I replaced an Original Caseta Dimmer with the new Diva Caseta Dimmer. I won’t be using the Original Caseta Dimmer anymore.
Do I need to update/change the Lutron integration to work with my new Diva dimmer? If so, what do I do?
Here’s the Original Caseta Dimmer integration:
Anybody?
If I just name the new dimmer in the Lutron app the same as the old dimmer, will that work? Or do I need to do something else?
You’ll have to add a device to your Lutron integrator app with the new dimmer’s integration ID #. Same as you did when you added the dimmer the first time.
See the hub documentation page if you need a refresher on adding devices within the Lutron integrator app:
Do I delete my old device integration?
If so, how?
Or if I just use the same name for the new device, will it slot back into the original Caseta integration and my rules?
Also, my old Caseta device is used in a number of rules? Is there a way not to break these rules?
Have you tried simply changing the Lutron Integration ID of the existing device and seeing if that takes care of everything? (I have not tried this, so it is just a guess.)
BEFORE DOING SO - Please download a backup of your Hubitat hub. This way, if anything goes wrong, you can simply restore the backup and be right back where you are now.
I believe you can do that. But it’ll still create a new Hubitat device.
No I don’t think so. You have a new device now. So I believe you’ll have to update your automations with the new device.
Add the new dimmer in, manually write the line for the integration (getting the new number from the integration report)
Run device swap on hubitat
Delete old switch from integration...
That should do ya..
Not sure the Swap Apps Device functionality will work, as these are child devices...
Hmmm... You're right.... I thought they showed up in the swap device app...I shall now go punish myself
@bravenel I’m getting a few different answers to my question in post # 1.
Also I’m hoping that my existing rules will work with my new device, without having to re-do.
Could you please help?
Once you add the dimmer to the lutron hub, just generate the integration report again and simply add it to the integration list
d,xx,New Dimmer Name
then delete the line with the old dimmer name
Just change the device in the rule with the new device before deleteing the old device out of the integration list
Not exactly.
You can add a new dimmer device in the Lutron integrator app with your updated integration ID # for the new dimmer (what I suggested).
Or you can replace the old dimmer in the Lutron integrator app with your updated integration ID # for the new dimmer (what @ogiewon suggested).
Either will work because all the Hubitat Lutron integrator app cares about is the integration ID # of the new dimmer, and you’re not using the old dimmer anymore.
In either case, a new Hubitat Lutron dimmer device will be created by the Lutron integrator app.
Once you have a new Lutron dimmer device that the integrator app created for you, you’ll need to update your automations to use the new device.
I am also uncertain if you’ll need to manually update your automations with the new dimmer device, or if you can use the device swap app (as @rlithgow1 suggested) to simplify that process.
I checked that on mine, it doesn't look like it...
First of all, to put this idea to bed, you can't use Swap Devices. It won't work for child devices, and Lutron devices are child devices (children of the Lutron Integration app).
Second, the shortcut suggested by @ogiewon will not work either, as the device has internal state that includes its integration ID (assigned by Lutron).
So the only way to do this is to update the Lutron Integration app. Remove the old device there and add the new (or edit the old device with the new Integration ID if you want to keep the name). This is going to create a new device. So every reference to the old device in apps is going to have to be changed to use this new device. I would suggest that to reduce confusion, as a temporary measure, give the new device a new name, so you don't confuse old and new. You can always change the name later. When you hit Done in the Lutron Integration app that will create the new device.
Use the In Use By section of the old device to track down all app references to it, and change them to the new device. When this is done, the old device can be removed using its device page. It doesn't work as the real device no longer exists anyway.
Just before you responded, I did the following and it seems to work:
I deleted the old device from the Lutron app.
I added the new device with the Lutron app, and Lutron automatically used the id from the old device for the new device.
My old rule seems to work without me doing anything!?
Did the new device have the same Lutron Integration ID in the Lutron system? If it did, you didn't need to do anything at all.
Yes.
By deleting the old device first in the Lutron app, and then adding the new device, the old device id was assigned to the new device by the Lutron app.
My old rules seem to be working, without me making any changes to the rules.
SIMPLE!
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