Ok, to answer a couple of my own questions:
Yes
I think so - I use the August integration to get the required key to pair the lock - but I don’t think it does more than that
no - it only does the thing you initially configured it to do in the app. So if you told it to unlock, then it only supports unlock - if you told it to open, it only supports open. it’s a bummer, but okay…
yes!
yes
yes and no - and this leads me into the biggest issue … speed
The Yale Access Bluetooth integration is MIND-NUMBINGLY slow… it takes between 5 and 30 seconds to report state changes of the lock, or to control the lock, and the door sensor state only gets updated sporadically.
I doubt it’s the BT connection, because the Pi sits right next to the lock. Also, when using the Homekit integraition, state changes (except for the door-sensor, which is not supported) get reportet instantly - however, I can’t control the lock via the Homekit integration, because there’s an error saying, “PDU status was not success: Insuficient authorization (3)” … no idea what that means and I only found one other threat where this error was mentioned - with no solution.
Anyone use the Yale Linus via the Homekit integration sucessfully?! what did you do?
Is it normal that the Yale Access Bluetooth integration is so incredibly slow and unreliable?
I really like the lock - it’s built exceptionally well, it’s super silent, I can lock it manually from the inside - hardware-wise it’s all I’m looking for … however, the integration into Home Assistant turns out to be not very satisfactory 