So I noticed the Hub 3 is no longer being listed on Yolink’s website. I decided to email them about it and they answered back and confirmed that it’s being delayed. I’m not surprised, but I’m still very disappointed. I just want to know if this thing is worth waiting for. But we have absolutely no details if it will work locally because it’s a Matter bridge or through some other means.
I want to just start loading up on zigbee sensors. But I keep holding out because I really like Yolink. They’ve been so reliable for me the past 3 years. Plus I don’t have to worry about building out a good zigbee network or anything like that. LoRa just works regardless of range or placement.
I don’t know if I’m going to keep holding out. It could be Apirl or June until we get an answer. So I’ll just be upset for now lol.
I submitted an inquiry form this week asking about the availability of local control. Below is the response I received. Sounds promising, but no specific timeline…
End of 2nd quarter means June I guess. That assumes that their 1st quarter begins in January though. This also assumes that they they’re being honest and that they’re able to hit this target date.
I’ll believe it when I see it. That’s all I have to say since we’ve heard this song and dance several times before.
I wonder if they mean when they say offline - not through your ISP to their servers but instead through a sim card to their servers and you are paying for that additional connectivity as well… I hope they get the design right this time and understand that local does not mean an API call to the hub which then calls their servers which then talk to the hub and the sensors. Sheesh
A SIM only makes sense for alarm type applications. If it’s for normal connectivity, that would require maintaining a cellular connection the entire time the other internet is down. That would be silly.
But, just making a call out for an alarm event might make sense.
I mean, I would never use it. I also wouldn’t want to pay for that extra line every month. Local control is good enough for me.
I hope it will be local control and SIM for backup remote option. For me it’s actually perfect loraWan hub if I can controll all options locally from Home assistant - send sms through hub, why not of you lose Internet - nice idea. Actually my Internet already backuped by 5g modem…
They have been promising local control “soon” literally for years now. I’ll believe it when I see it. I trashed all of my YoLink devices a year ago in favor of Shelly because I was done waiting.
Nothing on the site other thasn the picture. I contacted support and asked for a copy of the manual for same. @austinc3030 how much were they charging for it?
THis link to the product support page is hidden - I was able tyo guess what it iwas and it’s a joke -
Looks like they were charging $98.95 USD. I’m half expecting it to get cancelled. As you pointed out, looks like it maybe wasn’t supposed to go live yet?
I sure do miss Erik! I have an issue TRYING to get the YoLink integration setup. I am really hoping someone will read this and share ideas. When I tried to setup the integration, there was a screen in the process for credentials, when I submitted, nothing seemed to happen. Every attempt after, I no longer have any options or credential screen. Instead it goes directly to their [api] https://api.yosmart.com/oauth/v2/authorization.htm?response_type=code&client_id=… and returns the error: " The page you are looking for is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."
When you click the [OPEN WEBSITE] it attempts the same URL.
The best I can figure, something must be stuck in cache.
Does anyone have any ideas? After the latest update, I get this:|
Please help. Now when I try to add the integration I get this message:
I am desperately seeking a method to get the YoLink integration installed.
Please Help.
