Well, is it out yet? If not, anyone know when it will be?

TIA

BJ

Still waiting, I had read a message that it was delayed till August from July. Most likely end of August or later.

Is it going to be a *firmware* upgrade, or just a Harmony software/web site change?

It will be at least a Harmony Client Software & web site update.

They managed to break it without a firmware update, so they ought to be able to fix it without one. However, I just updated both the software and firmware today - and it's still not fixed.

I noticed how they broke it when I updated my 880 many months ago. It took me a long time to get the thing working decently again.
I have been saving up changes (like additions to my CD title collection) for months now for fear of updating.

I have been looking forward to hearing about a new release to fix what they broke.

So will we have to redo all of our configurations that are using multiple commands on one key, and at the start of a activity in order to fit their new macro structure?

I used to love Harmony but grew to hate them after this screwup. I sure hope they are not going to make it too painful to use the new macros. I really expected to fine tune my 880 just how I liked it and then never need to screw with it again.
(except for minor additions to media additions)

Sory if its a silly Question but what is the advantages of macro commands ????

Not too silly, Trevsy. A macro (meaning big) is a sequence of indivual single commands. Those commands can be from several devices, or all for the same device. Some smarter devices will also let you put timed delays in a macro. So for example you could have one press of a button on your remote do this:

Power ON the TV
Power ON the receiver
Power ON the DirecTV
WAIT 7 seconds (for the TV to warm up)
Switch TV to the HDMI input
Switch receiver to the DirecTV input
Enter a 2
Enter a 2
Enter a 9 (all to switch the DirecTV to channel 229)
and so on...

Of course a Harmony does it's own "macro" stuff. When you select a Watch DirecTV activity, the same sequence of command as is listed above may be emitted automatically, except for the channel change.

DBrown ; thanks for the clarification.

Has anyone heard anymore on the status of this update?

Any more news on this update? Is it true that they will limit the macro to 3 or 4 commands?

Tsjk Tsjk,

long, long ago support promised us a bugfix (yes a bugfix, not an enhancement) for the picture/sound buttons nor working problem and a return of the macro's by fathersday.

Fathersday has passed in Europe without a fix by logitech for the sound/picture bug. Maybe Fathers Day falls on another date in Canada? If not, did they state the year when the fix should happen ?

Where are the times harmony reacted swiftly?

I cannot advise people anymore to buy a harmony remote.

The really screwed up there software development, and isn't the reaon to by this remote 99,9% software driven?

a shame....
Sad customer since the very beginning of a promising development in remotes.

As of 9-6 it would appear they have the macro/sequence feature online. We shall see.

Yes, the promised "Add Sequence" mini macro functionality has been added. See [Link: remotecentral.com]

Alas Alas, all other bugs are still here. So they choosed to gapstop one problem in stead of giving us a repair of serious bugs (softbuttons not showing/misplaced and the most severe, bleeding through of the old button assignment in picture or sound mode, giving two IR commands in stead of one). Grrr
Henk\