MeiHarmonyHub version 3.0.3.5 (beta) is now available!

[macromark]

I was tinkering with this over the weekend and decided to add Google Home control to the TV in the bedroom. Works pretty well! Commands like "OK Google, turn on the TV" and "OK Google, turn on CBS" can be done by creating virtual devices "TV" and "CBS", adding "TV" and "CBS" to the respective Voice Command fields and then creating events that send the sequence of IR commands when the virtual device has it's value "set to" ON. Be sure to use "set to" instead of "changes and becomes" since the (CBS) device is forever ON once you've set it to ON.

[cheeryfool]

I was tinkering with this over the weekend and decided to add Google Home control to the TV in the bedroom. Works pretty well! Commands like "OK Google, turn on the TV" and "OK Google, turn on CBS" can be done by creating virtual devices "TV" and "CBS", adding "TV" and "CBS" to the respective Voice Command fields and then creating events that send the sequence of IR commands when the virtual device has it's value "set to" ON. Be sure to use "set to" instead of "changes and becomes" since the (CBS) device is forever ON once you've set it to ON.

Another route for this is linking Harmony directly to Alexa. Alexa discovers Harmony favourites and you can say "Alexa, turn on CBS". Granted, this bypasses HS, but it's seamless and less effort to setup.

[sirmeili]

I was tinkering with this over the weekend and decided to add Google Home control to the TV in the bedroom. Works pretty well! Commands like "OK Google, turn on the TV" and "OK Google, turn on CBS" can be done by creating virtual devices "TV" and "CBS", adding "TV" and "CBS" to the respective Voice Command fields and then creating events that send the sequence of IR commands when the virtual device has it's value "set to" ON. Be sure to use "set to" instead of "changes and becomes" since the (CBS) device is forever ON once you've set it to ON.

I will be adding "Macros" to the plugin which should make this a lot easier. Mabye I could write in something like the option to create a device to trigger the macro? Each macro would have a setting for this so as to not inundate HS with a bunch of needless devices.

Just brainstorming here

[macromark]

Another route for this is linking Harmony directly to Alexa. Alexa discovers Harmony favourites and you can say "Alexa, turn on CBS". Granted, this bypasses HS, but it's seamless and less effort to setup.

Yup, there's a direct Google Home integration too (for nubes)

[macromark]

I will be adding "Macros" to the plugin which should make this a lot easier. Mabye I could write in something like the option to create a device to trigger the macro? Each macro would have a setting for this so as to not inundate HS with a bunch of needless devices.

Just brainstorming here

Alexa and Google Assistant only know about HomeSeer 'devices'... so if you're going to launch a macro from one of these voice assistants, it needs to be done with devices, I believe.

[sirmeili]

Alexa and Google Assistant only know about HomeSeer 'devices'... so if you're going to launch a macro from one of these voice assistants, it needs to be done with devices, I believe.

Yeah, that's what I mean. I could have an option when you create a Macro in the plugin to also create a device in HS that could trigger it.

So, say you create a macro for starting CBS: Turn on Activity "Watch TV", wait 2 seconds, send channel number

Then I could create a device called "CBS" with an "on" button which you could set up in Google home or Alexa.

This allows you to simplify the creation process instead of having to create a device on your own, and then create an event to handle it.

[macromark]

Yeah, that's what I mean. I could have an option when you create a Macro in the plugin to also create a device in HS that could trigger it.

So, say you create a macro for starting CBS: Turn on Activity "Watch TV", wait 2 seconds, send channel number

Then I could create a device called "CBS" with an "on" button which you could set up in Google home or Alexa.

This allows you to simplify the creation process instead of having to create a device on your own, and then create an event to handle it.

I like the idea of this. Anything that simplifies the process would be welcome.

[rmiles7721]

I was tinkering with this over the weekend and decided to add Google Home control to the TV in the bedroom. Works pretty well! Commands like "OK Google, turn on the TV" and "OK Google, turn on CBS" can be done by creating virtual devices "TV" and "CBS", adding "TV" and "CBS" to the respective Voice Command fields and then creating events that send the sequence of IR commands when the virtual device has it's value "set to" ON. Be sure to use "set to" instead of "changes and becomes" since the (CBS) device is forever ON once you've set it to ON.

I have all of my media events turn off the virtual channel devices when the physical device is turned off. This way I can go between channels. If I turn on "ABC" for example it turns on the TV, turns on ABC, turns off CBS, Chromecast, etc.

[mterry63]

I had a MeiharmonyHub plugin induced HS3 crash today running plugin version 3.0.3.4. The crash wiped the HS3 license file. HSsentry restarted HS3 but it hung waiting to accept the trial. Fortunately I had a copy of the license file.

