I was hard pressed to find cheaper prices than Energy Avenue. I did buy some switches and dimmers via eBay and was able to save some money. But it also meant having to wait longer to get everything.
BTW
- Energy Avenue appears to have the Caseta Fan Controllers for $50, or $10 cheaper than Home Depot.
https://www.energyavenue.com/Lutron/PD-FSQN-WH
- Amazon does appear to have the Pico Fan Remotes in stock. I haven't seen those anywhere else.
I am kind of glad that I hit the 50 device limit on my SmartBridge Pro2. Otherwise, I'd keep buying! 
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Ah OK. I was thinking you got a fan controller with a Pico and wall plate for $47.06 no tax or shipping charge. Fell off my chair when I saw that! 
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That would be a deal. Sorry about that. I hope there are no serious injuries.
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When you hit the 50 device limit, that's a sign that you need another Lutron Caseta Pro Hub!
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Eric,
Do you have two Caseta SmartBridge hubs? I am curious if you have a Pico attached to Hubitat via one SmartBridge, and a Caseta Dimmer attached to the other SmartBridge...and then use a Button Controller to peform the mapping between the two devices...are there any delays? Others have noticed there is a delay if both the Pico and Dimmer are on the same SmartBridge. I am curious if using two SmartBridges resolves this delay?
Just a curiosity... please don't jump through any hoops to set this test scenario up.
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It's a good price, but I'm OK with the Amazon price. It's only $1.95 more, since shipping would cost $8 from energy avenue. Shipping it to my parents house in Oregon where there is no state sales tax, so my final price from Amazon is $59.95
Does the SHIPFREE18 code not work to get you free shipping from Energy Avenue? It's worked on all my orders.
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I should be able to test that. I was planning to work on that today but my failure to get the dimmer has delayed that work. I have regular dimmers and plug in dimmers on the upstairs hub and I can put a Pico on the downstairs hub so we can see if the latency is caused by the Telnet turn-around in a single hub scenario.
Just ordered another one. Thanks for the code.
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I didn't realize that would still work but one evening I entered a fairly large order and then didn't process it - I left everything in the cart. They sent me an e-mail the next day asking if I hadn't completed the order due to shipping costs and they gave me that code. It's worked ever since.
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I'd be willing to bet donuts this does resolve it. I think the delay is built-in the SmartBridge for some reason. With two SmartBridges, the setLevel command coming into the non-Pico one is going to get instant attention, with no Pico button press to slow it down.
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I'm low-carb so no donuts for me but I'll check it out.
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I have a HD less than a mile away from my house. So I could decide at 7am on a Saturday that I wanted to install more Lutron, make a trip, and be back home getting to work by 7:20am, all price matched to EA with no shipping charges. Nothing beats that.
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Unfortunately they're not available here at HD Canada yet, so I have to import mine myself.
I just ordered my first (of 3) fan controllers. All my bedroom switches are almond, and Amazon's the only place carrying the almond fan controllers at the moment. Gotta stay with the color scheme!
Also picked up a dual pedestal - one light pico, one fan pico. I'll need to peruse the bigger thread soon, but if I recall there's a way to pair the fan pico directly to the fan controller, depending on the order they're paired to the bridge...
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@destructure00
Well, my front door is less than a mile away 
and Amazon Prime delivers same day for many items (at least where I live). Also, HD currently only sells those Lutron fan controls in white. If you want any other color (light almond in my case), Amazon is the way to go.
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@mike.maxwell $80 for black. 
So exclusive, they would only charge me $5.68 to import this one, vs $13.12 for a white controller 
How does that make sense?
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I did a brief test today and the results are so bizarre I am doubting myself. I have a box of new Lutron stuff for the basement so I am going to attempt to repeat the test and be careful to document and check each step of the way.
What I did today - I installed a new dimmer on a circuit in the basement that has one recessed light fixture on it (the basement stair light). It was a two-way so I did the Lutron recommended install - I put the dimmer at the bottom and the Pico at the top. When I joined them to the Lutron hub I designated separate rooms to make sure Lutron didn't automagically associate the Pico with the dimmer. Both appeared in the app and did not appear associated. At this point the Pico did nothing when buttons were pressed.
I ran the Lutron Integration Report, opened the Lutron Integration app on Hubitat, and added the two devices. I added the Pico as a fast device ("q") and the dimmer as a "d". Then I accidentally deleted that Lutron integration. So after restoring this morning's backup (thank you), I went into Button Controller and made a test app using just the Pico and the new dimmer. It worked as expected and appeared to have the (approximately) one second (+/-) of latency that we all see.
Now for the bizarre part. I edited the Button Controller rule to control the hallways lights on the main floor - that dimmer is on the other Lutron Hub. It didn't work . . . at all. Remembering I had a Motion Lighting app on that dimmer, I edited the Button Controller rule to control a different light - one that doesn't have any associated Motion Lighting rules. It didn't work either. I also tried modifying the Button Controller rule to control the attic light switch which has never had a Pico associated with it either directly (a la Lutron) or via Hubitat. Same result - flat out didn't work.
I looked at the logs and I can see the button pressed and I can see Hubitat indicating it was turning the dimmer on or off but I never saw the Telnet OUTPUT line in the logs.
Most of my dimmers have a local association to a Pico because most of them are set up to be the "other" end of a two-way circuit. I don't know if that could cause a problem.
If you see anything obviously illogical in what I've described, let me know. I'm going to put the toys away for now and think about it and come up with a test plan.
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