Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events

Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events

Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events
Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events
2025-08-18 23:56:05
Model: Tapo D235  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.1.19

Installed Tapo D235 (battery only) a few months ago and worked perfect for the first 4-5 weeks now it's not detecting any events and hence not sending any notifications (only doorbell ring).

I have attached pictures of my settings and done the detection beta test and that worked perfectly and detected motion but 3 minutes later, no longer picked up any movement.

Battery is also draining very fast

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Re:Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events
2025-08-20 03:35:17

  @Mrb97 

 

Try to restart the doorbell, see if that helps.

 

Does the detection work while you're watching the live stream in the Tapo app? Does it work if you do the range detection test again?

 

 

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Re:Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events
2025-08-26 08:03:59

  @Wayne-TP have restarted plenty of times and rebooted.

Detection works when watching livestream and sends a notification and does work with range detection.

 

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Re:Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events
2025-08-29 08:17:58

  @Mrb97 

 

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Re:Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events
3 weeks ago

  @Wayne-TP hi I am having the exact same issue as above could you help

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Re:Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events
3 weeks ago

  @WillieLaura 
 

This article should help, take a look. What to do if the Detection feature is not working on the TP-Link Camera?

 

And you can Post a new thread and share more details of your case. 

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Re:Tapo D235 Not Detecting Events
Yesterday - last edited Yesterday

  @Wayne-TP, i also have a similar problem. My d235 is detecting movement, people, etc, when i am at liveview. Usually, it also detects ~10/15 minutes later, but when it passes more time, usually it can't get out of  "sleep" mode. I already checked all settings, and changed detection levels to max (10).

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