Description
Yealink YPS20 Partition Sensor Divisible Room Sensor Dubai
One large training room at 9AM. Two smaller meeting rooms after lunch. The partition slides across, but the audio system still behaves like the wall never moved. Microphones from Room A stay active in Room B. Loudspeakers follow the wrong DSP preset. Someone in the Dubai office ends up opening the AV rack or calling IT just to make a movable wall work properly.
The Yealink YPS20 fixes that specific problem. It watches the physical partition position and passes that state to the Yealink AP08 through GPIO. When the wall moves, the room can change between its preconfigured divided-room and combined-room audio settings automatically. No touchscreen menu for staff to remember. No manual DSP preset change before every town hall, training session or board meeting.
1.5m
Maximum Effective Detection
6
Sensitivity Levels
10m
Supplied Sensor Cable
<30°
Recommended Offset Angle
What the YPS20 Actually Controls
The YPS20 is not a room-booking sensor and it is not a general occupancy detector. It has one job: identify whether the movable partition is in the position the AV system expects. That position is then used as a trigger inside the Yealink room-audio design.
The sensor connects to the Yealink AP08 DSP through its GPIO interface. From there, the room designer defines what should happen when the partition is present and what should happen when it is removed. In a simple two-room setup, that normally means one DSP configuration for Room A, another for Room B, and a third configuration for Room A+B when the wall is open.
Partition closed
Each room runs independently. Microphones, loudspeakers and room processing stay assigned to their own side of the partition. That keeps a discussion in Room A from feeding into Room B through the AV system.
Partition open
The AP08 can load the combined-room preset. Audio zones are joined according to the design, allowing the larger space to operate as one meeting, event or training room.
That automatic switching is the reason the YPS20 belongs in divisible rooms. A venue team in a Dubai hotel or a facilities team in a DIFC office shouldn’t need to understand DSP routing just because the movable wall changed position.
Why Sensitivity Setup Matters More Than the Sensor Spec
The headline number is 1.5 metres. That is the maximum effective sensing distance specified for the YPS20. In a real installation, the more important number is the selected sensitivity level.
There are 6 sensitivity settings. The installer uses those levels to match the sensor to the actual distance between the mounting point and the moving wall. That matters because the YPS20 uses infrared diffuse-reflection detection. The sensor is looking for a reflected response from the partition surface, so wall finish, nearby structures and objects behind the partition all become part of the setup.
Take a hotel ballroom with a folding acoustic wall. The sensor may be mounted 800 mm away from the closed partition, while a structural column sits another metre behind it. Running the sensor at maximum sensitivity when the wall only needs to be detected at 800 mm gives you no benefit. It may simply make the installation more sensitive to whatever is behind the moving wall.
This is not a “mount it anywhere” sensor
The 1.5 m specification is a maximum effective working distance, not a target for every installation. The correct sensitivity should be set against the actual partition distance and surrounding surfaces. Final testing should be done with the wall fully open and fully closed.
Yealink also notes that sensor-to-sensor variation can be around 10%, so commissioning should be based on the physical room instead of assuming every YPS20 will react at an identical millimetre point. That small detail matters on multi-room projects where several sensors are installed across the same floor.
Placement Around Glass, Lights and Moving Walls
Dubai interiors create a few predictable problems. Glass partitions. Bright architectural lighting. Reflective finishes. Movable walls that never stop in exactly the same place twice. The YPS20 can work in those rooms, but placement needs to be decided before the ceiling is closed.
The optical axis should face the partition as directly as possible. If the room geometry prevents a straight-on installation, the mounting offset should stay below 30°. The sensor-to-partition distance still needs to remain within the verified 1.5 m working range.
Strong light directly into the sensing path should be avoided. The same applies to areas where people, doors, curtains or loose objects can repeatedly move through the detection zone. A sensor installed beside a glass door in a JLT training centre, for example, needs more care than one mounted above a solid acoustic divider in a dedicated boardroom.
Installation rule we follow
Mount the sensor where the partition gives a repeatable reflection, keep the sensing path clear, choose the lowest practical sensitivity that detects the closed wall reliably, then test several open-close cycles before the room is handed over.
How the YPS20 Fits Into a Yealink SkySound Room
The sensor normally sits inside a larger Yealink ProAV design rather than operating by itself. That design can include AP08 DSP processing, CM-series ceiling microphones, CS-series ceiling speakers and the room conferencing hardware chosen for each side of the partition.
For projects using the wider Yealink Room Audio & Microphones range, the important part is that the split-room and combined-room behaviour is planned as one system. The YPS20 provides the physical state. The AP08 processes that state. The audio design decides which microphones and speakers belong to each room mode.
