@DK10 

Hello, 

maybe I can help. For example, if you want to switch on the fan in the bathroom when the humidity is above 86% and at that moment the humidity is already 90%, the condition is met, but the set threshold has not been exceeded. I solve it by setting other thresholds to 87, 88, 89, etc. Then the regulation works correctly.

i am expencting to turn a P115 plug on, to turn on a pump when indoor temp drops below 24 degrees. it is 22 on T315 screen and it simply wont work. What to do? When i create a new automation and it is under control of hub, it asks if i want to activate that automation and it starts the pump as i expected. But when i turn of the pump manually, it wont restart when a single condition i s met. This is simple unacceptable.

  @dgncsk 

Hello,

if the threshold is set to 24°C, it is now 22°C, P115 will not switch on. The value must pass the 24°C threshold to meet the condition. So add more thresholds at 23, 22, 21, 20..., as in my previous post. Then the control will work properly.

  @PavelV thanks for the reply. i will try this today. there should have been a quicker way to achieve this

  @Wayne-TP i don't understand why they would make it so that when you save the automation, if the condition is already met it asks if you want to action it, but then when you turn the automation on from being off, it doesn't do the same check?!  Agree, it's useless as the temperature has to go from above to below the threshold in order to activate the switch.  If you're already lower than the threshold, it doesn't do anything, what's the point?

  @Wayne-TP 

I also bought complete tapo set including T315 and just got the same problem. I'm happy that I'm not the only one with that problem and directly found a lot of people claiming that. It's so annoying and I can't understand that it won't be fixed for us, since there are a lot of people claiming about that.

Since it's an active problem for many costumer at the moment, I hope there is still hope that this will be changed in near future.

Edit: This problem exists since 2023.... Go on the following Link to vote for it...

https://community.tp-link.com/en/smart-home/forum/topic/602214

Greets!

  @Wayne-TP 

Thanks to info in this thread I finally understood the stupid trigger behavior which activates the automation only when the value cross the defined threshold.

So instead of simple trigger "when humidity > 80%" I added lots of triggers like "when humidity > 80%" / "when humidity > 81%" / "when humidity > 82%" etc.

After a while I hit the limit of maximum triggers allowed, so actually I am unable to make it work under ALL conditions anyway.
 

Please listen, @Wayne-TP or anyone from TP: It is clear that it works as designed.

However it is also clear that this design is wrong and simply does not meet the needs of your customers.

This is feature request: the solution is very simple, what we need are two new triggers:
(1) When the value of sensor is changed in any direction, just new value received.

(2) Repeatable timer: at least every xx minutes, best standard cron (no need to reinvent the wheel): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron

Any of these triggers would solve the problems with regulation of temperature or humidity, etc.
The exact sensor value can be compared in the next section "if all conditions are met" before the action is executed.

(3) And finally it would be nice to have new option "Do not start the automation when the previous run is still active".
This is likely specific to humidity control, where I use action: P110 on, delay 15 min, P100 off, delay 20 min (pause).

For those having a similar problem like (3) I created auxiliary "SYNC" automation as a workaround,
so now the action is: disable "SYNC", P110 on, delay 15 min, P100 off, delay 20 min (pause), enable "SYNC".
Next you need to add condition into the section "if all conditions are met" : if "SYNC" is enabled ...  so far works as expected.

This way it should be possible also to synchronize more different automations.

So, is TP-LINK able to really listen their customers and provide the application support?

BR, Frantisek

  @Frantisek_67  Very well explained... Thanks, u seem to need the same functions as me. Working around that is damn annoying. 😥