Are there any plans to introduce a Caseta Wireless in-wall fan controller? My Minka-Aire fan controllers are terrible!
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Are there any plans to introduce a Caseta Wireless in-wall fan controller? My Minka-Aire fan controllers are terrible!
There is no fan controller.
You can, however, use a PD-5WS-DV-XX in order to do simple switching of ON / OFF to a fan, assuming its load is within spec
Spec on this switch is 3A for general purpose fan.
I asked lutron support the same question. Same politician type answer. Very frustrating. I think some response from the Caseta Wireless development team would have been more helpful. I would like to know if the engineers have plans to develop the product and if so the approximate time frame from development to market. I would like this information to determine if I should buy a z wave compatible fan control or wait for Lutron. I already have a lot invested with Caseta light dimmers, and it would be nice to stay with Lutron products exclusively.
Anyway, I am not holding my breath, and will begin researching Leviton's RF z-wave fan controls.
I'd like to submit a feature request to include a fan control please. I've implemented the dimmers and switches throughout my entire home, however the Caseta product line is incomplete without the fan. I prefer to not have 3 different brands in my walls with several hubs to control them all. 1 brand, 1 product, 1 solution.
Just walked an apartment complex that just completed their second phase. They have Hunter fan/light controls that are horrible. Please add a fan speed control! Along with the 4 scene Pico, Caseta becomes much more powerful as a lighting control system.
Over a year since the original post and still no fan control? I just picked up the in-wall dimmer and a couple plug-in dimmers and love the system. I'd love to do the remaining bedrooms in my home, but they all have ceiling fans so kinda of stuck looking at alternative systems.
I am also looking forward to a lutron caseta wireless fan switch as well.... Please develop because I have 9 fans I want to control with lutron.
Still nothing. Doesn't look like there will be. Seems home automation was just a fad as nothing in the industry has really been updated/changed and I'm not finding new releases by anyone. Oh well, back to flipping switches the old fashioned way (first world problems).
I broke down and bought two GE ZWave fan controls and a Wink Hub, which I also hooked my Casetas to, and I can control them all with my Echos. While I would have prefered to just use the Lutron hub I already bought I have more options now with the Wink.
How do the Lutron switches work with Wink? When I had the Wink hub, I hated the lighting control because when I sent the command to shut all of the lights on or off, they would all do it randomly instead of uniformly. Do they work like they do when connected to the Lutron hub?
No issues so far.
The Lutron RadioRA® 2 RF in-Wall 4-speed Fan Control, http://www.lutron.com/en-US/Products...w.aspx?pgid=41, also uses the Lutron Clear Connect Wireless protocol.
Can this be used with Lutron Caseta Clear Connect Wireless pico controls & hub?
I hate to make my first post so negative, but why do companies like Lutron make such decisions like this? They have products (like the fan control) that have capability to work the Caseta bridge, but purposely make sure it will not work. This is infuriating. Lutron is not driving me and others to and all RA2-branded solution -they are driving me to return all my Caseta products and wait for another solution from a competitor.
The lack of a fan speed control is frustrating. An earlier post in another thread from a Lutron employee told us to hang on that some exciting things were coming for Caseta. Would I hold my breath that we get a fan speed control? No. But it doesn't stop me from hoping that they see this forum and SERIOUSLY consider the request. I was part of the beta test for the site before it went live. They do monitor the forums closely. All we can hope is that this request is moved up the importance list. I know Lutron wants Caseta to be spec'd in the MDU/condo market for new construction- makes sense as these buyers have grown up with smart phones and internet. They expect this type of feature when they buy a phone or car, only a matter of time before they expect it in their homes. I can remember a time before Pong, but I have seen the light or "scene the light", as the case may be...
I'm hoping Lutron can make a Caseta Fan Control switch similar to their MA-LFQHW, and need to support low power LED light. All of the switches (including shades) in my home is using Caseta, except one room. The wall of this room is not big enough to have the 2 gangs box. I need a switch that can control both fan and light. Not sure why they can make it in Maestro, but can't do it in Caseta?
This thread was started in September 2014. It's now July 2016 and nothing to date on a fan control. I have Caseta Wireless in the downstairs floor of my home. To take it upstairs, fan/light controls are a must. I am amazed Lutron has not jumped all over this opportunity. Connected fans are just starting to appear on the market and at a premium no less. With the Homekit enabled Smart Bridge, Lutron has the ability to make just about any ceiling fan a connected fan that supports Homekit and is controllable via Siri. Even at a high price point, they would sell quite well.
Thank you for this clarifying information.
Will the Lutron RRD-2ANF work with Hunter ceiling fans, the original motor design, not the newer motor designs?
I wasn't sure where to post this but since this thread is my main interest here is as good a place as any. To those who have participated on this forum for a while, does anyone of significance associated with Lutron ever reply? Has a request or idea ever come to fruition? I only ask so as to avoid wasting time making a pitch if it will never be received. Some forums are simply for the members to communicate with one another.
I believe there are Lutron employee monitoring/reviewing the forum every day. I did also see some requests being implemented before, but most of them are related to the Lutron APP, not the hardware. It's much easy to improve the software than the hardware. AS the users, we can always try to ask. I love my Caste system a lot, it's way reliable than Insteon; but the choice are very limited right now.
