Lutron Homeworks Keypads triggering Control4 action

[cnicholson]

Hello all.  I bought a bunch of Modern Forms ceiling fans, mostly because they (allegedly) have a supported Control4 driver.   But I have some fans in rooms that only have Lutron keypads.  I want to switch fans on/off via Lutron keypress, presumably by having Control4 being told that a Lutron button was pressed and (based on this) performing an arbitrary action (in this case, toggle fan on/off mode--- hopefully resuming at the last-set fan speed).

To be clear, I'm assuming that power to fan is hardwired to be "hot" all the time, so the Lutron panelized lighting system isn't doing anything-- I just want C4 to "see" the Lutron keypad press and C4 will send (via WiFi and the Modern Forms C4 driver) the (always-powered-on) fan to turn on its motor.  So I think my question is generic, but I'm providing the specific scenario in case relevant.  I hope that all makes sense.

I assumed that there is a trivial solution to this, but my installer is saying maybe not.

Any advice on if this is possible and, assuming so, tips to point installer in right direction.

Thanks!

 

[mstafford388]

What kind of Lutron system is it?

[Control4Savant]

3 minutes ago, mstafford388 said:

What kind of Lutron system is it?

He said penalized so I assume HWQS

[cnicholson]

Yes.  Panelized HWQS lighting.   I have no experience with this, but I guess I just assumed that the Lutron/C4 integration would be fully bi-directional (Lutron can trigger C4 actions and vice versa).  But sometimes assumptions can be dead wrong.    

[mstafford388]

In QS, yes you can trigger C4 events from Lutron keypads.