Do TP-Link Tapo S505 Require Cloud Account?

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Do TP-Link Tapo S505 require a cloud account to setup and / or use after being setup??

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Accordfing to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1gxcmbk/tapo_s505/

Set up - yes

Use - No.

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Hi Tom.

Thanks for the information @tom_l . I guess it’s time to order one and try it out. Will report back my finding here.

One other thing was wondering if you could point me in the right direction on how to set up a SECOND Home Assistant container on the same Linux machine WITHOUT deleting or messing up the first one.

Thanks again.