Application used: Tapo for iOS

Region: UK

 

In my experience with the charge guard feature it is a hit and miss because there’s times my device is turning off before fully charged (Apple Airpod Pro 2’s) and the information provided from the plug in the intervals that we get is just not enough to attempt to diagnose what is going on and provide any form of useful feedback because it lacks so much information that can be essential in diagnosing any new feature issues or just general runtime due to different devices and battery ages. 

 

The end users need more control over the wattage more granular information and better graph update intervals (faster refresh rates) to allow more frequent monitoring of the devices when using the charge guard feature (which i absolutely love by the way, it’s why i have tried to put so much time into how it works and all the information in between) which allows people to provide useful information which can better help the development teams to know exactly where they are looking.

 

Having said that, these are my suggestions and feedback after using the P110M and the charge guard feature frequently as well as adjusting Power Protection to suit each plug (eg 60W plug should never go over 61W so if it does, cut the power)

 

1. Show more precise wattage usage in the "Energy Usage" Banner eg show values such as 1.06W 0.03W etc.

 

1. When pressing "Show more" in the "Energy Usage" banner > "Power" allow showing the past 1h, 3h, 8h and 24 hour.

 

1. In the same "Power" tab, allow more control over the intervals at which the graph updates instead of a default 5 minutes eg allow for (10s, 15s, 30s, 1m, 2m etc) this allows people to better monitor the charge guard feature and provide more useful feedback and accurate data to find out what is happening with a persons device through the entire charge cycle, not just every 5 minutes during it.

 

1. Also in the same view as above, refresh the current "Power used" with the same refresh rate as the "Energy Banners" Power.

 

1. When Setting "Charge Guard (Beta)" allow for a more fine tuning of wattage adjustments when using "Custom" to allow for values such as 0.90W, 0.85, 0.62 etc. (Allow use of floats not just integers) Use sliders instead.

 

1. DMM (Digital Multimeter) View - New viewing option to allow people to view information from the plug just like a regular digital multimeter showing the voltage , amperage, wattage and runtime. This feature would be useful to allow people to customise the Charge Guard feature to better suit their batteries ages.

 

1. When the Charge Guard wattage threshold has been triggered and the timer starts, show this timer so people can monitor what is happening, if the timer is resetting and if the timer is getting stuck in anyway or because the timer is resetting due to the wattage going back above the trigger threshold. (The time can be obtained from the WAP and then start a timer based on that time albeit a few seconds delay)

 

1. Allow saved custom charge guard and auto protect presets so people can truly customise their charge guard and auto protect per device they have.

 

1. When adjusting values in Charge guard, wait a few seconds after selection (3 seconds is enough) and then push the updated settings to the device, as I feel immediately attempting to update the devices setting may cause potential issues with the charge guard feature. Current example is a Plug is set to 2W 20Min snd so far the plugs reporting <1W for well over the 20 minutes selected (Could be a potential issue with the Energy Usage banners Current Power not updating consistently. Granted it is in beta still but something that definitely might need to be looked at.

 

Since picking up one of these and trying it I got a 4 pack of P110M and a L535B Smart bulb, because I truly believe in TP-Link to really listen to the community.

 

I am also happy for most of these options to go within the settings of the plug rather than being multiple sub menus within different banners.