Lutron Announces Radio RA2 is Now Shipping
Friday afternoon, Lighting control giant Lutron announced the latest generation of their RF based lighting control system Radio RA2, is now shipping. Named after the Egyptian sun god RA, the Radio RA product has been popular since it was introduced about a decade ago. It has gotten a bit long in the tooth however, so Lutron has brought it's considerable engineering resources to bear on giving their baby a complete makeover.
One long awaited feature that will sure to have installers dancing in the streets is that the programming can now be done and more importantly, stored on a PC. No more programming all system keypads manually. Now a programmer merely has to define the system in software, then tell the keypads which loads to control. Scenes can be created for keypad buttons as well, an easy process to do with the PC.
Since the system can be programmed on a PC, should something catastrophic happen and the system need to be reprogrammed, it is a very simple matter to do so. It is also far easier and faster to make any changes the client may desire.
One of the limitations of the old Radio RA system was the system max of 32 dimmers and/or switches in the system, Two systems could be bridged to control 64 dimmers or switches, but it was expensive top do it this way. Now the 32 limitation has been dome away with. The system comes with either a 100 or 200 dimmer /switch limitation, so it will work in all but the very largest projects.
The RA2 is much more capable than the previous iteration. If you or the client needs to have custom conditional programming done, it still requires a tep up to the RAs's bigger sibling, Homeworks, which also has a wireless version.
Contact your authorized Lutron dealer for more information on the new Radio RA2 wireless lighting control system.
