Tp-link Hs105 Kit Mini Wifi Smart Plug User Manual
This is my TP Link Smart Plug Mini Review and Setup guide. I picked up the TP Link Smart Plug Mini 2-pack (HS105 Kit) a couple days ago and I really enjoy using them! In this article I’m going to walk you through my review as well as the unboxing and setup of the wifi smart plugs!
The compact design of the Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Slim Edition is smaller than other smart plugs and allows them to be stacked in the same outlet. Use Grouping to combine your smart plug with other Kasa Smart devices for seamless control with one single tap on your smartphone. Control lighting and other appliances from anywhere with the Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug. Schedule connected devices to turn on when you get home, then power down when you go to sleep.
The mini smart plugs are designed to fit two to an outlet (as shown below) and they don’t require a hub for wi-fi control! Additionally, use voice control with Alexa enabled device like an Echo, Echo Dot or ecobee4! Also, the smart plugs work with Google Home / Google Assistant.
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The TP-Link Smart Plug Mini 2 Pack are a great deal because…
- Portable and useful in any room of your home
- Only need a wi-fi connection and smart phone to work
- Don’t have to do any crazy install or rewiring of your home
- You don’t have to be a techy – setup is simple and straightforward
- At only $30 a plug, they are a steal by smart home device standards
TP-Link Smart Wifi Plug Mini 2-Pack (HS105 Kit)
So what’s in the box? Not much, honestly. The contents of the TP Link Smart Plug Mini 2 pack include:
- Smart Wifi Plug Mini (HS105) * 2
- Quick Start Guide
And…that’s it. The units themselves are small and simple.
On to the setup process (which is also crazy brief).
How To Setup Your TP Link Smart Plug Minis
If you consult the side of the Smart Plug box, you will find there are 3 steps in the setup process…
Step 1. Download the TP-Link Kasa app
Step 2. Plug the Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini into any outlet
Step 3. Configure Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini preferences on the Kasa app.
Let’s just run through this one step at a time.
Step 1. Download the TP-Link Kasa App
The Kasa app gives you control of your TP-Link devices via wifi (TP-Link has a ton of different smart home devices).
You download the Kasa app onto your Android or iOS device the same way you download any other app: via Google Play or the App Store.
Simply open your respective store and type in Kasa and tap search. Kasa for Mobile app should appear.
Once you’ve downloaded and installed the Kasa app, open it. At the home screen you will be asked to log in to a Kasa account. If you don’t have one (I did not) click “Create Account” in the bottom left hand corner.
Setting up your Kasa profile takes all of about 12 seconds. It only asks for an email address and a password to get started.
Once you sign up, they are going to ask you to verify your email. THIS IS IMPORTANT!
Well, sort of. It depends how much control you want over your smart plugs. To get full control, untethered by location and geography, you need to verify your email. Otherwise, you will only be able to control your plugs when you are on the same local wi-fi as them.
After you confirm your email you’ll get a short congratulations in teeny tiny print and you’ll be ready to move forward with the setup.
The app will ask your permission to allow location, you’ll probably select allow.
Add Devices in Your Kasa App
At this point you’ll see a screen, prompting you to add devices. It will look like this
Just tap the plus sign in the top right hand corner to get started adding your TP-Link devices to your Kasa app.
For our purposes, we’ll be selecting the Smart Plug Mini icon.
Now it’s time to plug in your Smart Plug Mini!
Kankun Wifi Smart Plug
Step 2. Plug in Your Smart Plug Mini
You should see an orange light in the corner of the smart plug mini. If you don’t see the orange light (Kasa app calls it amber), it probably doesn’t have the power turned on and you’ll just want to press the power button. Tap next on your Kasa app.
Your orange light will begin to flash blue after about 10 seconds. This means it’s searching for wi-fi. Hit next on your phone and your phone will connect to the device.
Once your phone connects to the device, you can give the smart plug mini a name and an icon to represent what device will be plugged into the smart plug. I chose the name lamp and a lamp icon.
At this time you’ll want to connect the smart plug mini to your wi-fi by selecting your network and typing in your password.
Your smart plug mini is all setup to be controlled by the Kasa app! Just plug in your device and test it out!
So the package I bought came with TWO smart plugs. To setup the second device, just click the plus sign in the top right hand corner of the Kasa home screen again and repeat the preceding steps.
Setting Scenes With The Kasa App
Once you have more than one device connected. You may want to control more than one device at a time. That’s where Kasa Scenes come in.
Scenes will be a tab option on the home screen of the kasa app. I set up a custom scene for this demonstration. It’s really simple.
Once you have clicked a scene you wish to setup, just select the devices you want and the behavior you want them to perform. That is, turn on or off when the scene is activated…
So when a behavior is set for a scene, it can’t be reversed. That is, if my scene tells my devices to turn ON, I can’t tap it again to turn them OFF. This was kind of a bummer but it has a purpose.
If my scene requires some devices to turn on and some devices to turn off, I wouldn’t want to tap the scene again for the opposite effect; some devices going on and some going off.
