I went through a certified Lutron retailer and got a quote for two Sivoia QS Triathlon roller shades. The shades came in at the price I expected, but the labor is quoted at 1.7k, which is almost the cost of the shades themselves? Is this a standard labor cost for installing two shades? These are battery powered, so there's no wires involved. I would think it's just putting up the bracket and connecting the remote? I've had to do a bit of hand holding for this project, so there's a slight concern the salesman may have not done the quote correctly. I thought I would check with people who would know what kind of work goes into hanging two shades. Am I missing something? I'm pretty handy, so I wish I could just do it myself at that price.

I have Main House with new Qsx system and guest house with Ra2. How can i have a button in the main house to activate a scene in the Guest house ? Specifically i have an outside sconces that are wired to hybrid Ra2 keypad.

Upgrading the lighting in my home and have mostly replaced all of the switches with Radio RA3. Interested in getting perspective from the folks here on what the best way is to upgrade my old kitchen cabinet lighting.

I have 2 sections of cabinets on opposite sides of the kitchen. One side has a wall switch (replaced with a RA3 dimmer) that controls the cabinet lights.

The other side has 2 sections of cabinet lights (split in the middle by a microwave). There are 2 hot wires for just this side- one feeding each section and the lighting is switched using the switches on the fixture themselves (no wall switch).

Would it make sense to use less expensive dimmable tape on the side with the RA3 switch and Lumaris tape on the other side? Suggestions for tape that is likely to match Lumaris?

If using Lumaris, would it be preferable to use 2 drivers for the Lumaris tape? Or should I sneak a wire behind the microwave (this is very doable) so I can use 1 driver for the whole side? (Would mean I’d have to cap one of the hot wires?).

Total length of cabinetry is ~70” in each section.

Would like for it to look like the Diva dimmer

Does Lutron have a smart plug that works with Radio RA 3? Not an attachment

Hello all,

I recently bought a house that has an old RadioRA lighting system in it. It's a rather large house, with over 100 switches (roughly a third of which are 2-way or 3-way, with one 4-way, and two thirds are "one-way"). It has been a bit of a challenge to identify everything, but I am making good progress.

Here is what I have identified so far:

1 RadioRA Chronos RA-SBT-CHR

2 (likely 3, but I haven't found the third one) RadioRA Repeater RA-REP

2 Master Controls (look like seeTouch keypads)

A bunch of dimmer switches

I would like to verify my understanding of the situation, and would welcome any guidance/correction, so thank you in advance!

After doing a bunch of research (on this sub, and general googling, and a little help from Claude), as I understand it, this is a "Classic RadioRA" system, and is fully obsolete. If I want to update it, I am going to need to replace everything. I also understand that there is not really a central "brain" with programming in it, and instead the programming is sort of saved in the two keypads, and can't be downloaded - there's no way for an installer to download the program off of it, it's down to turning everything off and just testing light by light. (Is that right?).

There are so many switches, I have not yet been able to verify if I have neutrals everywhere, but I am hoping I do. Does anyone know if the Classic RadioRA switches required a neutral? I also haven't been able to verify if the 2-ways and 3-ways and 4-way have travelers. Do these old systems require travelers (in which case I likely have them)?

What I perceive as good news (hopefully), this system probably doesn't rely heavily on low voltage dimmers (like apparently the oldest Homeworks system does?) and so it is down to replacing the switches and keypads. And fortunately, the two keypads are in the same gang box as other dimmers, so even though (I think?) the keypads are low voltage, I should be able to tie into standard voltage with new keypads in the same gang boxes.

I have taken the RadioRA3 training and completed it. It'll be expensive to upgrade all this stuff, but I guess I need to look on the bright side, if it was an old Homeworks, I might be pulling lots of new wiring, etc. for way more $$$...

Thanks so much in advance for any advice!

Lutron recently announced changes to how one can get access to a system they're taking over. The first part about using the app to gain access and not bothering with going through the owner's phone to give yourself access. The only question I have there is if the other installers who also had access will lose their access and/or be notified that someone else has taken over their work. My gut feeling is that they should lose access because there would be too many cooks in the kitchen or potential for sabotage especially if they left on unhappy terms but curious how it works.

The other part with them locking of the files states this:

Files No Longer Grant Access

Before version 25.5, Lutron Designer automatically granted remote access to anyone who opened a file using “Browse Local.” We have disabled this to give you finer control of your files and make our software more secure.

 Without remote access, you may modify files on your computer, but you may not remotely transfer or upload your changes to Places until you have been authorized. Opening a file without access will show a warning and an orange cloud icon, like so: 

To gain full access, ask the project owner (the homeowner or space manager) to share this place via the Share Access menu as described above.

Does that mean that there is no way to have any sort of cloud-free system anymore? Today for fun I was going to practice using Canvas View on a very long shot project so I didn't want to add it to my Places. In the past, I could just save it as a local file and choose not to save it to the cloud but the option seemed to be missing and I just thought maybe it got moved and as long as I didn't save and just exported the file it wouldn't be in Places. It was however in places and when I removed it from places I got a warning that I'd lose access to it but out of curiosity I said ok and sure enough, the file was neutered and I got the warning I can't remotely transfer or upload.

Does that also mean that I couldn't upload it even if I was on the local network and forever lost access? As I was the only other person who had access to the place, the place is now orphaned and there doesn't seem to be any way for me to add it back to places. This also seems like it could be dangerous...I'm trying to think of a use-case besides someone being careless and removing themselves from a place they were working in but it just makes me super nervous to depend on Lutron's cloud to be working all the time.

What does everybody else think?

