Those are the exact switches that I am using.  I have one master and two
non-master.  I'll have to give it another try.

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:

> If  you are talking Lutron, the blue screw terminals all need to be
> connected.  Then the power just flows through them on the black and brass
> terminals.  One master and the rest non master units.  Very simple and easy
> once you learn that you can only have one master and that there is a non
> master switch.  Originally bought three masters.  And I bought the normal
> ones, not the compact fluorescent/LED units.  They were dimming just find
> but I could only make one of them work due to not knowing that a master
> could not not talk to a non master.
>
> http://www.lutron.com/en-US/Products/Pages/StandAloneControls/Dimmers-
> Switches/MaestroDimmerSwitch/Overview.aspx
>
> RF Master is MRF2-6CL-WH  Last two digits are the color.
> Non master units are the MA-R
> Remote is the PJ2-3BRL-GWH-L01
>
> They make IR versions and non LED light versions and fan versions.  So
> many Lutron part numbers.
>
> *From:* Jeremy
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 28, 2018 8:06 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT lutron
>
> Sorry, I have them working in a 3-way, but not a 4-way (I have three
> switches total)
>
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 8:06 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have these in my new house.  I've been trying to get them to work in a
>> 3-way configuration, but something is not right.  They work great in a two
>> way upstairs.  Maybe I need to call support as well.
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 8:03 AM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Smartthings
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 8:44 AM Timothy Steele <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why not just get a ELAN g1 to control your lutron and any other smart
>>>> device you have? A bit pricey but so much nicer in the end and a LOT less
>>>> work
>>>>
>>>> Control your lights, shades,  music and TV's all in 1 spot
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 3:49 AM Jason McKemie <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Esp8266's are cheap and flexible. Part of me still wants to have
>>>>> everything hard wired though. Especially since I still need to run power.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, January 28, 2018, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm putting ESP8266's on everything in my house right now, with
>>>>>> arduinos and relay boards galore. Then those get connected up to a
>>>>>> private Blynk.cc server, so I can control them from my phone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think I have an addiction. :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 7:31 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> > Have three switches on a circuit in master bedroom running 7 can
>>>>>> lights in
>>>>>> > ceiling.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Some of the last convert to LED.
>>>>>> > They make some nice PAR38 reflector LEDS with a color temp
>>>>>> equivalent to
>>>>>> > tungsten.
>>>>>> > Finally.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > So have thought of a dimmer on this for years.  3 switches.  Could
>>>>>> put a
>>>>>> > dimmer in one place that would control the whole circuit but that
>>>>>> would not
>>>>>> > be good if you dimmed it then wanted to control from another
>>>>>> location.  So
>>>>>> > went all googly and came up with a Lutron product.  Has to be a
>>>>>> particular
>>>>>> > product that will work for LEDS.  And has to be the RF version, not
>>>>>> IR
>>>>>> > remote.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > The master dimmer uses one of the travelers as a data circuit to
>>>>>> talk to the
>>>>>> > other dimmers and come to agreement as to the level that is wanted.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Can dim from any location.  You can put any number of
>>>>>> dimmers/switches on a
>>>>>> > circuit.   Has a preset dim button too.
>>>>>> > Gotta make sure to only have ONE master dimmer on the circuit.
>>>>>> They all get
>>>>>> > unhappy if more than one is the master.  This detail is very hard
>>>>>> to find in
>>>>>> > the instructions.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > All of the switches have the dimmer controls.  Only the master has
>>>>>> the RF
>>>>>> > receiver.  Have as many remotes as you want.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Too several purchasing misfires (and one factory packing error),
>>>>>> two very
>>>>>> > light at night tech support calls to Lutron (native American
>>>>>> English speaker
>>>>>> > that actually knew his stuff).  Blew some sparks when jamming all
>>>>>> the wires
>>>>>> > into one of the outlet boxes (everybody does residential electrical
>>>>>> work hot
>>>>>> > right, else how would you know of you blew a circuit breaker when
>>>>>> jamming
>>>>>> > all those wires back in that little box).
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > All the switches are finally in the wall, the grounds are even
>>>>>> connected and
>>>>>> > the coverplates are on.  This after about a month of bloody ended
>>>>>> wires
>>>>>> > hanging out of the wall in three places and touching wires together
>>>>>> to turn
>>>>>> > the lights on and off...
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I would recommend this system now that the pain of learning the
>>>>>> different
>>>>>> > components and the wiring scheme is over.   Two touches up and full
>>>>>> > brightness.  One touch up and preset dimming.  Turning them off
>>>>>> makes them
>>>>>> > ramp down to a nice soft finish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>
>

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