homebridge-lutron-caseta-leap VS pylutron-caseta

Just installed a caseta smart hub and pico remote which I want to add to HomeKit via homebridge so have used the plugin : homebridge-lutron-caseta-leap

I also installed a Lutron Caseta Pico Remote on the wall to act as a switch for the fan's light. The fan light is the only overhead light in this room, so it's important that it works reliability. I bridge the Pico Remote into HomeKit with the HomeBridge Caseta LEAP plugin.

The Lutron Caseta LEAP plugin does allow you to use Pico remotes with HomeKit through the standard Smart Bridge.

Note that the “errors that aren’t errors” issue already has a bug report: Errors reported in the log · Issue #71 · thenewwazoo/homebridge-lutron-caseta-leap · GitHub

Here’s the plugin: https://github.com/thenewwazoo/homebridge-lutron-caseta-leap

I've got an open-source Homebridge plugin (https://github.com/thenewwazoo/homebridge-lutron-caseta-leap) that has a bug in its client-handling code. There is some problem with connection handling that is causing user pain. I am an experienced developer, but new to Typescript, and absolutely cannot chase it down. I would love the help of someone with Node socket coding knowledge willing to take a look.

Another welcome addition is that with Homebridge and this plugin, you can assign the buttons to any HomeKit commands instead: https://github.com/thenewwazoo/homebridge-lutron-caseta-leap

You can now get the regular bridge into Homebridge. I’ve been using it for a few weeks. https://github.com/thenewwazoo/homebridge-lutron-caseta-leap

There is a feature request out there for Home Assistant: https://github.com/gurumitts/pylutron-caseta/issues/86

Someone reported 22.08 did break Home Assistant integration (GitHub issue). A PR was submitted to the pylutron_caseta module (link).

I haven't tested my own library with a QSX because I don't have one (and can't justify the cost), but some users have experimented with it. The python library has a lot more traffic (since it underpins HomeAssistant and not HomeKit/Homebridge) and very likely has been tested with the QSX.

The official HA integration uses the pylutron-caseta library, which has LEAP support for RA3 and QSX now. The support is called out in the HA docs

That's a good point, but there are already working RadioRA3 modules to create DIY automations. They use the same client authorization process that the official software uses. It's still pretty new, but it's just a matter of time before it's more widely supported.

Home Assistant will add support for Ra3 soon, likely in the next few weeks, see open PR on: https://github.com/gurumitts/pylutron-caseta

There is a lot of progress going on in the pylutron-caseta library to get RA3 working (https://github.com/gurumitts/pylutron-caseta/pull/90). This is what Home Assistant uses, so I bet we are only a few weeks / months off getting it rolled into HA. It appears there is a working fork, just waiting for the owner to merge, and then HA-core will have to pick up the update.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ wget https://github.com/gurumitts/pylutron-caseta/blob/dev/get_lutron_cert.py --2022-02-02 21:36:05-- https://github.com/gurumitts/pylutron-caseta/blob/dev/get_lutron_cert.py Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.113.4 Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.113.4|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/html] Saving to: ‘get_lutron_cert.py.4’

This was made possible by some great work in the pylutron-caseta project and lots of awesome feedback and testing during beta.

Based on some great work in the pylutron-caseta project, I have added Pico remote support to the homebridge-lutron-caseta-leap plugin! I've been using it "in production" (read: my house) for a couple of days and it seems to be working great. This was a widely-requested feature back when I first announced the plugin, so hopefully it's useful.