Whole Home Automation Without Opening a Single Wall
Most smart home systems demand construction. New wiring, open walls, and months of disruption. Lutron RadioRA 3 was engineered differently. Built from the ground up to bring whole home automation to existing homes through Lutron's proprietary Clear Connect wireless architecture, it scales from a single room to an entire estate without ever touching the wires inside your walls.
VIP Smart Homes is an authorized Lutron RadioRA 3 dealer serving luxury residences throughout Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Medina, and the broader Eastside. We design, install, and program RadioRA 3 systems as complete projects, integrated with the rest of your smart home.
If you are deciding between RadioRA 3 and HomeWorks QSX, the short answer is this. RadioRA 3 is the right choice for most homes (including most luxury homes), especially retrofits. HomeWorks is what you specify when you need centralized wired dimming panels, designer keypad families, Ketra or Rania fixtures, or scale beyond what RadioRA 3 supports. Both are exceptional. RadioRA 3 just gets there without the construction.
Zero Wiring Required
RadioRA 3 communicates via Lutron's dedicated Clear Connect RF, completely independent of your home's Wi-Fi. Sunnata keypads, dimmers, switches, shades, and sensors work reliably without touching a single wire in your walls.
RadioRA 3 uses Clear Connect Type X for new Sunnata RF devices in a self healing mesh topology, plus Clear Connect Type A for backward compatibility with most legacy RadioRA 2 and RA2 Select devices. The same wireless technology trusted in hospitals and government facilities, now engineered for your home.
Even when your Wi-Fi goes down, your lights and shades keep working.
Everything Your Home Was Missing
RadioRA 3 is not just a lighting system. It is the central nervous system of an intelligent home, controlling light, shades, intelligent fixtures, and ambiance in concert.
Intelligent Lighting Scenes
One button transforms a room. Program Morning, Cinema, Dinner, and Away scenes that control every fixture simultaneously, activated by keypad, app, voice, or schedule. Scenes adjust automatically by sun position, time of day, or weekday vs weekend.
Wire Free Window Treatments
Automate roller shades, Roman shades, drapery, and Triathlon Select battery powered shades without any wiring. Shades join your RadioRA 3 system seamlessly, lowering at sunset or rising with your morning scene, all on the same keypads.
Lumaris Compatibility
RadioRA 3 controls Lutron Lumaris tape light and downlights natively. Tunable white from 1,800K to 4,000K with flicker free dimming to 0.1%. Day/Night mode shifts color temperature automatically based on time of day.
Sunnata Touch Keypads
Replace ordinary switches with architectural control surfaces. Sunnata's capacitive light bar glows softly at night, responds to the lightest touch, and is available in 24 colors and finishes. Browse Sunnata Colors →
Voice & App Control
Control every light and shade from the Lutron App on iOS or Android. Native integration with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Siri via HomeKit, and Josh.AI means your voice is always in command.
Smart Home Integrations
Native integration with Control4, Savant, URC, Crestron, and Sonos. RadioRA 3 plays well with the smart home you already have, or becomes the foundation of the one you are building.
Built for Every Room You Live In
RadioRA 3 brings whole home automation to existing homes across Seattle and the Eastside without construction. Here is how we typically deploy it across the rooms that matter most.
Kitchens & Great Rooms
One Sunnata keypad replaces five or six wall switches. Cooking, Dinner, Cleanup, and Entertain scenes set every fixture (overheads, pendants, undercabinet Lumaris tape) to the right level for the moment. The wall finally looks as clean as the rest of the room.
Primary Suites
Wake scene fades up over fifteen minutes from soft warm light to bright daylight while the shades raise. Reading scene holds focused light over the bed. Goodnight scene closes everything, lowers the shades, and arms the security system, all from one bedside keypad.
Home Offices & Studies
Cool focused light during work hours, automatically warming through the afternoon. Meeting scene drops the room to camera ready light with no glare. End of Day scene returns the room to ambient light and lowers the shades for evening privacy.
Theaters & Media Rooms
Movie scene fades the lights to full off, drops the shades, and triggers the AV system through Control4 or Crestron. Pause scene brings the cove lights to twenty percent for a bathroom break. The whole theater experience runs on one Sunnata press.
Outdoor Spaces & Patios
Landscape and patio lighting on the same RadioRA 3 system as the interior. Dusk scene fades up exterior lights at sunset and dims them through the evening. Welcome scene lights the path and entry the moment the gate opens.
