[Review] Tapo P110

It needs 2.4G Wifi connection (5G wont be discoverable).

It will work with a dualband capable network as well (2.4 and 5G on the same SSID).

It costed me ~20$.

And it helps me monitor such things:

Tapo P110 Features

1. Connectivity: 2.4GHz Wifi Only
2. Allowed power: up to 3680W (16A max)
3. Android App: TP-Link Tapo

Tapo P110 and Home Assistant

• https://community.home-assistant.io/t/is-a-tapo-p110m-from-tp-link-compatible-with-home-assistant/738579/5

Home Assistant Community Store - HACS

• https://hacs.xyz/docs/setup/prerequisites
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Gj0LiklRE

Click Your user name -> Advance Mode: Enable

Add-ons —> not visible? try a previous HA??

wget -O - https://get.hacs.xyz | bash -

To connect the Tapo P110 with HA:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSYldphgE5A&t=13s
2. https://github.com/petretiandrea/home-assistant-tapo-p100

Adding InfluxDB to HA

TBD

Adapt config

Put them in the same docker network?

• Get MQTT Ready
  • Install a MQTT Client
  • Install a MQTT Broker
  • Testing the MQTT Broker
  • Test the Connection
• Get HA Installed
• Add Graphs to HA

Adding Graphs to HA

We need HACS activated (any of those will be add-ons, so we can use our HA with Docker)

https://github.com/RomRider/apexcharts-card

Conclusions on the Smart Plug

Imo it has very interesting features and integrations for a first smart plug at home.

The energy/power monitoring can be used to optimied our home.

Remembre about the 2.4G Wifi required and the 16A and 3680W max power limitation.

There are some other smartplugs like the Zigbee Forta IGZ-K20A which allow for 3600/16A or 4400w/20A, but…its not well integrated with the TUYA App neither it provides the energy monitoring.

FAQ

Thanks to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9BshEzz4bo

HA OS vs HA Docker

Use Home Assistant with your Linux Desktop, with Butler: https://flathub.org/apps/com.cassidyjames.butler

flatpak install flathub com.cassidyjames.butler

Home Assistant interface Desktop

• Home Assistant add-ons can be used just with Home Assistant OS 📌
• Home Assistant Integrations are compatible with both options ☑️

Home Assistant - A great Project that can make your home smarter, together with a RPi.

HA Integrations

You can check more HA integrations in the official page.

Get HA Community Store

• Enable advance mode: user profile -> Advance mode
• On the Add-on Store - Install and Start SSH -> http://ip:8123/hassio/addon/core_ssh/info
  • Make it visible in the left panel
• Follow rest of steps from HACS - https://hacs.xyz/docs/setup/download and https://hacs.xyz/docs/configuration/basic

ha core restart
#clear browser cache

• Looks for: Settings -> Devices & Services -> Add Integration -> HACS

  • Authorize HACS + Github Account

• Congrats, you can now:

  • go to HACS -> Integrations -> 3 dots -> Custom Repositories
  • Then Add repository URL + Select Integration

Switches with HACS

You will need HACS Installed.

Then just look for the integration: http://ip:8123/hacs/repository/323923603

• Source https://github.com/petretiandrea/home-assistant-tapo-p100

NO need to add as custom integration with HACS >1.6.0

Tried with P110 and working. You will need P110 local IP + user and pass to tplink cloud

There are another ways to control such devices (with Python): https://github.com/fishbigger/TapoP100

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Outro

Gen AI with Ollama and HA

• https://github.com/ej52/hass-ollama-conversation

You will need HACS Installed.

• Congrats, you can now:
  • go to HACS -> Integrations -> 3 dots -> Custom Repositories
  • Then Add repository URL + Select Integration (Ollama conversation)

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Connect to the server where Ollama is running.

You will need a local ip for example to the PC where you run Ollama: http://homeassistant.local:11434