Interesting write-up.
Do you have an example of a use case in which you use Homey to trigger an activity on the remote?
I see some users on the Unfolded Circle Discord server posting images of battery information and drain via Home Assistent. Do you perhaps know whether the API provides that information? Would be interesting if such info could also be made available to Homey, to monitor the battery usage. But maybe that is something for the Unfolded Circle app for Homey to include.
Ow sure;
As noted I am former Harmony Elite guy, and with that I could use Homey to start/end activities, without using the remote. Opening up options to start something based on something totally different. This was due to the Harmony Hub app on Homey.
Also Logitech Harmony can be connected through Google Home for voice commands and I have a bunch setup through the house. They basically start through Homey and trigger the specific flow)
Now with Remote 3, yes I can start things on the remote.
And while you can Trigger using the UnfoldedCircle App on Homey BUT that still means it has to be started on the remote’s end.
But what If I want to start something (a activity/remote) without the remote? Well that is where my curl write-up come in.
Beforehand some more details on Macros;
Basically they are single sequence (run) activities without providing any controls (pages) on the remote. Which can come in quite handy.
On to a few use case examples;
Voice command example 1 - Triggered through Google
Voice command example 2 - Triggered through Google
Macro example - When housemate arrives and im playing music
Macro example - When it’s time to watch the News around dinner time hahaha 
Hope that gives a bit of an idea but in genera the TLDR is; I wanted to have the Remote 3 work hands-on ands hands-off , and with the previous explanation … it can. Opening up quite some options, to combine the reach (integrations/flows etc.) of Homey with it.
So while Remote 3 is a bit more work, it is waaaaayyy more flexible for me then the Harmony Elite. And I couldn’t be more pleased with it.
As for getting battery details
Im unsure how/if the Unfolded API provides that but if it does you could get it with a GET curl request and then store it and use it I guess. I’ll give that look a bit.
EDIT:
A there it is;
curl ``http://remote3-local/api/system/power/battery`` -u web-configurator:PINHERE
It returns;
{“capacity”:97,“status”:“DISCHARGING”,“power_supply”:false}
Thanks for your detailed response! Nice to see that you have found a worthy successor for your Harmony Elite setup.
I am switching from a 15+ year old Harmony One (with only IR control) to the Remote 3. That by itself offers a major step forward in possible use cases. The Harmony One still works perfectly, but I cannot add or change any devices/buttons anymore as the required software/service has been discontinued.
One thing I need to get used to is the battery life: from several weeks on a single charge on the Harmony, to 1-2 days on the Remote 3.
No prob, battery life, while not ideal is not too bad if you just make a habit of putting it in the dock every night before going to bed, 100% again next morning for sure. You could even make a simple reminder for that with what I explained above 
As an extra shoutout;
I dont care for Spotify music controls on the remote, as a phone can be the remote for that always.
But I do like to see what music is playing in whatever room. [APP][Pro] Spotify Connect (beta - ready for testers) works wonderfully for that using the devices and groups when using Google Nest Hub (mini, max and chromecast audio) so thanks again @pendojoshua
More than welcome! And thanks for tagging me he, promising product that I might add to our smart home!
/Edit: bit heavy on the price tho. Might just stick to my non-used-lying-somewhere-in-dust-covered-ipad I bought for this case, haha.
It is a bit price heavy, I just oogled it with a colleague when it comes to retail. For what it is worth; Kickstarter price was 200 euro less. Worth it well … it depends totally on your use case etc.
For now; it’s a great remote, with still some issues.
But putting that aside; I think it really is or atl east can become the Harmony Elite killer for me.
I am running it as the daily driver and the Harmony has been boxed. That in itself speaks volumes.
Day two with the Remote 3, and sorry, I have to be honest here, this device is utterly terrible! Hardware is all good, but integrations are awful.
I’ve setup the Unfolded app in Homey, I can get my devices added, all works fine. There’s a UI / functionality issues and discrepancies all over the place, it’s not user friendly at all. No way I can give this to my wife.
Homey IR devices aren’t recognised as devices. why would I use them? Well the remote 3 doesn’t have my device in its IR database!
Flows, just can’t get them to work at all. As IR devices aren’t recognised, I thought, fine I’ll create a flow with “channel up” and”channel down”. So I have a “when” card with “channel up” and that fires the IR device channel up (image) Doesn’t appear in the remote. I’ve restarted the remote, restarted Homey, removed the integration and app and added again. I’ve waited overnight, nothing.
Right now, I’m seeing a very useless and expensive piece of junk
Any suggestions before this gets thrown in the bin?
If there is no (community) IP integration available for your device (check the Unfolded Circle Discord server) and you cannot control your device with the remote via Bluetooth (as a Bluetooth keyboard), then:
There’s a bug in the Homey Unfolded Circle app. The creator Niels de Klerk is aware of this bug: only advanced flows created in the Homey web app (flow.homey.app) are visible in the remote. Normal flows that you create in the Homey app are NOT visible.
IR codes can be downloaded from Global Caché for almost all devices. I described how to do this over here.
Don’t give up yet, my wife loves the remote.
And yes, it is not yet userfriendly - but if you can get homey to work, you should be able to program the remote to your wishes.
Thanks both, not giving up!
I did look at the IR codes and download but for some reason they aren’t working. Luckily, there just been an integration publish (LG Horizon) so I’m looking to use that instead. Denon integration also caused headache as the Homey version uses telnet, and mine only supports one telnet session, and again the ir codes don’t work, so going to have to do the same. Same with LG TV (Webos integration constantly fails) so back to ir .
I’ve figured out the standard vs advanced! So switched and they are not working. Going to see if I can use those for Denon and LG instead, lots to experiment with.
I suppose it’s just a long slog, and not very friendly towards non-tech users at this point. I had waited and not bought the remote 2 hoping that things would have matured, but I suspect still not there.
Really has soooo much potential.
To anybody to be able to help you in any way, you need to be more specific about what you are trying to accomplish with what devices. And that is not me trying to be condescending or anything really, I get that this remote still has it’s learning curve.
Also please reach out on their Discord, lot’s of lovely people who can and will help out.
As I can tell from your screenshot you are using a Virgin Mediabox (of sorts) and IIRC correctly they are working on a custom integration for that. See Discord
Advanced flows have a quirk currently and don’t work with the homey app.
Yes software wise; it really needs some work but once you get how it all works (which took me roughly 3-4 hours of really fiddling with it), I have not found anything I can’t get done with it.
But and don’t get me wrong, software wise it has to step up to garner more of a following from the masses. Because people just like the ease of something that works without spending a bit of a grind.
