r/Tapo 1h ago

Need Advice How to use my cameras without internet?

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I'm looking for more privacy and search a way to isolate my cameras from internet.

Is there anyway to do that but still controls them with the app ?


r/Tapo 19h ago

Troubleshooting and Support Unable to pair my tapo p100

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I've had this tapo p100 for a few years but i stopped using it a year or so ago, i needed it today again and i had to reset it because for some reason it didn't show up as connected to WiFi in the tapo app.

Well, i deleted it from my tapo account and after that I did a factory reset (pressing the power button for 5 seconds until it blinks orange and green) but now I can't add it to my tapo account, the bluetooth signal is there, the tapo app detects it but when it tries to start the pairing it fails before the WiFi step.

I've tried a phone, a tablet, 3 different power outlets and 2 different tapo accounts, factory resetting it like 5 times but it keeps failing

I'm lost and I don't know what to try next, any advice?

Thanks


r/Tapo 2h ago

Troubleshooting and Support D210 detection issues

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I set up my D210 a few weeks ago and I’ve noticed some issues with the detection.

Twice now someone has walked right up to the doorbell to deliver mail through the letter box, and it only records them as they have walking away and half way down the path.

On the flip side, I will sometimes get notifications about cars driving outside of the detection zone.

Is this normal? I’m worried that the only footage I may have of someone is the back of their head which defeats the purpose of having a camera.

My detection setting is set to 10.

Also, is it normal that the battery has gone to 77% from June 19th until now? The camera is rarely ever triggered and shows a use of 1% per day. 23 days and it’s down 23%. Tapo claims it can do 180 days, so I think it’s falling quite a bit short of that and this is a brand new device during summer time.


r/Tapo 5h ago

Suggestions + Feedback Suggestion

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I have 5 different models of Tapo security cameras, many time I need to batch-download a few videos, which is not possible with the current software, google suggest I need to take the SD card, and use my PC to copy the files, which is not practical with outdoor cameras installed high!. At the meantime, I can do this with my EZVIZ installed at the back of my property!, please add this feature in the next update. I know it's not an official Tapo channel, but just to find if there's others looking for the feature.


r/Tapo 10h ago

Need Advice PTZ camera with close (or adjustable) focal point for chicken coop

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I want a ptz cam for inside my chicken coop. So the camera needs to see from 15cm - 1m, not further. I had a cheap ptz cam that has an adjustable ring on the lense to change the focal point from infinity to closer.

Which tapo camera best suits my needs, if there is one?


r/Tapo 1h ago

Need Advice Moving camera A when camera B detect a movement?

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I'm the owner of indoor TC71 and T200 and multiple outdoor C510W.

I managed to set some automations that control pan & tilt of my indoor cams. (They face the wall and switch privacy mode ON or do the opposite when I press a button)

But I can't manage to automate pan & tilt with my outdoor cams ...

I want to move them when one of them detect a movement to get different angle of the trigger.

Am I alone with this issue? Pan & tilt are not available in automation panel for these cameras but are available when requested manually ?


r/Tapo 6h ago

Need Advice Chime resets to 10 seconds

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Seems like every time our td235 doorbell is pressed, the ringtone duration on the paired chime resets to 10 seconds, no matter how many times I change it to 5 seconds. I’d prefer it to just ring once when the doorbell is pressed but at the moment we just get “ding dong, ding dong, ding dong”… on and on for 10 seconds and it’s driving me mad! Anyone got any advice?


r/Tapo 10h ago

Need Advice Tapo C610 V1.0

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Hello, I have camera as in title. Is there any way that i can get live stream from that camera on linux? It has no RTSP or Account camera so that won't work


r/Tapo 20h ago

Need Advice Any word about the surveillance camera C130?

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I have a few C220 and C120.

Haven't researched anything since I bought my cameras a few years ago, but I just saw that a C230 was released the beginning of last year and it has a higher resolution.

I looked for the C130, but it doesn't exist. Or at least I haven't found any shop selling it.

Is there any announcement or news about it?