YoLink Outdoor Security Siren & Smart Alarm Controller Kit - Loud 110 dB, Wireless, Battery-Powered, 1/4 Mile Range, Android-iOS App, Alexa, Google, IFTTT, Home Assistant, Hub Required!

PROFeaturesDiversity of product lineIntegration capabilities as a smart home deviceLow costBattery LifeCON1/4 Mile range advertised likely clear line of siteIn wooded area reliable range was more like 300 feetAntennas, range extenders not availableUnsupported range extender works but limits featuresSome limitationsFor house monitoring of crawl space temp/humidity, water leak detection, motion in attic etc., the product line works extremely well and has excellent smart home integration.The goal was to simplify install, minimize/eliminate wiring for sensors, and to gain smart device capabilities. When working for external device monitoring such as driveway gates, package delivery box notification at a range of 450 feet through wooded areas challenges were uncovered. For the package delivery box, the original concept was to mount a garage door sensor flush (horizontal) on the bottom of the lid that would toggle when the lid was opened. From what I could glean the device is designed to be installed on the inside of a garage door (vertical) with door closed. There was not a software option on this sensor to alert on normally open vs normally closed. Therefore a bracket needed to be assembled to mount the sensor in a vertical position for the device to operate. Would be nice if the device offered this option. During the process the range was learned to be a challenge. Moved hub outside, tried different orientations to try to optimize internal antenna (vertical / horizontal) different sides facing device and was not able to mitigate signal limitation. Yo-link does not offer an antenna, and/or range extender. Found a helpful "non-supported" solution to create a signal relay solution. This uses a yo-link Security Siren & Alarm controller and yo-link Outdoor contact sensor. Between these two devices a relay is required. I found and electronic relay with NO normally open and NC normally closed output contacts; "OONO DPST 1NO 1NC 8Amp Power Relay Module, AC/DC 12V Control Voltage" which worked perfectly. Configure the remote device to trigger the Alarm controller. Replace with siren with the input to the relay module. Attach the contact sensor to either the NO/NC contacts as appropriate for your project. This solved the range issue in this case. However, the ability to monitor if the device remains open and is not closed is lost. A goal was to add this solution to the driveway gate and obtain a notification if the gate was not closed. At this time I do not know a solution to the range challenge combined with some of the additional features yo-link offers.I am using these devices outside of their intended design, so I will still rate them highly. However, it would be nice for yo-link to have an extended range solution that supports all of the device capability as well as a tilt sensor (garage door sensor), that allowed the NO/NC configuration to be modified.Overall I have been impressed.

Very loud, gets attention.

Podría sonar un poco más fuerte . pero ya es suficiente.

As an early adopter of yo-link hub and sensors I have been requesting an alarm with outside siren for a couple years now. I purchased their first siren alarm hoping to be able to get it to activate my large "wake the dead within a mile radius" old school outdoor siren that came with my original, monitored alarm system.I had it hooked up to a 110/12v converter plugged into a yo-link smart plug but could not figure out how to program a sequence to activate it when the white siren was activated.I purchased this new unit when it came out and just got around to installing it. I usually pretty good at figuring out setups ,but this one had too many options. Once I had it connected to my hub and visible in the app it the drop down menu options for the siren had a "call tech support" option.This is why I rated this a 5 stars. [Fortunately I was connected to someone other than "Eric" who made promises to me that were not kept, a real BS artist]The tech that helped me was able to see my system, get in and with a few actions on my part set this up to my specs for simple, easy control. Very nice.The "almost" perfect rating comes from the fact this unit can still not be setup to activate my old school siren, but the tech told me enough customers where, like me, wanting to utilize an existing siren that yo-link is about to release an alarm sensor that can. So if you have an existing system you're looking to modernize I'd wait until the new one come out.Otherwise this is loud and simple and a great companion to all the other super yo-link sensors.I have sensors, plugs and deadbolts in my yo-link system and of all smart home products they are by far the easiest to setup, scan the QR code and it is in app/system. As a result when looking for smart home products Yo-Link is the first place I look.Hey Yo-Link how about a temperature controller that I can program to turn my hot tub heater on and off. I've seen the thermostat with probe but it doesn't look like it can control anything.

I purchased the yolink system which included a hub, outdoor alarm, and four motion detectors. I wanted to set it up to have an alarm on my land and since I have an RV with solar, I planned to turn on the hub.The information on the Amazon page stated that the system could operate without a Wifi signal, only with the internal network and LoRa technology for long-range. However, when I tried to set it up, I was unable to do so.I contacted support and they informed me that the system cannot work without proper Wifi. This meant that I was only able to connect each device to another without any control of any app or center control.For example, if the motion detector detects movement, the outdoor siren will work and the only way to turn it off is to run to the outdoor siren and turn it off manually. This was not very practical, especially in the middle of the night.Furthermore, I wanted to assemble it on top of a pool, which meant that I would need to climb up to turn it off. Overall, I found the unit to be not functional and Yolink should remove all the information material that misleads customers about the system working offline.