New Release Tapo Plug Energy Monitoring 2.0 Update
12/05/2022 Update: 1. Add Fixes and Topics as recommended solution 2. Latest Tapo APP version till now: Android: 2.11.43, iOS: 2.11.24 11/28 Update: New Firmware 1.1.6 has been released for both Tapo P110 and Tapo P1 Modification and bug fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that graph and data of Energy Usage might be incorrect. 2. Fixed the bug that Bill of this Month might be inaccurate. 3. Fixed the bug that remote control might not take effect. Note:1.Tapo App should be upgraded to the latest version in App Store. 2.The historical energy data of the plug might be cleared if the firmware upgrades from version earlier than 1.1.2 to 1.1.6 11/1 Update: Added Q&A at the end of this article: Q1: Why the energy cost is not calculating correctly? Hey Tapo Users! We have all-round upgraded the energy monitoring function feature in the Tapo app for you. As energy prices soar these days, we are all seeking ways to save on our electric bills. Tapo new Energy Monitoring 2.0 offers an opportunity to better understand and optimize your energy consumption. To use the new Energy Monitoring, the following conditions should be met
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Supported on model Tapo P110 or Tapo P115 with 1.1.2 and later firmware
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Tapo App should be upgraded to the latest version 2.10. X.
Note: the firmware is rolled out to Tapo users gradually, not all in once, if you didn't receive this firmware update, kindly wait for another few days.
New Energy Monitoring Dashboard
The new energy monitoring dashboard contains three core data:
lPower consumption of 'Today': Display energy consumption of today from 0:00 to the current time.
l Power consumption of 'This Month': Display energy consumption of the past 30 days.
l Current power: Refresh real-time power value every 5 seconds.
l Energy Measurement to 0.001 kWh: More decimal place in the energy consumption metric to 0.001Kwh (1W) helps you to view more accurate energy data.
Energy Usage & Power Graphs
With straightforward graphs, you can easily know when your appliances are consuming most power, and how much power they consume at different times. It can also display your power consumption in calendar view.
l Energy Usage Graph: You can now check your total power consumption by day, month, or year.
① Day: Display the total power consumption of today in the past 24 hours, the minimum time interval is 1 hour.
② Month: Display the power consumption of this month, the minimum time interval is 1 day.
③ Year: Display the power consumption of the past 12 months, the minimum time interval is 1 month.
l Power Graph: You can review the power data at different time during the past day or week.
① Day: Display the power value today from 00:00-24:00, the minimum time interval is 5 minutes.
② Week: Display the power value of the past 7 days, the minimum time interval is 1 hour.
Reset Energy Usage Data
l Delete Energy Usage Data : Now you can find an option to reset the energy data to zero easily without a factory reset.
Energy Calendar:
l Daily Energy usage in a Calendar: Display daily power consumption in the past 3 months and the Monthly electric bill.
l Visualizing electric consumption with colors: Use color of blue, orange and red to represent lower, average and higher scales of electric consumption values.
Electric Bill Calculator:
l Bill of past 30 days: Display the accumulated electric bill of past 30 days. You can iput your electricity rate, to get an estimated cost of the power consumed by each connected device. Tapo app has Singular Billing or Periodic Billing two types of billing.
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1. the price unit by default is consistent with the unit of the Tapo Care subscription.
2. Electric Bill in the app provides an estimated cost for reference only, the electricity costs in real world depends on your electric company.
l When To Use Singular billing:
Select Singular billing if you have a fixed-rate energy plan. Fixed-rate means that the price you pay per kilowatt-hour (kWh) stays the same throughout your usage.
Calculation formula: bill of this month= (electricity rate per kWh) x (total energy consumption of this month).
l When To Use Periodic billing
Select Periodic billing if you have a variable-rate energy plan. Variable-rate means that the price you pay per kilowatt-hour (kWh) could go up or down in a day or different seasons of a year.
You can set variable electricity rates by Winter and Summer , Workday and weekends, Peak and Off-peak hours.
① Winter and summer
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Summer (customizable): May 1st – Oct. 31th
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Winter (customizable): Nov. 1st – April 30th
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Customize time range
② Workdays and weekends
③ A day divided into 3 periods: off-peak, mid-peak, peak.
Calculation formula: bill of this month = (peak hours x peak hour price)+ (mid-peak hour x mid-peak hour price)+ (off-peak hours x off-peak price)
Tapo Power Protection
l Power Sensing as Trigger: you can set Auto Power Off for the connected device when its power exceeds your customized threshold. This feature can help to protect your electronics and prevent fire accidents caused by electrical overload.
l Customized threshold: You can manually set threshold by dragging the scroll bar left and right.
