Turn off led indicator on smart switch
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Ihavr the hs200 installed in my bedroom. It works great, but has an led ring indicator when the light is off. Is there a way to turn that off? Or switch it so the indicator is only on when the light is on? I'm a light sleeper and black out my room.
Also I'm not looking for hack solutions like electrical tape. At that point I'll just get a different switch that doesn't have an indicator.
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For those without an Apple Device, but have a Linux/Windows box that can run Python, there is a Python command line app that you can run to turn the light on/off.
https://github.com/python-kasa/python-kasa
An example to turn it off:
./kasa --host 192.168.1.65 led 0
An example to turn it on:
./kasa --host 192.168.1.65 led 1
I had to use this myself tonight, as I installed a couple switches into bedrooms today, and forgot about the LED until my wife and son complained... :)
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@nhusby
It requires a newish Python 3.x, which I didn't have on my Linux box. So I had to install that first.
Once you have that, you can install the package with "pip3 install python-kasa".
After the package is installed, you should have a "kasa" binary out there that you can run.
(It installed in .local/bin for me)
PS: The package is pretty slick, you can do a bunch of other stuff with it as well.
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@ScottK123 Thanks!
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Definitely would be nice to have this as a configurable option for a "stealth" mode for the switches. Could up the "wife approval factor" on this sort of device a bit. One of the reasone I selected the Kasa switches is how unobtrusive the design is. Having the option to dim or turn off the "indicator" light would be nice.
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@JohnWang this is so crazy. How can a third party do this but not TP-Link. I remember posts from TP-Link saying that they could not do it.
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Anyone know if the Linux script works on the HS220v2? Just installed a few new ones in a bedroom and its not working in watt app
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@JRose I got the python script working with device below as well as my v3s.
== Master Bath Shower - HS200(US) ==
Host: 192.168.1.187
Device state: OFF
== Generic information ==
Time: 2020-09-30 01:35:34
Hardware: 2.0
Software: 1.5.7 Build 191118 Rel.140152
MAC (rssi): D8:0D:17:7B:A1:55 (-61)
== Device specific information ==
LED state: False
On since: None
For some reason the script doesn't discover my hs220 dimmers, and the watt app's night mode doesn't work for my dimmers, but it does work for all my hs200s.
It's a bit lame we gotta run scripts like this or install 3rd party apps for something so simple.
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