Very Strange Kasa App - Scheduling Feature
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I just bought some HS103 plugs yesterday and when setting up the schedule for two of them I encounter the same problem for both. I wanted the plug to turn on at Sundown to control a lamp. I wanted it to turn off a few hours later, so I selected Power On and saw the little green indicator light up, then Sunset. Then I selected Power Off (green indicator lit up) and 10:00 PM, then hit Save. The plug didn't work as expected and when I went back into the app I noticed 10:00PM was selected for both Power Off and Power On.
I've tried various combos, Sunset/Sunrise, Time for On and Off, in all cases it's the same result, the last value entered (i.e. either Sunset or a time) ends up in both fields. [Edit to add:] and the light doesn't behave as expected. It usually comes on and stays on. (I tested with shorter intervals so I didn't have to wait several hours to see if it worked)
Maybe I'm not doing it right. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a solution? My Kasa app is right up to date too.
Cheers
I must apologize for opening this thread! My mistake was assuming one event in the Schedule setup defined both the start and end time for controlling a plug. It actually represents just one, er, ... event 
. When I realized that I tested my theory by programming two events, one to turn on the plug and another to turn it off a couple of minutes later. < presto! > it worked.
So there is no problem at all with the app, it works great - and the event mechanism is way more flexible than just a simple on/off pair of events per schedule item. Once you realize that it's a piece of cake. In my defense, after I figured that out, I went to the TP-Link website to see if that is documented anywhere. I found the Youtube video:
How to Set Up a TP-Link Smart Plug. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA_myJ5Hp64)
video in the support section and watched it. And while it touches on how to program the plug it doesn't actually explain the event mechanism, although it implies it. I'm an old-timer with only mechanical plug-in timers that have plastic tabs to select On and Off times. The Kasa plug is much smarter than that and I'm very pleased with my purchase - now that my brain has caught up to its operating paradigm.
No need to open a ticket!
Once again, sorry for all the trouble!
-RF,
Vancouver, BC
I must apologize for opening this thread! My mistake was assuming one event in the Schedule setup defined both the start and end time for controlling a plug. It actually represents just one, er, ... event . When I realized that I tested my theory by programming two events, one to turn on the plug and another to turn it off a couple of minutes later. < presto! > it worked.
So there is no problem at all with the app, it works great - and the event mechanism is way more flexible than just a simple on/off pair of events per schedule item. Once you realize that it's a piece of cake. In my defense, after I figured that out, I went to the TP-Link website to see if that is documented anywhere. I found the Youtube video:
How to Set Up a TP-Link Smart Plug. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA_myJ5Hp64)
video in the support section and watched it. And while it touches on how to program the plug it doesn't actually explain the event mechanism, although it implies it. I'm an old-timer with only mechanical plug-in timers that have plastic tabs to select On and Off times. The Kasa plug is much smarter than that and I'm very pleased with my purchase - now that my brain has caught up to its operating paradigm.
No need to open a ticket!
Once again, sorry for all the trouble!
-RF,
Vancouver, BC