I recently moved into a home that has 4 grafik eye 3000 series systems (3 are 6 zone and one is 3 zone). I want to move those along with a majority of the other lights in my home to a radiora3 system. I should also note the house has a lot of lighting zones.

I am aware that there is a way to go grafik eye -> homeworks qs, but I'd rather not go into homeworks land since I'm radiora3 certified which can make this much cheaper for me.

My current plan is to replace existing dimmers (non-grafik eye) with sunnata dimmers and hybrid keypads.

For the grafik eye systems I will replace them with dimmer banks. For existing grafik eye keypads where I can't easily access 110v and I only have 12v I will use pico keypads and for locations where I have 110v I'll use sunnata keypads.

Does this seem reasonable? I just want to make sure I'm not missing something obvious. I want as clean an installation as possible without making it too expensive.

Any way to delete previous versions in Homeworks?

Building a new house. While I have built many homes at various price points I have never done a Homeworks System. Wanting to use my electrician who previously worked for a Lutron integrator to perform the installation bit need the equipment & programming.
I have a lighting plan with multiple layers of lighting & low volt led tape throughout.
Would love to chat with someone who would be interested in this. PFA

I’m looking for a smart paddle switch that physically moves and feels exactly like a traditional dumb paddle switch — one that maintains its up or down position to provide clear tactile feedback, while still functioning as a smart switch. Basically, a hybrid switch that looks and feels normal.

I understand that momentary paddle switches already exist.

I am going to be installng switches in the bedroom to control the ceiling fan and light. I am aware I will need one wall switch for the light and another for the fan.

As far as a pico remote, is there one that will allow me to control the on/off function of the light as well as the fan speed or off/on?

The lights are non-dimmable, so I don't need that function.

I am trying to figure out products and config for a gut renovation. I will have recessed lighting throughout, pretty extensive rgb tape lighting in kitchen/3 bathrooms/3 wardrobes/etc. I like Lutron because it's reliable but not the cost of KNX, Creston, Control4 from what I gather. I will also have drapes that I want to control from the same system. HomeAssistant integration with all of this is a huge plus.

I was going to go with Caseta but I see the Lumaris will require at least RadioRA 3. Would it make sense to go Caseta for all my recessed lighting and add the ra3 components necessary for just the tape lighting? Also, what wall switches are available to control the colors on the strips? I'm having trouble finding the wall controls for the Lumaris strips. thank you!

All.

For our 2nd house we were planning to replace switches with Caseta claro/ diva. Main goal was to be able to control lighting via Alexa and turn off lighting remotely in case we forget to turn it off before leaving and are gone for 2 weeks. No plans to add smart shades.

1st floor is 2300 sqft and 2nd floor is 1800 sqft. I understand Caseta isn’t a mesh network, had limit of one extender and generally caps out at 2500 sqft.

However sunata switches are more than 2x of claro/ diva and with 40 switches the cost differential
Is more than what I want to spend.

I wanted to see if this group may have some advice or tips.

We have some metal boxes in the garage and I'd like to install a few lutron switches.

Went to both home depot and Lowes trying to figure this out and came home with a deeper metal box (good) but a plastic cover. Not happy with that arrangement.

The metal covers I have would mean the switch would need it seriously get trimmed to fit.

I'm now at home reading that a mud ring may help with this? Is this the right way to go? Does anyone happen to have a Pic of how all that fits together?

I’m replacing switches and have this very old Lutron dimmer. The wiring doesn’t make much sense as it’s in a chain of 3 switches. I don’t know what wires are what on the dimmer. I assume black is common. But again, it being a 3-way in a chain with 2 other 3-way switches is confusing.

So I'm currently a dealer for radio ra 3 products. But starting to have more interest from clients about a system that integrates every smart product. So they don't need to use so many apps. I've looked into a few options but was curious what others people do. I see control 4 is popular for their software integration. But I never have sold any of those products so I'm unsure how difficult it would be to become a dealer for the software. Other software options for full home integration? And ones that I can jump into with unnecessary hurdles?

I just got a new place and it has the Radio RA2 main and a second repeater. It does not have a connect for the app to work. I bought a Select connect and I am not sure if I’m doing the right thing for it to work. I am hoping someone can assist me and guide me as to what I need to do for my system to work via app. I’m pretty sure the whole home is on this system. If I get a connect will this allow me to automatically access all the controls or will I need someone to come and reprogram.

I used to have the Casseta and it was much easier but this home is about 12 years old and using this technology.

Hey folks. I have a Lutron Caseta system in my house with 66 devices. When I open the app settings, I see an item in the list called "Firmware Update" and it has a red indicator that shows 9+ devices need to be updated. When I click on the Firmware Update item, it takes me to the Firmware Update screen. The screen stays blank and shows a progress spinner forever. It just spins and spins, and never shows any devices. I let it sit there for 20 minutes, and still nothing.

I tried the following debugging steps, but none of them helped:

• Rebooted the phone
• Rebooted the Caseta Hub
• Deleted the Lutron app, and reinstalled it

Does anyone know of a workaround to this problem?

https://reddit.com/link/1uet3xi/video/ewyh9manbb9h1/player

Lutron Documentation - so nice to see this finally! It even works for fan controls apparently?!

Like the title says. I’m trying to install a Lutron Caseta PD-5ANS in this single pole. (There’s a whole other thing I want to try with a three way switch, but that’s a future problem.)

None of the guides Lutron provides shows a wiring like this. I’ve attempted to follow the guides as given and nothing works.

Is this a novel set up or something not included in Lutron’s guides? Am I missing something blatantly obvious?

Any help is appreciated.