Test before you travel... in particular the case of a power outage in your home (unplug the tp link from power, plug it back in after a few minutes). The plug may refuse to run schedules/timers if...

Dionysus wrote My other gripe is why their switches won't work as triggers for IFTTT. Has anyone found a workaround for this? While I feel strongly that home automation should stay in home and not go...

I couldn't find that model number online, but I did notice that some of the ikea led bulbs are not dimmable.

Just had a look in the app and could only see it supporting the last state for bulbs. I can't recall for sure but I think that feature was removed for the sockets - which makes them unsuitable for...

If you're on android the app from google play "AutomationManager" has a "CycleColors" action available for color bulbs that will loop through the colors you select.

You might want to look at IFTTT as it's got pretty good coverage. The down side of using a cloud with your devices (including manufacture clouds like TP Link or IFTTT) is you're giving up privacy and...