I'm new to Hubitat - decided what to do post wink. With a significant number of Lucent Caseta and Pico remote switches. In exploring support, I see references to the Lutron smart bridge pro only. Does Hubitat work only with the Pro version? In reading the differences between the Pro/ Non Pro: |The only difference is the Pro supports Sivoia QS Triathlon, Supports Select Sivoia QS Wireless shades, has. Integration with select A/V and security systems. Does Hubitat work with the Non-Pro version which is $100 less in cost?
It works with the pro 2 bridge only because it uses local telnet protocol to talk to lutron and not cloud. The regular lutron bridge does not have that capability. The lutron integration is lightning fast though and you can get the pro 2 bridge fairly cheap on Ebay..
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As @rlithgow1 pointed out, this is the key difference. Lutron uses a Telnet-based API to integrate with external systems.
That isn’t available on the Caseta bridge, but it is on the Caseta Pro bridge, as well as RadioRA 2, RA2 Select and Homeworks (their higher-end, more expensive systems).
Wink had an arrangement with Lutron to include a ClearConnect radio (the wireless protocol that all Lutron end devices use) in the Wink hub itself. The now-defunct Staples Connect hub had the same capability.
It’s been years since Lutron made a similar agreement with anyone else, and as far as we all know, it’ll probably never happen again.
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Wow, I didn't even know staples had any sort of hub...
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No for the reasons explained above. But there shouldn't be $100 difference in cost.
Ebay can be a viable option, but watch that it is a BridgePro V2 and not V1. You cannot activate the older V1 Bridge so it is worthless. You want L-BDGPRO2-WH.
Energy Ave is only about $60 difference between the two hubs. https://www.energyavenue.com/Smart-Home-Z37801/Lutron I have purchased from them a few times in the past, but they aren't always the best price anymore. They appear to be slightly cheaper than Amazon at $150, which seems to be about what it is at most retailers. There are occasionally coupon codes for EA which can bring the price down a bit too, but I don't know if there are currently any available.
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Its too bad not a work around for some use of regular lutron. Switching to hubitat now seems too expensive. Have too many lights invested on lutron to make the jump with cost of new hubitat hub. Have to factor in a new lutron hub.
At 150 on top of hubitat. Darn.
The Lutron SmartBridge relies on cloud only, while the SmartBridge PRO allows for local control via telnet.
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Run Home Assistant somewhere in a VM. It’ll integrate locally with the regular Lutron Caseta bridge. Then use Home Assistant Device Bridge to bring all your Lutron devices into Hubitat for automation.
Personally I felt the Pro hub 2 was worth it. I have all Caseta dimmers and switches. The speed alone is worth it. Also Hubitat's main thing is not directly supporting cloud based integrations. If there is going to be any that can be handled by the community. I mean you could use IFTTT to control the base lutron hub you have but that would be slow...
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