Everyday Use with Yale Linus® Smart Lock
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How to Use Auto-Unlock for iOS
Auto-Unlock is a feature that automatically unlocks your door when you arrive home, without having to reach for your phone or your keys. If you're an Android user, this article has more information about the Auto-Unlock feature.
How to Invite a New Owner to Your HomeKit Compatible Smart Lock
1. Accept the HomeKit invite inside the Home App.
2. Once the invite has been accepted, open the Yale Home App and connect to the lock over Bluetooth.If they cannot connect to the lock using the Yale Home App, they need to repeat step 2.
How to Set Access Schedules
Yale Smart Locks have 3 access types: Always, Temporary, and Recurring. You can choose between three different access types when adding guests to your Smart Lock.
You can modify access types for your existing guests in the Guests List or set them when you invite new guests.
How to Use Auto-Unlock for Android
Auto-Unlock is a feature that automatically unlocks your door when you arrive home, without having to reach for your phone or your keys. If you're an iOS user, this article has more information about the Auto-Unlock feature.
Apple Watch and Yale Home
If you have an Apple Watch and a Yale Assure Lock with Wi-Fi, Yale Smart Cabinet Lock, Yale Smart Delivery Box or other product used with the Yale Home app, you can use your Apple Watch to lock and unlock it. To lock or unlock with Apple Watch, open the Yale Home App on the device. Tap the green lock circle to unlock the door. Conversely, tap the red lock circle to lock it again.
How to Enable/Disable Lock Sounds
This article provides instructions for enabling and disabling lock sounds using the Yale Home App for iOS and Android systems.
How to Invite Guests to Your Smart Lock
Send virtual keys to family, friends, and services listed in your contacts. Simply send each guest an invitation to download the app, or give them unique entry code access.
How to create, modify and delete Smart Alerts
Smart Alerts are sent as notifications and let you know about the activity of your Smart Lock. Many Smart Alerts appear in the Activity Feed.
Other FAQ
The Yale Smart Keypad Once you set the keypad up, follow the steps below to find, update, and use your personal Entry Code.
To find your Personal Entry Code:
- Open up the Yale Home App
- Select the house from the keychain
- Go to the Guest List
- Select yourself from the guest list to get to MY ACCESS
Your personal entry code(s) appears below the associated lock if there are multiple locks. Depending on the settings on the lock, it may be blanked out as a security precaution. If this is the case you will need to authenticate with your phones passcode/biometics to view the code. If you want to update an existing personal entry code, follow the steps above, then:
- Select the Entry Code you wish to change
- Enter a new code or update the existing code in the entry code field
- Select the back arrow or save changes
- Select SAVE CHANGES
Modifications and updates will appear in MY ACCESS.
To use your Personal Entry Code
- Enter your personal entry code on the keypad
- Press the Yale button
- The keypad light will pulse and then flash when the lock operation has been completed.
Entry codes need to be between 4 and 6 digits and a user may have up to 220 entry codes on a lock.
Guests with keypad access have a blue circle with a hash symbol to the right of their name in the Guest List. If you have assigned Entry Codes to other guests, they will follow the same steps to access and update their personal entry codes from within the Yale Home App.
If you have a HomeKit-enabled Smart Lock, adding a new Owner and giving them HomeKit access can be done at the same time. Watch the video below for a brief overview of the process.
PLEASE NOTE: The invited HomeKit user must also be an Owner of the smart lock in the Yale Home App and they must accept the HomeKit invite from the Home App. Then, they must access the lock over Bluetooth with the Yale Home App 2-3 times to finalize the HomeKit invite.
The invited HomeKit user should be able to connect to the lock over HomeKit following the steps below:
- Accept the HomeKit invite inside the Home App
- Once the invite has been accepted, open the Yale Home App and connect to the lock over Bluetooth
If they cannot connect to the lock using the Home App, they need to repeat step 2.
This article provides steps to remove a lock from your account. PLEASE NOTE: Your status as either a lock Owner or a Guest, as well as your reason for removing the lock, determines the best method for removing the device from your account. Select either Lock Owner or Guest (depending on your access level) for instructions.
Lock Owners
If you are the only lock Owner of a Yale Smart lock and you need to delete a lock because you no longer wish to have access to it, you need to factory reset the lock in order to remove it from your account. Follow the factory reset instructions to remove the lock from your account. Factory resetting the lock will also remove all other associated accounts from the lock.
If you are a lock Owner and you need to remove the lock to install it on another door, you will need to factory reset the lock unless the door is on the same house as it is currently. If you are installing the lock on the same house, you can remove the lock from its current door and reinstall it on the new door without factory resetting. For example, if you are installing a new Yale smart lock on your front door and you wish to relocate your existing Yale smart lock to your back door, you can rename accordingly. In this case, you can rename the lock in your account as follows:
- Open the Yale Home App
- Select the house the lock is associated with from your Keychain
- Go to House Settings
- Select the device
- Select Lock Name
- Rename the lock in the field provided
If you are a lock Owner and you have moved and you left the lock at your former residence, you will need to factory reset the lock in order to remove it from your account. If you experience issues removing yourself from the lock, contact our technical assistance.
Guests
If you are a Guest on a lock and you want to remove the device from your account:
- Open the Yale Home App
- Select the lock from your Keychain
- Go to the Guest List
- Select REMOVE SELF
You will be prompted to verify that you would like to remove the user, in this case yourself, from the device.
