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TP-Link Kasa smart plug/bulb adapter for WebThings Gateway
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Kasa LED Multicolor bulb: Can't update Color or Color Temperature whille light it off #34

Open nbackous opened 2 years ago

nbackous commented 2 years ago

I have set up several rules for my TP-Link / Kasa multicolor bulbs (KL130P2).

ex:

Rule 1: turn Bulb A on at sunset

Rule 2: turn Bulb A off at 12:00

Rule 3: turn Bulb A on if Button 1 is pressed

Rule 4: turn Bulb A off if button 1 is long-presssed

Rule 5: At 05:00 Set Bulb A to 2500k

Rule 6: at 23:00 Set Bulb A to Red color

The color change at 23:00 while the light is already on works fine, since the bulb was already on at the time. But it appears the 05:00 color change command isn't broadcast at 05:00 because the light is off.

This is easily reproduced by using the Webthings interface to attempt changing colors or changing between a Color and a Temperature while the light is turned off. The UI will update with the new Color/Temperature momentarily, but will revert to the original color almost immediately. If the light is on at the time of the Color/Temperature change, it works as expected.

I don't have this problem with non TP-Link/Kasa multi color/temperature bulbs.

For clarity, the bulb is receiving power, it's only "off" because its On/Off property is set to Off by Webthings. It is my assumption that the bulb should be able to receive color/temperature/brightness value changes while in this state and would reflect those values the next time it receives a command to turn on.

benfrancis commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the bug report @nbackous. To set expectations, if this is a bug in the TP-Link adapter add-on then I'm afraid this add-on is currently lacking a module owner so we're looking for contributors to maintain it.