Hi @Aksdenn,

That's weird, but explains why no one else seems to be complaining that the light is always on.  I wish I could turn it off on the remote since it looks like it's not a power "indicator" light at all and is way too freaking bright compared to the Kasa switches right next to it.  Is yours the same or has it never been on?  Maybe I got a bad one?

@Exx1976

The remote switch needs constant power to run the smart electronics. The trick with the kit, one traveler supplies power for the electronics while the other the dimmed voltage. The selling point for the kit, the remote switch can signal to adjust the dimmed voltage while remaining smart. Impossible with standard wiring.

Let's remove emotion from the communities, software can always be made better.

Justin

@Exx1976 

The single-traveler + remote is not quite non-standard. Granted, it is not standard for traditional switches. But I've seen this sort of configuration for a few other brands' smart switches, including Leviton. Believe me, when you wish you could do a 3-way but don't have enough travelers, these can be super useful. For that matter, I don't understand why they need travelers at all. I think all these setups should be installed like standard SPST switches in the switch box with the load wire. Then it would associated in software with any number of multi-way switches which communicate to that one at the load wire. Dimming could be done in software too.

@jyg 

Hi @justinmfischer,

I agree 100% with @Exx1976.  I didn't think his post was emotional at all.  That was a seriously botched rollout with firmware that simply didn't work.  I bought three kits back in late August.  Two were dead out of the box and the third wasn't working until this week when I upgraded the firmware to v1.10.  It still has a number of mostly minor issues as you can see in my previous post.  I've rolled with this past the Amazon return window and have even become a beta tester for TP-Link.

The Kasa line is excellent, but this kit is definitely subpar.  Even without the bugs and the crazy bright always-on nightlight, the hardware implementation is pretty disappointing.  The fact that it can't support circuits with 4-way switches or, at the very least, support multiple remote switches for the 4-ways is a real bummer and still leaves the Kasa line behind others like Lutron whose switches support a combination of multiple remotes and 4-way switches in the same circuit.  Of course, Lutron switches are the Cadillac of the industry and cost many times more than Kasa switches so I can't complain too loudly.  

@Connu it was never on

@Aksdenn

So strange that I'm the only one with a remote switch that's always on rather than always off.  How can that even be?  @Carl, any idea?  Is there a way to toggle it to always be on or off?

@echo954 

many like me watch this link and hope for a 3way dimmer that merges well in the Kasa product line.  Thanks to many here you can read how beta is moving mainstream 

I just purchasd two sets to work with from Amazon but I do not think my install will not go uneventful and firmware updating will move the product forward

if you can wait it will be easer to realize a more polished product

good luck

Connu wrote

@Aksdenn

 

So strange that I'm the only one with a remote switch that's always on rather than always off.  How can that even be?  @Carl, any idea?  Is there a way to toggle it to always be on or off?

@Connu my remote switch is always on as well.

Hi @Hildebr287,

Thanks for the update.  Everyone else in the forum seems to have the opposite issue with the nightlight always off.  Regardless, the toggle to have the nightlight on or off in the Kasa app is ignored by the remote, but the main switch works fine.

Out of curiosity, is your remote nightlight brighter than the main switch and other Kasa switches or exactly the same intensity?