Whole Home Goodnight
One Sunnata press at the bedroom door turns off every light in the house, lowers exterior accent to security level, locks integrated smart locks, and arms the alarm. The single most life changing scene we program in any RadioRA 3 home.
Plays Well With Everything You Already Own
RadioRA 3 was built to be the lighting and shade foundation of a broader smart home. Lutron officially supports more third party integrations than any other retrofittable lighting platform.
Smart Home Platforms
Native drivers for Control4, Savant, URC, Crestron, RTI, and Josh.AI. RadioRA 3 lighting and shade events become full citizens of your control system, and your control system can call any RadioRA 3 scene as part of a larger automation.
Voice Assistants
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Siri via HomeKit, and Josh.AI. Say "Goodnight," "Movie time," or any custom scene name you configure during install. Voice control is configured to your existing ecosystem so nothing new to learn.
Lutron Light Sources
RadioRA 3 controls Lumaris intelligent tape light and downlights natively, plus Sunnata RF dimmers, Maestro Wireless components, Pico smart remotes, and most existing RadioRA 2 and RA2 Select devices.
Which Lutron System Is Right for You?
Lutron makes two major residential control platforms. Most of the homes we work on across Seattle and Bellevue use one, the other, or a combination. Here is how they compare.
RadioRA 3
Wireless. Up to 400 devices with paired processors. Sunnata keypads in 24 colors. PoE powered processor. The right choice for most homes (including most luxury homes), retrofits, and any project where opening walls is not on the table.
HomeWorks QSX
Centralized wired dimming panels in a low voltage closet. Up to 10,000 zones across 50,000 square feet. Designer keypad families (Palladiom, Alisse, Aviena). Native Ketra and Rania support. The flagship for new construction and major renovations.
Hybrid Projects
Many of our larger Eastside and Medina homes use HomeWorks for the main residence and RadioRA 3 in the guest house, pool house, or detached structures. Both systems can integrate with the broader smart home, and the same Sunnata keypad family works on both.
From Ordinary Switches to Full Automation
VIP Smart Homes manages every step of your RadioRA 3 installation, from the initial design consultation through programming, commissioning, and ongoing support.
We walk your home, understand your lifestyle, and design a complete RadioRA 3 system, specifying every device, scene, and integration before a single component is ordered.
Our certified technicians replace existing switches and install the PoE powered processor, typically completed in one to two days with no construction, no dust, and no disruption to your daily life.
We program every scene, schedule, and integration to your exact preferences, and walk you through control via app, keypads, and voice before we leave your home. Schedules sync to your home's GPS coordinates for accurate sunrise and sunset events.
Your system evolves as your life does. Changes, additions, and refinements are handled remotely through Lutron's secure cloud platform, with on site visits only when hardware needs attention. Most service never requires us to step on site.
Already have Lutron RadioRA 2 or RA2 Select? RadioRA 3 is backward compatible with most existing RadioRA 2 and RA2 Select hardware, protecting your existing investment while unlocking a completely new level of control. We can convert your existing RadioRA 2 programming to the RadioRA 3 processor with a single button, then add new Sunnata keypads, Lumaris fixtures, or smart shades on the same system. Schedule an upgrade consultation.
Lutron RadioRA 3 Installed by VIP Smart Homes
VIP Smart Homes is an authorized Lutron dealer serving luxury residences throughout Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Medina, Clyde Hill, Sammamish, and the broader Eastside. We design, install, and program RadioRA 3 systems as part of complete smart home projects, integrated with the rest of your home.
Every RadioRA 3 installation begins with a detailed design covering every keypad location, every scene, every schedule, and every integration before we order a single component.
We program your scenes around how you actually live, calibrated to your home's GPS coordinates and refined during commissioning until every button does exactly what you want.
Your RadioRA 3 system integrates natively with Control4, Savant, Crestron, Sonos, voice assistants, and the Lumaris and shade products in your home. One unified experience, not a stack of disconnected apps.
Lutron Connect lets us push programming changes from our office without home visits. New scenes, button reassignments, and schedule edits happen remotely. Most service never requires us to step on site.
Common Questions About Lutron RadioRA 3
What is Lutron RadioRA 3?
RadioRA 3 is Lutron's professional grade wireless lighting control and home automation system, designed for residential retrofits and new construction. It controls dimmers, switches, motorized shades, intelligent fixtures like Lumaris, and integrates with broader smart home platforms (Control4, Savant, Crestron, voice assistants). It uses Lutron's proprietary Clear Connect RF rather than your home Wi-Fi, so it works reliably even when the internet is down.
