I am using HAOS with my nest thermostats; configuring thru matter was very simple – after installing them with my phone and google home, all i had to do was add a matter device in HA and put in the pairing code that was generated by the thermostat.
So, when I got a Tapo S505 switch, I thought it would be a simple matter (sorry for the pun) to add it to my HA.
I provisioned the tapo switch using the tapo app and my smartphone. This went well, and they work fine thru the app.
I cannot get HA to recognize the pairing code; it just times out / not found.
Tapo and the HA are on the same LAN.
I also tried Google home with same result.
I also tried Alexa app with same result.
The tapo instructions for matter said something to the effect of it only pairs for 15 minutes; so I made sure to complete everything well within that time. I would hard-reset device and setup again in tapo app so it would be fresh (it only takes a minute or two).
Seeing as how i can’t get it to work on HA, goog home, and alexa – i feel like there’s something obvious I don’t understand about matter. Suggestions welcome.
Hey,
I’m in the same boat here. I have a S515 dimmer that work well with the Tapo app but I can’t reach it via Google Home nor HA.
There is the little left button to make a “reset” if you press it >5 seconde it will start blinking green/orange and start pairing mode but no luck. I’v been trying it >3 times tonight and no luck.
With the Tapo app, I was able to make a FW upgrade to 1.0.4 ( i think ), nothing changed after that.
Did someone already made a Tapo switch/dimmer work with something else than the official app ?
It seems really weird because they explicitly claim to work both on google home, and alexa; yet I can’t get either to work.
by the way, i posted the story on Tapo subreddit but got no responses, and that seems to be fairly popular sub(?)
I ended up using HA’s Tapo integration and setting up the device with the Tapo App on a Wifi that does not communicate with the outside world. Once the device is on the Wifi, use the Tapo integration, enter the ip address of the switch and done.
I have 2 other dimmers sitting in a box. I hope the provisionning will also work for them.
hey that’s interesting… when i tried the integration called Tapo, it directed me to the tp-link smart home integration; and then it asks for a user/account – is that what you did?
Yup.
I used my tp-link creds ( Tapo is basically tp-link as far as I know ).
But I am certain the device is on a network without internet access, and with HA you xan manually turn off the orange LED on the switch.
I think the credentials are set in the device’s web server and is required to control it properly
thanks for clarifying.
Yes, that worked for me as well.
So the mystery remains that you an I (at least) cannot get the darn thing to work on matter.
I don’t understand IPV6 and it gets me wondering if that has something to do with my matter problem… AFAIK it’s all turned on and enabled.
I wonder why, e.g. in my router there are DOZENS, 73 at last count, of active DHCPv6 leases for the tapo device??
