ajd123 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I have an EP25 that is currently setup as a LIGHT SWITCH. How do I change this so it is setup as an outlet (not a lighting device) so I can see energy usage and create programing with that data? The ACTIONS tab allows me to change an outlet to a light device, but not the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Dealer has to do it or if you have the outlet driver in your system you can try doing the auto provision. But it's likely to cause more of a mess then value... Andrew luecke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 As @msgreenf said.. Also, whilst it might not break things in this case, DO NOT CHANGE THE Light Category! That does something different than you think it does (ie, it affects the communications, not the icon or anything else) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 @Andrew lueckeIs there a reason feedback for power consumption is not given when the Kasa Outlet is configured as a LIGHT SWITCH versus when it is configured as an OUTLET? Also, when I hover my mouse over the Light Switch in question, I get a popup that says my light "Requires OS3.3+ (Chowmain). My Control4 firmware is 3.3.3 and and I have Chowmain installed. Do I need to do anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Yep. Using outlets directly as lights was simply designed for convenience and was added after the initial design to speed up deployment as requested by installers. And it won't work for all outlet devices either. Auto setup will provision it as Outlets instead by default, and you can use the Auto-Setup Outlet Lights to link the lights. This is the recommended way (explicitly for energy monitoring). The lighting driver would be too complicated if I added the energy code too (the TPLink code is already fairly complicated, which is why it's taking so long to add new presets support). Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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