Lutron Caséta

Lutron Caseta takes the top spot. Next is Shelly devices.

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I agree with Lutron Caseta. Works perfectly without any web connection, but if you buy the hub you can control them with Google Home, Apple Home, and Home Assistant. The HA integration works really well. I read in other Reddit threads that the control from HA to hub to switch is local-only, not requiring cloud integration. I can testify that the response is instantaneous; I never notice a lag of any kind when controlling Lutron Caseta devices, unlike some of the other ones that I know do use cloud control.

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I’d add - Caseta has far and away been the most stable integration for me. As long as your WiFi is working, Caseta is working. (Honestly, I’m in favor of disparate protocols and lots of hubs. I’ve found it way more reliable than integrating things directly to HA and HomeKit, as long as the provider is reliable)

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The Caseta app uses the cloud, but HomeAssistant talks to Caseta locally and is not cloud dependent.

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Obligatory Lutron Caseta mention. I'm so committed to my Caseta switches that when I moved, I swapped all 50+ dimmers in my old house for dumb decora switches, and moved them all over to the new place. The Caseta dimmers are such champs that they've worked flawlessly for 2 years in the new home after 6-10 years in the old home. Best automation products ever. I typically don't like jumping at every new smart home product that comes along, so I have zero problem sticking with what works for me. Because...it works. I totally agree with your Third Reality summary. I love their products.

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Caseta or Inovelli If you want easy plug-and-play across HA, Google Assistant, and Alexa, Caseta is a little easier to setup because you can just do that through the Lutron connections to those apps, while for Inovelli since it's local Zwave you'd have to expose your devices from HA into those services (so paying for HA Cloud or doing the advanced configuration yourself to get them available).

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Lutron Caseta platform for smart light switches, specifically the Lutron Diva model. They work flawlessly, look great and have incredibly low latency when integrated with HA.

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Yes, I'm testing them. One example that's easy to test: For my child's room we have a speaker (HEOS's Denon 150). I did two things. First, when the Lutron Caseta Pico switch turns off, then play an audio file via a URL to the Denon. When the switch turns lights on, then turn the sound file off. Also, if double click down then toggle. \- Could only use Lutron Caseta Pico, because Diva (wired) switches wouldn't work with a double press. \- Here is the documentation Claude Code created: https://pastebin.com/cPgXf8zi Another cool things related to this, I want to make sure I never accidentally …

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They make a switch for fan speed. Lutron Caseta Smart Fan Speed Control Switch (Smart Hub Required), Single-Pole Lutron Caseta Switch for Fans, PD-FSQN-WH, White https://a.co/d/02jSWRRe Just make sure you get an AC fan and not a DC fan.

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Lutron Caseta makes probably the best(most bulb compatible and it just works) smart switches. I use the Zooz ZWave ones and those work great. If you want smart bulbs, Zigbee is the place. All of the technologies I’ve mentioned are local only and would require a hub to be connected to the internet. Home assistant can be that bridge if you want it to be. Usually you do need to buy a hub anyways as it translates the wireless signal to Ethernet. ZWave is 900Mhz, Zigbee and Lutron are not WiFi but close. If you want smart switches, I’d check out Caseta and Zwave(Zooz, Innoveli, etc.). Bulbs go for …

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Absouletly Lutron Caseta. I have been replacing switches in my house with them, and they work beautifully!

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Pretty much what i do now - my big change would be the door locks. I have homekit only weiser locks now. Lutron caseta switches for fixutures with 3+ bulbs where I want dimming Caseta on/off for overhead fluorescents like the garage I don’t dim Caseta dimmers for outdoor lights Zigbee controller (conbee2) and Hue or tradfri bulbs where I want color control or white balance, lamps accents etc not on switches Sonoff temp/humidity sensors Ikea buttons and switches Ikea motion sensors Ikea repeaters and plugs or the sonoff s31 zigbee plug Wired motion switches (lutron) for things like foyer that …

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I really like devices that I simply don’t know about because they are stable and need too much maintenance. My top3 would be: \- Ecobee thermostat (I have v3, never saw the need for Alexa) \- Lutron light switches (Caseta) and shades (Serena) \- Aqara sensors (water, motion, door etc.) I also wrote a blog post with few more ideas: https://homeautomation.academy/reviews/three-best-value-homekit-devices-in-my-home/

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Agreed Lutron.... Other great stuff: 1. Again, Lutron. Every one of my Lutron switches, dimmers, PICO remotes. We have 62 total Lutron devices installed. Not a single one has ever failed once, and we've never had to touch them after initial setup. 3 years now and running. Best. Purchase. Ever. 2. Every single Yolink device/sensor we have ever used. They just work. All the time. We have 82 devices installed in our home and still adding more. 3. Gree mini split AC. Integrates nicely into HA, Alexa, and Google Home. Has it's own remote, but I prefer the app or controlling it with HA. 4. X-Sense …

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I would pick Lutron Caseta (but with the Pro hub) every time. Hue are solid but I only have a like 4 bulbs these days, I just don't have many lamps. I like my Schlage lock but it's Schlage or HomeKit only, and I simply cannot add it to HA, so I'd make a different choice there if I can get HomeKey and Home Assistant support simultaneously.

