@Wayne-TP How does the Tapo S505D Smart Wi-Fi Dimmer work with Matter? can't we do the same for S200B?

Would love to see this issue addressed.

fuadcodes wrote

  @Wayne-TP How does the Tapo S505D Smart Wi-Fi Dimmer work with Matter? can't we do the same for S200B?

• The Tapo S505D is a wall light switch that has on and off states, you can turn it on and off or change the brightness from a smart home platform and check its state.

• The S200B is a wireless remote, the device itself has no on/off state or brightness because it is essentially a button and there's really no state to check, it can just generate events or commands when you use it by pressing it, double pressing it, long pressing, releasing it, or rotating it.

Different behaviours and events so they have to map to different Matter features and device types. Wall switches for dumb lights fall under the Matter type of On/Off Light (they behave like a smart light) while buttons are either Generic Switch if you want to use them in automations or On/Off Light Switch when they're meant to be used by binding it to a smart light instead of automations.

Adding the Generic Switch device type to the bridged S200B is what TP-Link needs so the button is compatible with any Matter platform that supports buttons. And I hope they expose all the events they currently expose to Alexa (the only supported smart home platform at the moment): single press, double press, long press, rotate left and rotate right.

Edit: fixed wrong device type

Looking forward to see this feature implemented +1