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Whats everyone using for smart plugs? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by firepenny@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Been using tp-link smart plugs for a moment. Not really had any problems with them but i want to move to something such as z-wave or a ZigBee. Something that is totally local and does not require a different app on my phone.

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[–] pogmommy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I happened across a shit ton of kasa smart plugs, and don't need the range/mesh that ZigBee provides, so ive just been using them. Been working well, they can be configured locally and can be blocked from internet access by my router

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I got some kasA devices on sale, they work fine. I dislike that I have to use their app for initial setup and when I rotate WiFi passwords. Will use them until they fail, then will switch to something else.

[–] pogmommy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Check out python-kasa. Pretty sure I've only used the proprietary app to set up the first one because I learned about this. The rest I could do on my computer from the command line.

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Cooool, thanks!