Recommend Good Smart Outlets?

[JDRoberts]

@TE5LA

The TP-Link socket doesn’t work with SmartThings but does with Alexa. Unless you know a trick that I don’t, it isn’t found by ST app and can’t be added manually. I can control it only through the Kasa app or Alexa. I can’t set schedules or events in ST for it, so I don’t think it’s ST compatible.

The one I have is the iSP8, so I can tell you it isn’t better.

Right, it’s the other way around: A switch that can be controlled by SmartThings can then also be controlled by Alexa. But some of the switches that can be controlled by Alexa cannot be controlled by SmartThings. There are rumors that there will be a TP Link integration later this year, but nothing confirmed.

There are some community members who have set up their own server that they then use as a middleman so they can use their TP link Wi-Fi pocket sockets with SmartThings. That’s more than most people will do, but it does tell you that a lot of people really like those devices.

[HOW TO] Add your TP-Link HS-100 Wifi outlets to SmartThings

This how-to was originally posted inside of this thread. I am starting a separate thread to gain additional visibility for anyone who is looking. Special thanks to @dbej for creating the DTH and code for this, this is all his work. I’m just the messenger Note: This setup requires the use of an internal “gateway” server/PC that receives commands from the SmartThings hub and translates/forwards them on to your TP-Link HS-100 outlets, so it’s more complex than the typical smartapp & DTH type integration. The instructions below are specific to a Windows environment, but several community members have been able to accomplish the same integration using a Raspberry Pi or similar. While @dbej used Docker to get this up and running, I am using a node.js command prompt instead, so keep in m…