We bought a house that has a Crestron system and it's been unbearable with lights frequently not working, coming on as if by magic, etc. We had a Crestron installer look at the system and $400 later after "reprogramming" we're still having the same problems. I'd like to consider replacing every Crestron switch in the house with standards. There are hot and neutral wires in all the boxes I've opened. How would standard switches be wired in this situation?
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I have only worked on a few of these systems. Each switch has a hot and neutral.
If you cap the neutral or remove that pigtail then the black(s) can be moved to a simple snap switch.
If you decommission everything I would put the controller and all the switches on E-bay you might just pay for all of your replacements.
The other option is switching to WiFi type switches and a hub. These are possibly a bit smarter and can be controlled through your smart phone and WiFi.
In either case going with simple snap switches and capping or removing the pig tail or a different smarter type of smart switch and hub(s) setup should not be hard because you have hot and neutral at each location.