I have a home theater setup with an old Logitech Harmony hub in my media device closet which controls a Dish Network satellite receiver, Denon AV Receiver, XBOX, and Nvidia Shield TV Pro. All my media devices are connected to my Denon receiver, and the HDMI out is connected to an ethernet extender to the TV in the other room. I have added the Harmony to my Amazon Alexa through a skill and gives me some voice control over these devices. This all works okay, but the Harmony has been discontinued and I want a more reliable, permanent solution. I was thinking of replacing my Hubitat with the Homey Pro which has infrared and 466 Mhz RF in addition to the ZWave and Zigbee radios. Does anyone have a better solution? I love my Hubitat and it controls all my Z-Wave devices with no issues but didn't want to buy the expensive Homey and run it with the Hubitat at the same time.
Harmony Hub with this driver. By the way, even though Harmony will not be making their Hub and remote devices anymore, they have since committed to keeping the servers active indefinatley. So you don't really need to dump it. As long as the Harmony Hub is still working, you will be able to use it for the remainder of your days.
Otherwise, an inexpensive Broadlink RM4 Pro with this integration
Broadlink RM 4 Pro can handle IR and 433 MHz RF, but if you also need Bluetooth, then stick with the Harmony Hub. Honestly, the Harmony Hub is going to be the easiest and you already have it configured, so all you need to do is add the Hubitat driver I linked to above.
In regard to Homey Pro, you certainly don't need that just for the IR/RF control, and I don't know what Bluetooth devices they handle, but I'd guess it's going to be much more limited than what a Harmony Hub can control. Crazy expensive for what you get too, and not more powerful than Hubitat, just has a flashier UX.
For the Denon there are both built in and community drivers available. Just make sure have either a static IP address for the Denon or have set a DHCP reservation for it on your router (the same goes for the Harmony Hub if you have one)
I feel your worry on the Harmony hub and remote. I feel it's one of the best AV remote solutions that existed. I have two setups in our home where it's used (family room and home theater). I also worry about one of them failing and no good alternative solutions. I had resolved myself previously to buying another new-in-box Harmony hub/remote, and squirreling it away in a closet for when that happens.
