jeremyhelling
09-09-08, 04:18 PM
Did some searching and am wondering if my ONLY option is to set up two Logitech accounts. I would rather not do this but I have two Xbox 360 Harmony remotes that I'm setting up for two different rooms of the house and they will be controlling different devices and therefore have different settings. Please help me out with this and let me know what my options are.
Thanks!
jeremyhelling
09-09-08, 04:26 PM
Looks like the Harmony website is saying the only option is to create two different accounts. So, if your email address is abcd@yahoo.com you would want to make the first one abcd@yahoo.com_theater and the second one abcd@yahoo.com_Living_room or something like that so you can keep them separate.
I assume I'm also going to have to learn all my buttons again too. Eesh... how hard is it to allow for several remotes per account? For all you spend you think this would be a simple tab type situation offered.
Beerstalker
09-09-08, 06:20 PM
Yes, it is a little frustrating but that is how it works. However you don't have to use your email for the login name. I just have my logins as name_MB (for the master bedroom), name_LR (for the living room), etc. You can then use the same email adress for each login.
Also, you could call Harmony support and ask them to clone your account to another username if you have a lot of the same equipment and want to copy the settings for another room. I think there is a way to do this in the software too, but I don't remember where.
jeremyhelling
09-09-08, 11:47 PM
I already had a user name that wasnt' an email address and it wouldn't allow me to edit it to designate what account it was for so I just left it and made another log in and notated in another spot which was which in case a lot of time passes and I forget.
Pretty lame. Seems to me it would be SO easy to have user assignable tabs for each remote/room. Should be a pretty easy addition and I really can't see a downside to allowing for this kind of flexibility.
If the hardware is different in both rooms couldnt you just assign a new activity for the other room/hardware?
This is why I got the 890 Pro - it allows you, with one account, to set up different commands for different rooms. I have four different locations in my setup (basement, family room, bedroom, whole-house), all with their own activities.
It's not on the Harmony website - but it's sold through Crutchfield and other on-line locations. It's exactly like the 890 - except that it adds the change room function, and it's a little more expensive (the RF station is not included).
However, if you want a separate remote for each room (vs. carrying one remote around the house), then it looks like you need multiple accounts, but I'm sure Harmony could clone the accounts for you if needed.
jeremyhelling
09-11-08, 01:50 PM
Yeah but I don't want one remote for several rooms. I want several remotes for several rooms. One remote doesn't do me much good if I want to watch football in the theater room and my wife wants to watch Napoleon Dynamite in the master bedroom and the in-laws are in town and want to watch whatever it is old people watch in the guest room. The point of this thread is that I want a single Harmony account but the ability to adjust several different remotes. Not one remote for different rooms.