YoLink 1603 Hub with Home Assistant?

[Vish2024]

Hey y’all,

Has anyone used the YoLink 1603 Hub (not the 1604 Hub) with Home Assistant?

I ordered one earlier this week since here it shows as integrable with Home Assistant. I ordered YoLink motion sensors too.

And 2 days ago on GitHub someone posted this - basically 1603 isn’t compatible with HA and will be removed from the list of devices on the HA page.

Is anyone using/has used the 1603 hub with HA?

Thanks.

[orange-assistant (the real one)]

@Vish2024

I ordered one earlier this week

Return to sender?

It’s always useful to do a quick search before paying for new hardware. In general it’s always a gamble spending money on hardware that can’t be owned completely (full control over hardware and soft-/firmware hence including the right to repair). In the past we had more than one manufacturer changing the rules after people payed already and (thinking) “owning” their hardware - you find many examples (and manufactures to avoid) not only in the forums but even the blog section of HA!

TL; DR due diligence is key - best avoid hardware that can’t be owned completely as themanufacturercan turn it into a brick or payes subscription anytime they want!

[orange-assistant (the real one)]

I don’t have/know/touched any yolink hardware myself - I only know the name because they didn’t kept their promises in the past (local hub?) and that HA users already posted about that many months ago…

Prediction: The probability of YoLink releasing a “local” hub by January 1, 2025, is 10%

Prediction: The probability of YoLink releasing a “local” hub by January 1, 2025, is 10%. The rationale for this prediction has 5 parts. YoLink products are now available at Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart. These are high volume retail distribution channels with a broad customer base. The customer base is not sufficiently sophisticated to see the advantage of local vs cloud architecture. YoLink is selling into the broad retail market, not the hobbyist market. YoLink is no longer supporting D…

TL; DR: Don’t buy YoLink stuff

[Vish2024]

Hey I appreciate the input.

Yes it is rather annoying to have to put up with changing rules.

I got it on Amazon so fortunately I’m eligible for a full refund if I returned all items within 30 days post delivery.

The appeal in this to me (who’s not an electronics engg. or programmer) is that it’s one of the very very few Lora hubs out there (probably the only one) that’s integrable with Home Assistant out of the box.

[PecosKidd]

I have the 1603 hub and the devices attached to it are nicely integrated. The LORA temperature sensors are excellent and work through the walls of my fridge and freezer with no problems.

The integration is cloud based not local, which is a show-stopper for some, and an annoyance and risk for all. But if you’re ok with the risk that 1) your data may be read by China and 2) they could pull the plug at any time, then the cost/performace ratio of these is excellent.

[Vish2024]

Thanks, that’s good know.

Well I hope they get to doing the local thing asap (as referenced in above poster’s post).