johnstonf Posted February 4 Posted February 4 I got a couple of the new YoLink smart mousetraps (Crazy good! goes 500ft out to my shed and another to my trailer, where WiFi out the is useless). And it freakin WORKS! So it came with their speakerhub (which, via TTS, can say anything (EG "There's a mouse in North Shed", etc). The website is at https://trapeezee.com if you want more info). (Great too... 2 AAA batteries lasts 2-3 years using this LORA frequency low power thing!). Question... I'd like to somehow link it to my ISY994. How might I be able to do this? Via IFTTT maybe somehow? Quote
paulbates Posted February 4 Posted February 4 (edited) I use yolink on eISY with the plugin. The integration is really good. I know, all things considered, it's a bad time to suggest upgrading to an eisy, but the integration is there. I haven't seen the mousetrap yet, but other Yolink products integrate with Alexa google home. Some of their products claim IFTTT integration, and I assume that the Yolink hub is the integration point for that. Yolink's support is very good, you could contact them. Edited February 4 by paulbates 1 Quote
Guy Lavoie Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Mousetrap automation. Wow...I hadn't thought of that. I almost wish I needed one! Quote
johnstonf Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 24 minutes ago, Guy Lavoie said: Mousetrap automation. Wow...I hadn't thought of that. I almost wish I needed one! With the literally thousands of dollars damage done (they ate wires in my car causing a ton of damage, peed on my HVAC controller board, ate holes in a swimming pool, trailer damage, you name it, I'm usually the target LOL). I now consider it cheap insurance to have these in my trailer shed boat, sump area, hard to monitor places. I'm already a fan! Quote
johnstonf Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 1 hour ago, paulbates said: I use yolink on eISY with the plugin. The integration is really good. I know, all things considered, it's a bad time to suggest upgrading to an eisy, but the integration is there. I haven't seen the mousetrap yet, but other Yolink products integrate with Alexa google home. Some of their products claim IFTTT integration, and I assume that the Yolink hub is the integration point for that. Yolink's support is very good, you could contact them. Gives me pause, to throw out a perfectly good ISY994 that's been working so well LOL)... What does the EISY have that makes this doable? Do you know if there's a specific integration set of instructions anywhere for the YoLink hub? (Is it possible to do with my ISY994, or am I out of luck with that?) Quote
paulbates Posted February 4 Posted February 4 The node/plug-in environment, pg3x is the platform on which the yolink plug-in runs on. I believe that's policy/eisy only As stated above, some yolink devices say Ifttt compatible, which says it's plausible to run it on the isy. I would message yolink tech support and ask specifically about this device, Ifttt and how does Ifttt work with it. I have found them timely and meaningful in their help Quote
johnstonf Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 From what I see, I could use my current PLM's (I have a spare one), using a simple (Canada) serial-USB$40 cable, but the price of the Z-Matter USB adaptor that I'm looking at is $200 kind of a choker... Another half the price of Eisy itself $400. Is there a cheaper Zwave only adapter to use? Quote
Guy Lavoie Posted February 4 Posted February 4 32 minutes ago, johnstonf said: Is there a cheaper Zwave only adapter to use? Yes! The Zooz 700 series usb zwave stick Quote
johnstonf Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 I couldn't find the 700 series, but I found an 800 long range zWave 800... Would that work? 1 hour ago, Guy Lavoie said: Yes! The Zooz 700 series usb zwave stick I couldn't find the 700 series, but I found an 800 long range zWave 800... Would that work? Quote
Guy Lavoie Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Others will hopefully reply, but I don't think the 800 works. You might have to look on ebay. I see some there. Quote
johnstonf Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 17 minutes ago, Guy Lavoie said: Others will hopefully reply, but I don't think the 800 works. You might have to look on ebay. I see some there. Thanks... we'll see what other say... Quote
Brian H Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Just be careful to possible get the serial signals correct. If the spare PLM is a serial port 2413S. The serial signals on the RJ45 style serial connector. Use just three signals. Send,receive and common. The others are TTL and should not be connected to anything. If you still have the PLM box. In the box should be a cable that has the RJ45 to DB9 serial connector for proper connections. Quote
