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Wed Oct 18, 2017 6:02 pm
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spiv
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Awesome job on the plugin!
I can confirm that it works with my Radio RA2 Select main repeater/hub that I just received today (my first foray into Lutron as a potential replacement for Insteon).
It worked on the (2nd) try. Thanks to the long thread here, I found I needed to put the IP address of the repeater in two places in the plug-in configuration screen.
I've attached a screenshot. This should be added to the documentation to save other newbies from repeating this well-known mistake?
I have a minimal system - just a Radio RA2 Select with a plug-in RA2 lamp dimmer. Purposely chosen so I can "bench test" everything without worrying about the in-wall wiring. I am assuming that it will work when many more RA2 Select devices are added, but want to be clear so YMMV.
I recently attended a Lutron official Radio RA2 Select in-person training and I'm really excited about this new system. With Lutron directly supporting Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, and adding Google Home in 2018, this looks like a really solid "prosumer" choice that avoids HomeBridge shim and stays all within manufacturer supported or Indigo plugins only.
I don't have any Caseta, but I am really interested in knowing if I could support both Caseta and Radio RA2 Select installed in the same house at the same time. If Indigo can be the backward/forward integration for adopting existing Caseta installation while moving forward with new gear as Radio RA2 Select it is a killer combination.
Lutron itself makes it clear that for a consumer to move from Caseta to Radio RA2 Select, it is basically a "rip and replace" with no upgrade option.
My understanding is that Caseta dimmers and switches only speak Caseta protocol and that is the issue. It is probably a different firmware load inside the Caseta dimmers/switches themselves and not something that can be field upgraded, even if they wanted to.
They are also restricting purchase of RA2 Select to dealers only. No retail sales and they don't expect consumers as the installer - only dealers. From a user point of view, RA2 Select installation is exactly the same as Caseta. It is even the same iOS/Android App - they released an updated app that talks to both systems from the same app.
From reading the threads, I see some folks here are already using full Radio RA2 and either had it installed by a dealer and then "took it over" or got themselves set up with the training and software tools and found a distributor that would sell it to them. I assume the same thing will happen with Radio RA2 Select except you really don't need any training since it is all app based.
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