Adjustable range:1W-3670W
Minimum adjustment unit:10W
l Notification reminder: When plug detects overload, it will turn off automatically and send a push notification to your mobile device.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: Why the energy cost is not calculating correctly?
It is possible that electricity rate was ever changed in the Electric Bill settings:
The new electricity rate will only be applied to the new-generated energy consumption (kWh) afterwards, the previous data still use the old electricity rate.
If the electricity rate has been changed, the formula to calculate your electricity bill is :
Cost = (kilowatt-hours) x (Old electricity rate)+ (kilowatt-hours) x ( New electricity rate)
[Troubleshooting Tips ]
Try to reset energy usage data and test the Bill function again:
1. Reset energy data in the app
2. Select Singular Bill
3. Input the Electricity rate *pay attention not change the price during test
4. Check if the Cost of follow the formula: (kilowatt-hours) of this month x electricity rate
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Updated:
The Energy Ca lander button is currently grayed out until the data is generated, the button/entry will be available when energy usage data is synced, this will be optimized in next official version.
Many thanks for the photos and case details, we created a support email for your TKID221036386 to follow it up, please check your inbox. Feel free to let us know if the app works better for you~
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An update on the problems with graphing for my Tapo P110 on the android app.
I now have seven graphs under the 'Day' tab but still nothing for 'Month'.
However, as the first screenshot from my phone shows, the data for 'Today' is actually yesterday's data. The marker for the 11:00~12:00 data shows today's date but you can see that the time on my phone is only 10:35.
So 'Today' is showing the data from yesterday and there is currently no way of seeing the data from today. Presumably it will appear tomorrow in the 'Today' graph. I rather think the testing was less than thorough for this release of the app
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@Solla-topee Noticed a possible bug with the new update where by the P110 appears to be reporting energy useage from the future. In the screenshot attached, data is being reported from 30th October 2022. A similar issue occurs when you look at the half-hourly useage. I have data being reported from this evening even though it's not even lunchtime yet.
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And another graphing issue, I'm sorry to have to report...
On the Power graphs, the 'Past 24 Hours' graph shows correctly, but the past '7 Days' shows no activity.
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This will probably be my final comment until an update is released.
Contrary to my previous comment, it seems the 'Last 24 Hours' does not actually work properly and the calendar view is also non-functional.
At the moment, my P110 is monitoring our electric kettle. We always have a drink around 9pm so whichever day the 'Past 24 Hours' is showing, there would be a peak at that time.
The first shot shows the past 24 hours, and note there is no peak at around 9pm.
The second shot shows 'Today' which I, and others, have previously explained is actually yesterday, and you can clearly see the usage at around 20:00-21:00.
The calendar display is also not working, as the last three days for which the P110 has been running are all showing 'No data'.
So, it seems that the only graphs that are working to some degree of success are the Year graph which appears to be working correctly, and the 'Day' graph which is a day out.
Sadly, at the moment, the recent updates to the app and the firmware have rendered the device almost useless, especially as the firmware update has blocked my own software from being able to retrieve any useful data from the device.
I had been considering recommending these monitoring devices to my customers, and I'm very glad that I haven't yet done this as the current software combination renders them virtually useless.
Perhaps, once the software issues are addressed, I may be able to again consider recommending them, but until then, I cannot and my own device will be sitting unplugged.
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Good day @SteveTheBee @DR-W
The energy usage graph showing yesterday/ last month's data or showing the data of future appears to be fixed as recent feedback from the community users in this topic.
Energy consumption date wrong for TAPO P110
Can you check if the Energy usage graph now comes back into normal? As learned from our engineer the cause has found, we will share with the community when the support gets more detailed information or conclusion about the fix.
@SteveTheBee Thank you sharing detailed case report! To better follow up with the cases and look into this further, we create a support email TKID221100760, please check your email inbox.
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Thank you. I have installed the beta version and tested it.
Indeed the Energy monitoring Day graphs seem to be fixed
However, there are still a number of problems on the other graphs and calendar which I have sent to the support engineer.
In summary
- Energy Month - is correct for this month, but fails to show any data for October.
- Power 7 Days - still not correct - no correlation to actual usage.
- Calendar - no usage for any days, despite the Energy Day graph for October 28th clearly showing usage.
So it's improved, but still some work to do.
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As of yesterday 02/11/2022 - in App version 2.10.7
perhaps because a new month has started this is now working
"Today" - correctly shows today's data and can swipe to scroll back through each of previous 7 days
"Month" - shows daily figure for this month's data and and swipe to scroll back 3 months
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Energy Calendar now also working in App version 2.10.7
I had to go into the screen where one sets the prices and back out (no changces to settings needed) before the energy calendar icon was no longer greyed out
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@Solla-topee
When will the Android version of the application be available?
Currently there is version 2.10.6 that does not work properly.
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