johnstonf Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 So are you saying that the eISY now has a DB9 connector? Quote
Guy Lavoie Posted February 5 Posted February 5 1 hour ago, johnstonf said: So are you saying that the eISY now has a DB9 connector? No, you need a USB to serial adapter. The DB9 to RJ45 connector would then go into that. Quote
Geddy Posted February 5 Posted February 5 3 hours ago, Guy Lavoie said: you need a USB to serial adapter. @johnstonf you'd need something like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IDSM6BW/ I've used that to connect the old serial cord to the eisy since I got the eisy. Works really well. UD sells a different cable now if you don't have the original serial cable that came with the PLM. Quote
johnstonf Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 4 hours ago, Guy Lavoie said: No, you need a USB to serial adapter. The DB9 to RJ45 connector would then go into that. Ah! that makes more sense to me! Quote
johnstonf Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 1 hour ago, Geddy said: @johnstonf you'd need something like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IDSM6BW/ I've used that to connect the old serial cord to the eisy since I got the eisy. Works really well. UD sells a different cable now if you don't have the original serial cable that came with the PLM. Nice... So did it work as is, or did you have to re-pin it or break any pins off to make it work?? Quote
Geddy Posted February 5 Posted February 5 38 minutes ago, johnstonf said: So did it work as is Worked as received. Open package. Connect PLM Serial cable to it. Connect to eisy. WORKED! Note: that it's specifically the SERIAL cable (with the DB9 connector) and not the cat 5 (RJ45 connector) that's used from the PLM to ISY994. I went from ISY994 (cat5) to Polisy (serial cable) to eisy with the same PLM. Quote
johnstonf Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 16 minutes ago, Geddy said: Worked as received. Open package. Connect PLM Serial cable to it. Connect to eisy. WORKED! Note: that it's specifically the SERIAL cable (with the DB9 connector) and not the cat 5 (RJ45 connector) that's used from the PLM to ISY994. I went from ISY994 (cat5) to Polisy (serial cable) to eisy with the same PLM. Thanks, ya i understand Quote
jec6613 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 On 2/4/2025 at 12:27 PM, Guy Lavoie said: Mousetrap automation. Wow...I hadn't thought of that. I almost wish I needed one! Dome sold Z-Wave ones years ago, I have about 5 of them in high-risk areas, maintain them once a year and don't need to worry about checking snap traps in the attic. If they catch a mouse, the cheap snap traps come up to make sure I get them all! Quote
johnstonf Posted February 6 Author Posted February 6 I thought of zwave a ways back, but didn't go near far enough. Often hard to get 100feet... LoRa on YoLink can reach 1,234ft so that is a game changer! Agree, great for hard to reach places. Quote
johnstonf Posted February 6 Author Posted February 6 (edited) So i ordered my EISY! They had a direct usb-to-PLM cable specifically for EISY so no DB9 or USB dongle! Also, I just went straight to the expensive zMatter-USB (zwave) dongle, to save time (hopefully) in the end... So I'll post new questions related to this under EISY now (like how to integrate to YoLink)... Thanks all! Edited February 6 by johnstonf correction 1 Quote
Geddy Posted February 6 Posted February 6 2 hours ago, johnstonf said: So I'll post new questions related to this under EISY now (like how to integrate to YoLink)... Thanks all! Actually I moved it to the YoLink plugin area for discussion and help there. Don't get too into the details until you have the eisy and have migrated your current system to it. Be sure to read, and maybe print, the migration steps from the wiki. There's a lot to be aware of in the process. 1 Quote
rg65 Posted February 7 Posted February 7 22 hours ago, jec6613 said: Dome sold Z-Wave ones years ago, I have about 5 of them in high-risk areas, maintain them once a year and don't need to worry about checking snap traps in the attic. If they catch a mouse, the cheap snap traps come up to make sure I get them all! I was very unhappy to learn that the Dome ones are no longer made. They were awesome and I still have 4 left and worked perfectly! 1 Quote
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