New Release Tapo Plug Energy Monitoring 2.0 Update
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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.
Note:
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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Yesterday my Android Tapo App updated to Version 2.11.23
It appears that none of the energy monitoring problems have been fixed.
The ability to export (some) data has been added though!
If this is truly data exported from the P110 plug, then it suggests that this is as problem with the data rather than the app.
Additionally as well a no or incorrect data being passed to the app, it appears also that there is also problems around daylight saving time as prior to DST the export is timed as 00:00:00 but after DST it is 23:00:00 so there is a possibility that the last hour of the day is being missed out or carried over in the calculations
This firmware/app combination is currently not fit for purpose.
@Solla-topee, is it possible for an update as to what is happening to correct this?
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Hi,
I ran the beta version 2.11.6 last week and sent some feedback to the support team on Friday 4th November. This is the reply I received which might be of interest...
Dear Customer:
Thank you very much for contacting TP-Link Email support.
We have located the problem and urgently repaired it.Please wait some days,we will pulish a new version of firmware to solve the problem.
Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.
Best Regards!
Cheers
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Hi,
I ran the beta version 2.11.6 last week and sent some feedback to the support team on Friday 4th November. This is the reply I received which might be of interest...
Dear Customer:
Thank you very much for contacting TP-Link Email support.
We have located the problem and urgently repaired it.Please wait some days,we will publish a new version of firmware to solve the problem.
Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.
Best Regards!
Cheers
Many thanks for the update.
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Calendar view still shows "No Data" on Android, and the month shows December 1st as the latest day.
Please offer an ETA of when these will be fixed on Android as we're entering the winter months and need reliable access to this data.
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@Solla-topee with this big update it looks like I picked the right time to buy 4 of these plugs.
I'm happy so far but I have one issue that I can't solve. My electricity provider is Octopus Energy, their cheap rate runs from 00:30 until 04:30.
I can't find any way to add these times, only exact hours.
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It has now been a month since the Energy Monitoring 2.0 Update rolled out full of bugs. Nothing has been fixed, and all has gone quiet.
It is clear that this should never have been rolled out to the public in its current form.
Is it possible to have an update on what is happening to resolve the problems and any estimated timescale?
Many thanks...
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My Tapo P110's have just been updated to Firmware Version 1.1.6
Initial impression is that the obvious errors in the Energy Monitoring 2.0 update have been fixed, and historical data was not deleted.
Many thanks to the team...
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I can confirm the above from @QuestionReality
Firmware 1.1.6 and the latest Tapo App seem to resolve many of the issues previously mentioned
historical data was not deleted - just not being displayed correctly previously
as a bonus when I did the firmware update this time, it didn't seem to switch off then on the attached device
(previously it did - which is annoying for things that should be "always on")
I'm not going to rely on this just yet - might have been chance - but great if that is possible going forwards
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Hi @MartinX
The new firmware 1.1.6 has been released, please try to update your device and let me know if the problem is resolved.
The latest Android version of Tapo APP 2.11.40 is being rolled out, if your APP store receives this update, please go to update it as well!
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