That makes the YPS20 especially relevant for training centres, hotel meeting suites, university classrooms, corporate town-hall rooms and conference spaces where the same floor area changes size during the day. It is also useful when a large Teams room needs to become two separate spaces after the main meeting ends. The conferencing hardware can change by project; the partition logic remains the same.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Product Type | Infrared partition sensor for divisible meeting rooms |
| Maximum Effective Detection | Up to 1.5 m |
| Sensitivity Adjustment | 6 selectable sensitivity levels |
| Connection | GPIO connection to Yealink AP08 DSP |
| Supplied Cable | 10 m |
| Installation Angle | Direct alignment preferred; keep offset below 30° where required |
| Status Indication | Two-colour LED indication |
| Configuration Role | Triggers divided-room and combined-room configurations through AP08 and Yealink Room Designer |
Room Fit — Where YPS20 Makes Sense
| Room Type | YPS20 Fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed Boardroom | Usually not required | No movable partition state to detect |
| Divisible Training Room | Good fit | Automatic change between split and combined audio layouts |
| Hotel Meeting Suite | Good fit | Room layout can change several times in one day |
| Large Multi-Zone Conference Space | Project dependent | May require multiple sensors and a full AP08 room design |
Not the right fit?
If the room has no movable partition, the YPS20 normally adds no value. If the room has several moving walls or more than two operating layouts, the sensor count and AP08 logic should be designed as part of the complete room-audio system rather than ordered as isolated accessories.
For Dubai, Abu Dhabi and UAE divisible-room projects, the practical starting point is a room drawing showing partition positions, ceiling height, AV rack location and the planned microphone and speaker zones. From that, the YPS20 mounting points and AP08 GPIO logic can be planned before installation begins. For the wider Yealink room-system range, see our video conferencing systems.
BYOD, Content Sharing and PABX — What the YPS20 Does Not Do
The YPS20 does not carry video, USB content, HDMI, Dante audio or a laptop BYOD connection. It is not a presentation device. Its job is much narrower: detect the movable partition and provide that state to the AP08 so the room can react to the physical layout.
Content sharing is handled by the conferencing system installed in the room. A divisible Teams room might use an MVC system on each side. Another project may use separate room computers, wireless presentation hardware or a larger integrated AV design. The YPS20 sits underneath that user experience and tells the audio system whether the rooms are physically divided or joined.
It also does not register to a PABX, SIP extension, Etisalat service or du voice service. There is no telephone account on the sensor. If a divisible room requires PSTN calling or an existing office PABX connection, that is configured on the room conferencing endpoint separately. Keeping those roles separate makes troubleshooting much easier: YPS20 handles partition state; AP08 handles room-audio logic; the conferencing endpoint handles calls.
What Comes With the Yealink YPS20
The important installation item is the supplied 10-metre sensor cable. That gives the installer useful freedom when the AP08 is mounted in an AV rack away from the partition line.
The room should still be surveyed before ordering. Sensor position is determined by the partition path, usable mounting surface, nearby lighting and the route back to the AP08. On a finished DIFC or DMCC office floor, cable access above the ceiling can matter just as much as the sensor itself.
Not included — plan these separately
The Yealink AP08 DSP, ceiling microphones, loudspeakers, conferencing hardware, AV rack equipment and any project-specific cable extension are separate from the YPS20. For a divisible room, these parts should be specified together rather than treating the sensor as a standalone purchase.
How We Commission a Divisible Room
A partition sensor only works properly when the room states have already been planned. We normally start with the room in its smallest divided configuration, identify which microphones and speakers belong to each side, then define the combined layout used when the wall opens.
1
Survey the partition — Check the closed position, open position, mounting distance, lighting, reflective surfaces and cable path back to the AV rack.
2
Connect to AP08 GPIO — Install the YPS20 and route the sensor connection back to the AP08. The sensor state is then available to the room logic.
3
Build the room states — Configure the divided and combined-room behaviour in Yealink Room Designer and the AP08 audio design.
4
Tune sensitivity — Select the practical detection level for the actual wall distance instead of leaving the sensor at maximum sensitivity by default.
5
Cycle the room repeatedly — Open and close the partition several times while checking audio routing. We test the real physical movement, not just the GPIO state on a configuration screen.
That last test catches the sort of fault that appears after an installer leaves: a folding wall stopping slightly short, a sensor reacting to a background surface, or one side of the combined room keeping the wrong microphone route. Better to find it during handover.
Stock & Availability: Yealink YPS20 in stock in Dubai. Same-day quote on WhatsApp. Project quantities available for divisible-room and SkySound deployments. Ships to Africa, GCC and South Asia, with FOB Dubai pricing for export projects.
Where We Use YPS20 in UAE Projects
The common use case is a room that changes identity during the working day. A Dubai training centre may run two 20-person sessions in the morning, open the wall for a 40-person presentation after lunch, then split the room again for evening workshops. The users should not have to know that an AP08 preset exists.
Hotel conference floors are another fit. Ballrooms and meeting suites often have movable acoustic partitions operated by the events team, while the AV rack is locked away in a service area. YPS20 allows the physical wall position to become part of the room control logic rather than relying on someone to remember a manual audio setting.