The crash was recorded by Windows 10 reliability history, a handy utility.

I updated to 3.0.3.5 tonight, I'll see how it goes.

[sirmeili]

I had a MeiharmonyHub plugin induced HS3 crash today running plugin version 3.0.3.4. The crash wiped the HS3 license file. HSsentry restarted HS3 but it hung waiting to accept the trial. Fortunately I had a copy of the license file.

The crash was recorded by Windows 10 reliability history, a handy utility.

I updated to 3.0.3.5 tonight, I'll see how it goes.

Out of curiousity, how do you know the plug-in caused it? And do you happen to have any logs so I can try and prevent it in the future? ;Windows logs, home see logs anything to try and point me to the cause).

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[bartbakels]

hi,

I still; have a problem when a hub disconnects with .5 version;

apr-10 10:16:57	 	MeiHarmonyHub: Error	The Conection to Hub with ID 60592f43-fe8b-4ad7-2ecf-d32f44d58e45 failed with stack trace: at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Write(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size) at HarmonyHub.Client.Send(String xml) at HarmonyHub.Client.OpenStream(Int32 heartbeatInterval) at HarmonyHub.Client.Connect(Int32 heartbeatInterval)
apr-10 10:16:57	 	MeiHarmonyHub: Error	The Conection to Hub with ID 60592f43-fe8b-4ad7-2ecf-d32f44d58e45 failed with message: Unable to write data to the transport connection: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.

I forced an AP reboot, which disconnect my hub, but it reconnects and is available in the app etc. However, sometimes the plugin will keep giving these errors. If i stop the plugin and restart the plugin, the errors are gone.

Any thoughts?

Bart

[sirmeili]

hi,

I still; have a problem when a hub disconnects with .5 version;

apr-10 10:16:57	 	MeiHarmonyHub: Error	The Conection to Hub with ID 60592f43-fe8b-4ad7-2ecf-d32f44d58e45 failed with stack trace: at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Write(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size) at HarmonyHub.Client.Send(String xml) at HarmonyHub.Client.OpenStream(Int32 heartbeatInterval) at HarmonyHub.Client.Connect(Int32 heartbeatInterval)
apr-10 10:16:57	 	MeiHarmonyHub: Error	The Conection to Hub with ID 60592f43-fe8b-4ad7-2ecf-d32f44d58e45 failed with message: Unable to write data to the transport connection: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.

I forced an AP reboot, which disconnect my hub, but it reconnects and is available in the app etc. However, sometimes the plugin will keep giving these errors. If i stop the plugin and restart the plugin, the errors are gone.

Any thoughts?

Bart

That message generally means that something between the plugin and the hub (or the hub itself) is killing the connection. It could be a firewall or your router. Another user had the same issue and it was tied to their router firmware. Have you made sure you're firewall isn't blocking it. It uses port 5222 for communication with the hub.

Is this running on Windows or Linux?

[bartbakels]

hi,

Its on windows. I am running a UNIFI setup at home. But in addition i have 4 hubs, which are connected to same vlan and ap. which doent have that issue at that moment, so not likely its the firewall then in that case i guess.


However i had some issue with the unifi setup last week..

Bart

[sirmeili]

hi,

Its on windows. I am running a UNIFI setup at home. But in addition i have 4 hubs, which are connected to same vlan and ap. which doent have that issue at that moment, so not likely its the firewall then in that case i guess.


However i had some issue with the unifi setup last week..

Bart

Do you have the phone app? My communication is based off the phone app's communication (at least he Android version, but I'm pretty sure the iOS version communicates the same way). I'm wondering if the phone app also has the same problem staying connected.

It's not a great test because it could still be something on the windows machine blocking it (windows firewall or something else blocking it), but it might show if it's the hubs at least.

Do all 4 of them not connect?

[mterry63]

Out of curiousity, how do you know the plug-in caused it? And do you happen to have any logs so I can try and prevent it in the future? ;Windows logs, home see logs anything to try and point me to the cause).

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Reliability History Control Panel in Windows 10 recorded the crash. The same failure occurred 3 times in a row with approximately 1 minute between events.

Here are the details from that utility. Unfortunately, the crash corrupted the HS3 log file.

Description
Faulting application name: HSPI_MeiHarmonyHub.exe, version: 3.0.3.4, time stamp: 0x5ac2fc71
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.15063.966, time stamp: 0x643391f2
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x000ecbc2
Faulting process id: 0x12c8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d3cb734bfbd508
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer3\HSPI_MeiHarmonyHub.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 894636cc-bd5f-4fe9-b575-e5463a37f5c2
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID: