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Phone call / SMS for actions

Phone call / SMS for actions
Phone call / SMS for actions
2025-05-13 18:32:41 - last edited a week ago
Model: Tapo H100  
Hardware Version: V1
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Hi wink

 

It would be really nice to be able to have notifications by calls and/or SMS (with for example a limit of 1 call max / SMS every 15 minutes or a little more). When using Tapo products as an alarm system, having only Android notifications is not "alerting" enough. The basis of an alarm system is based on the phone call to warn of the intrusion with a message like "this is a call from your alarm system / your Tapo hub" smiley

 

Could you please set this up ?

 

Thanks wink

 

Jonathan from France

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Re:Phone call / SMS for actions-Solution
2025-05-14 15:24:51 - last edited a week ago

Alternatively, a simpler option is to add a system to the Tapo app to make the phone/app ring (with the desired ringtone and volume) as a smart action until the alarm is deactivated (for example, with a button to deactivate with a swipe of the finger).

Phone calls are useful if, for example, you want a call to a landline number rather than a mobile phone. And, historically, in France, alarms made phone calls because at the time there wasn't a mobile data network everywhere...

 

Thanks.

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Re:Phone call / SMS for actions
2025-05-14 10:01:10

  @jlambert 

 

I'm curious what makes SMS different than the push notification? You won't get any information if you don't check the phone, and that makes a phone call the same if the phone is in silent mode.

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Re:Phone call / SMS for actions
2025-05-14 10:54:01

  @Wayne-TP 

 

Hi,

 

An SMS is not "drowned" in notifications when you have a lot of them and it disappears much less easily... rire

 

The phone call is hard to miss (long ring, vibrate, if the sound is not muted yes clin d'œil)

 

For nighttime use (door/window opening detection, for example), this would be much better than a simple notification with a short beep. Or you could install a hub that rings next to the bed...
In France, almost all alarm systems make phone calls...

 

I know that Tapo products are not really designed to be an alarm system, but honestly, it works very well ! Product-wise, all that's missing is a keypad (but you can activate/deactivate it using your phone or a connected button). There's even geolocation in your app, it's great ! rire At this level you could even go further as Synology does by detecting entry/exit of the home with identified WiFi networks cœur

 

Thanks

 

 

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Re:Phone call / SMS for actions-Solution
2025-05-14 15:24:51 - last edited a week ago

Alternatively, a simpler option is to add a system to the Tapo app to make the phone/app ring (with the desired ringtone and volume) as a smart action until the alarm is deactivated (for example, with a button to deactivate with a swipe of the finger).

Phone calls are useful if, for example, you want a call to a landline number rather than a mobile phone. And, historically, in France, alarms made phone calls because at the time there wasn't a mobile data network everywhere...

 

Thanks.

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