Should I choose RadioRA 3 or HomeWorks QSX?
RadioRA 3 is the right choice for most homes, including most luxury homes, especially retrofits where opening walls is not appropriate. HomeWorks QSX is the flagship and is the right choice when you want centralized wired dimming panels, designer keypad families like Palladiom, native Ketra or Rania fixtures, or scale beyond what RadioRA 3 supports. We walk through this decision with every client during the initial consultation.
How many devices can RadioRA 3 control?
A single RadioRA 3 processor supports up to 100 Sunnata RF (Clear Connect Type X) devices plus up to 95 legacy RadioRA 2 / RA2 Select (Clear Connect Type A) devices. System-wide, RadioRA 3 caps at 200 Sunnata RF devices plus 190 legacy devices, for a practical maximum of about 400 devices across paired processors. The system supports up to four processors total, with Sunnata companion dimmers and switches not counted against these device limits.
Will RadioRA 3 work with my existing RadioRA 2 or RA2 Select system?
Yes. RadioRA 3 is backward compatible with most existing RadioRA 2 and RA2 Select hardware, including dimmers, keypads, Pico remotes, and shades. We can also convert your existing RadioRA 2 programming to the RadioRA 3 processor with a single button click, preserving your scenes and schedules while unlocking the new system's capabilities.
Does RadioRA 3 require new wiring or wall demolition?
No. RadioRA 3 is fully wireless via Lutron's Clear Connect RF protocol. Sunnata dimmers and switches replace your existing dimmers in standard wall boxes (no new wiring required), keypads communicate wirelessly, and shades are battery powered or hardwired during installation as appropriate. The PoE powered processor sits in your network rack on existing Ethernet cabling.
Can RadioRA 3 control motorized shades?
Yes. RadioRA 3 natively controls Lutron Sivoia QS Triathlon shades, Triathlon Select battery powered shades, Palladiom roller shades, and most legacy Lutron wireless shades. Shade events are full citizens of your scenes (Wake scene raises the shades, Movie scene lowers them), and shades work on the same Sunnata keypads as your lights.
What smart home platforms does RadioRA 3 integrate with?
RadioRA 3 ships with native drivers for Control4, Savant, URC, Crestron, RTI, and Josh.AI, plus voice control through Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Siri via HomeKit, and Sonos audio. Lutron officially supports more smart home integrations than any other retrofittable lighting platform.
Does RadioRA 3 work with Lumaris tape light and downlights?
Yes, natively. Lutron Lumaris tape light and downlights are designed to work with both RadioRA 3 and HomeWorks QSX, with separate wireless controller models for each system. RadioRA 3 supports Day/Night mode for automatic Lumaris color temperature shifts based on time of day.
How long does a RadioRA 3 installation take?
Most RadioRA 3 installations are completed in one to two days for typical homes. Larger estates with many devices, complex scenes, and multiple integrations may take three to four days. Because there is no construction, no dust, and no wiring, we work around your daily routine and the home stays liveable throughout.
What does a RadioRA 3 installation cost?
Pricing depends on the size of the home, the number of devices, the keypad count, and what the system controls (lighting only, lighting plus shades, or full smart home integration). A modest single floor RadioRA 3 system might start in the mid five figures. A whole estate with shades, Lumaris fixtures, and full Control4 integration is a larger investment. Schedule a consultation and we will walk the home and provide a clear itemized quote.
Where can I buy Lutron RadioRA 3 in Seattle?
RadioRA 3 is a professional grade product available only through certified Lutron dealers. VIP Smart Homes is an authorized Lutron dealer serving Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Medina, and the broader Eastside. We specify, supply, install, and program RadioRA 3 as part of complete smart home projects.
Can I add to or change my RadioRA 3 system later?
Yes. RadioRA 3 is designed to scale. Add Sunnata keypads, Lumaris fixtures, or smart shades to the same system as your needs grow. Programming changes happen remotely through Lutron Connect, so adjustments to scenes, schedules, or button assignments rarely require a home visit. The system grows with your home.
Transform Your Home With Lutron RadioRA 3
VIP Smart Homes is an authorized Lutron RadioRA 3 dealer serving Greater Seattle. Schedule a complimentary consultation and let us design the system your home deserves, without disrupting the home you love.
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