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Adding delay prior to Power On command?
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Post 1 made on Thursday February 1, 2007 at 15:49
JSein456
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Is it possible to add a delay, say 100ms, prior to the actual Power On command for a device? I want to add this in the section where you adjust the power settings for a device when it asks you what command you use to turn a device on.

Has anyone been able to do this? Thanks.
Post 2 made on Thursday February 1, 2007 at 16:41
kidhazy
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The only way I can think of is:

1) Learn a new command (eg. "Real On") that is a copy of the power on command.
2) Relearn the existing PowerOn command to be a dummy command that doesn't do anything when the TV is off (eg. TV Mute, or some command from some old, other device)
3) In the power settings of your config, add the delay, and then the "Real On" command.

This way the Harmony should issue:
1) PowerOn (which will now do nothing)
2) Delay
3) Real On (To actually turn the TV on)
You may also need to add another delay as the Harmony will no longer be using it's automatic power-on delay setting and will be expecting your TV to accept further commands straight after step (3).

I should also ask why you need to put a delay before turning on a device?
OP | Post 3 made on Thursday February 1, 2007 at 19:48
JSein456
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Inter-device delay works ok, but because of the program bug it also makes the remote a little laggy when I change volume on my receiver. Because of the, I like the inter-device at 0ms. But when it's at 0, the receiver gets confused by some other device command when powering up and takes a while longer to boot.

With a delay of 100ms it boots up downright fast, the way it's supposed to.

The problem is, I can't put a delay directly into the section where it asks me how I power on the device. I can't do step two. It would be nice if I could actually plug in a delay instruction in that section like you can when you adjust the activity macros.

In case you're confused, I don't mean the power up delay...I just mean I want to delay the sending of the power on command by 100ms without having to use the inter-device delay option that makes my remote response hang a bit.
Post 4 made on Thursday February 1, 2007 at 23:12
kidhazy
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On February 1, 2007 at 19:48, JSein456 said...
...

The problem is, I can't put a delay directly into the
section where it asks me how I power on the device. I
can't do step two. It would be nice if I could actually
plug in a delay instruction in that section like you can
when you adjust the activity macros.

...

Sorry for the confusion. In my post step (1) Power On is the part that the Harmony does automatically and which we have no real control over. By Teaching the "PowerOn" command in your device config to be a 'null' command, we're actually making this step redundant (but the Harmony will still do it)

Steps (2) and (3) are what you will have to put in the activity start up actions for each of the activities that use the device.
Post 5 made on Friday February 2, 2007 at 06:02
amorenod
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There's another option. Set the device power configuration to always on, so the activity will not send any power command. In the custom setup, first add the delay, then the power on command in "When entering the activity" and power off command in "When leaving the activity".

The only downside is the harmony will not know the state of the device, therefore it will always switch it off and on when changing between activities where the device is involved.

Last edited by amorenod on February 2, 2007 06:10.
OP | Post 6 made on Friday February 2, 2007 at 13:23
JSein456
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On February 1, 2007 at 23:12, kidhazy said...
Sorry for the confusion. In my post step (1) Power On
is the part that the Harmony does automatically and which
we have no real control over. By Teaching the "PowerOn"
command in your device config to be a 'null' command,
we're actually making this step redundant (but the Harmony
will still do it)

Steps (2) and (3) are what you will have to put in the
activity start up actions for each of the activities that
use the device.

Oh, I get it...that's an interesting way of doing it...It's really unfortunate that you have to outsmart the software like that when it should be as simple as adding the delay in the power settings section. Still, I guess until they fix the bug where the inter-device delay criss-crosses with the inter-key there's not much choice.

Thanks for all the replies guys. Appreciate it.


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