I have a Yamaha AV-Receiver (RX-A3000) , a Panasonic Projector (PT-AE4000) and a custom built HTPC. I use an IR Hotlink to communicate IR signals to my AV-Receiver and Projector, but not to my HTPC.



At this time, I want my Harmony One to control my AV-Receiver (eg power on/off, volume) and projector (power on/off) only. The HTPC has no IR dongle, and I simply power it on/off via the on button on the case, and 'shutdown' through Win 7.



How do I program my Harmony One to work only the projector and receiver?



What device do I choose for the HTPC? Is it needed? It runs Win 7 WMC.



I tried a 'generic activity' and weird things happened - hitting 'help' on the remote started powering off the projector. I also couldnt seem to raise or lower the volume on the receiver.



Any guidance is appreciated.

Easiest thing to do would be to remove all devices and start over.

Did that and had no success. Even created a new account to start from a clean slate - no dice.

I dont understand. You act as if the Harmony software just magically places your HTPC on the remote without you doing anything. Please provide more details about the problem.

I think you are over thinking things.

If all you want the remote to control are the projector and receiver, then only add those 2 devices. Don't add anything for the HTPC.

How can you even control your HTPC if you don't have an IR dongle? Not understanding your point.

The next question would be, why not get an IR dongle so you can control your HTPC?

I use a Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard to control the functions on the htpc -mouse is used to browse media browser and shut down.

I use the Harmony Remote to control the projector (power on/off), and receiver (volume).

I did have the Harmony working prior - I've just gone and screwed it up and can't figure out the appropriate settings. Seems to me that 'generic activity' is the only way to program only projector and receiver, as other activities (eg 'Watch a Video') require a movie source (be it bd player or media player - htpc).

What IR dongle are people using? This is driving me nuts!

If you want to use the Watch a Video activity maybe you could use a dummy BD player(Sony?) as source. There will be no device receiving and acting upon that signal.

My Zbox came with something very similar to this http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-RHRC-11002-Windows-Controller-Netflix/dp/B005ZAK50K/ and I'm using a harmony compatible remote to control the HTPC.