Harmony Remote

Harmony Remote

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Setup

todtmw provided these steps to setup your harmony remote:

In the Harmony software:

  • Go to the "Devices" tab find your Mac and select "Settings".
  • Tick "Adjust the delays (speed settings)" and click next.
  • Set "Inter-key delay" to 0, "Input Delay" to 100 and "Inter-Device Delay" to 100. Then click next and done to get back to the main screen.
  • Go to the "Activities" tab. find your Watch Plex activity and Click "Customize Buttons".
  • Click the "Add Sequence" button.
  • You can only set 10 sequences. These are the 10 I set:
Sequence Device Command
Reverse: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini DirectionLeft
Forward: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini DirectionRight
Stop: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini DirectionUp
Mac Mini Play
Back: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini DirectionDown
MenuMenu: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini Menu
Power: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini VolumeUp
Mac Mini DirectionLeft
Play: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini DirectionUp
Mac Mini DirectionUp
Pause: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini DirectionUp
Mac Mini DirectionDown
Page Plus: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini Play
Mac Mini DirectionUp
Page Minus: Mac Mini Menu
Mac Mini Play
Mac Mini DirectionDown
  • Click Done
  • Set up your Harmony buttons. I used:

Harmony Button Code Seletion
Up DirectionUp
Down DirectionDown
Left DirectionLeft
Right DirectionRight
Select Play
Exit Back (Sequence)
Menu MenuMenu (Sequence)
Channel Up Page Plus (Sequence)
Channel Down Page Minus (Sequence)
Prev Back (Sequence)
Rewind DirectionLeft
Play Play (Sequence)
Fast Forward DirectionRight
Pause Pause (Sequence)
Stop Stop (Sequence)


  • Click done.
  • On the Plex activity, choose "Settings".
  • Tick "Review the settings for this Activity" and click next.
  • Tick "Yes, but I want to add more..." and click next.
  • Click next through all the screens until you get to the screen with Start Actions and Leave Actions.
  • Add the option to send the "Menu" command when the activity start.
  • Add "Menu", "DirectionUp" and "DirectionLeft" to the list of Leave Actions.

In Plex:

  • Set remote type to Universal.
  • Tick the always use apple remote option.
  • set delay to 500ms.