I've been reading remote central for years now but have never posted until now. I've been reading about RTI, URC, Nevo, iRule, Pronto, et cetera and am totally lost.
I'll give you my current setup and then let you know what I'm looking to do. Hopefully someone can suggest a setup for me that will work.
Sources: Onkyo TX-876 outputting audio to 2 zone (stereo in bedroom and 5.1 in media room) -- RS232 or IR 2x Pace HD DVR -- IR only HTPC -- IR, TCP/IP, or RS232 4x4 Matrix Splitter -- IR or RS232
Televisions: 1 LG TV -- IR or RS232 1 Samsung TV -- IR or RS232 1 Toshiba TV -- IR only
I currently have a Harmony 890 (non pro) that kind-of works. With it and my components I can watch any source on any TV but this works only if my wife and I are in the same room and want to watch the same thing. Also, we cannot watch TV in one room and music in another with this remote.
I find it unreliable and often have to hit the "Help" button because a component didn't turn on or off. I had Logitech tech support add a bunch of Pronto codes for discreet control of the IR devices but they now want to charge me $30 per request.
After having this remote, I really hate IR and would like to utilize rs232 with 2 way feedback for the devices that support it. I want a remote that KNOWS the status of a current device and doesn't GUESS where it's at.
I would like to be able to have 2 or maybe 3 remotes all controlling the same devices using the same ir/rs232 gateway. I would like the ability to use these 2 remotes in 2 different rooms controlling 2 different sources.
Finally, all of the sources are in the media closet. All of the TVs have cat5 running to their locations so cat5 to rs232 is easy.
If anyone cares to spend the time to point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
