Using YoLink Plugin with 2 EISY systems

[MMAltair]

I use YoLink devices extensively at 2 homes (temperature and water sensors). I have an ESIY system at each home and duplicate many of the plugins as needed to manage the 2 places separately. UD Mobile supports this quite well but YoLink creates a unique challenge since the Yolink App is unique to a mobile device and everything needs to be under 1 account. I currently only use the YoLink plugin on 1 of my EISY systems to provide local automation (automatically shutoff the water if a leak is detected).

Here's the question. Is there any reason why I can't have the YoLink plugin on both EISY systems connected to the same API? I am aware that all of the YoLink devices would show up on both systems but I can programmatically choose which sensors to use with each independent system.

Eventually I would like to move to the local API when this becomes available so would need to consider how this impacts the independent systems. 

Thanks 

Mike 

[Panda88]

They way I handle this is to create multiple homes in the app  - each home has separate credentials so you can run 1 home on the one eISY and 1 on the other - there is a way to switch between homes in the app and Favorites can combine the 2 homes

This should work well for local as well once the release the hub (there are still some device I cannot make work with localHUB but SW is in beta so expected)

[MMAltair]

8 minutes ago, Panda88 said:

They way I handle this is to create multiple homes in the app  - each home has separate credentials so you can run 1 home on the one eISY and 1 on the other - there is a way to switch between homes in the app and Favorites can combine the 2 homes

This should work well for local as well once the release the hub (there are still some device I cannot make work with localHUB but SW is in beta so expected)

I wasn't aware that you could designate more than one home in the app but see that option now. Thanks for pointing this out. Will you still get notified in the App if there is an issue at either home?

[MMAltair]

One more question. Can you explain how the separate credentials work? I went ahead and created a 2nd home in the App but don't see a way to have separate access credentials. The API access credentials seem to be unique to the Account, not to a Home instance. Thanks

[Panda88]

Yes on notifications

For settings you select the home

Go to user -> advanced setting and create credentials for that home (copy them to the first eIsy's yolink node)

The switch home and repeat and copy to 2nd eisy

It is good to note what credentials go with what home as it is not clear in app

 

[MMAltair]

@Panda88, Thanks for the help getting this figured out. I purchased the YoLink plugin for the EISY system in the 2nd home and spent a few hours splitting the YoLink devices between the two houses. Everything is functioning properly now.

I continue to be impressed by the YoLink wireless reliability (way better than Z-Wave) and have switched all of my water and temperature monitoring over to these devices (about 40 devices at this point). I am anxious for the local control to be finalized.

Mike 

[Panda88]

Good to hear

Local is mostly limitrd to the availability of the local hub.   You can not extend you network with additional hubs (presently all local devices must be connected to the local hub).  A few devices are not working for me but besides this it i stable for me

I have not deployed it fully in my home due to the lack of ability to expand network (i have a few critical devices in my pump house that uses its own hub)

[MMAltair]

30 minutes ago, Panda88 said:

Good to hear

Local is mostly limitrd to the availability of the local hub.   You can not extend you network with additional hubs (presently all local devices must be connected to the local hub).  A few devices are not working for me but besides this it i stable for me

I have not deployed it fully in my home due to the lack of ability to expand network (i have a few critical devices in my pump house that uses its own hub)

I only have 1 hub in each house that support all of the devices for that house. If these hubs were changed to the local control hubs (I understand the local hubs are not available currently?) would the local control work for each place independently? My goal is to make sure the water supply can be turned off automatically, without internet, if a leak is detected (similar to how YoLink supports this with the D2D functionality of their water valve motor).