S200D + L510E Support
I've just bought some Tapo products to setup a dimming light bulb in our toddler's room. We are in a rental, so can't alter wiring.
Goal - Make a smart bulb behave like a traditional wall dimmed light bulb.
Products Purchased
- L510E WiFi Bulb (2.4GHz)
- Hardware v3.0
- Firmware (Latest) - 1.1.10 Build 241225 Rel.110353
- H110 Hub (2.4GHz & 922MHz) + IR Remote
- Hardware v1.0
- Firmware (Latest) - 1.4.4 Build 251031 Rel.111523
- S200D Dimmer (922MHz)
- Hardware v1.0
- Firmware (Latest) - 1.13.0 Build 250226 Rel.134308
Issues (Video recording)
-
Responsiveness is poor
Bulb takes 0.5s-1.0s to respond to S200D inputs. Should be down around 50ms. Makes it difficult to adjust the brightness, especially as there's no tactile feedback on rotation input from the S200D.
Tapo app shows that smart actions are on the Hub.
-
Brightness steps/response to dimmer rotation inputs seem to be quite variable. It's like it's over filtering, or often not reading steps. There's no indication in the logs about quantity of brightness increase - just 'Brightness +'. Does the dimmer send repeated brightness commands, or does it just send one 'Brightness +' for any amount of rotation?
-
Brightness adjustments turn the bulb off. I would like brightness to only decrease to the minimum, not off. I tried to set this in the automations, but the only device status available is 'on' or 'off'. There is no brightness status to read from the bulb that can be used in the smart actions.
-
Particularly at dim settings (1%) the brightness steps are (relatively) large.
Is it possible to make this smoother? Ideally the controller should ideally be logarithmic for human perception instead of linear (I currently have the preset brightness steps at 1%, 5%, 12%, 40%, 75%).
For comparison I previously had a floor lamp that used a simple 12v LED strip - I stuck a potentiometer controlled 125kHz PWM dimmer and was able to achieve imperceptible continuous dimming down to incredibly low brightness.
I also bought a bulb for our bedroom. I was hoping to be able to use it like a sunrise alarm, ideally based on calendar events, for my wife who works shift work - but that's a stretch goal.stretch goal.
Thanks for your help.