Wayne-TP wrote

  @Elemer 

 

Kasa and Tapo are two different product lines with their own separate apps for device management. The KE100 is primarily sold as a kit, KE100KIT, and the single KE100 as an add-on.

 

Tapo App or Tapo H200 does not support the Kasa KE100.

  @Wayne-TP 

 

But the Tapo App does support the H100 hub and KE100 as it tells you to download the Tapo app on the product page ?  I just don't understand why the H200 doesn't support this device.  It doesn't make any sense,

Wayne-TP wrote

  @Elemer 

 

H100 is a Tapo hub, it does not support KE100 either. I did not mention it because you were asking for the Tapo H200 specifically.

 

What Kasa KE100 need is a KH100 hub. A KE100 Kit includes one KE100 and one KH100.  

Smart Thermostat KE100 KIT V1.2

  @Wayne-TP 

So what's the difference between the KH100 hub and the H100 hub ?  They look identical to me.

It's either madness or money making to need so many different hubs for products which are the same brand.

KE100 is supported by the H100 hub and appears in the Tapo app. I've got loads working like that. I am surprised to hear the H200 hub doesnt work. Well a little surprised, it would be a shame as i was going to try using the h200 because of the issues im having with the H100! I thought TP link were closing down Kasa line and migrating everything to Tapo?

  @Charliepsycho 

Im just using the valve manually.  Not buying any more hubs.  It's ridiculous, we will soon be needing to buy hubs for our hubs.

  @Elemer 

I think maybe the development team are playing wack-a-mole with bugs and the test team cannot keep up!

 

Honestly, the smart trvs are very good, once you get them working!

  @Wayne-TP 

 

"H100 is a Tapo hub, it does not support KE100 either."

 

WRONG!

 

I know you guys don't know anything about the thermostats as stated many times here and on Reddit. Please educate yourself about your own products, even if you don't use them yourselves.

 

The KE100s work with the H100.

 

(They'll get Matter support with the next firmware update of the H100, by the way!)

 

  @Elemer I also just bought into the Tapo Smart Ecosystem, bulbs, sensors, switches, the H200 and some TRV's, super annoyed to find out I can't use the KE100 with the H200.

So the KE100 works with the H100 or KH100 but not the H200, is that right?  Just pieced together from random sources.

Is there any intention to make the KE100 work on the H200, seems more like an oversight if it works on the H100 but not H200.

Also looks like people are mentioning the KE100 was in the Tapo app for a while but has now been removed.

Why on earth such product segmentation when it seems it could work together, there is no way I am buying multiple hubs and installing multiple apps for things that could essentially work together on the same hub and app.