Lutron Caseta Motion Sensor | Occupancy/Vacancy | PD-OSENS-WH | White

I am extremely disturbed by the timeout period. **UPDATE 02/16/20**
It is imperative to have 1 and 3 Choose from a range of options within minutes. As an example, if you set the timeout to the minimum (5 minutes) and you walk into the pantry, the lights will turn on automatically as expected, you grab what you need, then leave and turn the switch off. The lights will NOT turn on if you walk back into the vicinity within 5 minutes of the original motion event because the sensor is still within the 5-minute timeout. When it comes to 15 and 30 I think this would be incredibly frustrating and very annoying if we had minute-long timeouts. A dumb sensor, there's no doubt about that Simply, it does not have a way of knowing when the linked switch was manually overridden for a sensor timeout reset. I plan on returning these and switching to the Smartthings motion sensors, which work with Caseta switches via the Smartthings Hub and are fully customizable. I have read the original review and am satisfied It is important to keep this in mind It is not a smart sensor, but it detects motion and turns a switch or group of switches on or off when it detects motion. It is currently not possible to create specific automations based on the time of day, other sensors' status, the location of a phone/person, etc. , at least not within The app does not even allow you to change the sensors settings. To do that, there are actual buttons on the back of the device, and it has very few Those sensors are expensive for what they are and do, but they also appear well made from an engineering standpoint, although they still look dated to me from what I can tell, they look like repurposed Lutron Maestro/RadioRA sensors from 10+ years ago. In this case, they probably used the same case and internals, but a different firmware is definitely on the way. Considering the year 2020, it is amazing what a sensor will be able to do. I found the setup process to be very simple. Resolves only part of the problem of walking An external switch can be found in closets and pantry. The sensors are detecting motion very quickly after being placed inside and working as expected. The preset timeouts are too long, and that is one of the CONS Each of the following phases takes five, fifteen, and thirty There is a need for 1 & 2 It would be more practical for everyday use to have timeouts of about one minute, like the Lutron Maestro sensor. The battery life of 10 years at first seems a bit longer than necessary. It could be potentially useful if it only records a few events each day, but we'll have to wait and see how it turns out. I mentioned before that the app is not clever enough to add conditions to the automations. For example, you cannot set it to turn on at night and dim down during the day and back to full brightness during the night. Nevertheless, Lutron has been very lazy and has failed at interacting with other types of sensors, switch status, etc. They just cannot put out an old sensor with a dumb App in this day and age when home automation is all the rage. I don't think this would be a hit today if it had been made 20 years ago. The Smartthings can do a lot more when linked to a Caseta switch, which can be bought for $25, using a z-wave or Zigbee device Sensor for measuring motion with waves. There is one benefit of using native Caseta sensors they have almost no lag. The disadvantage is that they are considered "devices" - so they have to be managed and updated. The expected outcome was - As such, if you have many Lutron devices (I have already reached the device limit, thanks to dimmers, switches, and shades) you might want to be careful.

Alec Albert

| Jan 15, 2021

The product I hoped for is finally here, and now that it's here, I'm horrified by Having a smart device is not part of this device. This motion sensor light fitting is only usable as a $120 light fixture with a motion sensor There is an additional charge of $ 60 for the installation of a caseta light switch and replacement of the pico remote (which cannot be used since the sensor overrides it) and a You can get a motion sensing light switch for $120 if you are looking for one. When you want a smart device to connect to your smart home and trigger scenes and automate your house, make sure it's compatible with your system. That's not what we're looking for. It seems like the motion sensor works well! You have to set it as such if you want it to be sensitive The sensor can also be adjusted in a good way. The problems are This sensor is only able to be connected to one room through the app. Thus, unless I have both lights controlled in the app as part of the same room, I can't turn on the hallway and living room lights at the same time. There is no way to start a 'scene' in the App from the sensor By doing this, you could control multiple lights at the same time. There is no way to set rules within the App. For example, if motion is detected after midnight, the bathroom light should be dimmed to 5% for 15 minutes. The App DOES allow a sensor to control what happens at certain points, such as when movement is detected and when the sensor determines that You will, however, have your lights overridden by the motion sensor. For instance, if you have this connected to your bathroom lights, you can turn the brightness up to 5% as a nightlight. As well as turning down your lights by 5% during the day, the system will also turn them off altogether. The equipment was well built, but it isn't appropriate for smart homes in the new millennium it is for the 90s. As of now, the motion sensor lamp is $120 (lamp not included). I hope Lutron expands the functionality of the app in the future. The Internet Explorer Motion starts scene "Y"
If vacancy, lights return to original setting
If motion and time=X, turn lights to "X"
If motion, turn lights x, y, z to "X".

Madalynn Collier

| Feb 01, 2021

Let me start by saying that I am a big Lutron and Homekit fan, and all of my Lutron switches (almost forty) and dimmers are setup easily and work well in the Lutron app, plus they can be added to Homekit with little effort. A great feature of this sensor is that it has lightning-speed response times and is very responsive to motion Even with the door barely open 2 inches, I find that the lights turn on before I have the door open even 2 inches (the sensor is 20' When it comes to applications, like turning on specific lights 24/7 based on motion, it is the best sensor out there—Hue and Onvis sensors are not even in the same ballpark when it comes to speed and sensitivity. In contrast, there is a poor aspect to this product - it's not HomeKit compatible and even in the Lutron app, you can't add it to a schedule so that you can set it to only turn on lights with motion at certain times in My wife and I really wanted it so we could turn on the underbed lights and bathroom lights when we get up in the morning. That doesn't seem like something I want to happen during daylight hours. I would have liked to be able to program both Lutron and Homekit to accomplish these tasks.

Darwin FitzGerald

| Jul 19, 2021