I have searched the post, internet and youtube but can't find and answer.
I've seen this done with Home Assistant but nothing for Hubitat.
I don't want to switch to that platform, has anyone been successful with this?
Thanks
Jehu
I run an instance of Home Assistant for items like this and devices that have been troublesome on Hubitat. In Hubitat I use the Home Assistant Device Bridge community app to bring the items that I have in Home Assistant into Hubitat. All rules and control is performed in Hubitat. There is no one perfect platform but with these tools you can combine them for the positives from each.
Do you have a step by step guide?
Ive done it using Maker API. First install Maker API and allow access to your Yale Lock. Then establish the URL to unlock the lock because you will need that in Unifi Protect Alarm Manager.
I bought a mini PC with Home Assistant already installed off Amazon. There are tons of different ways to get it up and going as you know. Really what works best for you.
This is the thread that I used when researching the Home Assistant Device Bridge. This can explain it much better than me.
It really is very simple and opens up a world of possibilities and if you are Iike me and prefer the Hubitat system and interface then you can continue to use it.
You can get a Unifi doorbell fingerprint activation into Hubitat via API or webhook. See several places in this thread:
Your Yale lock depends on its protocol. Z-Wave or Zigbee directly to Hubitat. If you use a Yale Connect bridge then into Hubitat via Home Assistant Device Bridge is probably the best way. HA has a sanctioned Yale/August integration now.
Tie them together with the rule engine of your choice.
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Thanks for all you post...but I'm a novice at this, I'll just wait till there is a step by step guide with images or video.
You might have to wait for a while.
@bill.d’s suggestion to use a webhook would be relatively simple to setup.
Is your Yale lock already paired to Hubitat?
There are plenty of step by step guides out there for setting up HA. I set mine up on a PI4. Simple, you just download the image from the HA site. Install Raspberry Pi Imager app on your Windows PC, Put a mini SD card in your PC and use the imager program to burn the image to the sd card. Then insert the SD card to the PI and it boots to HA. I think my PI4 is overkill for the few devices I have on HA, I'm sure a PI3 is more than capable for an instance of HA with just a few devices, and PI 3s are cheap on Ebay, especially a used one.
There is a bit of a learning curve on HA to find the integration and install it for what you want to control, but it isn't that bad. Once the device in in HA, Install the HADB app in Hubitat. It will automatically pull in any devices in HA (you just give HABD the IP address of HA on your network).
Open the HABD app. You will get a list of all devices on HA, you just check the box for the ones you want to bring into Hubitat. NOTE: HA uses "Entities" and they do not always map perfectly into a Hubitat device capability. You may end up with several "devices" for a single device in HA. However, you can use these as any other device in automations, even if they are not all contained in one "device" on Hubitat.
I consider HA "Hubitat Assistant". I don't do anything with it once I have the integration I need installed, and I have brought the device(s) into Hubitat. It sits on my desk. I only open HA if there is an issue, though I tend to check it about once a month to apply updates, which are very easy in HA.
I also have a PI3 running the Echo Speaks Amazon Cookie server. Like HA, it just sits there and does its thing, I hardly ever touch it.
Update - I decided to install Home Assistant on my mini PC and it found my lock through Bluetooth, I decided to add the lock and it worked.
I was then able to create a webhook with Unifi NVR.
Setup fingerprint with the doorbell and setup rule in HA and it works.
Some folks had issue with delay up to 6-7 seconds but mine is instant.
I'm using Yale YRD410-F-ZW3-619.
Thanks all!
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