Stupid questions by a Remote 3 user on first day of use

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@HarmonyFan

Dock problem might be WiFi related do you use Unifi? With my R2 I have a simple mesh setup and fixed IPs defined in my router. Hoping between to APs might also result in an interruption. I hardly use IR up to now I was not affected with connection problems.

No Unify, no mesh. Already tried setting up an exclusive SSID so it wouldn’t jump between APs (I don’t see any evidence of this happening anyway). Both dock and Remote have a static IP (from the DHCP server - is there a way to define it on the devices ?)

@HarmonyFan

For certain functions there are special commands like CONTEXT_MENU or CURSOR_ENTER_LONG (Android TV) to get to a context menu. For IR you can use IR command with a delay or IR sequence with a repeat value. Long press with IP is not so easy like IR from the Harmony.

I’m already using the context menu on a separate key, but I would like to set the timeout on the OK/central button so that context could be long press, but quicker, as the default long press on this device is just to long compared to anything else I’ve ever tried. Example use case : Youtube App, Subscription window, long press on a video to save for watch later.

Repetition rate worked OK on the Harmony + Shield (via bluetooth/Apple TV), again this remote seems to be the outlier. Very easy to compare side by side. I can try the IR to check if it will work better. Use case example : Plex or youtube, fast forward on very long videos.

@HarmonyFan

Slider is currently only used for volume of certain entities. I do not have my R3 yet so I cannot tell which. My R2 says it might work with Denon, Marantz, Android TV with chrome cast features activated, LG TV, Enigma2 STBs, Samsung TV, Sonos, Apple TV, Kodi. All IP integrations.

Should work with my Denon AVR as per Customising slider to control Denon AVR - #3 by Jaydius . I have an activity with the Denon with only one media player entity (associated with AndroidTV).

@HarmonyFan

What do you mean with confirmation screen?

On the main page, with Home Assistant switches, you have two options - click on the icon and trigger it immediately or click on the text, and you get to a secondary screen where you can trigger the switch. I would love to have this secondary (confirmation) screen as an option for icons in activities to avoid ghost/error activations.