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Regina_Stew

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Need alarm to wake me up when it senses a garage intruder

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Model: Tapo C110

Hardware Version: V2

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I am a newby to this and just purchased the Tapo C110 a week ago. My hope was to install it in my detached garage and have it wake me up if anyone ever broke into the garage. Things seem to work fine but my problem is that the notification is just one "bing" on my phone. I need something to keep alarming on my phone so I wake up. It does so if I leave the app up and watch the garage (I am just hearing the alarm being broadcast in the garage) but I'm guessing there must be some way to have a continual alarm be set off via notification? How would I do this? I apologize if this is a stupid question but I don't know much about this stuff. Thx.

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Solla-topee

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Re:Need alarm to wake me up when it senses a garage intruder-Solution

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@Regina_Stew

Hi,
It's unable to have a continuing alarm to be set off via notification. In your usage scenario, maybe you can buy a Tapo hub(such as H200 and H100) to work as a chime in your room. You can trigger the hub alarm for some time when the camera detects an event with the Smart Action > Automation entry to work.

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Re:Need alarm to wake me up when it senses a garage intruder

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@Solla-topee

Good day. I looked up the H100 and H200 hubs and it appears that the H200 hub is the only one that works with security cameras. Do you know if the H200 would work for my specified camera? The TP-Link data doesn't mention that the H200 works for my C110 camera. From their website in regards to supported cameras . . .

Cameras: Tapo C400, C405, C420

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Re:Need alarm to wake me up when it senses a garage intruder

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@Regina_Stew

Hi,
If you want to buy a battery-powered camera, such as Tapo C400, C420, etc., the hub Tapo H200 is required. These cameras need to connect to the hub via the Sub-G network, and the H200 needs to connect to the router to go to the internet.

The cameras, such as Tapo C110, can connect to the 2.4G Wi-Fi network directly, and they do not need a hub to go to the internet.

I suggest using the Tapo hub as a chime, this only requires the hub and the Tapo C110 to connect to the router rather than connect the camera to the hub.
Then you can use the Smart Action > Automation feature on the Tapo app to trigger the hub alarm when the camera detects events. The hub H200 and H100 are suited for this usage scenario.
How to create Smart Action (Automation or Shortcut) on Tapo app

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>>Landscape Mode - Tapo App for Pad. >>Smart Action 2.0 Explore and meet the next level home automation. >>How to position my TP-Link camera for optimal performance.

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