YALE alarms do not work with Eero

[STEPHENMAK]

My Yale HSA 6610 alarm worked perfectly for years until I installed Full Fibre 500 with an Eero router a few days ago. I have spent hours with Talktalk customer care and web chat who seem oblivious to the problem and Yale are adament that it is due to the Eero router. I have followed all the advice including changing the DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. I have opened the ports 5222 and 8765. I have tried Legacy mode even though it is an ethernet connection not a WIFI connection to the alarm hub. I have reset the Eero, I have reset the alarm hub.

It's incredibly frustrating as well as annoying. Why isn't there a fix for this. It has been going on for years and Yale say it is a compatibility issue which can be overcome. I feel letdown by talktalk.

[Michelle-TalkTalk]

Great thank you 🙂

Michelle

[STEPHENMAK]

Thanks, Will try this later and tell you how everything went. 

[KeithFrench]

Hi @STEPHENMAK 

To replace the possibly faulty eero with another, in the app go to:-

From the Home tab tap the blue + icon at the top right, then tap Add or replace eero devices.

From the next page, tap Replace eero Device and follow the prompts.

[Michelle-TalkTalk]

Hi,

Please disregard this email as it was sent in error. The replacement eero will not be chargeable.

Thanks

Michelle

[STEPHENMAK]

Hi, Thanks but why have I got an email saying that I am being charged £129 for this replacement Eero ?? 

[Debbie-TalkTalk]

Hi @STEPHENMAK 

The replacement eero is on its way, please allow 24-48hrs for this to arrive.

Please let us know how you get on.

Thanks

Debbie

[STEPHENMAK]

I spoke to Yale this morning and they  tried a few more things which didn't work. They have said that they have recently come across 2 cases where the Eero was at fault so it would help eliminate this as a cause of all the problems. So yes , please could you send out another Eero ASAP.

[Michelle-TalkTalk]

Thanks @KeithFrench 

@STEPHENMAK Are you happy for us to send a replacement eero for testing purposes?

Thanks

Michelle

[KeithFrench]

Hi @Michelle-TalkTalk 

After working for some time on this, it looks as if there might be a problem with this eero. Please could you replace this Pro 6 to rule out any hardware issue?

Thanks.

[KeithFrench]

I have now tested the port forwarding on the eero that is required for Yale & it worked fine.

[STEPHENMAK]

I will get in touch with Yale. The Eero app is saying the Yale hub is connected with the ethernet cable and indeed the green light is on. In the manual, it says that this means it is linked to the Server/Internet.

However, nothing works with the Alarm, I will contact Yale again later today.

[KeithFrench]

Hi @STEPHENMAK 

From your description, the green light signifies it is connected. However, does this mean it is just connected to the eero or some Yale system online? Please can you confirm, or ask Yale support?

[Michelle-TalkTalk]

Morning,

I'm sorry for the delay. Thank you, I've raised this to our Devices Team and will post back as soon as I have an update for you.

Thanks

Michelle

[STEPHENMAK]

I have a  green light , no orange light and no working alarm. This is exactly the situation I had a couple of days ago.

[STEPHENMAK]

There is no orange light now.There is no connection with the app. It's all the same as before.

[STEPHENMAK]

Hi, I wish it were that simple, I really do. I switched on the internal battery switch ( which I forgot to do ). Now when I open the app ,this is the error I get , please see the attachment 

 

[ferguson]

No worries @KeithFrench, my suggestion was addressed to the OP rather than yourself. Let's see if this is actually the answer!

[KeithFrench]

Well done @ferguson mind you I did say that I searched the eero support kb for yale, as this is where the blame seems to be directed at. I didn't try a wider search.

So this problem is with your yale @STEPHENMAK it would appear to have a flat battery:-

A flashing orange light or beeping on a Yale alarm typically indicates a fault within the system, most likely a low battery or a tamper alert on one of the sensors; check the fault log within the Yale app to pinpoint the exact issue and address it accordingly. 

[ferguson]

Yale alarm orange beeping

[KeithFrench]

Hi @ferguson 

I couldn't get any matches for yale.

Hi @STEPHENMAK 

Yes thanks I have noticed them & will read through them hopefully tomorrow morning now.