Is there a way to connect lutron bridge to HA? That would be nice!
I wonder if you could show us what you’re talking about.
In my opinion, Lutron is associated with proprietary technology; they are a holy grail of home automation.
Similar to how the hue bridge is automatically discovered and the lights get added. I was wondering if the lutron bridge can be automatically discovered as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Lutron-L-BDG-WH-Caseta-Wireless-Bridge/dp/B00L5NUT16
The lutron casetta light dimmer switches are pretty popular same with the serena shades.
You can control them through HA by getting a wink hub
man wink is good. but i heard wink token expire after certain days … wink kind of pain plus they going to looose the market if they going to control like this… until they realize using wink is pain… not stable…
Also WinkHub has a delay due to the server connection. It’s a true pain.
The lutron smart bridge pro offers integration over telnet. So an integration module should be possible for that hub.
I’d love to see this. I am currently using a Wink hub, but I’d eventually like to switch everything over to using Home Assistant and remove the Wink hub due to the delays with it.
Having Lutron bridge support would be a requirement as I have too many light switches to replace.
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I agree. Lutron is the only reason I continue to use Wink. I’ve moved all devices I can off my Wink hub.
Vote it up guys! Agreed. last thing on Wink is the Lutron set.
Agreed, Lutron SmartBridge Pro support is a high priority for me. One of the main reasons I’m looking to move away from ST as they continue to ignore it.
The Lutron Caseta switches and blinds are extremely popular and get good WAF (wife approval factor)
Yes please add this, I was actually logging on here to post the same thing. Note you need the Smart Bridge PRO, the others won’t work as only the PRO has telnet on it. There’s a plugin for HomeSeer that uses the PRO bridge, it even lets you use the Pico remotes for other things, like pressing the centre favourite button can turn on your Hue lights and so on.
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I think this should be possible. I’m almost finished writing a Python script that talks to a very ancient Lutron HomeWorks panel via RS232 and presents it as an MQTT device. I haven’t integrated it into HA yet, but I am close.
For those not in the know about this old grand daddy from the 1990’s, the keypads, dimmers and switches have low voltage control cable wired back to the control panel.
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Agreed. Only thing I’m using my Wink hub for at this point is for my Caseta switches, would love to get rid of that and keep all of my control local
I would love this also
I have the spec to talk to the Lutron hub. It is really quite simple. I am new to Python and even newer to HA. I am working on the code for it but, I don’t know how to get the pieces to integrate with any of the install scripts. The first piece that has to be placed in the virtual environment is the Python3.4 library “telnetlib.py” If anyone has experience with configuring the python for devices, I have the communications sequences. The cool part is being able to track button down and button up on the Pico remotes.
In the meantime, I am building this into my own system.
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Any update on your progress?
yes and no. I have no problem with the Lutron component. I am having a hell of time figuring out how to tie in discovery and devices.
I am impressed that this works, but unimpressed with the documentation for developers.
Unfortunately, I have major surgery next week so, don’t hold your breath on when I will have this done. Rest assured though, I will get this working (unless someone beats me to it.).
I believe that there will be some amazing features when I am done. Features that Wink isn’t even considering as far as I know. I have communicated with them about their new version, and I don’t see any improvements. They basically pair a Pico remote with a dimmer and then track whether the dimmer is off or on. I will have Pico remotes working independent of the dimmer and will be able to trigger anything as an independent switch. I can even detect depress and release of each switch so, there will be toggle actions that even Lutron doesn’t do.
Talking to the Lutron hub code is done. I just have to figure out how to initiate discovery and process asynchronous events. I really think the developers documentation could use a lot of work. I am trying things out but this doesn’t appear real obvious to me. I am reverse engineering the z-wave device operations to figure out how I need to code the Lutron.
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Would you share your progress so far with the hopes someone else could add to it and fill in the pieces you’re still trying to figure out?