Harmony remote, not just for electronics....

XavierMace

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So, I've got a Logitech Harmony 700 programmed to turn out a 55" Plasma, Onkyo 7.2 receiver, and an Xbox One. House has crappy 50 year old wiring so that initial draw causes the lights in the room to flicker slightly.

Last week I picked up a couple of the RGB LED light bulbs you use in standard fixtures. It's got a little IR remote to change color and brightness. However, when I'd turn on everything with the Harmony, it would dim slightly and reset to the "default" red color it's on the first time you turn it on. I though the power fluctuation was just causing the light to reset.

Turns out it's on the same frequency/spectrum as the XBox One. Volume Up/Down on the Harmony maps to brightness up/down when I select the XBox One as the device on the Harmony. The num pad matches the color pad of the bulbs OEM remote.

I lol'd at being able to use the Harmony Remote to control my lights.