web_of_things:tp-link_lb130
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TP-Link LB130
Color light bulb
https://www.tp-link.com/id/home-networking/smart-bulb/lb130/
Specs
- Connection type: Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz only)
- Wi-Fi protection: WPA2, WPA, WEP (unsecured Wi-Fis are not supported)
- Protocol: ?
- Brightness: 800 lumen (vendor spec)
- Life: 22.8 years based on 3hr/day (vendor spec)
- Power used: 11 watts at full brightness
Vendor's expectation
- You use the “Kasa Smart” app.
- You create an online TP-Link account.
- Your device is connected to the TP-Link cloud.
Capabilities
Properties
- On/Off (boolean)
- Color (RBG value)
- Power usage in watts (integer; read only)
Actions
none
Events
none
Privacy
Benefits
- The device can run entirely local.
- The device can be controlled with self-written scripts. (see projects like plasticrake/tplink-smarthome-api)
- The device does auto-update.
Privacy concerns
- The device runs unfree software.
- The device must be on the same LAN as the controller.
- The “Kasa Smart” app is only available on specific versions of Android and iOS
- The “Kasa Smart” app is unfree software.
- The “Kasa Smart” app is only available through mayor, centralized stores.
- For setup the “Kasa Smart” app is required.
- For firmware updates the “Kasa Smart” app is required.
- For a reset the “Kasa Smart” app is required.
- During setup the “Kasa Smart” app requires location (for no apparent reason).
- During setup the “Kasa Smart” app requires your Wi-Fi passphrase.
web_of_things/tp-link_lb130.1556604770.txt.gz · Last modified: 2019/04/30 08:12 by Christian Paul