So I really liked the ease of install and setup of the Lutron Caseta lights and didn’t realize that they were not z-wave, but frankly at the time I didn’t care. Anyway I started messing around with the Bridge and found you could telnet to it. I also found the details of the protocol from Lutrons forums. I telnet into the box find a device ID from the iOS app and send a command, and presto-chango it worked.
From there I just guessed and installed the RA2 plugin and it all works magically and nicely. Maybe everyone knew that, but I surely didn’t and was glad my hacking around was fruitful. So if you use Caseta light dimmers or switches you can control them all with the RA2 plugin app - SWEET!
Woah! This is huge news for me. I LOVE the Caseta line but until now have been using a Staples Connect hub to control those. You’re saying the RadioRA2 Plugin works just fine? What’s the default username and password for the Caseta Hub? Ordering one now!
Just an FYI to anyone looking: I picked up a Smart Bridge (not the Smart Bridge Pro) from Amazon. In the app you can enable telnet access via the advanced settings menu. However, trying to connect to the bridge yields a public key denied error. Not sure if patmanwb used the Smart Bridge Pro or if he was able to find the public key but I certainly was not able to get this to work. That said, I am taking a look into this as I had a spare Wink Hub lying around on the original firmware: http://winkhubroot.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/wink-lutron/
I just wanted to post in here after I got some help from Adam on getting the Smart Bridge Pro setup. In order to activate the 3rd party integration so you can use the vera RadioRA2 plugin, you have to go to your phones settings,(i have iOS) NOT the lutron app settings and then enable advanced settings for the app in there. THEN open up your lutron app and then enable telnet access and send yourself the integration report which will list all your device ID’s. The default username: lutron password: integration
This thread is older but seeing if you guys are still using Lutron devices with this setup and how everything’s been working. I’ve always like the lutron dimmer switches compared to everything else. Is the smart bridge pro necessary or will the regular smart bridge work? What about instant status?
The only consideration that keeps me with RadioRa plugin and SmartBridge (not pro) is that the RadioRa plugin for Vera lets you define what the buttons on the Lutron Pico remotes do where the Wink Plugin will not.
OK! So smart bridge (not pro) does work with the plug-in. I’m currently trying to finalize my light switch selection. I have some insteon dimmers, which I really like, a Cooper RF9540-N, leviton RF two wire and GE dimmer. The insteon dimmers aren’t responding fast enough through the ISY994I plugin but I’m got the ISY994i because of the fanlinc and keypadlinc. I want to have one cohesive look with my dimmers and the Lutrons have always caught my eye. How’s the response time with the ra plugin? Thanks for responding!
Oh, it seems pretty fine to me if maybe a tiny tiny bit slow. I have all Lutron switches. So, nothing really to compare it to but I have run them with both the Wink Hub and Staples Connect. There’s no noticeable difference between those and the RadioRa plugin. Motion sensors seem to trigger them within half a second or so and my Pico remotes control the Hue bulbs pretty flawlessly.
I dont mind if it’s a second. I understand Vera is not talking directly to the devices. The Insteon dimmers I have right now can be instant, but then other times can take up to 4 seconds to respond (from Vera). It’s just a bit inconsistent for what I’m trying to do. Right on, thanks for the info. I think I’ll order the hub and 1 Lutron dimmer to test it out.
I just replaced 4 cooper switches that I could not seem to keep in sync with Lutron Casetta. Now everyone in the house is happy. They work Brilliantly. Preferred the looks of the Cooper but oh well. Adam thanks for the help.
I just replaced 4 cooper switches that I could not seem to keep in sync with Lutron Casetta. Now everyone in the house is happy. They work Brilliantly. Preferred the looks of the Cooper but oh well. Adam thanks for the help.
No problem! Just to confirm for anyone reading this in the future, this is only working with the Smart Bridge Pro now, correct? You weren’t able to get it working with the basic model?
Note that you can also integrate your Caseta lights using the Wink Hub and the Wink app (instead of the Lutron Smart Bridge Pro RA2 app). Also works great, but of course has the requirement that the Wink and Vera be internet connected to work. I went the Wink route because it was cheaper out of the gate to experiment with, and would allow me to include zigbee items if I was ever inclined, control hue lights etc as well.
I installed a few Caseta switches and some Pico remotes in a apartment for my daughter. We are using Wink to control them. So far it has worked terrific. Battery life of the Pico is rated at 10 yrs.
One other bit of information I would add is that I have 3 Pico remotes working with a Caseta dimmer in a 4 way situation. I have not had a problem yet of keeping the switches in sync.