I’m new to hass.io, I’m trying to learn a as I go. I managed to get everything working on a RPi3. Next, I have 2 harmony hubs with 3 activities each. I keep reading the addon page and watching the same videos over and over hoping to catch something I missed and it’s confusing me more. All I want right now is to turn each activity on/off. What would my yaml file look like? The entire hubs are discovered but not activities.
Living Room
Watch TV
PS4
Retropie
Bedroom
TV
Movie
Watch Apple TV
Thanks
This is what I use. It keeps the front end and dashboards displaying the current activity as well. Hope this helps…
Sensors:
- platform: template
sensors:
lr_remote:
value_template: '{{ states.remote.living_room_remote.attributes.current_activity }}'
friendly_name: 'Living Room Remote'
bedroom_remote:
value_template: '{{ states.remote.bedroom_remote.attributes.current_activity }}'
friendly_name: 'Bedroom Remote'
basement_remote:
value_template: '{{ states.remote.basement_remote.attributes.current_activity }}'
friendly_name: 'Basement Remote'
input select:
lr_activity:
name: Living Room Remote
initial: Select input
options:
- Select input
- Watch TV
- Watch Apple TV
- PowerOff
bedroom_activity:
name: Bedroom Remote
initial: Select input
options:
- Select input
- Watch TV
- PowerOff
basement_activity:
name: Basement Remote
initial: Select input
options:
- Select input
- Watch TV
- Watch Apple TV
- PowerOff
Automations:
- alias: lr_activity_change_tv
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_select.lr_activity
to: Watch TV
action:
- service: script.cable
- delay: 5
- service: input_select.select_option
data:
entity_id: input_select.lr_activiy
option: Select input
- alias: lr_activity_change_atv
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_select.lr_activity
to: Watch Apple TV
action:
- service: script.atv
- delay: 5
- service: input_select.select_option
data:
entity_id: input_select.lr_activiy
option: Select input
- alias: lr_activity_change_off
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_select.lr_activity
to: PowerOff
action:
- service: script.lrtvoff
- delay: 5
- service: input_select.select_option
data:
entity_id: input_select.lr_activiy
option: Select input
- alias: basement_activity_change_atv
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_select.basement_activity
to: Watch Apple TV
action:
- service: script.basementatv
- delay: 5
- service: input_select.select_option
data:
entity_id: input_select.basement_activiy
option: Select input
- alias: basement_activity_change_watchtv
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_select.basement_activity
to: Watch TV
action:
- service: script.basementcable
- delay: 5
- service: input_select.select_option
data:
entity_id: input_select.basement_activiy
option: Select input
- alias: basement_activity_change_off
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_select.basement_activity
to: PowerOff
action:
- service: script.basementtvoff
- delay: 5
- service: input_select.select_option
data:
entity_id: input_select.basement_activiy
option: Select input
- alias: bedroom_activity_change_watchtv
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_select.bedroom_activity
to: Watch TV
action:
- service: script.watch_tv_bed
- delay: 5
- service: input_select.select_option
data:
entity_id: input_select.bedroom_activiy
option: Select input
- alias: bedroom_activity_change_off
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_select.bedroom_activity
to: Power Off
action:
- service: script.watch_tv_bed
- delay: 5
- service: input_select.select_option
data:
entity_id: input_select.bedroom_activiy
option: Select input
- alias: inputselectsetlrtv
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: sensor.lrremote
action:
service: input_select.select_option
entity_id: input_select.lr_activity
data_template:
option: '{{trigger.to_state.state}}'
- alias: inputselectsetbedroomtv
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: sensor.bedroom_remote
action:
service: input_select.select_option
entity_id: input_select.bedroom_activity
data_template:
option: '{{trigger.to_state.state}}'
- alias: inputselectsetbasementtv
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: sensor.basement_remote
action:
service: input_select.select_option
entity_id: input_select.basement_activity
data_template:
option: '{{trigger.to_state.state}}'
Scripts:
cable:
alias: "watch cable"
sequence:
- service: remote.turn_on
entity_id: remote.living_room_remote
data:
activity: 28975910
atv:
alias: "watch atv"
sequence:
- service: remote.turn_on
entity_id: remote.living_room_remote
data:
activity: 30802992
basementcable:
alias: "basement cable"
sequence:
- service: remote.turn_on
entity_id: remote.basement_remote
data:
activity: 30799264
basementtvoff:
alias: "basement tv off"
sequence:
- service: remote.turn_on
entity_id: remote.basement_remote
data:
activity: -1
basementatv:
alias: "basement atv"
sequence:
- service: remote.turn_on
entity_id: remote.basement_remote
data:
activity: 30798785
tv_off:
alias: "tv off"
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
data_template:
device: '48361989'
activity: '-1'
entity_id: remote.living_room_remote
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With the greatest respect to @Darbos that’ll probably just confuse you even more as his set up is different and much more advanced than what you’re trying to achieve.
For info your best source is this thread which goes all the way back to when the component was first created…
Have a read through that as it covers what you’re after in detail and then come back with bits you don’t understand or need elaboration on. Unfortunately, incorporating a Harmony Hub is not the simplest component to start your HA adventure with as it relies on having already understood quite a lot of HA fundamentals but we’ll get you there 
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