Harmony connectivity

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@chevyman142000

I'm not even looking to control the Harmony activities...all I'm looking for is to have Harmony turn on a switch when I turn on an activity.

@DeveloperDavidB

Same here. I just want my lights to turn off if I start the Harmony Movie activity, and back on when I switch to a different activity, or power off. and without a 5 minute delay.

Have you guys seen this interesting workaround for instant updates?

Instant Harmony Hub Status Updates!

I sort of had an "Ah Ha!" moment this morning. Ever since moving from Smartthings to Hubitat Elevation I've been struggling with being able to get instant updates from the status of my Home Theater Harmony Hub. While @mattw port of the ST Harmony Connect app does a great job of allowing us to control harmony activities, it relies on polling to get feedback from harmony as to which activity is currently active. As a result, automations that I use that rely on knowing the state of these activit…