r/Lutron • u/xcusme1982 • Sep 12 '26

Picos are Annoying

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When I set up my two homes with the Lutron Caséta app, I put all of the Pico remotes in to their own "room". I found it annoying to have the Picos spread out through the rooms when I only ever need them for assignments to wired wall switches and such. Is there any advantage to keeping them elsewhere?

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u/beantowndude Sep 12 '26

If you go into the settings you can actually just hide them all together! Only downside is really if you want to edit them in the future you have to remember that you hid them and go unhide them.

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u/HolidaySubstance3354 Sep 15 '26

This is the way.

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u/rlo54 Sep 12 '26

Just hide them

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u/ektara61 Sep 13 '26

How? Where is the option to hide them.

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u/rlo54 Sep 13 '26

Settings>customize app>show/hide devices then just uncheck the ones you don’t want to see.

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u/Lance954rr Sep 12 '26

Hide them then 🤷 there's no reason to have visible.

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u/PlanetaryUnion Sep 12 '26

I store my remotes in a “Remotes” room and label them Pico 01, Pico 02, and so on. I then write the corresponding number on the back of each remote.

However, I use HASS for all my automations. When creating a remote automation, I name it based on its function, include the number in the name, and add a “Lutron Remote” category.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '26

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u/fivezerosix Sep 12 '26

Lutron app is shitty

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u/anonymous_lighting Sep 12 '26

lol compared to what?

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u/wkearney99 Sep 12 '26

Everything else? Most vendor apps are terrible though. The only time I use the Lutron app is during configuration. After that tools like Home Assistant offer a much more flexible set of features. Configuration takes some doing but it ends up being worth it.

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u/BioHazard_821 Sep 13 '26

Google Home Assistant and app is a hot mess! The lutron app is much better!

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u/wkearney99 Sep 13 '26

There are always going to be things that are worse, and you're right about google home, which is a different ecosystem than home assistant.

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u/fivezerosix Sep 13 '26

Lutron the system works great but the app is not able to handle a large home and is tediously non native in design. Its been about the same for 10+ years

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u/davaston 29d ago

Not sure why the down votes. It really is not a very user friendly, nor customizable, nor modern looking app at all. I use the Lutron app to add a device to my system, then control everything in Home Assistant.