On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Adam Williamson wrote:

>>> It can be programmed both via wifi and via the USB with the MyHarmony
>>> software; both methods work. You have to start out by using the
>>> MyHarmony software if your wifi isn't open.
>>
>> Hmm.  Yeah, that sounds pretty much like the Link.  Basically, all we do
>> with the Link (Concordance working with MHGUI) is configure the WiFi
>> settings on the device and set the room name.  Then all the syncing is
>> done via WiFi.
>
> BTW, here's a mystery: in theory, shouldn't it be possible to trigger a
> wifi config sync from a computer on the same network as the hub? This
> doesn't seem to be possible with the MyHarmony software, but I can't for
> the life of me think why not. Why can the smartphone app tell the hub
> (Link or...Hub) to do a wifi-based sync, but an app running on a
> computer not do it? It seems weird. Have you thought of trying to figure
> out how the wifi sync process is initiated, and have a button in mhgui
> to trigger a wifi sync?

Yeah, that should certainly be possible, although I never thought about 
that before.  We would need to capture the network traffic from the app 
somehow, possibly on a rooted phone or something like that.  Sadly Android 
doesn't let you run tcpdump out of the box.  :-)

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