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Learn how to setup logitech harmony hub effectively to control your home devices in an effective way. As we know Logitech harmony hub is a smart device hub with logitech universal remote to control our home device simply and smartly. Unfortunately, there are so many issues will come when you not setup logitech harmony hub correctly. Here in this post, I am going to show you the step by step procedures to install and setup logitech harmony hub and can avoid all issues related with installation problem.

As we know logitech harmony hub is a small portable device where you can fix anywhere at your home to control multiple device with your smartphone or tablet PC configured with this pretty small hub device.

Inside the logitech hub product box, you wil get

A portable small hub
IR Mini blaster for extension
Adapter to connect with Power outlet

How To Setup Logitech Harmony Hub

Setting up a logitech harmony hub complete guide.

Requirements For Setup a Logitech harmony control hub

Device	Logitech Harmony Hub
App	Logitech harmony App Download For Android Download For iOS
Internet Access	Wi-Fi: Supports 802.11g/n, WPA Personal, WPA2-AES and 64/128-bit WEP encryption
For Online Setup [Optional]	Windows OS [10,8,7]/ Mac OS
Remote Control	Logitech Harmony With Display
Other Requirements [Available with Hub]	IR Blaster AC Adapter USB Cable

Hardware SetUp

Placement of Logitech Harmony Hub

This is the first step you need to consider. You should have an ideal place where need to place the logitech harmony hub.

It is better to place the logitech harmony hub device near where there is a power outlet. Because you can charge it without carrying to another place.

I think your entertainment section on home whether it is a hall, room whatever it may be, place the logitech harmony control hub around there with a charging outlet near. Then connect the power cord with the hub in a port provided, then connect with power outlet for charging. If your logitech hub have sufficient charge on it, then need not to charge it.

Connect Mini IR Blaster to Logitech harmony hub

This is the second step. Mini IR blaster is a small device extended with a cable where using which control commands are passed between device and remote control or your logitech harmony mobile application.

There are two connection port available on a harmony hub device to connect two IR blaster or IR emitter extension. One is enough for you to control 5-8 devices.

Anyway connect IR blaster in to the port provided, and place the IR blaster small device some distance from the hub. Make sure that the IR emitter should not covered by any other substances or placed in a closed place.

When IR blaster placed in an open area, then Remote control and IR mobile app can send IR signals easily between device and infrared emitter.

Here ending the basic hardware installation of Logitech harmony Hub.

Set Up Your Logitech Harmony Hub with WiFi and Mobile Application

For programming or setting up our logitech harmony remote app with logitech hub, we need to do it Via a wifi connection established between our smartphone and the hub.

Turn on WiFi and connect Harmony smart control hub and smartphone to the wifi network. This is an important step.

Follow the steps

Download and install harmony hub app on your smartphone and open the app then create an account
Then tap on continue button on welcome screen of the mobile app
Then you can see setup remote button, Tap on it
Now tap on continue button
Just wait upto 30 seconds
Now press the Pair/Reset button you can see in the back side of the harmony hub device
Now pairing procedures begin
Harmony app will search the hub and after finding the hub, you will get a page to setup screen [Make sure both harmony app and the hub should connected with the same WiFi network, otherwise searching hub will fail]
when prompted enter the name of the harmony hub and continue, then wait for harmony app to connect to the hub

Now it is ready your mobile application to use with Logitech harmony hub device by adding various activities like watch tv etc.

Read:- Logitech Harmony 650 Vs 665 – Comparison

Add Devices To Control

Next step is to add various devices where you want to control with logitech harmony hub and the Logitech universal remote control application.

When you open logitech harmony app, you can see there a button “add my TV” click on it to add your tv.

what are needed to add your tv and assign to logitech harmony app to control?

When prompted, you need to enter your TV brand name and the TV model number. enter them in the field provided and tap on add button to add.

Now you need to test whether your TV working fine with the command sent from your Logitech mobile app. For this, just tap on power button, and if your TV has turned on, you can confirm that you have successfully added your TV to the remote control application.

Logitech app will asks you after testing procedure if your tv has added?, you can tap on the “Yes” button to complete the setup, otherwise tap “No” so that the remote control app itself go for a various steps to find out the problem when adding devices and will fix if detects any issue.

Automatic diagnosing and fixing is the issue is one of the good feature logitech remote app have.

This way you can add other devices such as receiver, home theater, streaming devices etc and control them easily.

Adding activities

Activities makes so easy for you to control your device. you can switch between activities and can control devices very effectively. when you are using the remote app with another device and want to watch tv, then you can switch to Turn on your smart Tv with a just a single tap on “Watch TV” activity set up on your remote control application.

So, in short, what is activity? It is a command that sen to the logitech remote hub to do a particular task in just a single tap on the activity button that we have assigned before.

what activities you can set on logitech harmony app with logitech hub?

