08 Harmony Hub Plugin: Harmony Hub Test Get Activities output id is Sonos
dec-15 18:13:08 Harmony Hub Plugin: Harmony Hub Test Get Activities output id is Bluray
dec-15 18:13:08 Harmony Hub Plugin: Harmony Hub Test Get Activities output id is TVNetflix
dec-15 18:13:08 Harmony Hub Plugin: Harmony Hub Test Get Activities output id is PowerOff

[bartbakels]

Rien, great work! Seems to work for me so far


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[mrardon]

Is this supposed to fix linux as well? Still not working after the upgrade.

I am getting the following when I click on Rescan devices:

Plugin: Harmony Hub Test Get Devices output for :Hub1: -

I get similar for Rescan activities:
Plugin: Harmony Hub Test Get Activities output for :Hub1: -

Edit:

I tried to run some of the bin files with mono (not sure if this is supposed to work or not):
mono bin/HarmonyHub/harmonyhubcontrol_linux.exe [username] [password] [ip] list_devices_raw
Cannot open assembly 'bin/HarmonyHub/harmonyhubcontrol_linux.exe': File does not contain a valid CIL image.

I see the bin files were modified recently so it appears they were updated, is anyone else able to get this working on linux?

[kkkk]

Is this supposed to fix linux as well? Still not working after the upgrade.

I am getting the following when I click on Rescan devices:

Plugin: Harmony Hub Test Get Devices output for :Hub1: -

I get similar for Rescan activities:
Plugin: Harmony Hub Test Get Activities output for :Hub1: -

Edit:

I tried to run some of the bin files with mono (not sure if this is supposed to work or not):
mono bin/HarmonyHub/harmonyhubcontrol_linux.exe [username] [password] [ip] list_devices_raw
Cannot open assembly 'bin/HarmonyHub/harmonyhubcontrol_linux.exe': File does not contain a valid CIL image.

I see the bin files were modified recently so it appears they were updated, is anyone else able to get this working on linux?

No, this is a native executable. You run it without mono. There are two problems on my system. The first one was easy to fix, the executable bit wasn't set so I just did a chmod 755 on it. But the more serious problem is that apparently, my glibc++ is too old. If I try to run it I get

/harmonyhubcontrol_linux.exe: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by ./harmonyhubcontrol_linux.exe)

I guess I have to upgrade my system (which is on my todo list already for a long time).

[mrardon]

No, this is a native executable. You run it without mono. There are two problems on my system. The first one was easy to fix, the executable bit wasn't set so I just did a chmod 755 on it. But the more serious problem is that apparently, my glibc++ is too old. If I try to run it I get

/harmonyhubcontrol_linux.exe: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by ./harmonyhubcontrol_linux.exe)

I guess I have to upgrade my system (which is on my todo list already for a long time).

Right I made it executable and tried that approach but kept getting: "bash: harmonyhubcontrol_linux.exe: No such file or directory" but it's clearly there and executable, so I tried with mono. Wonder what it thinks is missing. I didn't see a list of requirements for this to run. Is that listed anywhere?