TP Link Kasa Devices with new official integration (July 2019): reviews needed

Devices & Integrations Connected Things
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Btw I tested with my rgbw Kasa bulb and all attributes updated. On/off, brightness, color temp and full color.

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Woo hoo! The official integration has been updated with status updates! :heart_eyes:

@Gutheinz @brad_st

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@joshua_lyon it now works with SharpTool dashboard, too

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Nice! We had done some work to enable support for the new Kasa integration in SharpTools.io around 2~3 months ago, but as you noted the Kasa integration didn’t have callbacks at the time which meant SmartThings could get out of sync with the physical device. :smiley:

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To all here
The tp link official kasa integration supports callbacks with smartThings. You should see the state report / callback sent to ST when a command is given for devices in the kasa app.

Sorry … I do see that this is acknowledged already by @JDRoberts above
We have appropriate monitoring in place and we are seeing healthy callbacks rolling through
In a case , For individual Accounts , if you see that the callbacks are not working as expected , please do let us know and we shall immediately look into it.

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ActionTiles was also updated a few weeks ago to be compatible.

It’s good to see that SmartThings is facilitating rapid integrations of this sort; since it is inevitable that there will be increasing prevalence of “Cloud-to-Cloud” WiFi based smart devices. All this despite their local network impacts (and lack of contribution to the home’s ZigBee and Z-Wave meshes…), and despite the reliance on YAC - Yet Another Cloud.

As for the latter point, the latency for state changes on the KASA Outlet appears to be trivial (by casual observation only), so that’s encouraging news for this architecture. But C2C integrated devices are obviously not eligible for local execution and thus increased reliability and speed.

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Good to know!

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My smartthings and kasa are still not syncing. They will only sync if the control is done via ST. If I physically flip a switch or use the TPLink Kasa app to do so, Smartthings doesn’t update.

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Does it work for anyone with the Classic App?

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It does not work with Classic

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could you please elaborate? I can see the devices on the classic app but i can’t actuate

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Many of the new integrations are using the new cloud platform which is why they will only work with the new V3 app.

You will see them on your device list in the classic app, but you won’t be able to do anything with them.

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Same here. New app and deleted/re-synced the Kasa integration. Still no change in ST if I use the Kasa app or Alexa.

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hmmm. out of curiosity, do you know what shard you are on?

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https://graph-na04-useast2.api.smartthings.com/

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I’m on NA01. Maybe it is only updated on that shard?
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Also, the device shows up as type ‘placeholder’ in the IDE. What type is yours set to?

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Also placeholder. That’s what all the new cloud integrations show up as.

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Any update? Find a way to get them to sync?

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Still doesn’t work. I have a ticket with support. You may want to do the same.

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