Watch Tv
Play music
play video game
Party time
Movie Night
Diner Time
Watch Cable
watch Apple Tv
Mood Music
Good Morning etc

very funny, is it?

Note:- You can store unlimited activities on a logtech universal remote app

How To use the Harmony Remote Control With Logitech Harmony control hub

When you buy a logitech harmony hub, you will get a remote control along with it. The remote control is equipped with a display where you can use as like a logitech harmony mobile application. The interface you can see on the remote app is as like the interface you can see in the remote display.

Follow the above methods that we have done for a remote app in your remote control to use it with logitech harmony hub.

How To Configure remote control Or Remote App With Logitech smart control Online with Personal computer [Windows/Mac]

It is an optional way to configure, anyway i recommend you to use configuration via a wifi network.

If you want to setup a logitech harmony control hub with remote control or mobile application online? it is possible by using a windows or mac personal computer.

What we are doing here is, installing MyHarmony software application on your personal computer. There are separate versions available for both windows and Mac based computers.

Download and install the harmony software on your personal computer.

Download logitech harmony software

Then open the software and login with the harmony account. If not have account then create one.

You can program logitech harmony remote control, logitech hub, app by connecting them with the personal computer Via a data cable.

When connecting your remote or hub, the software will identify the device and will start showing various functions that you can do with the software like adding devices, adding activities etc under settings section where we have done before.

On device section, go to settings, find the

Activities Features

Switch between activities:- You can easily switch between activities that you have assigned. G to the home, and there are a list of activities that you have created. Tap on any one were you can switch to that activity.

Guesture control Available:- when you have selected an activities, there are a lot of guesture control options available to control such as swipe up, swipe left, swipe right, tap, double tap, long tap etc. all these guesture controls are cutomisable. You can allocate the control options that you wanted in setting up a guesture control.

Conclusion

Hope you have learned the logitech harmony smart control hub setup and configuration with mobile app and remote control from this simple explained article. This is the step by step procedures. There are a lot of possibilities available with the logitech smart hub and app. You will learn slowly when you well versed with the device and application. I will write more about this topic in another article like the problem fixing, logitech hub firmware update etc.

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What is Logitech G HUB?

Logitech G HUB is the software that allows you to easily customize and control all your Logitech gaming accessories like your mice, keyboard, speakers, etc.

The software recognizes the supported Logitech G gear automatically and gives you full access to all the customization features.

It also keeps all the firmware up to date. You can easily maintain multiple profiles each with separate settings and choose according to the preferences.

If you are wondering, what is the best software for your Logitech gaming devices, then, you should Logitech gaming software VS G hub at once.

Logitech G HUB install in Windows 10 and Mac:

The Logitech G HUB software can be downloaded from the Internet. It is easy to download the software in Windows 10.

All you need to do is select the operating system you want to download it in and then download the software just like any other.
You need to select Windows or Mac and download the file.
Once the download is complete, you can also start the installation by easily clicking on the setup installer.
After that, you need to agree to the terms and conditions and choose the kind of installation you want.

It can be the default as well as customized. Once you have chosen the type you want, your Logitech G HUB software will be installed within a few minutes and you can enjoy all the benefits it offers.

Logitech G HUB firmware update:

The Logitech G HUB firmware update allows you to do a lot more.

The firmware update tool lets users update their wireless Logitech receivers and selected keyboards to the latest firmware. It brings about the latest version of firmware to all the supported devices. The firmware update also fixes bugs and improves security.

How to use Logitech G HUB software?

The Logitech G HUB software offers a much more attractive and snazzier interface to control all your Logitech gaming gear.

The Logitech Gaming Software of LGS, however, needs to remain installed while installing the G HUB software.
Once you launch the G HUB software you will be prompted whether you want to import all the settings from LGS.
Once you are done with this, feel free to uninstall LGS is it will no longer be required. Don’t worry if you are not prompted about importing the settings.

You can easily click on the gear icon and access the settings menu where you can import All Profiles.

The G HUB software handles profiles in a different way than its predecessors.
It can be used to create a profile for each game and then you choose the devices you want to program for that game, instead of enabling individual profiles for each device, like in previous versions.

It can also be used to change different settings and you can now share your creations with people online as well.

Add games to Logitech G HUB software

add games to G hub

You can see a profile bar in the G HUB software.
Click on it and you will find an option to add a new game profile.
Once you click on it you will find a navigation window to direct the profile to the game you want it to associate with.
Once you have selected the game it will appear in the profiles list.
You can select the game profile and change the settings accordingly and choose the devices you want to be programmed with it.

Add devices to Logitech G HUB software

Logitech devices with G hub software

To add a device to your Logitech G HUB software, make sure that your device is connected properly.

