I have Lutron Ra2 lighting. I'm using the Lutron Ra2 plug-in. It's been working nicely.
The Lutron system supports a 'Timeclock Mode' on it's repeater (the LAN to RF bridging device). By default it has values of Normal, Away and Alternate (but can have others). I'm only using Normal and Away.
I'd like to be able to toggle between Normal and Away mode. This to allow the events and scenes that exist on the Repeaters to be able operate accordingly (independent of HS3).
The mode can be set from within HS3 (of course) but can also be set externally, like through the Lutron apps. In HS3 it shows a drop-down with the mode choices as they currently exist on the repeater.
What's the least troublesome way to set up HS3 events to allow changing a virtual On/Off device and have it tracked with the actual Normal and Away modes?
Ideally I'd like to be able to say "Alexa, turn on Home Mode" where "Home Mode" is an on/off 'light'. I'd also like to be able to say "Alexa, turn on Vacation Mode" and accomplish the same thing. Toggle between Normal and Away on the repater.
To make matters more interesting, I'd like to have the IFTTT service be able to detect the on/off state change for this "Away Mode" device and take actions accordingly. Mainly to put my NuHeat floor thermostat zone into Away mode (as it has no local or direct cloud API). I'm not going back/forth between home and away that often to make the latency woes of IFTTT a problem.
I'm guessing this is going to require two virtual devices, one named "Home Mode" and the other named "Away Mode". Correct?
I'm always unclear on how HS3 handles the changing of device values and find myself wasting a lot of time banging my head against my misunderstandings of it.
Someone want to point me in the right direction (and perhaps warn me what not to do?).
The Lutron system supports a 'Timeclock Mode' on it's repeater (the LAN to RF bridging device). By default it has values of Normal, Away and Alternate (but can have others). I'm only using Normal and Away.
I'd like to be able to toggle between Normal and Away mode. This to allow the events and scenes that exist on the Repeaters to be able operate accordingly (independent of HS3).
The mode can be set from within HS3 (of course) but can also be set externally, like through the Lutron apps. In HS3 it shows a drop-down with the mode choices as they currently exist on the repeater.
What's the least troublesome way to set up HS3 events to allow changing a virtual On/Off device and have it tracked with the actual Normal and Away modes?
Ideally I'd like to be able to say "Alexa, turn on Home Mode" where "Home Mode" is an on/off 'light'. I'd also like to be able to say "Alexa, turn on Vacation Mode" and accomplish the same thing. Toggle between Normal and Away on the repater.
To make matters more interesting, I'd like to have the IFTTT service be able to detect the on/off state change for this "Away Mode" device and take actions accordingly. Mainly to put my NuHeat floor thermostat zone into Away mode (as it has no local or direct cloud API). I'm not going back/forth between home and away that often to make the latency woes of IFTTT a problem.
I'm guessing this is going to require two virtual devices, one named "Home Mode" and the other named "Away Mode". Correct?
I'm always unclear on how HS3 handles the changing of device values and find myself wasting a lot of time banging my head against my misunderstandings of it.
Someone want to point me in the right direction (and perhaps warn me what not to do?).
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