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My pleasure 😊

The Caseta Smart Bridge Pro is ideal if you want to use Lutron Caseta directly from other automation systems other than Lutron, Apple, Amazon, and Google. e.g. Samsung SmartThings, Hubitat, and others will only work with the Smart Bridge Pro, and not the regular one. There are some third party systems that will work with the standard Caseta hub, but I would suggest checking whether they use an official integration with Lutron or a hobbyist/backdoor reverse-engineered method. The reverse-engineered solutions work, but one should be aware of the lack of official Lutron support if something doesn't work when using one of those third-party systems.

Great! Glad it is working for you.

For a long time, Sonos was not profitable. When they brought in a new CEO, he focused on profits and by cutting staff and taking them into retail channels, managed to make them profitable so they could go public. They still eke out a profit, but they are not a runaway success like many other public tech companies.

The lightbar indicator on the physical Lutron Caseta Diva dimmer will reflect the actual dimming level, but the physical dimming lever doesn't move when you adjust the dimming level from the app or an automation. As soon as you physically move the slider, the dimming level indicator and physical slider will be in sync again and the app will show the change. If you want a physical indicator that stays perfectly in sync with the app and automations, then you can use the Lutron RA3 system with RA3 Diva physical dimmers. The RA3 dimmers do not have any physical slider lever, they have a touch sensitive control that response to your finger moving over the lightbar indicator. So no physical sync problem because there is no physical lever that moves or doesn't move. That, apparently, is Lutron's "answer" - if this really bothers you, buy the much more expensive, dealer-installed RA3 system 🤑

@@DoItForMeSolutions the regular fugly Lutron dinmer uses buttons if I need that option

@@fordperfect1227 Choices are always good.

Hope this helped.

Definitely!

Yup!!

Totally understand that!

Many customers want a simple solution, but alas Sonos is no longer filling that need.

A lot of folks have $$$$$ invested so time to HODL and wait out the fixes. Hopefully, can only get better, not worse?

No. It will also be in 18.1

@@RobSpiv mine doesn’t have it since 18..0.1

@@itwasnthenails9218 You may need to upgrade everything to the same level - especially if you are running beta software. That means every iOS device, every HomePod, every AppleTV.

Thanks for the feedback! Are you migrating to Home Assistant or Home Kit?

@@DoItForMeSolutions Great question, meant to say Home Assistant due to its popularity

For migration to HA, start with Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet devices. You don't need to use additional radios for Z-Wave or Zigbee so less to learn and understand. Once comfortable with HA, you can add USB sticks for the needed radios and then start moving additional devices over. Step by step is the best approach. Will definitely look at future videos to help with the process.

Can you explain your comment?

@@DoItForMeSolutions its hard to explain but the style of presentation and camera and even way person is dressed reminds me of times when companies had their employees film YT videos about some topic. For example now famous Linus Sebastian (LTT) filming his first videos for NCIX "Linus's First Video on NCIX Tech Tips"

My current home office is small and crowded, so using a tight camera shot plus green screen added background to fit into the space available. But definitely filmed only a few weeks ago!

Actually, they did! www.casetawireless.com/us/en/products/pico-remotes

I've been dealing with minor PC freezes and decided to throw money on the issue first, as reinstalling Windows isn’t part of my hobbies. I ordered new RAM, which is compatible with my motherboard, and a UPS, after noticing occasional light flickering in one part of my apartment. While I've never had power outages, I considered an AVR but ended up choosing a UPS based on all YT videos recommending it including yours. I narrowed my choices to the APC BR1600SI ($500) and APC BGM2200B ($400), (main con:) lacking eco mode. I chose the newer BGM2200B as I am already past desired budget and due to it being more future-proof for potential GPU upgrades (in 3-5 years), as Nvidia cards are drawing more and more power. Now, I'm just waiting for the UPS to arrive, hoping the initial smell reviews online mentioned is the only downside for its rating...

Great perspective. Most of the vocal comments here have been from Z-Wave fans, so hard to gauge how representative their feedback is in the wider home automation marketplace.

Yes - an ongoing challenge to gain full control over HVAC operations.

True, but mathematically they have doubled the number of suppliers 🤣

Make sure you manually check for updates to the app. I’ve a little improvement with some of the incremental updates they have pushed out.

