Caseta Smart Bridge (L-BDG2)

In the first paragraph of the documentation for the Lutron Caseta Driver, it says it supports devices connected to the Lutron SmartHome Pro controller.

Further down, it says that both the Smart Bridge and the Smart Bridge Pro are supported.  The kit I purchased contains the Smart Bridge, not the Smart Bridge Pro.

The instructions later state that you must export the Integration Report.  I can find no such option in the Lutron App.  A quick Google search states that the option to enable Telnet  is only available for the Smart Bridge Pro.

Does this driver work with the non-Pro version, or not?  If not, is there a driver that does?

I just have a couple of lights in the Theater that I would like to control from the Smart Remote.

I also found this:

pypi.org/project/pylutron-caseta/

Perhaps it could be used to write a driver that would work with both the pro and non-pro versions.

Get the pro bridge. That's how it works.

David Li wrote:

Get the pro bridge. That's how it works.
 

The pro bridge is difficult to find.  The Caseta website barely mentions it.  Their main website links you to the standard products.  The only way to get tot the Pro page is to know it exists and google for it.  That page says PRO models are only available through Lutron Dealers and Distributors.  Searching for a PRO Dealer with my zip code returns no results.  You can't even get one on Amazon.  Now that I know what to look for, I did find it on eBay.

Your own documentation says the model I purchased is supported.  I checked first.  That's why I bought it.

The pro model costs twice what the regular model costs.  Counting the fact that I now have to throw away the one I bought, that brings it to 3 times what I paid.

It looks to me like a driver for the regular model is possible, you just need to cooperate with the security protocols.  You could have at least looked at the python project I referred you to, and explained why it won't work, rather than telling me to spend more money.  You didn't even apologize for writing documentation that recommends hardware that you do not support.

today only the pro bridge is supported. I updated the doc to remove the reference to the non pro hub sorry for the confusion. The doc starts with "The Caseta driver will control all Caseta devices that are connected to the Lutron SmartHome Pro controller."

We won't use a 3rd party reverse engineered workaround. I did look at that script and it is not even close to being complete. There are official ways of doing this, but it's a lot of work that hasn't been done yet. Lutron changed their API not too long ago to a much more difficult to implement method (pre this driver). All of our projects have used the pro hub and there hasn't been any issues we are aware of.

Sorry for the confusion and additional cost. This is more on Lutron changing how they are doing things.

I have purchased the Smart Bridge Pro and am working on the driver installation.

I created the caseta1.txt file and copied it to the data folder.

I have successfully run the AddController command, adding the hub to the Equipment room.  From this point on, the instructions are a bit confusing.

What other commands do I need to run?

Specifically, do I need to run the Import command, or will myServer automatically read the caseta1.txt file?

I assume that I need to run the AddDevice command to add each switch to the appropriate room. Correct?  The instructions mention making sure that I know the device type associated with each device ID, but I don't see a place in the AddDevice command to enter this information.  I only have dimmer switches and a Pico remote.  No fans or shades.

Do I need to do anything to setup a Scene?  I see my Scenes are defined in the Integration Report, but they are not associated with a specific room.  It seems like the driver would need to know this, just like knowing what room a particular switch is in.