Linux setup of Logitech universal TV Remote 350

tekra · 07-21-2020, 01:17 AM

I've just purchased a Logitech 350 universal Remote control. As anticipated, it requires connecting to the Inet, downloading an executable, and using it to configure the Remote for my devices: just a ten-year-old-Voxson TV, which is why I chose a bottom-of-the-range model rather than those able to control the entire house, garden, children, neighbours and pets (and, of course, the lovely lady of the domicile). As also anticipated, it's advertised as working on M$, but also on Apple-Intel boxes, so there's some hope for Lx, of which there's no mention (as always with consumer goods).

I've not yet tried this, but thought to post this thread both for general interest and perhaps for solving any problems ahead of time.

My intention is to install WINE (Lx Windoze emulator) on my laptop and do the dirty from there. Having never before used WINE I'm doubly in the dark, so advice from anyone with experience in any of these issues would be most welcome.

syg00 · 07-21-2020, 01:45 AM

I have a bunch of similar. There has been talk of a Linux interface, but I never got around to using it. I always have a Win box/laptop in the house that I don't erase. Path of least resistance.
Logitech have effectively abandoned these things because of the rise of streaming, but I like the "macros" that fire up my surround kit when I select the TV for footy or car racing say. I wonder how long the web site that holds the configs will remain.

tekra · 07-21-2020, 02:02 AM

> I always have a Win box/laptop in the house that I don't erase. Path of least resistance.

I envy you. Haven't used M$ since last century and have only felt the lack on odd occasions such as this. I'll fire up the laptop tomorrow, give it a try, and post results here.

syg00 · 07-21-2020, 02:14 AM

I just retired a Dell i7 laptop I bought in 2010. Still got the original Win7 on it. Shrink it down to minimum and ignore it most of the time. Replacement has Win10 in similar situation.

tekra · 07-21-2020, 03:24 AM

Yes. I bought an Intel W5 Pro "compute stick" a couple of years back that came with (I think) Win7 installed. Was going to copy it off and keep for these occasions, but as soon as it went online it started doing STRAAANGE things, so tossed it.

I suppose an addendum to this thread could be "Is it possible to obtain and use a freebie copy of Windoze for the odd emergency?" Certainly have no intention of giving ANY money to the marvellous Mr Gates and his cronies.

tekra · 07-22-2020, 11:25 AM

No luck! Installed WINE without a hitch on a new 32-bit Debian 10.4. Downloaded the MyHarmony Win file from the Logitech website. Noted two things:

1. At the end of the download the system appeared to be busy, although nothing showed on top.
2. The file is named MyHarmony-App.msi which is an extension i've not seen before: was expecting .exe.

Output from running WINE was:

Code:

root@lvo:~# wine MyHarmony-App.msi 
wine: created the configuration directory '/root/.wine'
0012:err:ole:marshal_object couldn't get IPSFactory buffer for interface {00000131-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
0012:err:ole:marshal_object couldn't get IPSFactory buffer for interface {6d5140c1-7436-11ce-8034-00aa006009fa}
0012:err:ole:StdMarshalImpl_MarshalInterface Failed to create ifstub, hres=0x80004002
0012:err:ole:CoMarshalInterface Failed to marshal the interface {6d5140c1-7436-11ce-8034-00aa006009fa}, 80004002
0012:err:ole:get_local_server_stream Failed: 80004002
0014:err:ole:marshal_object couldn't get IPSFactory buffer for interface {6d5140c1-7436-11ce-8034-00aa006009fa}
0014:err:ole:StdMarshalImpl_MarshalInterface Failed to create ifstub, hres=0x80004002
0014:err:ole:CoMarshalInterface Failed to marshal the interface {6d5140c1-7436-11ce-8034-00aa006009fa}, 80004002
0014:err:ole:get_local_server_stream Failed: 80004002
Could not load wine-gecko. HTML rendering will be disabled.
wine: configuration in '/root/.wine' has been updated.
wine: Bad EXE format for Z:\root\MyHarmony-App.msi.
root@lvo:~#

It may be that i need to add some WINE extras to cope this. Will go through the docn. Any advice much appreciated!