How to connect kasa

[shawnmiller8511]

Need information on connecting kasa smart devices

[ogiewon]

Hopefully this helps

Kasa Integration | Hubitat Documentation

(as I do not use Kasa devices myself, so no firsthand experience )

[djgutheinz]

There is a Built-in Kasa Integration that is fairly easy to use.

After installing the devices via the Kasa (or Tapo) phone app, the following steps are recommended for a straight forward wifi setup.

• Open the phone app (kasa or tapo), go to ME > Third Party Services Third-Party-Compatibility and turn on.
• Install and run the Hubitat Kasa Integration app.
  • run "Scan LAN for Kasa devices and add.
  • Check if your device in in the list "Found Tapo Protocol Devices". If it is, then I will not install via this app. SEE NOTE BELOW.
  • Select the devices pull-down for your device and select your device.
    • If your device is not on the list (and is not a Tapo Protocol Device)
      • Open the phone app and exercise the device. This will both verify that it is working and improves discovery in some cases).
      • run "Rescan for Additional Kasa Devices"
      • Select the pull down and select the new device
  • Select next. This will install your device.

Note on Found Tapo Protocol Devices:

Kasa (TP-Link) has decided to have all new devices use the Tapo device protocol which provides better security. If your specific device is in this category, this list will tell you so by listing the device. These devices have to be installed via the community TP-Link Tapo Integration. Below is the link and within that section are instruction how to install (VERY SIMILAR TO THE ABOVE except you have to enter your credentials before searching for the devices)>

[RELEASE] TP-LINK TAPO Plug, Switch, Bulb, Hub and Robovac Integration

This integration with app and drivers is designed to support Tapo bulbs, plugs, switches, multi-plugs, H100 Hub, Robovac, and Camera as released by TP-LInk by October 2024. It also supports some Kasa models. See: Kasa and Tapo Switches, Plugs, and Bulbs - Hubitat Support, Matter Devices. The preferred integration for Matter Devices (Kasa and Tapo) is the Hubitat core matter implementation. In case that implementation does not support all the functions of your device, you can try this integ…

[spectaclelighting]

Does anyone know how to have the Kasa integration app see devices on a different vlan from the hub? I like having the Kasa devices on a Unifi IoT vlan and that works fine for their app even when the phone is on the default lan. Unfortunately the Hubitat integration does not. I set the integration app to look for the devices on both IP ranges but no luck. Right now, the only solution is to have the Kasa devices on the same LAN as the hub.

Thanks.

[djgutheinz]

The only suggestion is to assure that HUBITAT has access to the vlan. The message is coming from Hubitat.

Question: Kasa device model and firmware version???

Notes of interest. See also:

@djgutheinz

Open the phone app (kasa or tapo), go to ME > Third Party Services Third-Party-Compatibility and turn on.

Also pay attention to the following pargraph:

@djgutheinz

Note on Found Tapo Protocol Devices:

[spectaclelighting]

It is an HS300 v2 with the latest firmware. There are also some smart bulbs that are missing, but that isn't an issue. The tape light from them does show up in separate LANs. Weird and annoying. I'll take Zwave any day over these WIFI devices for this application.