Controlling Lutron Serena Blinds

I need to use a Lutron Blinds Pico to control two things, a Bathroom Shade and the center button to activate an Alexa Routine tied to a Skill that causes my Rinnai RXP to activate Recirculation.

To do so, I've added the Pico to my Caseta Bridge, but have not tied it to control any devices (so as to bypass the Lutron default button settings). Anyway I have it working via the Telnet Integration where device Button 1 will Open the Blinds set to 50%, Button 5 will Close them set to 0%, and Button 3 activates the Water Heater Recirculation Pump via the Alexa Routine connected to my Rinnai RXP. And, it works fine.

But my question is... When attempting to manually control the Blinds via Hubitat from the device, pressing Open closes the blinds and pressing Close does nothing. So, I have to use percentages... Why does Open not set them to 50% and Close to set them to 0%? Not a big deal but, why do I have to choose percentages, and the simple Open/Close commands are not functioning as would be expected?

Can you clarify which device you’re referring to?

The device settings page for the shade in the Hubitat UI?

The device page for the pico?

Also how did you create the automation for the pico? The hub’s built-in button controller app? Rule Machine? Another app?

Check for a reverse option in the device page.

I did not find a reverse option on the device page for these Lutron Serena Shades as loaded via the Lutron Caseta Pro Bridge Telnet integration.

Please consider answering my question.

By adding the Pico to the Lutron Bridge, but NOT associating it with a room, it essentially controls nothing in the Lutron Bridge. So then I created the automation for the pico via the Hubitat built-in button controller app and it works great.

Privacy mode is available for the bath, and center button kicks off the hot water recirculating pump in the Rinnai for on demand hot water instead of via a schedule.


So my question was referring to the device settings page for the Serena blinds, but I think I figured out why this is as it is.

These are the only available telnet codes to communicate with the Caseta Bridge:

Codes:
p: Pico (pushed/held) d: Dimmer f: Fan Control m: Motion t: Thermostat h: HVAC Controller
q: Pico (pushed/released) e: Shade k: Keypad s: Switch v: VCRX o: VCRX Output w: Wall mount Keypad r: Shade Remote

So the Hubitat Lutron Integrator has no way to differentiate a shade from a blind. The Caseta bridge has no way to interpret Open and Close commands for a blind, only percentages from 0 - 100.

This just is the way it is I think... :slight_smile:

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If you temporarily associate the pico with the blinds in your Lutron mobile app and then activate the tilt, while you have Hubitat logs open for the lutron integrator app, does it show commands coming through (including tilt)?

No on the device page itself

Also wondering if the tilt level command in the screenshot works?

Yes if pico is associated in the Lutron App, and not Button Controller in Hubitat, Commands show in Logs.

Tilt Level does nothing, only set level and set position

What is the command that comes through when you tilt the blinds?

Here is a partial log:

Studio Bath Pico button 2 was pushed [physical]

Studio Bath Window is partially open

Studio Bath Window was set to 12%

rcvd: OUTPUT,28,1,12.19

rcvd: DEVICE,34,5,4

rcvd: DEVICE,34,5,3

Studio Bath Pico button 2 was pushed [physical]

Studio Bath Window was turned on

Studio Bath Window is partially open

Studio Bath Window was set to 6%

rcvd: OUTPUT,28,1,6.10

rcvd: DEVICE,34,5,4

rcvd: DEVICE,34,5,3

Studio Bath Pico button 4 was pushed [physical]

Studio Bath Window is closed

Studio Bath Window was set to 0%

rcvd: OUTPUT,28,1,0.00

rcvd: DEVICE,34,6,4

rcvd: DEVICE,34,6,3

Studio Bath Pico button 5 was pushed [physical]

@mike.maxwell does the Lutron integration work with Serena (tilt) blinds?

good question, it should but I don't know if we have the correct driver for it (tilt bits)
I can work on one once I see what it sends across

When you refer to tilt blinds, are you referring to these?

The integration does work for me on the Wood Blinds as long as I control them via the Set level or Set Position and enter a number from 0-100.

OP mentioned this, for example:

Here is a partial log:

Studio Bath Pico button 2 was pushed [physical]

Studio Bath Window is partially open

Studio Bath Window was set to 12%

rcvd: OUTPUT,28,1,12.19

rcvd: DEVICE,34,5,4

rcvd: DEVICE,34,5,3