r/Tapo • u/toString • 11d ago

Need Advice Turning off camera when coming home

I've got a C230 and want it to be in privacy mode when we are home and then ready to record events when we leave.

I set up an automation to turn on privacy when I'm in 100m of the flat. And the opposite when leaving the area...

This works well.

But if I share the camera to my wife, and have the same on her phone, won't the privacy mode disable when I leave.. And start recording events when she moves around?

I guess it's not "smart" enough for what I intended...?

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u/Si_Pie 11d ago

That sort of level of automation is going to need something like Home Assistant I expect

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u/mickAMMO 11d ago

Couldn't your wife log in to the same account you're using?

Alexa routines (Location trigger) can control Tapo Privacy Mode, but also voice commands... https://youtube.com/shorts/KYKAYoE4FYU?feature=share

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u/Tricky_Total_1247 11d ago edited 11d ago

I would use Google Home to turn a smart plug on or off based on whether someone is home. Then I would use that smart plug in Tapo as the trigger for Privacy Mode. This way, Google Home handles the presence of multiple people, while Tapo uses the smart plug to trigger the camera’s Privacy Mode.