YoLink Outdoor Gate & Door Contact Sensor, YS7707

Bought several of these and mounted on gates on both sides of my home. They pair great with Alexa and she now tells me when one of the gates are opened. The app also tells me if one of the gates is not closed all the way. One of these came with one of the two clips that hold the battery holder lid broken. Didn't notice that until after it rained and some rain got inside. Wrote YoLink with the picture of the broken clip and a picture of the rain inside and they sent me a replacement right away. YoLink is a great company with great customer service. So impressed with the range that I bought one, installed it INSIDE a metal mailbox mounted in a cement block housing with stone around it and it still reaches the hub so Alexa tells me "Your mail is here!"

I am extremely impressed with YoLink. I have purchased the Hub, several Contact Sensors that I use on gates and our mailbox, and an Outdoor Motion Sensor for our driveway. Setup was extremely easy—just scan the barcode on each device using the YoLink app. What has impressed me most is the range. Our Hub is located near the center of the house, yet it communicates reliably with sensors located hundreds of feet away outside. The connection has been very stable, and the system has worked exactly as I had hoped. I also appreciated receiving an email from YoLink after setting up my account that included information on their 24/7 support, which was a nice touch. Overall, I am very pleased with the system and highly recommend YoLink.

This YoLink LoRa Smart Outdoor Contact Sensor has been a simple but incredibly useful addition to our home. We use it on an outdoor gate, and it gives us instant peace of mind knowing when the gate is opened—or worse, left open. We have a big boy who loves exploring, so an open gate can quickly become a stressful situation. With this sensor and a YoLink Hub, we get app notifications when the gate opens, closes, and can even review the event history. A few things to know: • Setup was quick and straightforward through the YoLink app. • Notifications are reliable and arrive promptly. • Event history makes it easy to check whether the gate was opened or closed. • The system is surprisingly affordable compared to other smart home brands. • The sensor has been dependable with no false alerts. The only challenge was mounting. Due to the way our gate is configured, we couldn't install the sensor on the latch side. Instead, we had to mount it near where the gate attaches to the fence. It took a little trial and error to find the right placement so the sensor would consistently recognize when the gate was opened, but once we dialed it in, it worked reliably. For anyone wanting an easy, inexpensive way to monitor gates, doors, sheds, or other outdoor access points, this system delivers excellent value. Reliable alerts, simple setup, and a much friendlier price than many competing brands make this a solid buy.

Needed a solution to add outdoor sensors for some farm gates that are not visible. Added these to the YoLink app, then presented to home assistant, then via that presented that to Apple HomeKit. I get notifications on my iPhone , and set up automation to pop up camera feed when the gate opens. The range is great, one gate is 300 feet from the hub and still works like it's 1 foot away. Surprised to find that the Hub connects to wifi or wired which is a great plus, as I prefer wired for backend infrastructure. Sensor uses the basic aa battery box with cookie jar like plastic latches. Think battery operated fairy lights or Christmas lights. I am concerned about its durability in the summer, we will see as it gets very hot where I live and these are black plastic. So far the product does exactly what it's supposed to. A simple contact closure that is weather proof that uses regular ol batteries. Also discovered you can use a larger stronger magnet for a bigger gap.

I’m totally blind! Let’s start out with saying the wire magnetic switched is about 1 foot or so long. The magnet and switch both have screw holes for mounting. The package comes with screws and double sided tape. There is no screw holes in the box and electronics. So you would need to use some other way to attach the box. Really double sided tape for something that could be outside in the weather and maybe on wood? I don’t think so. But anyway. What I like! The batteries are very easy to get to and the sensor doesn’t come with them already in it. You have 2 lock down clasp to undo and then you lift up the top. On the bottom of the top is the QR code label that you need to scan to bring the sensor online to YoLink. The sensor takes 2 AA batteries. To bad other outside sensors that YoLink doesn’t have easy to replace batteries like this one. I don’t like the fact the box doesn’t have a screw mount. Now I wanted a way to have my old Magnetic driveway transmitter and receiver setup works with the Alexa service. Thought about it a lot and kicked around some ideas of how to do it. My STI-V34100/STI-V34150 system has a 12V output when it triggers. So knowing that needed a way to trigger some other device. Thought about using a electric magnet. But that pulls to much power. So thought about using the YoLink outdoor sensor being it has a wired connection for the magnetic switch for Open/Close status. Figured that would work. Needed a way to be able to tie that into the driveway receiver. So pick up a 12V relay that doesn’t require much power to be able to change the connection. So pick up the YoLink Outdoor sensor and the relay. Then I sat down and using my light detector and talking multi meter along with my talking cell phone was able to determine what wires whir what for the relay and guessing what was hot for it. Then wired up the power first to the relay to ensure it worked with the driveway receiver. Herd a click when the receiver was turned on. So that was good. Cut the magnet off the YoLink door sensor and touched the wires together to ensure the sensor said it was closed. Yep that worked. Then unplugged the relay and attached the YoLink wires to the Open side of the relay. Plugged the relay back into the receiver and triggered it! The YoLink sensor went from Open to closed as I wanted. Yea! That worked. Now created the routine for Alexa to say when the Outdoor sensor names (Driveway Monitor sensor) is closed! Then announce through all Echo’s in the house that there is a vehicle in the driveway! Tested again by triggering the transmitter and the Echo announced what I wanted. So with my own thoughts and ability to figure out things! I was able to make this work. This is in some way much better then the YoLink outdoor motion detector. Why! Is because this will not trigger off of people, pets or things like that. It will only work on vehicles. It works off of magnetics and detects the iron in the vehicle. Yes every now and then; You’ll will get a faulse reading! But not near as many as a motion sensor and also sun light doesn’t impact how it works at detecting vehicles. P.s. You could also use the YoLink water sensor 2 or 3 to do the same thing in place of the outdoor contact sensor. I used the contact sensor being I could feel the 2 wires side by side and on teh water leak sensor! It was a round wire and would be harder for me to strip the wires. I didn't have an 3.5MM male Mono jack with wires on the other end. If I had, I probably would have used the water leak sensor instead. Just some other options for people who may want to do something like I did above. After all, not like I can see someone in my driveway!