Corporate offices in Business Bay, JLT and DMCC use the same idea for multi-purpose boardrooms. One large town-hall space becomes two project rooms once the company-wide call ends. In Abu Dhabi, the same design works for training rooms, government meeting areas and divisible conference facilities where room layouts change between sessions.
Yealink YPS20 UAE projects are therefore usually specified by room layout rather than by seat count. The questions are different: How many movable walls? How many independent audio zones? Where is the AP08? What happens to each microphone and speaker when the wall opens? Those answers determine the sensor design.
Related Yealink Room Audio and AV Hardware
A YPS20 is normally one small part of the finished room. These are the products and product groups we commonly discuss around the same design:
Yealink AP08 DSP — the processor that receives the YPS20 GPIO state and applies the planned room-audio behaviour. See the Yealink Room Audio & Microphones range.
Yealink CM50 Ceiling Microphone — ceiling audio for larger room designs where tabletop microphones would interfere with flexible furniture layouts. Browse SkySound ceiling audio.
Yealink CM20 Ceiling Microphone — another ceiling microphone option for rooms where table layouts move frequently. It sits in the same room audio category.
Yealink CS10 / CS10-D Ceiling Speakers — distributed ceiling audio for conference and training spaces. Add them when the room needs consistent speaker coverage across both divided and combined layouts through the Yealink SkySound range.
Yealink RCH80 / RCH240 AV Switches — network infrastructure for larger Yealink AV and Dante/AES67 deployments. They belong with the room-audio infrastructure range.
Yealink MVC S90 / MVC S98 — conferencing kits suited to larger Microsoft Teams room designs where separate cameras and room audio are needed. See the Yealink Microsoft Teams room range.
Yealink VCM35 / VCM36-W — wired and wireless room microphones for projects where ceiling audio is not required. Compare options in our Yealink room microphone range.
Africa and MEA Project Supply from Dubai
Divisible-room hardware is usually bought as part of a project package rather than one sensor at a time. We supply YPS20 units and matching Yealink room-audio hardware from Dubai for AV installers and system integrators working on conference facilities in South Africa, Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Kenya.
Project quantities can be consolidated with AP08 processors, ceiling microphones, speakers and conferencing equipment before shipment. That reduces the chance of the installation team receiving the sensors while waiting for the DSP or room-audio hardware from a different shipment.
FOB Dubai pricing is available for MEA orders. Send the room count, number of partitions and required quantities so the parts list can be checked before the quotation is issued.
For multi-room rollouts, we can also separate quantities by room or project phase on the quotation. WhatsApp +971 55 986 3697 with the destination country and project quantity.
About Yealink Dubai — Authorised Yealink Distributor
Yealink Dubai is an authorised Yealink distributor in Dubai, UAE. Yealink YPS20 Partition Sensor in stock with supply and installation across all 7 UAE emirates. Contact: +971 4 450 4145. Since 2010.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the YPS20 automatically know when our meeting-room wall has been opened?
Yes, when it is installed and configured as part of the AP08 room design. The YPS20 detects the partition state and provides that state through GPIO. The AP08 then applies the divided-room or combined-room configuration that was created for the project. The switching logic has to be configured during commissioning; the sensor does not invent the room layout by itself.
How far can the YPS20 be mounted from the partition?
The verified maximum effective detection distance is 1.5 metres. The sensor also provides 6 sensitivity levels, so the installer can tune it for the actual distance instead of running maximum sensitivity in every room. We test the wall in both open and closed positions before handover.
Can we use the YPS20 without a Yealink AP08?
For the documented Yealink divisible-room design, the YPS20 connects to the AP08 through GPIO and the AP08 handles the room-audio state. If you already have a different DSP or control system, send us the existing AV design before ordering. We won’t assume compatibility with third-party GPIO hardware unless it has been checked for that project.
Does YPS20 work with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Etisalat or du?
The YPS20 itself does not log into Teams or Zoom and does not register to Etisalat or du. It is a partition sensor. The room’s Teams, Zoom or phone connectivity is handled by the conferencing endpoint, while the YPS20 and AP08 manage the physical split-room and combined-room audio behaviour.
Can you install the YPS20 in an existing divisible room in Dubai or Abu Dhabi?
Yes, subject to a check of the existing AP08, cable route and partition layout. Retrofit work is possible, but the sensor needs a suitable position within its 1.5 m working distance and a clear sensing path. We handle Yealink YPS20 supply and installation in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and all 7 UAE emirates.
Is the Yealink YPS20 in stock in Dubai?
Yealink YPS20 is available from Dubai for UAE installations and export projects. Same-day quotations are available on WhatsApp for single units and project quantities. For divisible rooms, send the number of rooms and movable partitions as well — we can check whether the sensor quantity matches the proposed AP08 design.
Yealink YPS20 Partition Sensor in stock in Dubai. Supply and installation across all 7 UAE emirates. Project pricing for divisible-room and SkySound deployments. Monday to Saturday, 8AM to 6PM.
