Hubitat with other systems

[tomm1313]

been using hubitat for years but now i am starting to use it for lutron lighting (previously only used picos with hubitat).

What is the general consensus for how to do you home automation/rules

i been a firm believer as everything comes back to hubitat and i use rules machines for everything.

So if i have alexa stuff i have a button exposed and rules machine waits for that button to turn on/off

Now with the pico remotes i started setting up picos to control lutron lighting and then a few other things.
should i have the picos control the lighting on lutron system then anything else that is needed from picos do on hubitat or do everything on hubitat? i like everything in one place but i assume pico to lutron is faster.

i hope i got across what i am trying to say...in shorter terms. Should i have each device do its automation/controls or let hubitat handle it

thoughts?

[rlithgow1]

@tomm1313 Keep doing everything in hubitat. Do not use smart bulbs with lutron switches though as they will get shut off. Let hubitat do everything. I use pico's for table lamps and a few other always on bulbs. Otherwise all switches are controlled from hubitat. I do have a couple of pico's bound to switches for 3way switching applications but the pico's aren't controlled by hubitat for that, the switches are. The pico's are just for manual switching.

[bertabcd1234]

@tomm1313

in shorter terms. Should i have each device do its automation/controls or let hubitat handle it

I'd theoretically prefer Hubitat since it's more powerful than Lutron's automation capabilities (or that of most other systems with which it can integrate: Philips Hue, etc.). However, there are certain cases where Lutron-to-Lutron via Hubitat automations may cause a 1-second delay with the Lutron commands, which you can read more about here:

Radio RA2 /Hubitat best practices form the start

There is a 1 second delay issue with the use of Picos, keypads, and motion sensors when they control a Lutron device via the hub as an intermediary. This is a Lutron main repeater lockout function evidently having to do with RF channel occupancy. As a side note, in a Caséta system this problem is much worse than 1 second. I lived with this 1 second delay for a few years before becoming aware of it, so I can't say that it's a super big deal. BUT, I did want to get rid of it. Recently I adde…

In that case, you may wish to use all Lutron if it meets your needs. You may not always notice or care about this issue (e.g., if your lights have a slow fade-up time), but it can be good to consider.