Visible or audible confirmation of automated actions

Visible or audible confirmation of automated actions

Visible or audible confirmation of automated actions
Visible or audible confirmation of automated actions
a week ago
Model: Tapo S200D  
Hardware Version: V1
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With the help of this smart switch, I’ve successfully automated the Privacy Mode ON/OFF switching on two cameras with a single push and a double push, respectively.

 

This setup works well, but to confirm that the automation has actually triggered, I currently need to check my smartphone screen to see if the Privacy Mode icons change.

 

Since I’m also using an H200 hub, is there a way to make it briefly emit a sound as audible confirmation of the automation? Alternatively, could a bulb briefly light up instead, so I don’t need to rely on my smartphone for confirmation?

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Re:Visible or audible confirmation of automated actions
Wednesday - last edited Wednesday

  @MarioInJapan 

I found that this is quite easy with Automation: for example, one press of the smart button to switch two cameras (one C425 and one C520WS) to Privacy Mode OFF and emit a 2 sec sound via the H200 hub.

 

The point is, even if in Automation the "if" condition is set to "both cameras switch to Privacy Mode OFF" (this is the condition I want in order to be sure that the mode OFF is set on both cameras), the hub emits the sound before the Privacy Mode Icon of both cameras shows that Privacy mode is OFF.

 

Is this just a delay in the icon display change? Any suggestion, please?

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Re:Visible or audible confirmation of automated actions
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  @MarioInJapan 

 

You can use automation to check the status of the camera privacy mode. The "IF" condition supports checking camera's privacy mode status.

 

This automation requires a different trigger, for example, if you still want to use the smart button, the trigger for this scene cannot use single and double tap, as this will make both automation run simultaneously, the detected privacy mode status may not be accurate.

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Re:Visible or audible confirmation of automated actions
Wednesday - last edited Thursday

  @Wayne-TP 

You are right, this kind of automation is a bit tricky.

 

With one and two smart button presses I'm able to switch the Privacy Mode ON and OFF respectively, at least judging by the camera icons switching off and on. During the next few days I'll be checking with the smartphone whether the Privacy Mode switching actually occurs on the cameras, then when I'll see that this kind of use of the smart button is reliable for my purpose I'll stop using the smartphone altogether for such a simple task.

 

Yet, I'm still pursuing the goal to have some kind of audio or visual feedback when the cameras actually switch to Private Mode ON and OFF. Wouldn't this be an useful addition to Automation?

 

 

 

 

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