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Frigate - the thing is powerful and solved some camera issues for me that I was struggling with. Lutron - dead solid, simple and the pico remotes are stupid useful for so many things. Monoprice 6 zone amp - replaced a big clunky expensive RTI that requires closed source programming tools. For me I love any integration that is solid and actually solves and issue for me. Frigate allowed my to get the streams from my coax DVR then effectively proxy them to any device without hitting the DVRs limit. The only.other solution if found was gonna be $1300+ in hardware.

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… outlets and other non-hue stuff. It’s not perfect (can only read last button state), but it works. If you want a nicer-looking option, you can get some Lutron Pico remotes and the Caseta pro bridge.

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Yeah, I have 5 Pico switches in HA through the Lutron Caseta integration. I don’t remember how I did it, but probably HACS. It can be done though.

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Proposed change Add support for new model roller shade SerenaEssentialsRollerShade, SYERX-B-X This should fix my bug/feature request: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/139614 ## Type of change <!-- What type of change does your PR introduce to Home Assistant? NOTE: Please, check only 1! box! If your PR requires multiple boxes to be checked, you'll most likely need to split it into multiple PRs

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I gave up on smart bulbs in favor of smart switches from Lutron. Haven’t had a single problem with them in the last seven years.

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The problem Lutron's Triathalon Essentials roller shades don't work with Home Assistant out of box. Support upstream was added with a trivial patch to `pylutron-caseta v0.22.0` (literally only the product name was added to an array). https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/15fc4a8ae4ade17200bf490841b339dcbb249d4b/homeassistant/components/lutron_caseta/manifest.json#L12 ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.10.2 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### …

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Smart Dimmers for Smart Bulbs?. This is one of those things that seems so simple...and isn't. Does anybody know of a smart dimmer that will work through HA to control smart bulbs, including dimming? I want smart bulbs so I can change colors/scenes/etc., but I also want regular light switches with dimmers that just work like normal ones. This means the dimmers need to *not* physically switch the circuit they're connected to; they just need to expose both the on/off switch and the dimming control to HA so I can use them as triggers for automations telling the smart bulbs what to do. I have now …

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@FidgetyRat which integration provides the underlying light you are dimming? It’s the lutron-caseta-pro integration by @upsert https://github.com/upsert/lutron-caseta-pro

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The problem The Lutron Caseta integration supports pico remotes, but it exposes this as a device trigger for each button with "press" and "release" actions. There is no support for distinguishing between short presses, long presses, and double clicks. Also because of the way it exposes these triggers, the HomeKit integration represents this as a stateless programmable switch with 8–10 buttons (e.g. a 4-button pico has 8 HomeKit buttons, two per physical button that represent "press" and "release"). This makes it very awkward to use. Instead the Lutron Caseta integration should support …

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The problem The Lutron Caseta integration supports pico remotes, but it exposes this as a device trigger for each button with "press" and "release" actions. There is no support for distinguishing between short presses, long presses, and double clicks. Also because of the way it exposes these triggers, the HomeKit integration represents this as a stateless programmable switch with 8–10 buttons (e.g. a 4-button pico has 8 HomeKit buttons, two per physical button that represent "press" and "release"). This makes it very awkward to use. Instead the Lutron Caseta integration should support …

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The problem I have been running the Caseta integration for my Lutron RA3 system for a month or two now, without issue. I installed a firmware update from Lutron, version 22.08.16f000 through the Lutron Designer software. Now the integration is stuck in a "Retrying setup: Timed out while trying to connect to 192.168.1.251" loop, and is unable to work. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2023.1.7 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? 2023.1.7 ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Lutron …

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Proposed change Add support for White Mode to Temperature controlled Lutron lights such as lumaris tape strip. This has been tested by myself and a few others and seems to work fine in practice, but not listed as explicitly compatible in the documentation. <img width="590" alt="Screenshot 2024-02-26 at 8 51 55 PM" src="https://github.com/home-assistant/core/assets/3183738/c53335c7-6

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