Remote Control Software

[AdeOrlando]

I see multiple messages about this, but no solutions. Does anyone have a way to send multiple commands via a soft button? 

Specifically, here's what I'm trying to do: Every night we want our Sony TV in the bedroom to dim itself and put itself into a 60 minute sleep mode. There is no dim or sleep button / function. So, to have it to go through what you'll see as a protracted procedure (via the manufacturers remote or the Harmony). I would like to be able to execute this sequence via a single soft-button press on the Harmony. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks in advance. 

"SLEEP AND DIM": 

Options

Down

Down 

Down

Down

Down

Select

Down

Down

Down

Down

Select

Options

Down

Down

Down

Down

Down

Down

Select

Down

Down

Select

"UN-DIM" (when switched back on in the morning): 

Options

Down

Down 

Down

Down

Down

Down

Select

Up

Up

Select

Options

Options

[rhachey]

The 900 does not do Sequences, and if it did you would be limited to 5 commands in a Sequence.  What you are trying to do is impossible for any Harmony remote.  The 900 does have a Sleep Function, you can set it to turn off your devices , in increments of 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, 0r 180 minutes,

[AdeOrlando]

Thanks for the response.

I guess I would define it a little differently: anything you can do by pecking at a bunch of soft buttons is not "impossible" to automate - it's just that Logitech haven't put that functionality into the Harmony Remote software yet. I wish they would. 

[triad]

Get an Xsight Touch (Acoustic Research in the US, One-For-All elsewhere). It's better and cheaper than the 900 and can easily handle the macros you posted. If the Xsight doesn't appeal to you, others like URC can handle macros as well.

My $5 JP1 remotes can make your macro even simpler since they can call subroutines. So those big groups of repeated commands can be grouped into one routine that can be called multiple times, even call itself (recursion). I'd probably make a Down4 and a Down6 routine consisting of 4 and 6 Down commands respectively. JP1 remotes can also run macros extremely fast, something like 10-15 commands per second. Harmonys that can do short macros typically run 1 command per second.

All that being said, while your dimming idea is clever, honestly, I'd stick with just the Sleep command. Huge macros like that are never very practical or reliable on any remote.