Echo-milights-insteon-lutron help needed

[baabm]

I have my isy controlling about 90% of the lights in the house using various insteon switches, dimmers,and KPLs. I have recently added an Amazon echo and bought the network module for the ISY and can control many of these things via the echo. I also just enclosed my lanai and installed 8 lutron shades with the lutron caseta smartbridge pro which allows me to control the shades via an app on my iphone. ( I haven't tried to control the shade from the ISY using the network resource cause the instructions in the wiki and in other threads are too cryptic. I sent away for some MI-lights and a controller and remote but apparently they are literally on a slow boat from China - expected to be delivered sometime within the next month. I plan to put these in the lanai to replace some existing high hat bulbs which are currently controlled by an insteon dimmer and ISY. Whew. So my questions are: When I get the MI-LIGHTs, should I leave the insteon dimmer to turn them on or off or 1)remove the switch entirely (leaving them powered on all the time) since I think it might be controllable from the ISY through the MI-LIGHT controller or 2) should I replace the insteon dimmer with a lutron dimmer (which I already have) making the whole room lutron controlled? Or is there something else I should consider. I am struggling with "if the MI-LIGHTs are on a switch (insteon or lutron) AND have their own controller, then in the ISY, do I have to turn on the switch, then issue the color commands?"

At some point I will probably ask for help integrating the lutron into the ISY because the Lutron app doesn't do all the things that I'd like, but that's much farther downstream. Thanks

[stusviews]

Do you meant that you purchased the portal (which includes the network module) or did you buy just the network module? Are any of your Lutron devices Z-Wave or are the Lutron propriety?

[baabm]

I purchased the portal. And my lutron shades are lutron proprietary, not z-wave. But there is a section of the wiki that talks about integrating with the lutron hub...its just that its not a detailed description of what to do, so I don't know how to implement what it is telling me. Thanks

[Scottmichaelj]

I have my isy controlling about 90% of the lights in the house using various insteon switches, dimmers,and KPLs. I have recently added an Amazon echo and bought the network module for the ISY and can control many of these things via the echo. I also just enclosed my lanai and installed 8 lutron shades with the lutron caseta smartbridge pro which allows me to control the shades via an app on my iphone. ( I haven't tried to control the shade from the ISY using the network resource cause the instructions in the wiki and in other threads are too cryptic. I sent away for some MI-lights and a controller and remote but apparently they are literally on a slow boat from China - expected to be delivered sometime within the next month. I plan to put these in the lanai to replace some existing high hat bulbs which are currently controlled by an insteon dimmer and ISY. Whew. So my questions are: When I get the MI-LIGHTs, should I leave the insteon dimmer to turn them on or off or 1)remove the switch entirely (leaving them powered on all the time) since I think it might be controllable from the ISY through the MI-LIGHT controller or 2) should I replace the insteon dimmer with a lutron dimmer (which I already have) making the whole room lutron controlled? Or is there something else I should consider. I am struggling with "if the MI-LIGHTs are on a switch (insteon or lutron) AND have their own controller, then in the ISY, do I have to turn on the switch, then issue the color commands?"

At some point I will probably ask for help integrating the lutron into the ISY because the Lutron app doesn't do all the things that I'd like, but that's much farther downstream. Thanks

I don't think MiLights will work. PM @larryllix he can set you straight he has some. We have been moving to the Ledenet Magic UFO controllers. Search the forum for RGBW controller threads.