The gate sensors are pretty straightforward to install, and the connectivity is really good. The expandability to use other Lora devices with the hub is a nice bonus.

I bought this to replace a Ring mailbox sensor which was only reliable about 90-95% of the time. So far, after a few weeks, the Yolink has captured every mailbox opening. My mailbox is about 150' from the hub, but the conncection is "good" and that's with the transmitter inside the mailbox which sits inside a brick structure. I had to fiddle with where the antenna was placed on the inside but once I fouind a good spot, everything has been great.

This sensor is part of a number of Yolink smart appliances I use. It performs perfectly, reliably, and installed relatively easily. The electronic part of installation is easy, as part of the Yolink suite of sensors. The mechanical part was relatively easy. I'm using it as a steel gate monitor, and it apparently is intended for wood gates and doors, so the included wood screws weren't used. In my case, to mount the unit I super-glued the magnet portion to the swinging gate and zip-tied the Hall-sensor portion to the static frame of the gate. It is AA battery operated, and batteries were provided. It has been in place for nearly a year and it has worked without missing an opening of the gate or alarming for a false opening the entire time. it maintains a history of openings and closings. An Open reminder can be set, so the user is notified if the gate remains open for a settable period of time. This feature is the primary reason I purchased the unit. After nine months the battery level shows as full. The signal intensity also is shown by the app, and it shows Strong (-59 dBm) in my case where the receiver is 25-30 ft away and inside the house. The receiver (hub) connects wirelessly to my AP. As with all the Yolink sensors, I have no complaints. The cost was reasonable for the quality, reliability, and satisfaction it provides.

J’ai installé ce capteur sur une porte de jardin en bois. Au départ, je trouvais l’installation un peu plus compliquée que celle de mon capteur YoLink pour porte de garage, qui est très simple à poser, mais finalement ce n’était vraiment pas difficile. Le point important est surtout de prendre le temps de bien aligner les deux parties du capteur. Ma porte de jardin n’est pas une porte de maison ou de garage qui se verrouille toujours exactement dans la même position. Comme elle est en bois, elle peut parfois se retrouver légèrement décalée lorsqu’on la ferme. Je pensais donc que je risquais d’obtenir occasionnellement un mauvais état ouvert/fermé, mais jusqu’à maintenant le capteur est demeuré fiable. Je l’ai installé à l’extérieur peu après l’avoir reçu en avril. Il est un peu protégé par du cèdre au-dessus, mais demeure essentiellement à l’extérieur. J’avais certaines réserves sur sa résistance aux intempéries et, après environ quatre mois, il est toujours fidèle au poste. Il n’a toutefois pas encore vécu un hiver québécois, alors je ne peux pas encore me prononcer sur sa durabilité à très long terme dans ces conditions. Comme avec mes autres appareils YoLink, je peux vérifier l’état de la porte et être avertie si elle reste ouverte. Je n’ai pas encore eu à changer la pile. Je l’ai également intégré à Home Assistant et à l’application Domicile, ce qui me permet de recevoir les changements d’état sur ma montre ou dans mes écouteurs. Cette intégration demande évidemment une configuration domotique supplémentaire et n’est pas nécessaire au fonctionnement du capteur lui-même. Jusqu’à maintenant, c’est exactement ce que je voulais : un capteur extérieur simple et fiable qui me permet de savoir si ma porte de jardin est bien fermée.

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Good simple tech and easy to setup. When the outdoor contact sensor contacts are broken the alert to the app is immediate. If buying the sensor for security reasons a limitation worth noting is if the sensor goes offline (e.g. batteries are removed or other tampering) it takes over 12 hours for the hub to notify you that the device is offline due to polling intervals). A model with tamper alerting has been suggested.

Easy to setup

App laden, registrieren, Hub und Kontaktsensor per QR-Code einbinden. Dauert keine 5 Minuten.