Hi,

I don't know the size of your house and your specific needs but I am using Lutron RadioRA2 and is excellent for my needs.

It is reliable, easily programmable by yourself, and it doesn't break your bank account. It can be used for lighting and also for air conditioning, garage doors and curtains. For curtains the Lutron Siquoia QS is the way to go and is compatible with Radio RA2.

Thanks BeoFab

I am interested in mood lighting in one room (20ft x 11ft) with dimmable downlights etc and motorised blinds/curtains.

I thought anything to do with Lutron was expensive,is yours a single light source and how much did it cost if you don't mind me asking.

Well Lutron is not really super affordable but if you live in the States and want a stylish solution look no further there are not many alternatives and most of them much more expensive.

Home automation was extremely expensive and oriented to big installations. That is changing now and with Lutron Radio RA 2 or another solution called Control4 you get almost the same solution for an immensily more affordable price.

Let say you want three zones (kitchen, dinning room, living room) in your room with 5 scenes (lounge, cinema, cooking, dinning, etc). Then you need: 3 dimmers, one scene controller and one main repeater. Aproximatelly $100 per dimmer, $200 controller and $350 main. As you can see is still affordable compared with Homeworks line that just the Grafik Eye (controller) goes for around $1,500.00

For the curtains you need to ask a quote to Lutron based on the size and style you want. The same scene controller and main will handle the curtains too so no further cost asociated.

The best you can do is give them a call and tell them about your wants and needs and they will gladly inform you. That is what I did and I am very happy that I handle it that way.

First you need to sit down and start to think about your needs (zones, scenes etc). Then give Lutron a call and ask for advicel. Then start your search about a good place where to buy it. I bought mine at: www.dimmers. net and the prices are great.

Hope this helps.

Come on beoworlders, they must be users out there with motorised blinds are remote lighting.

Please help

quader wrote:

Come on beoworlders, they must be users out there with motorised blinds are remote lighting.

Please help

Judith of the LuxPod fame has a motorised blind connected to a Lutron control.

I know, I have stayed there.

Drop her a PM, I suspect she does not often visit Beoworld!

I too would like to add lighting control and in looking is seems as if the RadioRa is the way to go, particularly here in the USA. Is there a way to use RadioRa, have control with the Beo 4/5,and also be able to control the lights from an iPhone?

Not sure if RadioRA is available in the Uk, someone has suggested to look at Rako Lighting

Razlaw wrote:

I too would like to add lighting control and in looking is seems as if the RadioRa is the way to go, particularly here in the USA. Is there a way to use RadioRa, have control with the Beo 4/5,and also be able to control the lights from an iPhone?

Yes you can control them with a beo5. You just need the scene controller with the IR eye. The range in terms of the angle is a little limited though but it works perfectly. That is how I have it at home.

RadioRa 2 also have an iPhone app and they are about to launch an app for the iPad and to add to the line an air conditioning controller. So basically you will be able to handle: lighting, a/c and curtains.

Lutron Grafik Eye 3100 B&O version looks interesting , does anyone have this in their home or the Eye Qs version.