# TP-Link Tapo P-Series Smart Plug

Source: https://docs.evcc.io/en/smartswitches/tp-link-tapo-p-series-smart-plug

Third-party compatibility must be enabled in the Tapo app to allow evcc to control the device!

Supported features: meter

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default / example | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| host | IP address or hostname | 192.0.2.2 |  |
| user | Username e.g. email address, user id, etc. |  |  |
| password | Password Service account password |  |  |
| standbypower | Standby power Power values above this value will be considered as charging power and hence status "charging". Negative values deactivate status detection. | 15 W |  |
| integrateddevice | Integrated device Integrated device. No charging sessions |  | advanced |
| heating | Heating device Shows °C instead of % |  | advanced |
| icon | Icon Will be displayed in the user interface (car, bike, bus, moped, motorcycle, rocket, scooter, taxi, tractor, rickshaw, shuttle, van, airpurifier, battery, bulb, climate, coffeemaker, compute, cooking, cooler, desktop, device, dishwasher, dryer, floorlamp, generic, heater, heatexchange, heatpump, kettle, laundry, laundry2, machine, meter, microwave, pump, smartconsumer, tool, waterheater) |  | advanced |

## Configuration example for evcc.yaml

```yaml
chargers:
    - name: my_smartswitch
      type: template
      template: tapo
      host: 192.0.2.2 # IP address or hostname
      user: # Username, e.g. email address, user id, etc.
      password: # Password, Service account password
      standbypower: 15 # Standby power (W), Power values above this value will be considered as charging power and hence status "charging". Negative values deactivate status detection. (optional)
      integrateddevice: # Integrated device, Integrated device. No charging sessions (optional)
      heating: # Heating device, Shows °C instead of % (optional)
      icon: # Icon, Will be displayed in the user interface [car, bike, bus, moped, motorcycle, rocket, scooter, taxi, tractor, rickshaw, shuttle, van, airpurifier, battery, bulb, climate, coffeemaker, compute, cooking, cooler, desktop, device, dishwasher, dryer, floorlamp, generic, heater, heatexchange, heatpump, kettle, laundry, laundry2, machine, meter, microwave, pump, smartconsumer, tool, waterheater] (optional)
```