@paulrataczak 

it won't work well with home assistant, you need internet for tapo integration for devices without matter and that integration likes to stop working (I'm not even sure if you can control tapo locks with home assistant) so you will have to keep visiting tenants to fix it and it's not cheap solution.

buy aqara ZigBee or any matter lock and then bridge tapo h100 to aqara m100 and connect p110m plugs by using matter integration. with tapo lock you will never make it truly working locally.

good deals for locks now

  @SugarBaby really? I'm talking to the Google AI and it's saying that if the device can be controlled locally, then home assistantcan likely leverage it and use its own routines locally. I can definitely control the tapo lock from the tapo app even when internet is down, I tested it. 

I'm kind of new to all this, I'm learning as I go along.

  @paulrataczak yes tapo is bad to use with home assistant.

you can control lock because you are on the same WiFi network,turn off WiFi and Bluetooth in phone, you won't be able to control it anymore locally 

  @SugarBaby what a waste. It was so close to being everything I wanted. Now I'm considering sending everything back. The locks, the hub, the sensors. They got everything else right.

  @paulrataczak yeah, just change the lock or pick different system, IKEA will be fully matter over thread, new products will be available from new year and really cheap, but Im not sure if IKEA matter controller support locks, but even if it will be limited to close and open but it's enough to achieve what you want, you can use IKEA dirogera hub (only if support locks) or cheaper aqara m100. good luck hah xd

  @SugarBaby  is there a way to make different contact sensors work with the tapo hub? I'm interested in the sensitive strips window and door contact sensors, they're supposed to last 10 years. 

I'm really on the fence about the lock. I don't want to deal with replacing batteries, I like the fingerprint scanner, Schlage has a long battery life Z-Wave deadbolt, I was considering going that route. But it doesn't have a fingerprint scanner.

  @Wayne-TP I feel like TP-Link needs to offer better solutions for security devices than what they are currently. If support for home assistant is not an option, then TP link needs to develop their own solutions for everything to work offline. Honestly that is what I was hoping I would be able to do with the hub, I misunderstood, and the functionality is a whole lot more limited. It's great that kasa and TP-Link does not require a hub out of the box for most of their products to work online, but everything then working on a local network with internet is down is also important, especially for people interested in home security.

There is no better, basic solution to arm the door contact sensor then for the Smart Lock to arm or disarm it when the door is locked or unlocked. If the battery life is so great on tapos sub GHz hub, and Tapo Smart locks are already getting one year with Wi-Fi before needing a recharge, then why don't they consider taking it to the next level and releasing a lock that requires the hub? That would solve two problems, the lock would work offline, and the battery life would likely be two plus years, which I promise you is what everyone using a smart lock wants. It is a non-issue to have to purchase an inexpensive hub if it means my door smart lock is not going to need recharged for a very long time.

Just to be clear I still think Tapo ought to find a way to do exactly what home assistant is doing so that all of their Wi-Fi devices can work offline, but making these hubs more functional with the sub GHz band is a selling point.

  @paulrataczak no, you can't. Maybe in future with h500 hub.

Aqara is your only option for affordable lock with fingerprint and 3rd party integrations.