On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 14:03 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > > Probably a big mistake, I acquired a Harmony 895 remote control. However > > it seems that the beast is completely useless without first programming > > it, which can apparently only be using the supplied software for Windows > > or Mac OS X. Since I haven't got anything other than Linux at home, does > > somebody know of a possibility to make this device usable? > > I tried various things with mine. You can actually do all the configuration > via any old web browser on just about anything, but to actually get the > info downloaded to the harmony, you gotta have windows to run their usb > interface software. I didn't try wine, I suppose it is possible that it > might work, but it seemed highly unlikely to me (nothing remotely complex > I ever tried under wine has worked correctly). > AIUI wine cannot access the usb devices so that would not work. > See this remotecentral forum page for the details on nifty stuff you > can do with firefox: > > http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-harmony/thread.cgi?keywords=4182 > > I just boot windows when I need to update my harmony (which doesn't happen > much once you get past the incredibly painful setup process). >
