Lutron Caseta or Clearconnect RF support

[JDRoberts]

@Jonathan_McGuire

“3rd party HomeKit apps can control Caséta Wireless dimmers, switches, and Lutron wireless
shades. 3rd party HomeKit Apps are apps that iOS software developers create to aggregate
HomeKit accessories together into a single app that can control multiple HomeKit accessories…
even from different manufacturers.”

From the sound of it, if the ST V2 hub is homekit certified, ST app should be able to control Lutron devices the same way it would any other device that is directly paired to the hub. I’m not sure how that communication is handled on the back end but it will be interesting if ST can take advantage of that aspect of homekit.

It’s true that if the ST hub were HomeKit certified it would get some control over Lutron Caseta devices. Not “the same way it would any other device that is directly paired to the hub”–see the Insteon HomeKit-certified hub for a good example of some of the limitations.

All of that said, although back in January 2015 there were some discussions that ST might go for HomeKit certification, they dialed back on that by March 2015, as did many other device manufacturers, once more information about HomeKit was available.

For a detailed discussion of HomeKit and ST, see:

Apple HomeKit-enabled Smart Devices

This thread is for products which have already announced they will support Apple Homekit technology. Ecobee just announced itself to be the world’s first smart thermostat to support it. They are also offering 20$ off for now till June 21. Update: This may be confusing though. The newer ecobee3 (yet to be launched) which will hit the market will have the support. This will be very disappointing if the older ones do not have an upgrade path. BTW, this is what they have to say: “We are working on an upgrade path for current ecobee3 customers. In the meantime, your understanding is correct that due to hardware requirements from Apple, the current version of ecobee3 us not upgradeable to be compatible with HomeKit. Unfortunately it is not as simple as a firmware upgrade from our end.”

If you look for additional references, check the date and stick to things published in March 2015 or later. A lot of the early assumptions about how HomeKit integration was going to work turned out to be incorrect.