Thanks for the quick reply. I guess it never hurts to ask. Caseta Wireless is the primary system I'm using. I have a WeMo Light switch and a WeMo plug in addition to some hue lights. The hue lights are mainly accent lighting so I'm keeping those but WeMo is getting replaced. In my opinion, Caseta Wireless needs to add a simple plugin switch, an in wall ceiling fan/light switch, and an outdoor plugin switch. I'm currently using my WeMo plug on a three-way floor lamp. I don't want to use a Caseta plugin dimmer for this. A simple Caseta plugin switch would be great. Something like the idevices switch that's out now. Of course my main request is an in-wall ceiling fan/light switch. Lutron could pretty much use the Maestro MA-LFQHW then add the Caseta Wireless connectivity to it. Come on Lutron make it happen already!
Devin - in regards to your request for a plug-in switch for your 3-way floor lamp, you can convert the Caseta plug-in dimmer to a switch by holding the on and off buttons on the front of the dimmer for 6 seconds. It can still only be used for lighting loads in switch mode but sounds like it will work for your application. Thanks for the feedback on the other items as well. They are certainly listed on our product backlog.
What if...
We used the lutron FAN switch, then attached a wireless pico remote.. Can't we then control the remote wirelessly on the phone?! Imma try that!
Interesting work-around. You would have to use the RA2 RRD-2ANF-xx and use it standalaone with a PICO, then add the Pico into the SMB. Let us know if this works. You may have to add the Pico in to control a dimmer, but you could always use a plug in module hidden somewhere to fill that need. Your %s would not be accurate, but it might actually work.
That won't work. The Pico remote is an RF transmitting-only device, it doesn't have the ability to receive RF signals from other devices.
The app doesn't actually trigger the Pico remote. It just sends the commands directly to the dimmer(s) that are programmed to the Pico in the app.
Think at this point it's safe to say we are not getting a fan controller or a fan/light control that so many people have been looking for.
@Lutron - please have your product managers update us. It's just a small but in demand component . You have a rock solid platform but the limitations can be frustrating ....
Lutron has really slacked off in keeping up with their competitors... Fan / Light switch is offered by insteon that just replaced your exiting fan / light module. They dont make a smart on / off outlet like insteaon or idevices... I really hope they step it up.
Started a survey to try and let them know the demographic they are missing here: https://forums.lutron.com/showthread...seta-Fan-Speed
This thread sounds to me so incredibly incredible. I came to USA from Europe. USA is a country of endless business opportunities, where everything is possible. In free market, where people are desperately asking for certain product, willing to pay good money for it, Lutron decided not to implement FAN control for two years now!
FACT #1: Other competitors already have it. (I could post links here, but it is probably not allowed:)
FACT #2: There is no combined light/fan smart Z-WAVE switch/dimmer yet, so there is even a market gap for this type of product. (which I think will sell really well)
For my US house I chose Lutron, because I like their Caséta Wireless product line. I like it more than Leviton, or GE. Not only functionality is great, but I like its design as well. So for my US house, I decided to have every switch Lutron. Simple as that.
However missing fan control will force me to re-thing this decision. Either I will have to switch to different brand completely, or combine several brands, what basically means to use fan control from some other vendor.
It is also big shame that no one from Lutron even bother to reply to this. People here seems to have a big patience and understanding, only if some basic information would be provided. No one is expecting product to be implemented in week or two. But people are looking for information and estimates. This is very tragic ignorance and communication fail.
I too am frustrated about this. I'm actually an electrical contractor and have bought Caseta for my own home but from the start I've had reservations about it simply because there was no fan control. I spent literally hours on Lutrons website trying to find a system based on that one demand for fan controls and with Lutrons reputation I just figured it was out there or would be soon but I now see I may have been wrong. Lutron, you have a good reputation, but I think it's evident that you're really dropping the ball here. Not only would fan controls completely sell me, but I have many customers that would love this as well. Who wants a system with 90% of needs met and have to pull a fan chain for speed? I'd like an update from lutron for the release of fan speed control
I own 2 homes in the US and have converted one home to Lutron Caseta, I am waiting for Lutron to have a fan controller in order to upgrade my second home. I am running out of patience!! I have been a longtime buyer of Lutron and always thought Lutron was a leader in home automation/lighting control but you are proving to be lacking in your ability to adapt to current market conditions. If nothing is announced by CES 2017 I will go with a competitor as a vote of no confidence to Lutron. It saddens me to think that a company that I had tremendous respect for has failed so miserably in something so simple. I will never go to your higher end solutions as they are too complex for my needs. What is going on in the industry is low end encroachment and Lutron needs to get on board or lose a significant customer base!!
The latest brochure for Caseta prominently shows a fan- for HomeKit. So for the time being, they are promoting a non-Lutron answer for this dilemma. My little survey had 95% of the respondents as homeowners and 65% wanted multiple fans. This would be a small piece, but important one, in making Caseta a more "whole home" option on smaller places. A majority of people live in a dwelling that the 2000-2500 sq.ft. limit and less than 50 devices would cover completely. I am truly hoping that we get this piece sooner rather than later.
http://www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocum...a_Brochure.pdf
Page 4 shows the switch to turn a fan on/off, page 11 displays a Hunter fan that is HomeKit enabled. I personally found this as a cop-out. If we want HomeKit, we would presumably already be able to research HomeKit enabled fans. I would prefer an in-wall control as opposed to the control modules integrated into the fan. When the fan fails, new fan and keep going. "If" the control fails, new control and keep going. No sense paying extra for that fan when I have a perfectly good model that fits my decor already installed. Caseta is also aimed at the retrofit DIY market. There are a vast majority (Lutron's research supports this) that do not want to DIY, and a ceiling fan is a more difficult install for the average Joe than a simple dimmer.