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Lightstrip should only go on when motion detected

Lightstrip should only go on when motion detected
Lightstrip should only go on when motion detected
2025-09-28 23:00:15 - last edited 2025-10-16 01:37:10
Model: Tapo L920-5  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.1.11 250313 095031

The task is simple, but seems to be impossible. 
 

I have the motion sensor T100 and the lightstrip L920. 
 

The lightstrip should go ON when the sensor detects motion. 
 

However, the lightstrip is on when pluged in, or after a power outage. 
 

Is it really impossible to say the lightstrip to stay off when plugging it to power?

 

Hue has an option how the lightstrips behave after power outages (on/off/last state)

 

did I buy the wrong product? Is there a workaround, or did I miss something?

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Re:Lightstrip should only go on when motion detected-Solution
2025-10-15 08:40:45 - last edited 2025-10-16 01:37:10
Yess! There is no ‚Turn On/Off‘, but there is a (translated from German) in the section ‚original condition‘ -> ‚last on state‘ and ‘user defined‘, the ‚last on state‘ does the job, if the lightstrip was lnltlially off, before the power cuts off. Thabk you!
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Re:Lightstrip should only go on when motion detected
2025-10-15 07:12:41 - last edited 2025-10-16 01:36:51

  @Lowmaster 

 

Not sure if this feature is available on your device, you can confirm this yourself: go to the light strip's Device Settings page in the Tapo app, click Default State, check whether an 'Turn ON/OFF' is available. This feature will adjust the lighting device to its previous state after being restored from a power cut.

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Re:Lightstrip should only go on when motion detected-Solution
2025-10-15 08:40:45 - last edited 2025-10-16 01:37:10
Yess! There is no ‚Turn On/Off‘, but there is a (translated from German) in the section ‚original condition‘ -> ‚last on state‘ and ‘user defined‘, the ‚last on state‘ does the job, if the lightstrip was lnltlially off, before the power cuts off. Thabk you!
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Re:Lightstrip should only go on when motion detected
2025-10-16 01:37:05

  @Lowmaster  Glad to hear that!

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