Updating smartthings
I have my Kasa account connected to my Smartthings account and just added some new smart plugs to Kasa. I want to control them in SmartThings but they aren't showing up. I've tried adding new devices but it just keeps showing me the 2 devices I had previously. It's been over 2 hours and I don't see a way to make it pull in the new plugs. Am I missing something or should they "just show up" at some point?
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Just in case someone finds this. Hopefully this helps them. The missing devices ended up showing up in SmartThings about 2-3 hours after I added them. It just took time for them to show up.
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@kasper22 Mine showed up 24 hours later.
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I had set up one smart plug a few days before I got a SmartThings hub / account. When I used the SmartThings app, I was able to find and add the plug easily. I then decided to add a second smart plug (after setting it up through the Kasa app), but the SmartThings app did not show it. Out of curiosity, I deleted the first plug to see if SmartThings would show me both plugs or just the first one when attempting to add devices. It showed neither.
A little more than an hour passed with no success. I saw this thread and figured I might have to wait a few more hours (or a day) for the plugs to appear. I then thought about trying to remove my Kasa authorization from the SmartThings app to see if I could reauthorize it and then discover the plugs. I went into the Settings portion of the SmartThings app (the main app, not the classic app) and clicked on 'Connected services.' When I clicked on 'TP-Link | Kasa Smart', it suddenly showed both smart plugs!
I'm not sure if it was a coincidence or if clicking on the connected service option caused a refresh that the add-device process didn't trigger. I'm hoping it's the latter in case someone else runs into this issue.
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I went into the connected services in the SmartThings settings as you mentioned and it found my missing light switch instantly. Thank you for this tip.
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