TBH, the Lutron OG Caseta sold a lot of the higher-end Lutron systems, the RA2 and RA3, because clients didn't like ugly. Now the huge increase in price for those systems is getting a lot harder to justify! Lutron RA3 does have the touch sensitive Sunnata style dimmer, but not everyone likes a touch slider instead of a real button though!

Thanks! Good to know.

Sadly, a lot of consumers still think it works this way. Not tech folks, but every-day normal people. I made this video for them, but they'll probably never see it 🤣

Right. That's exactly why thermostats should do what cars do and simply have a "max heat" and "max cool" option too. Or better yet, a "boost" option that runs for a period of time and stops rather than based on the target temperature?

No, Lol! Should it be?

@@DoItForMeSolutions the repetition threw me lol

@@billd9667 I did use some AI help with photo, but nothing else.

I am not guilty.

@@SilverSergeant Awesome! Have to admit I used to be guilty myself!

Switchbot does need an app, though.

@@DoItForMeSolutions I need to take my ADHD medicine. Thought your video said it didn't require an app but only a bluetooth connection. I'll watch again later

😂

Ain’t broke, don’t fix it?

Antimatter - good one! I’ll have to borrow that.

At least software fixes are possible. Some updates have dribbled out this month.

Really bad. I hope you are able to recover soon. Assume you have already tried rebooting everything and adding speakers back one by one, if possible. Don't give up on Sonos tech support - they have always been helpful in the past and worth a try.

They are slowly trying to fix it. I wonder if this will still be an issue in a few months from now?

Be sure to manually check for app updates. They've started pushing out some fixes that at least can't be worse.

Enable the webserver in SecuritySpy and verify you can access it on your local home network. They with Tailscale you can access it remotely, too.

@@DoItForMeSolutions I'm somewhat savvy with this stuff but I would need someone to walk me through it. My router is not UPNP and I can't open up any ports in it.

@@petercole558 You don't need UPnP, one of the main reasons Tailscale works so well is it doesn't need any special configuration on the network or router.

The scariest thing is their CEO said in an interview trying to defend it that he has been using the new app since last Christmas. So, either he is a complete idiot and knows nothing about how Sonos customers use his products or the developers are - either is not so good!

Thanks! I think we are saying mostly the same thing. But I beg to differ - HomeKit has always been very buggy. Matter is only making things worse, in the short-term, but the underlying fundamental flaws in HomeKit have been pushed into Matter (because Apple is a driving force for Matter and contributed a lot of the tech design and some of the code). So I am hopeful the other Matter parters will be less tolerant of the bugs and eventually force the clean-up of all the inherited technical debt. On the privacy side, I did try to make the point that I truly value the privacy/security emphasis by Apple, but now that they have been a multi-billion dollar company for many years, they need to stop trying to "play the privacy card" whenever their products and tech are subpar. They, uniquely, have piles of cash and can figure out innovative ways to do both - fix all the problems, offer more features/support, and maintain or improve privacy/security while doing so.

They are losing a lot of (former) loyal customers!

Crazy stupid. They rushed this out because they wanted to sell the new headphones. It has backfired with many Sonos fans and consumers refusing to consider the headphones until ALL the problems with the new app is fixed!

Totally agree. One of the many reasons I can't use HomeKit professionally - it is too painful to manage and support as no reasonable tools exist and Apple's privacy/security make it impossible to do anything but manual brute force.

@@DoItForMeSolutions Yes, basically the only way to *manage* it is to have the customer's iPhone in one's hand. I spent all day yesterday building the Home with the customer's phone and now as a 'resident' of this home I can see and use everything but I again need the customer's phone to add one more thing and make the tweaks 😠

@@davidandhometech There is another way. A few years ago I came up with a workaround. I put an iPad "in the rack" with its own AppleID and built the HomeKit Home "owned" by that Id. All the users in the home were 'invited' to that Home with full access. I could make all the changes using that iPad without having the two-factor dance required for the homeowner's AppleId. Because it was a work-around pushing HomeKit to the edges where it was never really intended to go, I ran into numerous issues and glitches and ultimately abandoned the whole effort as it become unworkable anyway. But it did work for a while....

@@DoItForMeSolutions Yes, that's a good 'pro-tip'. I have the same solution and have installed an old iPad as a kitchen dashboard that also allows me to manage the home when I'm physically there. Better than holding the customer's phone but far from ideal.