Scheduling Privacy Mode
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Hello all,
I am wondering if there is a way to schedule privacy mode on the Tapo C200 camera's? As I use 3 of these camera's inside the home I would like them to switch to privacy mode at set times e.g. 7am and then switch back on again when we go to bed as I use the camera's for internal security at night. I could probably use smart plugs to achieve the same thing but it would be nice to have the functionality built into the app, a bit like the recording scheduling.
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Update on July 27, 2023.
Hello everyone,
Thank you for your improvement suggestion on the Tapo camera's Privacy Mode.
Our Tapo cameras have supported the Smart Action feature and that allows setting up Shortcut or Automation features. For details, please check:
How to create Smart Action (automation or a shortcut) of my Tapo devices
With the Smart Action>Automation feature, you can schedule the privacy mode by adding a new automation rule.
E.g:
Trigger: at a certain time
Action: turn on/off privacy mode
If you don't see the Smart Action feature on the Tapo app, please make sure your camera and the Tapo app are up to date, and then vote or leave your comments on this thread.
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Hello everyone,
Thank you for the feedback with Schedule Privacy mode and share the user case with us, this thread will be moved to Tapo Feature Request Board so users who get interested could vote and comment for this feature. Leave your comment and usage scenario for this feature like how do you want to use a feature with a practical example, or how a improvement would help or resolve a problem for you, this will help when this feature is raised for evaluation.
Here are some popular feature requests for tapo device that you might get interested: Summary of most Popular Feature Requests for Tapo
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I hope those improvements/suggestions don't get only implemented in tapo care, like the sound detection, the blind zones, the follow motion... all of them where suggested here by atual customers and only became available in the paid subscription. Very disappointed...
Remember that the "premium" brand is Kasa, and here we are talking about a most affordable brand Tapo.
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Update on July 27, 2023.
Hello everyone,
Thank you for your improvement suggestion on the Tapo camera's Privacy Mode.
Our Tapo cameras have supported the Smart Action feature and that allows setting up Shortcut or Automation features. For details, please check:
How to create Smart Action (automation or a shortcut) of my Tapo devices
With the Smart Action>Automation feature, you can schedule the privacy mode by adding a new automation rule.
E.g:
Trigger: at a certain time
Action: turn on/off privacy mode
If you don't see the Smart Action feature on the Tapo app, please make sure your camera and the Tapo app are up to date, and then vote or leave your comments on this thread.
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@Solla-topee hey, I tried to add the privacy mode automation task for my c200 but it seems my device is not available for doing that. Do you have any info about that or if this feature will be implemented for this tapo model? Thanks!
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The smart actions are great, but it would be good if you could schedule privacy based on the Home/Away presets. So I could have a schedule enabled for when I'm home by using the "Home" profile, but when I am out I can enabled the "Away" profile and that would have it's own schedule for privacy. It would also be good if there was a separate schedule for recording as well in the "Home and "Away" modes
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