Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet

Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet

Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
3 weeks ago
Tags: #Black Carpet
Model: Tapo RV30 Max Plus  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.1.9 Build 241202 Rel.170814 / 0.0.2.1838-1.4.20

Hi,

 

We have a room with a black carpet, and it seems the Tapo RV30 Max Plus struggles with it.

 

It keeps spinning in circles and loses its orientation.

 

According to Google, this is generally a problem with vacuum robots and black carpets due to their cliff sensors. Is that correct?

 

Is there a way to disable the cliff sensors for a specific room?

 

Best regards,

Nils Bödeker

 

Video 

https://youtube.com/shorts/iydILz3OuJg?si=nvNmCirTHf_O-zR1

 

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Re:Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
3 weeks ago

  @NilsBoedeker 

 

What is the type of the black carpet? Does the robot vacuum behave normally in other areas (different floor types)?

 

Our R&D team has made relevant optimizations for this kind of situation. Please send me the Mac address of your robot vacuum through a private message, we'll help to follow up on this case.

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Re:Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
2 weeks ago

@Wayne-TP    

 

Hi,

 

the black carpet is a low-pile velour carpet.

 

We have other rooms with carpets (blue and light brown) where there are no issues (photos attached).

 

There are also no problems on parquet or tiled floors.

 

I have another ticket where a debug version of the firmware was installed:

 

https://community.tp-link.com/en/smart-home/forum/topic/720836?page=1

 

The MAC address was sent via private message.

 

I have made a second attempt; the video and report are attached.

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/drmLOaoXb6I?si=1fFfJh5bkiL-oeYq

 

Best regards,

Nils Bödeker

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Re:Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
a week ago - last edited a week ago

Hello. 

 

I'm having a similar problem and would be very interested in a solution.

 

In my case, I have an area rug with a light/dark pattern. The RV30 sometimes becomes "trapped" inside the rug and eventually just gives up.

 

 

 

Happy to share any information that may help.

 

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Re:Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
a week ago

  @Alouesius 

Hi,

 

At the moment, I don’t have a solution. The 1.2.0 update hasn’t changed anything.

 

Background:

It’s basically impossible to use a vacuum robot on a black surface.

 

At least, that’s what everyone says.

 

TP-Link support mentioned there’s a solution. I’ve provided my MAC address so they can investigate.

 

So far, it still doesn’t work.

 

Best regards,

Nils

 

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Re:Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
Tuesday

NilsBoedeker wrote

  @Alouesius 

Hi,

 

At the moment, I don’t have a solution. The 1.2.0 update hasn’t changed anything.

 

Background:

It’s basically impossible to use a vacuum robot on a black surface.

 

At least, that’s what everyone says.

 

TP-Link support mentioned there’s a solution. I’ve provided my MAC address so they can investigate.

 

So far, it still doesn’t work.

 

Best regards,

Nils

 

  @NilsBoedeker 

 

Have you created a carpet area on the map for your black carpet area? Please check if the robot vacuum moves properly in this case. 

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Re:Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
Tuesday

  @Alouesius 

 

What's the model of your robot vacuum? Is it also an RV30 Max Plus? 

 

Does the vacuum get stuck in the black area in the center of the carpet, or does it also get trapped on the black edges, making it unable to enter or leave the carpet?

 

Our R&D team has developed an optimized firmware to enhance the vacuum's performance on black carpets. If you want to try it out, please send me the device's Mac address via private message.

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Re:Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
Tuesday - last edited Tuesday

Hi  @Wayne-TP 

 

Yes, its also an RV30 Max Plus.

 

It gets stuck on the black area of the carpet. 

 

Mac address sent.

 

Alou

 

Edit: Based on Nils comment, I have now set the area rug to only cover the black part of the actual rug. Will report the results.

 

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Re:Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
Tuesday - last edited Tuesday

  @Wayne-TP I did, but now that I think about it, it covers all the rug. Maybe It should be just the black area.

 

Alou

 

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Re:Tapo 30RV Max Plus and black carpet
Tuesday

  @Wayne-TP 

 

Hello,

 

I sent you my MAC address in December.

 

I have installed the update.

 

Firmware version:

1.2.0 Build 250102 Rel.114347

0.0.2.1855-1.4.40

 

Is this the changed firmware version?

 

The problem with my carpet has not yet been resolved. Is there a way to fix this issue?

 

For example, could manually disabling the cliff sensors for a specific room be an option?

 

Best regards,

Nils Bödeker

 

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