Hijack's ir_translate feature may be of interest:

http://empeg-hijack.sourceforge.net/ir_translate.html

http://www.riocar.org/modules.php?op=mod...;faqent=196#196

It would allow you to skip all the short press/long press attempts to train the Harmony, and instead use all short press events for any function the empeg remote or front face controls can do.