If you experience issues removing yourself from the lock, contact our technical assistance.
The Yale Home App offers 2 access levels: Owner and Guest. Guest is the default access level for anyone invited to your Smart Lock, but you can update a person's access level when you invite them to your lock or at any time thereafter.
PLEASE NOTE: Guests need to create an account and download the Yale Home App.
Select either iOS or Android (depending on your device) for steps to change Access Levels.
iOS
Changing a Guest to an Owner
- Open the Yale Access App and within the house where your lock is, select the Guest list Icon from the lower right in the menu
- Select the Guest you want to edit
- Select Owner to change the Access Level from Guest to Owner
- A blue tick will display beside your selection
- Select the back arrow to confirm changes
Your Guest is now an Owner, and will display as an Owner in your Guest List
You can change a user's access level back to Guest at any time by completing these steps again and selecting Guest from the Access Level options.
Lock Owners
Users with Owner Access can:
- Lock and unlock door via Yale Home App
- Use Auto-Unlock
- Invite/remove guests and owners
- Control all lock settings
- View activity feed
- View guest list
- Operate the lock remotely via Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge
Guests
Users with Guest Access can:
- Lock and unlock door via Yale Home app
- Not use Auto-Unlock
- Not invite/remove guests and owners
- Not control all lock settings
- Not view activity feed
- Not view guest list
PLEASE NOTE: Guests can not operate the lock remotely
Android
Changing a Guest to an Owner
- Open the Yale Home App and within the house where your lock is, select the Guest list Icon from the lower right in the menu
- Select the Guest you want to edit
- Change the Access Level from Guest to Owner
- Select the "Save Changes" option at the bottom of the screen to save your changes
Your Guest is now an Owner, and will display as an Owner in your Guest List
You can change a user's access level back to Guest at any time by completing these steps again and selecting Guest from the Access Level options.
Lock Owners
Users with Owner Access can:
- Lock and unlock door via Yale Home App
- Use Auto-Unlock
- Invite/remove guests and owners
- Control all lock settings
- View activity feed
- View guest list
- Operate the lock remotely via Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge
Guests
Users with Guest Access can:
- Lock and unlock door via Yale Home app
- Not use Auto-Unlock
- Not invite/remove guests and owners
- Not control all lock settings
- Not view activity feed
- Not view guest list
PLEASE NOTE: Guests can not operate the lock remotely
The Keychain allows you to manage all of your properties or homes in the Yale Home App. If you have multiple properties, you can create keys for all of them in your keychain. Each property added to your keychain will extend the list of keys and you will need to scroll to access them.
Adding a House
You can add a new House to your Keychain when you set up a new smart lock at that house. Follow steps below:
- Open the Yale Home App
- Navigate to the Main Menu in the top left corner
- Select Set up a Device
- Scan the QR code (this is normally found under the battery cover on the lock). If that is not possible, select Can’t Scan the data the type of device you want to set up
- Select START
- Select Continue and then Begin Setup by allowing the Yale Home App to scan for the new device
- Once the App finds the Lock, you will be given a list of all properties already listed in your Yale Home App as well as an option to Create a New House. Select this option to create a new key in your Keychain.
- When prompted, give your house a name and photo and then Continue
Continue setting up the device by following the in-App instructions. The next time you open your Yale Home App, you should see the new house in the Keychain. You will also be able to add new devices to this House at set up for new devices going forward.
Removing a House
If you wish to remove a House from the Keychain in the Yale Home App, you can do so by factory resetting any locks associated with the house. A house disappears when an Owner factory resets all locks associated with the house. Follow instructions for factory reset available here.
If you are a guest, the house is removed from your Keychain when you are no longer a Guest of any of the locks associated with the house. Guests may remove themselves from the house via the App as well.
If you're having trouble signing into your Yale Home Account because you can't remember your password, you can use the "forgot password" feature to create a new password.
PLEASE NOTE: Instructions for resetting the security PIN for your Google Home or the Google Assistant integration are available in the following article:
Select Sign In and follow in-app setup screens:
- Next, select Forgot Password
- Select the country from the drop down list and enter your mobile phone number in the international format (including country code).
- A few seconds after submitting your mobile number, you should receive a text message from us. This text will contain a 6-digit code. Enter the code into the text field to continue.
- Enter the email address that you used to set up your Yale Home Account. We will send a security code to this email address.
- Check your email inbox after submitting your email address. You should have received an email from us with a security code. Check your spam folder if the email is not in your inbox.
Once you retrieve the email with the security code, enter this code in the text field:
Follow the in-App instructions and create a new password.
This should successfully update your password in your Yale Home Account.
If you are unable to successfully reset your password with the steps above, try signing in using your email address (instead of your phone number) at the sign in screen.
Password Requirements
It is necessary that the new password satisfies our password complexity requirements:
- At least one uppercase letter
- At least one lowercase letter
- At least one number
- At least one non-alphanumeric character
The credentials associated with the Yale Home Account are necessary to complete the password reset steps. If you receive the api_authentication_error while resetting your password it is an indication that the email and/or phone number used to authenticate the account do not match the credentials on the account.
If password reset continues to fail, do not attempt to recreate a new account using your existing account info. Contact our technical assistance.
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