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paulpjred1

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Smart Automations

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Model: Tapo P300

Hardware Version: V1

Firmware Version: 1.0.16 B 240529 Rel 150326

Smart automation issue.

Devices are all up to date.

Tapo S220B smart button

Smart Plugs P110

Smart board P300

Scenario 1.

1st Automation: When: Tapo S200B single tap, Then: P110 (Plug 1) Turn On/Off.

2nd Automation: When P110 (Plug 1) turns On, Then: P110 (Plug 2) Turn On for 2 secs, Plus run other shortcuts.

So in Scenario 1, tapping S200B turns Plug 1 On/Off, and when it turns on, it activates the 2nd automation to turn Plug 2 on for 2 secs, and runs other shortcuts.

Scenario 2.

1st Automation: When: Tapo S200B single tap, Then: P300 (Plug 1) Turn On/Off .

2nd Automation: When P300 (Plug 1) turns On, Then: P300 (Plug 2) Turn On for 2 secs, and run other shortcuts.

So in Scenario 2, tapping S200B turns Plug 1 On/Off, and when it turns on, it does not activate the 2nd automation to turn Plug 2 on for 2 secs, and doesn't run other shortcuts.

I you manually turn P300 (Plug 1) on, then Plug 2 turns on for 2 secs, and other shortcuts run.

So the Automations are the same, just with different hardware. The second automation, if activated by the first, in scenario 2, doesn't work with the P300, only the individual P110.

Could a software/firmware fix this?

Regards

Paul

Edit: was able to get around it with P300 by tidying up/rewriting the automation.

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@Wayne-TP

1st Automation entry:

When: S200B single tap

If:

Then: P110 (plug1)turn on/off

2nd Automation entry:

When: P110 (Plug1) turns on

If:

Then : P110 (Plug2) turns on for set time

So in the above scenario, tapping the button turns on Plug1 and then this turns on plug2 for the set time.

Plug2 also turns on for the set time if you just turn on Plug1.

If you replace the P110 (plug1) and P110 (plug2) with P300 (plug1) and P300 (plug2), then tapping the button only turns on P300 (plug1), the P300 (plug2) doesn't follow. But if you just turn on P300 Plug1), the P300 (plug2) follows and turns on for the set time.

The code I used to get it to work:

When: S200B single tap

If: P300 (plug1) off

Then: P300 (plug1) turns on

P300 (plug2) turns on set time.

When: S200B single tap

If: P300 (plug1) on

Then: P300 (plug1) off

There's actually a lot more plugs involved, so more if's and then's, but I stripped down to simplify.

I've actually made an alarm system like a traditional one with red flashing light when on, a strobe and siren if activated, using cameras as the trigger. Works well, just using the smart plugs to activate relays to do the work, because Tapo doesn't yet have smart relays.

Paul

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Wayne-TP

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Re:Smart Automations

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@paulpjred1

Do you use the same S200B in both cases?

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@Wayne-TP Yes.

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Re:Smart Automations

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@paulpjred1

Actually what I want to understand is whether you have created all the settings for both scenarios at the same time. Because if that's the case, single tap the smart button would active both scenarios.

Anyway, is the problem resolved now? Can you share your solution here?

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@Wayne-TP

1st Automation entry:

When: S200B single tap

If:

Then: P110 (plug1)turn on/off

2nd Automation entry:

When: P110 (Plug1) turns on

If:

Then : P110 (Plug2) turns on for set time

So in the above scenario, tapping the button turns on Plug1 and then this turns on plug2 for the set time.

Plug2 also turns on for the set time if you just turn on Plug1.

The code I used to get it to work:

When: S200B single tap

If: P300 (plug1) off

Then: P300 (plug1) turns on

P300 (plug2) turns on set time.

When: S200B single tap

If: P300 (plug1) on

Then: P300 (plug1) off

There's actually a lot more plugs involved, so more if's and then's, but I stripped down to simplify.

Paul

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