Need help getting started with YoLink Plugin

[smorgasbord]

Long-time ISY-99i user and have also been using YoLink for a couple years now. Finally decided to integrate the two, and so just bought and installed my eisy. Got the old Insteon devices and scenes and programs up and running again, got the trial version of the YoLink plugin installed, and now can't figure out how to get my few dozen YoLink devices added and managed.

I did an Add All Nodes from the Yolink menu, but that didn't seem to do anything. I went to Add Node, but the menu has all sorts of repeats and I can't find things like the YoLink Plug (see attached screen shot). Sorry, but I literally don't know what to do next.

 

 

[DennisC]

Did you go to the plugin configuration tab in Polyglot and fill out all of the information? There are authorization codes that are required for the plugin to work which you just get from the Yolink app.

The instructions for set up are on the configuration page of the plugin.

[smorgasbord]

This is what my Configuration tab looks like, unless I'm looking in the wrong place.

I just now went into the YoLink App and created/copied the UAID and SECRET_KEY variables into the "Custom Configuration Parameters". I won't post those here, obviously. Then I did a Restart and got a couple messages, one on YoLink(1) being Disconnected, then Connected.

OK, and now in the Admin Console I'm starting to see devices!

Still not finding instructions....

Edited November 5 by smorgasbord
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[DennisC]

36 minutes ago, smorgasbord said:

This is what my Configuration tab looks like, unless I'm looking in the wrong place.

I just now went into the YoLink App and created/copied the UAID and SECRET_KEY variables into the "Custom Configuration Parameters". I won't post those here, obviously. Then I did a Restart and got a couple messages, one on YoLink(1) being Disconnected, then Connected.

OK, and now in the Admin Console I'm starting to see devices!

Still not finding instructions....

Sometimes the instructions don't populate until a reboot. But you need to fill in the 3 blank values.

Go to the Plugin store and click on the more button under the Yo link plugin. That should bring up the instructions.

[smorgasbord]

Great - thanks so much.

I seem to be up and running. Not all of my YoLink devices are showing - I'm guessing that's because the Plug-in doesn't yet support some non-popular YoLink devices like the "Water Depth Sensor."

[Panda88]

If you can provide me with a log file where the water dept sensor posts data and ideally also an alarm (e.g lift it out of the water) , I can see if I can add it 

what other devices are not supported - I am willing to help to try to add them, but I need log files as the documentation from Yolink is minimal 

you can PM me the log file 

Also - what is the unit/type of theaparm setting - I can see it is a value from 0-1000 but not sure what it represents 

 

Edited November 6 by Panda88

[smorgasbord]

This may be problematic as the "History" feature ("Get device activity logs") always comes up empty "No Logs Now."

I do get historical measurement data, but that's not the same thing. Are there other ways to grab logs in YoLink?

As for "theaparm," I don't know. My settings are:

Type - Fixed as "Water Depth Sensor"

Name

Room

Measure Range (5m or 10m) meters

Tank Depth in feet and inches

Unit (cm, m, ft)

Density (0.50-1.50) where water is 1.0

Alert for Water Depth range, alert reminder, alert interval

Recording Interval

 

 

Thanks for looking! 

 

[Panda88]

If you go to the log in the node interface.  There you can set level to debug.   Once that is set I would imagine you can lift the sensor out of the water or wait 4 hours,  The water sensor should report an update every 4 hours or so automatically and it should get logged.  Then download (save) the log from the log area - it will save a file you can PM me

My guess is the history you mention is alarm history 

You can see the definition for what can be programmed at WaterDepthSensor | YoSmart Doc

From the document it seems you can only get alarms when water is higher(or lower) than the alarm level - not a reading of the actual water level - but it may be in the reported data - just not shown in documentation (it is not the first time this happens) 

 

[smorgasbord]

On 11/5/2024 at 4:39 PM, Panda88 said:

If you can provide me with a log file where the water dept sensor posts data and ideally also an alarm (e.g lift it out of the water) , I can see if I can add it 

I have my Water Depth Sensor set to update every 30 minutes.

But, I don't see anything from it in the log file because it's not one of the added/known devices. Is there something i need to do/enable/load to get that to happen?

FWIW, here's a screenshot from the YoLink app on one of my depth sensors (I have two).

[paulbates]

That's not the log he's asking for. You need to get the log from pg3x and the plugin. Go to the same web page you showed above

... and click log. Set the log level to debug. Recreate the steps for this and other device. Download the log package from the same web page and PM to panda88

[Panda88]

This is correct - it needs debug enabled to see posting from not registered devices 

 

 

[smorgasbord]

What's the procedure for when I've added/removed YoLink devices? Just restart from the Polyglot Dashboard and then reboot the EISY? 

[Panda88]

Restarting the node server should register the new devices - you may need to restart the AC, but typically not needed