RadioRA2 (and QS & Caseta) native Alexa

[tonyworthington]

Email received this morning:

Brochure is for What's New Fall 2016: What’s New Brochure -- see page 2!

Amazon Alexa and Sonos integration for RadioRA® 2and HomeWorks® QS





Video is for Alexa/Caseta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiCk...ature=youtu.be

• Control lighting without touch; simply tell Alexa to turn on the lights
• Activate scenes that include lighting, shades, temperature, and audio, from a keypad
  How will this solution help my business?
  Amazon Alexa
• Capitalize on consumer demand for voice control
• Sell the ultimate convenience of Alexa: Control without touch from anywhere, and no missing remotes
• Homeowner can choose which scenes can be controlled with Alexa, using the Lutron Connect app
  Sonos
• Capitalize on consumer demand for home audio
• Homeowner can create and edit scenes that include Sonos “favorites,” using the Lutron Connect app

No need to press a button to adjust Lutron light, shade, or temperature control scenes, tell Alexa to do it for you — “Alexa, turn on Dining.”

Want to learn more? Check out the What’s New Brochureand watch this short video. *Compatible with HomeWorks QS, RadioRA 2, and Caséta Wireless. Lutron bridge required.

[rapamatic]

This sounds awesome. Time to order a 6 or 12 pack of dots!

[freeoscar]

Anyone know if (independently of scenes) you will be able to control the RadioRa2 HVAC devices? So something like "Alexa, please turn the main level temperature up 2 degrees"?

[Lukeetal]

This sounds awesome. Time to order a 6 or 12 pack of dots!

I ordered my Alexa this morning, can't wait to find out! So many updates today! So psyched!

[rapamatic]

I've got one of the full sized Echo's, using Indigo to activate a few lutron scenes, and its very handy. "Alexa, turn on the kichen", for example... Will be interesting to see how Amazon and Lutron handle multiple echo devices in different rooms. "Alexa, turn on the lights" said in the kitchen vs the master bedroom... will Amazon and Lutron be smart enough to handle that?

[Mike S.]

Currently if you tell Alexa to turn on the lights, it will turn on all the lights associated with the system. In order to control a specific room, there needs to be a scene related to that room. So in reality you're not controlling the devices associated to a specific room, you create a scene for each room and then control the scene. If there are multiple Dots throughout a house, you can walk into the Master Bedroom and tell Alexa to turn on the Master Bedroom, or you could tell it to turn off the kitchen lights. The physical location of the Dot doesn't matter, what matters is the command that is given to it.

[jautor]

Mike is the RA2 Alexa support "live" now with the latest software release? Or is it still to come? I don't have the Connect Bridge here yet - but this support is what I was waiting for.

[Mike S.]

Not yet, Alexa integration will not be supported until the release of 10.6 Radio Ra2 software. We currently do not have a release date for this software, but it will be by the end of the year.