Thanks to a comment by Jacob K. on a previous post, I looked into how to set/unset the HS100 plug timer via the TP-Link API call. To replay the steps below, be sure to already have: your TP-Link token your HS100 deviceId your TP-Link app server URL In the next…
In this post I’ll show how I control my TP-Link HS100 smart plug right from my LG G Watch R Android smart watch, from anywhere, which is very handy. The first thing we need is the ability to control the HS100 smart plug from Tasker on our Android phone. If…
We’ve seen in a previous post how to switch our TP-Link HS100 smartplug from command line, from anywhere (not only the local network). In this post we’ll see how to create some Tasker tasks to control our smartplug. From that, we can imagine any useful/crazy profiles triggered from any events, time,…
In this post I’ll show how to control a TP-Link HS100 smart plug from the command line from any device connected to Internet (not only from the local Wifi). This can then be used to expand the possibilities of your smart plug and automate it with apps like Tasker for Android and IFTTT.
When it comes to Automation in Android, there is no doubt that Tasker is the absolute king. Although I admit the UI is not fancy — at all, and the learning curve is quite harsh, Tasker has demonstrated being the most powerful app in the Automation space. One of the little know features…