YoLink Smart Hub - What it Does and How to Connect it (2023)
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- This video goes over the smart Hub from YoLink (by YoSmart). I explain it's purpose and dive into the process of installation and connecting to the internet.
The hub is the first piece of equipment, required to start growing your Smart Home sensor setup. After this one connection, any sensors you want to connect are paired through this hub.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Introduction to YoLink: 00:00
The HUB: 00:40
Connection: 01:45
Installation Location: 03:32
Included Accessories: 03:47
3 Ways to Connect: 04:05
This video is part of a series. The links to my other YoLink videos are:
YoLink Water Leak Sensor: • Water Leak Sensors - Y...
YoLink Garage "Finger": • 2023 YoLink Finger - T...
YoLink Door Sensor: • YoLink Smart Door Sens...
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I started with yolink 4 yrs ago. I've added a hub to wifi in truck, this gives me wireless truck security, mostly vibration sensor is used. Great system!
Nice explanation on how to connect and how the hub and sensors connect
Great video. Just starting out with YoLink Hub, Gate Sensor and Garage Door Sensor and looking forward to adding more. Will watch for your additional videos.
Awesome, thank you!
Finally, someone who knows what kinds of information to focus on in these types of videos. GREAT video. Thank you 🙏🏻
Great valuable tips, thanks buddy!
Great video !! Very very helpful we just got ours to monitor our deep freeze in our basement so the hard method #2 probably won’t work we’ll try 1 and 3. Thank you so much for doing this !! 👍
If you live near someone with a Yolink hub installed, your Yolink devices can use their hub, to talk to your Yolink account in the Yolink cloud.
I learned this from Yolink support, after installing two systems near each other.
It does require wifi to get any sort of notifications though which is pretty useless without it unless you never leave the house. I have about 30 Yolink products in my home and they work great.
Thank you.
I like your video, I’m all setup but having trouble getting Alexa to work with it. Do you have a video for that? Thanks
thanks
You think it’s better if the hub is hardwired ? I set it up via Wi-Fi. How do I cancel that and do the hardwire ? Thanks
Will a first alert (z-wave) smoke detector connect with yolink? Or can yolink only use its own devices and sensors?
Thanks, very helpful video, Question: I'm considering using this hub in conjunction with a Bulldog automatic valve shutoff, but at a remote location that does not have internet service. I can download the app to my phone before going to the location, but after that, can this system be setup standalone, with no internet service to connect the hub to? If not, if I have no internet at the location, but can get a signal to my phone for setup, will that work, and allow subsequent automatic water shutoff with no internet or notification involved? Thanks!
Your hub needs to be connected to the internet, while your valve must be within the connection reach of the hub.
Yolink just got some installed and amazing. Using outdoor sensors,plugs and also a temperature sensor inside freezer out in a garage.
I only have a mobile wifi hotspot at 5ghz available. How would I connect the hub?
any information on subscriptions of alerts ? Also when there is 12 to 48 hour power failure does yolink continue to work ?
After an outage the hub powers on and connects to the devices through its own LORA network. If you have an alarm setup and some device is is being tripped, the alarm will sound off. Without an alarm, once the internet also comes back - then it can send the notification.
On a side note: I discovered that my YoLink power strip did not cycle back on after an extended outage. I had to do it manually.
@@Outlaw_SEO how loud are the notifications, it it easy to miss them?
@@asdfasdfasdfsadf7868 - stand-alone alarm is loud and cannot be missed. Notifications are just like any other notification or email on the phone.
@@Outlaw_SEOthanks
Is it better to hardwire the yolink hub vs wifi ?
Yes. The hardwire connection is more stable than WiFi.
The hub and devices works well, but this video is wrong. I have tried over and over to get this device to connect to our 'guest' wifi - I don't want it connected directly to our LAN. The hub refuses to connect to the guest (2.4) WiFi network. I've tried both without a network connection and with a network connection via Ethernet. My biggest concern is that I have no control over how this hub is connecting to my Internet connection, so I'd rather have it on the guest WiFi. But that doesn't seem to be possible.
The second option worked for me. Restart hub (don't put in linking mode), enter wifi info, unplug ethernet cable.
Some guest WiFi requires a sign on page after connecting to the network. That will not work with smart home devices. Sometimes you can disable that extra sign on page, or some times create a secondary wifi connection not flagged as "guest" that will not have the extra sign on page.
Hi what hapen if i lost internet still working?
Currently, it doesn’t. We recently had a freeze with the internet going out, and we could not operate any of the YoLink devices.
They have a talking hub.when will you be doing a review of it. It is just out.
Do I need the hub if I have Alexa?
Yes, Alexa can only control Wi-Fi connected devices. The yolink devices are LORA, not WiFi, so they can only talk to the hub. Alexa can communicate with those devices via the hub.
My hub has NO ethernet port
too bad it's not Google Assistant or Home Assistant compatible :(
It looks like it is: www.yosmart.com/userguide/google-assistant-integration.html
@@Outlaw_SEO I bought a kit, tested and it's not, I emailed and worked with developers, it's under development, no feature is available other than letting you know for example if the door sensor is open or close! Smart home needs more than this...
@@payambakhshi1498 - Most of their sensors work by showing either being on or off and then setting automation based on that. What were you trying to achieve?
@@Outlaw_SEO HASS can't see or run automation on it...
Because Google doesn't provide api for third-party sensors yet, it only works with smart plugs and controlling devices. All the YoLink smart plugs, switches and controlling devices work with Google Assistant, not the sensors. But all YoLink sensors and controlling devices work with the Alexa.
still no local integration. dependent on their cloud. shame if the cloud ever goes away and people are just left with bricks
this has to be sponsored. yolink is such a rip off for not letting u connect to bluetooth without the hub.
We got it and prices are reasonable. Hubs required no big deal. Different frequency so hub probably only way to handle. They really work well. The monitor for freezer is only solution have found that actually works for location. And outdoor sensor has opened up lots of function.