Lutron wireless control brands/series - Which is most appropriate for a shop?

[sklett]

Hello,

I'm installing a bunch of high bay LED lights in my shop. They're 0-10v dimmable and I was searching here for info and someone recommended the Lutron PowPak. This lead me into the deep and confusing world of Lutron low voltage or wireless control systems. I thought the PowPak sounded perfect until I read that it only works directly with the Pico controllers. I have an aversion to battery powered equipment, I don't want to use the PICO controllers because as far as I can tell they run on batteries. This lead me further down the rabbit hole to the Vive line (Commercial wireless lighting control) - "Awesome!" way down at the bottom it shows a load controller for my lights and then in the "wall control" section I see the Maestro wall controller - "Double Awesome!" - nope, it seems that it can't directly interface with the load controller, I'd need a hub or some such item. I may be wrong about that, but the PowPak states:

Receives wireless inputs from up to 10 Pico remote controls

I kept looking at the Maestro data sheet states:

It also enables control and monitoring of all Vive devices

That sounds like I'm back in action, so I keep reading and am confused by all the details about load capacities of the Meastro switches; I thought these were just wireless controllers to a separate load controller? If you have a wireless dimmer and want it to control a PowPak 0-10v dimmer, what difference does it make what loads the dimmer can handle?
Clearly, I'm missing something...

Anyway, we're talking like 2.5+ hours to get to this point and I'm back where I started. My question for this forum (and hopefully there is someone here with Lutron experience) is what is the lowest cost Lutron system that meets these requirements:

1. support multiple (minimum 3) 0-10v dimmable load controller (for my light zones)
2. proper wall mounted and line powered controller (i.e. dimmer/switch control) (will have 3 zones and two man doors, so total of 6 switches). Just to be clear, I'm looking for a Lutron dimmer that mounts inside a junction box and doesn't run on batteries. It needs to control my PowPak load controller.
3. Programmable without additional software license purchases or hiring of certified Lutron dealer/service

There is a lot of used Lutron gear online. I'm OK spending $500-1000 to make this work because I think I'll add on to it in the future (e.g., PICO for my car, outside light controller, etc). Point is, if I need a hub or brain to get what I want, I'm open to that because I'm a tech geek and will enjoy building off of it.

My biggest issue is understanding what systems work with which parts and what the minimum components are for a functional system.
Can anyone help clear things up?


Regards,
Steve

 

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