Enhancement: Retrieve Plug Status via p100.getDeviceInfo() ?

[kevinmarchant]

Thanks for the Node - excellent !!

It would be useful to be able to query a plug's status (on or off). Might this be done via p100.getDeviceInfo() and included in the Node ?

[sanlike0911]

Hi, Thank you for using "node-red-contrib-tplink-tapo-connect-api".

It will be supported in the next update.

[sanlike0911]

Add "255: Get device information" to the payload input. [INPUT] msg.payload = 255

You can receive the following results: [OUTPUT] msg.payload = { device_id: xxxx, device_on: <boolean [false or true]>, <<<< true:on, false:off ..., }

You can tell if the device is on or off by getting "device_on".

[kevinmarchant]

Thanks !

Currently upgrading my PC so may be a few days before I can test but I appreciate the effort :-)

On 19 Aug 2021, at 16:13, sanlike @.***> wrote:

 Add "255: Get device information" to the payload input. [INPUT] msg.payload = 255

You can receive the following results: [OUTPUT] msg.payload = { device_id: xxxx, device_on: <boolean [false or true]>, <<<< true:on, false:off ..., }

You can tell if the device is on or off by getting "device_on".

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[kevinmarchant]

Excellent - works a treat! I've now got a button on my SteamDesk that can toggle my room lights on and off!

I'm new to Node-Red so there may well be an easier way of doing this but here's my flow. What would have been really handy is to have the Node itself have a toggle option, e.g 0 for Off, 1 for On, and "-1" for toggle state which incorporated the steps between the two http bits down into a single operation. But that's just me being lazy but thought I'd mention it in case you were thinking similar :-)

Once again, thanks for your efforts !

[sanlike0911]

Thank you, too.

Thank you for your wonderful hint. I will add "toggle mode" to the next version.

What would have been really handy is to have the Node itself have a toggle option

Well then, this issue is closed. Thank you very much.