Yale YDR 41A Smart Door Lock for Sliding and Double Doors

Overview

The Yale YDR 41A is a keyless lock for double doors, swing doors and sliding doors, where the two leaves or the sliding panel meet and a normal horizontal latch has nothing to catch. It mounts on the inside face of the door (a rim lock) and drops a vertical two-part bolt into rings on an angled strike plate, so the bolt is held from both sides; this style of lock is often called jimmy proof. You open it from outside with a fingerprint or a personal identification number (PIN) code, which suits a home or small office that wants to stop handing out keys for this kind of door.

Is it right for you?

• It suits double, swing and sliding doors between 32 and 55 mm thick.
• Choose it only if you are comfortable without a mechanical key. This model has none, so emergency entry relies on a 9 V battery held to the front terminal when the AA batteries run flat.
• If you want phone control, a remote control or a video door phone link, plan the add-on modules described below; they are not built in.
• For a single wooden door that keeps its existing handle, the Yale YDD 724A deadbolt adds a mechanical key and key tag entry as well.

Key features

• Stores up to 20 fingerprints and up to 30 user PIN codes of 4 to 10 digits, so each person in the household or office can have their own entry.
• Visitor code and one-time code options, so a guest or tradesperson can be let in without learning your code.
• Code scrambling hides your real code from anyone watching the keypad, and a silent mode turns off the key tones.
• Master and Normal user modes, and automatic locking once the door is closed.
• Break-in alarm and force-locked alarm sound if the lock is tampered with.
• Runs on AA alkaline batteries, averaging about 3,500 open and close operations per set, with an audible and visual low battery warning and a 9 V battery terminal for emergency power.
• Die-cast front and main body in black, rated for -15 to 55 °C.

What else you need

• Nothing extra for fingerprint and PIN entry: the lock runs on its own batteries and needs no wiring or network.
• Only if you want the Yale Home app, you also need the Yale Home Bluetooth Module, which fits inside the lock. For control away from home, add the Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge on a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network.
• Only if you want a remote control, you also need the Yale YRM 20N receiver module in the lock and the Yale RC 100 remote, which works from up to 50 m.
• Only if you want to release the door from a video door phone, you also need the YRM 20N in the lock and the Yale YRM 20 AMC transmitter at the door phone, which runs on 12 V DC.

Installation

The lock is surface mounted on the inside of the door, with the front body (64.6 x 160.5 x 20 mm) on the outside and the main body (162.2 x 87 x 35 mm) inside, and the angled strike with its rings fixed to the frame or the meeting leaf. The door must be 32 to 55 mm thick. There is no wiring. A locksmith or door hardware fitter should fit it so the vertical bolt and the strike rings line up, as a misaligned bolt is the usual cause of a lock that will not throw.

Software and licences

With the Yale Home Bluetooth Module fitted, the Yale Home app manages users, sends notifications and controls the lock from your phone within Bluetooth range. Adding the Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge extends this to anywhere with an internet connection. No subscription is stated for these functions.

Before you buy

• There is no mechanical key on this model. Plan emergency access around the 9 V terminal and keep a 9 V battery to hand.
• Remote control, video door phone link and app control are all add-ons and need the modules listed above.
• The finish is black.