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Is lutron killing of RA2 in favor of Caseta?
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Post 16 made on Sunday June 7, 2015 at 12:49
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Could you control RA2 with Siri?
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Post 17 made on Sunday June 7, 2015 at 13:58
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On June 7, 2015 at 12:49, Neurorad said...
Could you control RA2 with Siri?

No support right now for Apple HomeKit and RA2 or HomeWorks.  I contacted Lutron about this last week and spoke with the product development team.  It's something they are evaluating, but not currently in the product road map.

I've already had clients asking for this with RA2 and HWQS and would like to see it supported.  It's difficult to tell a client their buddy who spent $350 at the apple store on Lutron Caseta can control his lights with Siri, but their $60k Lutron Homeworks system can't do the same.

Last edited by SB Smarthomes on June 7, 2015 14:49.
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Post 18 made on Sunday June 7, 2015 at 17:11
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I was in staples the other day and saw they are selling Caseta. I thought, wtf
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OP | Post 19 made on Sunday June 7, 2015 at 18:50
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Post 20 made on Sunday June 7, 2015 at 19:11
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On June 7, 2015 at 18:50, 3PedalMINI said...
I drove a Mclaren 650s coupe :D It was magical

The Lutron people will be very happy to hear that.
Post 21 made on Monday June 8, 2015 at 08:28
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On June 6, 2015 at 11:46, Impaqt said...
No 3-Way accessory. (Just picos)

They just came out with a PRO dimmer that allows an existing mechanical switch to be used in a 3-way setup. PD-10NXD-XX
Post 22 made on Monday June 8, 2015 at 09:17
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With Caseta, soft ramping is none existent and you can't turn the lights onto a preset level. It's very annoying walking into a room and having to turn the lights onto 100% ;) The pico's are very limited and there is no keypads. Like others have said, it's no comparison.

As I'm sure you have said with everything else you sell/install....if they can't afford it they aren't your customers. Do you sell all Monoprice cables and mounts?

I'm only pissed that with Caseta they offer a free app with free service and with Ra2 you have to pay for the $20 app and yearly fee's for remote control access. That's BS IMO!
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Post 23 made on Monday June 8, 2015 at 10:36
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On June 8, 2015 at 08:28, therockhr said...
They just came out with a PRO dimmer that allows an existing mechanical switch to be used in a 3-way setup. PD-10NXD-XX

according to the specs I just read its just a dimmer with a Pico on the front of it instead of the paddle. Still uses picos in multi-location applications.

edit: well, I see what your talking about in the back of the book.... quite strange way to address the three way circuit. I'm not sure how that works seeing the three way traveler get capped on the Caseta and the load is jumped at the accessory. Looks like the three way switch is just sending an on trigger to the Caseta maybe?
Post 24 made on Monday June 8, 2015 at 12:30
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I think Lutron could eventually kill off RA2 by making more PRO products and expanding capabilities for the Smart Bridge/Caseta line and also by lowering the entry level price for Homework QS. Seems to be lots of overlap there.
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