Open the software and from the main screen find and select the device you want the onboard memory to be loaded in.
From here select the gear settings icon where you can adjust and make changes to your settings.
You can assign the devices to particular games and make it work according to the way that profile has been programmed, from game profiles.

if you want use multiple wireless devices at once, you should look for Logitech unifying software

Save profiles on Logitech G HUB software

The G HUB software detects games and sets up profiles that you can configure according to your will. You can add user profiles by clicking on the add icon.

You can add a game or application by clicking on the add icon in the profile bar. Once you have selected the game or application and made the necessary changes you can save them.
If you want to change the settings in a particular user profile, you need to select that profile and then go on to select the game profile that you want to make changes in.
Once done you can save them and the new settings will work once you turn on the game next time.

download game profile

Also, you can download profiles as a complete theme of a specific game.

Change DPI settings in Logitech G HUB software

Logitech G502 DPI settings

Changing the DPI settings on the G HUB software is very easy.

You need to select the device profile and select the sensitivity icon.
You will be able to see the DPI speeds and sliders provided to make changes to it.
Adjust the slider according to the DPI speed you want to set and you are all done.

Save settings to a device on G HUB software

On the main screen of the software, select the device you want to save the settings to. On selecting the device, you will get options to save settings on the device.

How to remove a profile on Logitech G HUB software?

Removing a profile is as easy as adding one, in the G HUB software.

On the main screen, you need to select the profile you want to remove. It can be a user profile as well as a game profile.
You need to click on the profile you want to delete and you will find an option to remove the profile.
Click on the option and you will be prompted whether you are sure that you want to delete the profile.
Accept it and the profile will be removed from the G HUB software.

How to edit profile on G HUB software?

Editing profiles on the G HUB software is pretty similar to that of its predecessor, Logitech gaming software. Once you open the much-enhanced interface of the G HUB software as compared to LGS, you will find everything arranged very well and it is easy to use.

Select the profile you want to edit. It can be a user profile or an application profile as well.
Select the profile you want to edit and look for the option to edit the profile.
You can make the necessary changes you need to and save them once you are done.
You can do so much with your Logitech gear using the software that you will end up editing profiles quite often to adjust everything according to your needs and preferences, right from the controls to the lighting settings to the name of the profiles.
Save the changes and your profile/profiles will be edited.

How to export a profile in G HUB software?

It is often important to keep your profiles backed up in case the software or the profiles get deleted somehow. Having the profiles backed up will help you recover the settings quickly without having to start from the beginning again. Exporting the profiles can be a bit tricky in the G HUB software.

There is a community library in G HUB where you can upload your profile/profiles.
You can then easily download the profiles from the community library on your system or some other PC as well.
The library now allows you to upload it privately without anyone else seeing it.
To upload the profile on the community library, all you need to do is go to the profile and click the share icon.
You can keep your settings backed up on your computer as well.
For that, you need to exit the G HUB software. Then you have to navigate to C:Users[USERNAME}AppDataLocalLGHUB, where the [USERNAME] will be specific to your account.
Here you need to find the settings.json file and make a copy of it. Make sure to keep the copy in a place that you won’t forget, like the Desktop.
This is how you can export your profile and save your settings. Even if the software crashes or gets uninstalled accidentally, you will be able to recover the profiles and settings.
You will have to paste the settings.json copy, you made to the location where you have installed the G HUB software again.

How to import profile on G HUB software?

Importing profiles is extremely easy on the G HUB software. If you have been using Logitech gear for quite some time, you would obviously have the Logitech gaming software installed where you have profiles and settings that you already use.

Since, G HUB is the upgraded version of the LGS you would want to install it.
Once, you install G HUB and launch it for the first time, it will ask you whether you want to import the settings from Logitech gaming software.
It’s that easy. You just need to click yes and all your settings from the LGS will be imported into G HUB in no time.
Once you have imported the profiles you can uninstall the LGS as it is no longer required.
And it is for the best, that you uninstall the LGS as both of them control the same hardware and can confuse the system about which one to choose.

How to edit onboard memory on G HUB software:

The onboard memory option allows you to save the settings on the memory of the device. This is a great advantage when you are using the device in some other PC where G HUB is not installed. You will be able to use the settings you generally use as it will be stored in the device memory. The on-board memory settings are generally off. You need to turn it on.

On the G HUB software, click on the device you are using. In the device settings, select the gear settings icon which is present in the top right corner.
You need to click the On-Board memory mode to turn it on.
Once you do this you will be using onboard memory profiles.
There are multiple slots depending on the device you are using.
You can make changes and adjust the settings in the onboard memory by choosing a memory slot. You can save different settings for different slots present on the device.
One thing that needs to be kept in mind is the fact that, once you turn on the onboard memory mode, all software control for that device through G HUB will be paused.

Reset Logitech G HUB:

You can easily reset the commands you have assigned to your devices using the G HUB software.

