Thank you all for the info and guidance since I first posted my question.
Since then I have received my YoLink kit and have it all set up and working now. For the record here is how I have it set up.
I installed the Bulldog Valve Controller on my water main and paired the 7 water sensors directly to it in a D2D configuration. This was my main reason for getting the YoLink kit so it is completely independent of the grid and cloud to respond to a leak during a worse case scenario of a power outage and internet outage.
I then set up the Yolink hub and an account with the Yolink App. Once that was setup I bound each of the YoLink devices to the app . I did not set up any automations or alerts in the YoLink app.
Next I installed @SteveBarcus' YoLink Device Service following his detailed guide to add the sensors and valve to Hubitat. The current status of wet/dry and open/closed are visible in the device info which is what I was looking for. From there I used the built-in "Notifications" app to alert on state of change for the devices.
I've tested this by wetting a sensor and the valve immediately closes and I get a push notification to my phone telling me that the valve has closed and then a separate notification telling me which sensor is wet. I also did an additional test to prove to myself that they were still using the D2D link despite being bound to the hub by unplugging the YoLink hub, waiting until the hub showed "offline" in the YoLink app, and then wetting a sensor and watching the valve close.
The setup and integration was easier than expected considering I didn't know it was even a possibility when I ordered the YoLink kit.
Hi @SteveBarcus,
I've set up the YoLink hub with two X3 Temp/Humidity sensors, and installed your app. The two sensors, as well as the hub and MQTT Listener, show up in my device list. The event logs show that T & H data is being retrieved, and I can display the data on my dashboard. However, in the logs, I get error messages at each read interval (example below):
Thank you for all the detailed explanations @SteveBarcus !
I am using the standard dashboard template (in my case, the “water” template) as shown in the first tile in the first row (the one I marked with a yellow oval) of your example using the standard dashboard templates:
However, my tiles look like this (using the “water” template and having added a background image for each tile of course):
The difference is that my tiles do not append the ^F to the temperature (which I would like to do) as is seen in your upper left most standard tile example. I believe I am on the most current version of the device drivers as downloaded from HPM (I think the attribute shows up as 2.0.4 when I click on the device driver attribute which was downloaded 3/23/2023?). As previously noted, I am using the “water” template.
At any rate, in addition to not showing the degress fahrenheit notation after the temperature, my water leak sensor tiles also seem to include not only the icon symbol for “dry” (the water drop with a line through it), but also the word “dry” spelled out underneath the icon (which I like). I am still not sure why this is the case.
BTW, I generally try to use the standard tiles in my Hubitat dashboards without CSS modifications since I have had trouble in the past getting the CSS modifications to automatically transfer to my other mobile devices so that my tiles would have the same (or similar) appearance when accessing my dashboard remotely using my phone or other devices. Is there an easy way to do this without having to specifically alter the CSS on each device individually? I apologize if this has been covered before but I was not able to find a good set-by-step guide in the forums. TIA for all your help and for the great work you have done on this app.
Looking at the CSS @SteveBarcus included, he has used some of the text manipulation features in my CSS editor, adding the F and (I think) hiding the word dry. I don't believe you could do these through the built-in options in the dashboard UI.
In terms of using CSS, could it have been situations where you needed to import a CSS file where you had issues , or where some external file was referenced, like a font or image? Those can often be avoided by including the CSS text in the dashboard directly or storing files in a location accessible by each device. If you want to explore this some more probably not worth clogging up @SteveBarcus 's thread, we can chat on either my topic or the noob's CSS topic, then post back here with the outcome, if any.
Thank you @sburke781 . Will follow up in your thread when I get a chance. The reason why I was confused is that @SteveBarcus mentioned that the top row of his example tiles were utilizing the standard tiles (without any CSS modifications). Perhaps he had forgotten that he had appended the *F to these tiles as well. TIA for your help! I am really appreciative of guys like you and SteveBarcus for all you do to help out the community!
Did you click the "Check Mark" on the dashboard to reload it after installing the new driver?
Since the standard templates are part of the firmware, I assume that might also affect what and how things are displayed. I'm at Hubitat firmware version 2.3.5.123.
I will try that. I am now at Hubitat firmware version 2.3.5.124 (just updated this evening). Will have to make a “test” tile though as I want to pick up the “*F” but do not wish to lose the “dry” notation under the icon. Thanks again!
Edit: Thanks. That did the trick! Everything looks great now (picked up the *F and retained the “dry” “wet” notation under the respective icon!).
The reason my tiles using the standard "water" template didn't show the status (dry/wet) below the icon was because I had the "Hide Icon Helper Text" option checked:
I notice every morning when I wake up that the lights are on. I checked the logs and I see that the sensor is checking in at the exact times the lights are turning on:
Can't tell from these entries. Edit your Garage Motion Sensor Device, set "Debug" to "true", click the "Debug" button to turn on debugging. When the problem occurs again, go into the Hubitat logs and send me the log entries from the Garage Motion Sensor from that timeframe. Thanks.
Sorry for the stupid question, but you do have a rule to turn the lights off right?
These look like the errors caused by an outdated app and drivers.
Go into the Hubitat Package Manager (HPM):
Select "View Apps and Drivers"
Scroll down to the "YoLink Device Service"
Insure your app and any drivers shown match this list of the latest app and drivers. If not, select the HPM "Update" option, select the "YoLink Device Service" and complete the update:
Hi,
I am still getting log errors with the X3 T/H sensors. Also, I'm randomly getting "null" temperature showing in my dashboard tiles, even though the temperature is reading correctly in the YoLink app. See events:
Does anyone know if there is a way we can use the tracks that the Yolink Speakerhub has in rules? I'm able to use a Speakerhub as a speech device, but calling for a particular track like "Alert, Warn, Tip, Whoop etc does not seem possible. I can only get those to play from the device page URL, nowhere else.
Maybe a stupid question. But where exactly is the Device Service App - I don't see it under Apps ? Under HPM ? Nopes, nothing. I have added a few new YoLink leak detectors and Hubitat does not list them. How do I add them ?
