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Turning on/off camera C260 via smartthings
Turning on/off camera C260 via smartthings
2025-08-14 14:18:43 - last edited 2025-08-29 11:49:52
Model: Tapo C260  
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I am using smartthings to control my smarthome. We just bought the C260 to add it in my system. I have 2 routines set up for leaving the house/coming home. 

The plan was to add the camera in those routines so that the camera starts when leaving the house (while light, music,... is turned off) and reverse when coming home. I don't wanna use 2 apps all the time.

 

It seems like the camera can not be turned on/off via smartthings - not in routines or manual. Am I just too stupid?

 

We also tried to work around via Google home/Alexa but rhis didn't work too.

 

If there is really no option to turn on/off the camera via smartthings is it planned to add this (quite essential) feature soon?

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Re:Turning on/off camera C260 via smartthings -Solution
2025-08-15 06:59:08 - last edited 2025-08-29 11:49:52

  @Emil96 

Hi,
The Tapo C260 can't be powered on/off through the Tapo app or other third-party apps. However, it has the Privacy Mode feature, and you can enable/disable this feature via the Tapo app, rather than via Google Home/Alexa/SmartThings.

 

For the usage scenario you want to achieve, I recommend using the Automation + Geofencing feature in the Tapo app.
How to create Smart Action (Automation or Shortcut) on Tapo app

Best Regards

>> Smart Home: Introduction to Common Smart Action Scenarios for Tapo Cameras >> Tapo Camera Day/Night Mode Selection Guide: Best Settings Recommendations for Different Scenarios >> Enhance Your Tapo App Experience: Introduction to Several Practical Features >> Troubleshooting for Tapo Camera's Privacy Mode Automatic Activation
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Re:Turning on/off camera C260 via smartthings -Solution
2025-08-15 06:59:08 - last edited 2025-08-29 11:49:52

  @Emil96 

Hi,
The Tapo C260 can't be powered on/off through the Tapo app or other third-party apps. However, it has the Privacy Mode feature, and you can enable/disable this feature via the Tapo app, rather than via Google Home/Alexa/SmartThings.

 

For the usage scenario you want to achieve, I recommend using the Automation + Geofencing feature in the Tapo app.
How to create Smart Action (Automation or Shortcut) on Tapo app

Best Regards

>> Smart Home: Introduction to Common Smart Action Scenarios for Tapo Cameras >> Tapo Camera Day/Night Mode Selection Guide: Best Settings Recommendations for Different Scenarios >> Enhance Your Tapo App Experience: Introduction to Several Practical Features >> Troubleshooting for Tapo Camera's Privacy Mode Automatic Activation
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Re:Turning on/off camera C260 via smartthings
2025-08-17 20:41:30

Dear  @Solla-topee 

 

Thank you for the quick replay. Sorry I got lost in translation. With "turning on/off the camera" I was actually taking about activating/deactivating the privacy mode of the camera. I'd like to change that via smartthings.

Our previous camera from the other company had also the automatication feature which did not work with smartthings at all. Only seeing the tapo camera in smartthings and getting alerts is not much improvement. I can set a trigger in smartthings that something happens when the camera sees something so why not adding "automatication started" or "privacy mode changed" as trigger for smartthings too? Or the automatication in tapo starts when getting triggered by smartthings/third party app. This would help a lot.

Beste regards!

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Re:Turning on/off camera C260 via smartthings
2025-08-18 05:51:19

  @Emil96 

Hi,
Thank you for your feedback. I'll log the feature request and forward it to the relevant team for evaluation.
Best Regards

>> Smart Home: Introduction to Common Smart Action Scenarios for Tapo Cameras >> Tapo Camera Day/Night Mode Selection Guide: Best Settings Recommendations for Different Scenarios >> Enhance Your Tapo App Experience: Introduction to Several Practical Features >> Troubleshooting for Tapo Camera's Privacy Mode Automatic Activation
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