Select the device you want to reset and in the assignments section, you will find two options.
Use default and Disable.
Selecting the use default option will reset the key to factory default without any programming. Selecting the disable option will disable the button completely.
You can also reset user-profiles and game profiles on the software. By doing so, everything will be reset to defaults.

Logitech G hub: troubleshooting

Can’t install Logitech G HUB

Make sure that you are downloading the right version and that it is compatible with your system. If you are downloading the right version compatible with your system, you shouldn’t be facing the problem.

Can’t uninstall Logitech G HUB

If you are facing problems while uninstalling the G HUB software, try restarting your system and then try the uninstallation process again. If it is not getting uninstalled even then, delete the files related to the software from the program files folder. It might get uninstalled since none of the files exists anymore.

Logitech G HUB can’t change settings

If you are unable to change settings on the G HUB software, try uninstalling and reinstalling the software. You can also try restarting your system first. If you are unable to change the settings even then, try deleting or removing the profile and creating a new one with the desired settings.

Logitech G HUB installer can’t be opened

If you are unable to open the G HUB installer, try downloading it once again. Make sure that you are downloading the correct compatible version according to your system. Try running the file again and it will possibly work now.

Logitech G HUB can’t change DPI

If you are facing problems with changing the DPI settings for your mouse, try disconnecting and reconnecting the device. You can also try restarting your system in case you face this problem. You can also try uninstalling and reinstalling the G HUB software. Moreover, you can delete the device profile and recreate one with the changes you want to make.

Logitech G HUB can’t detect mouse

Quite often you may face problems where the software may not detect a mouse. In that case, try reconnecting the mouse. In case if it doesn’t work properly, try uninstalling it and re-installing the software. Check the new version of this software that is compatible with your mouse and install that version if you haven’t another one. You can also, always check online for solutions from different sources.

Logitech G HUB not loading

If your Logitech G HUB software is not loading, try uninstalling and reinstalling the software. Make sure that you have downloaded the compatible version with your system. Restarting the system can also work at times. You can even try that out.

Logitech G HUB uninstalled itself

If you see that the G HUB has uninstalled itself, you may have viruses on your system. Formatting the system, in that case, is a good option. And once the G HUB has been automatically uninstalled, you can download and install it again. It is supposed to work fine now.

Logitech G HUB won’t update:

Updating any software is very important to reap the benefits of it. If you are trying to install the updates to the G HUB software and are failing to do so, you can restart the system and try once again. If it doesn’t work even then, try uninstalling the software and download and install it again.

Logitech G HUB software already exists

This is a glitch you may face while installing the G HUB software in case you have the Logitech gaming software installed in your system. In that case, you need to load the profiles form the LGS into the G HUB and uninstall the LGS as the system gets confused about choosing a software, as both of them control the same hardware.

Logitech G HUB macros not working

It often happens that the G HUB macros you have assigned may not work properly. In such cases, you can delete the macro and creat it again. Restarting your system is also an option at times besides uninstalling and reinstalling the G HUB software. Set the macros from scratch again to make sure that they work properly.

Logitech G HUB missing shortcut

Go to the folder where you have installed the G HUB software and create a desktop icon by right-clicking on the application file. IF it doesn’t. work, try restarting the system or uninstalling and reinstalling the program.

Logitech G HUB keeps resetting:

It is a major problem if your G HUB software keeps on resetting itself. In such cases, the best option is to uninstall and reinstall the G HUB software. Doing this might solve your problem and the settings won’t get reset time and time again.

Logitech G HUB can’t switch profiles

Switching the profiles can turn out to be difficult at times if you are facing a glitch or an error. In such cases, you can delete and recreate the profiles with the desired settings. You can also try uninstalling and reinstalling the G HUB software in case you face such problems.

Logitech G HUB keeps on crashing

If your G HUB software is continuously crashing, try uninstalling it reinstalling the compatible version. Having an incompatible version installed can often lead to crashing which is extremely undesirable. So make sure to install the right version and avoid this issue.

Logitech G HUB BSOD or Blue Screen of Death

If you happen to encounter a blue screen of death with the G HUB software, you need to immediately uninstall it. Check for the compatible version and install it again. Keeping a back-up of the profiles and the settings is a good option to preserve your settings in case things go haywire. Uninstall the software and install the correct version according to your system to avoid this problem.

Download Logitech G Hub software for Windows 10 and Mac

As you know that through G hub software you can full customize your Logitech device, that too for free. And its installation process is very easy.

By clicking the link given below, you will be redirected to the Logitech official website, where you will get the download link of the latest version of Logitech G hub both for Windows 10 & Mac.

Download Logitech G hub software

Sum Up

The software is attractive and comprehensive and provides a significant edge over the previous versions of Logitech gaming software, but it also has a bit of a learning curve.

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