Next, pick an icon for your Kasa scene.
After you select an icon, just name the scene and you can control it from your Kasa app! If you want to turn all your devices on or off, you’ll want to create two scenes. An on scene, and an off scene.
Are Smart Plugs Worth It?
The answer to this question will vary depending who you ask and their available alternatives.
Smart Plugs are really useful for:
People Who Rent Or Live In An Apartment
I really like the TP-Link Smart Plug Minis. I demonstrated their use to a friend, and commanded Alexa to turn my smart plugs on and off. The living room lamps all shut off at my command. His response?
“I wouldn’t buy those. I would just get the smart outlets (like these).”
Well, for folks who don’t want to pull outlets out of their rental or rewire an apartment, the smart plugs offer a fantastic, and subtle, and cost-effective alternative.
People Who Aren’t Great With Technology
Setting up my TP-Link smart plugs took about 10 minutes. All I needed was a wi-fi connection and a smart phone. Of course a wall outlet and a lamp, too, but duh.
For people who don’t know much about technology, don’t have Z-wave devices, and aren’t very handy, TP-Link Smart Plugs are insanely simple to set up and use!
Elderly and Handicapped
Tp-link Hs105 Kit Mini Wifi Smart Plug User Manual Pdf
Honestly, I think every retirement community and aging grandparent living on their own should have a smart home.
My granny had bad knees (luckily science, and a ton of money, gave her new ones) and she had trouble getting up and walking around. So menial tasks like turning things on and off around her house could be a pain. Like a literal, real, pain.
Having a device like TP-Link Smart Plugs would have helped her out big time when it came to turning various lamps, stereos, and other electronics on and off around her home. This goes for pretty much EVERY smart home device on the market.
Troubleshooting TP-Link Smart Plugs
Setting up the TP Link Smart Plug Minis is pretty straightforward. However, if you are having trouble with your devices for any reason, just visit TP-Link’s contact us page for different ways to reach them.
You’ll also note that TP-Link Smart Plug Minis do come with a 2 year warranty.
Get Some TP-Link Smart Plug Minis
In a world of costly and complicated smart home devices the TP-Link Smart Plug Minis are an “anybody” sort of smart home device.
At right around $30 a plug, these guys are a steal. Setup is simple and straightforward. Buy some for your home.
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TP-Link smart devices can be controlled by Kasa App locally and remotely. By this means we can easily make the home smart. This article will introduce how to connect the TP-Link Smart Plug/Switch to the home network.
Before we begin:
1. Please download Kasa Smart from App Store or Google Play and install it on your smart phone.
2. Connect your smart phone to your home Wi-Fi network (2.4 GHz only).
3. Plug your Smart Plug into a power socket.
Here we take HS100 for example.
Steps to configure TP-Link Smart Plug via Kasa App.
1. Open the Kasa App and login to your cloud account.
a.If you don’t have an account, please sign up with one refer to How to create a TP-Link Cloud Account on Kasa?
b.Login the Kasa App with your cloud account.
2. Add your Smart Plug on kasa app. Tap “+” and “Add a Device”, then click on “Smart plug” and choose an icon according to your model number.
3. Follow the instruction on the Kasa app to power on the HS100, wait for the Wi-Fi light blinking orange and green.
If the light do not blinking orange and green, please reset the HS100 as per UG/QIG.
4. Connect your phone to the Smart Plug Wi-Fi. There is a difference between Android and iOS phone in this step.
For Android: Kasa will look for your Kasa Cam automatically, and it will take about a minute.
If you have problem in this step, please go to Settings->Wi-Fi on your smart phone and manually connect to HS100’s Wi-Fi network (same as iOS).
For iOS: You need connect to the HS100’s Wi-Fi network manually, please go to Settings->Wi-Fi on your smart phone and connect to HS100’s Wi-Fi network (which named as TP-LINK_Smart Plus_XXXX), and then go back to the Kasa app to continue the setup process.
5. Connect the smart Plug to your home network. Here we choose “Deco M5” as our home wireless network. If you cannot find your home network in the Wi-Fi list, please click on “Join Other Network” which on the bottom of the Wi-Fi list, then enter your home network SSID and password manually. After this step, your smart plug will be connected to your home network.
6. Name your smart plug.
7. Customize an icon for this Smart Plug. We can choose an icon from the list, or choose from the “Albums” of your smart phone or take a photo.
Then enjoy your smart plug.
8. Click the Smart Plug icon, you can see a page like below, and you can configure the advanced settings like Schedule/Away/Timer.
9. Tap to enter the interface of Device Settings, click on “Name and Icon” can edit the name and icon of the smart plug, click on “Device Info” can view the basic information of the smart plug.
Note: If you meet any problem during above steps, you can press the reset button to reset the smart plug/switch as per UG/QIG.
More things you may want to do
After finish the connection of Smart Plug to home Wi-Fi, you may want to use the Amazon Echo or Google Home to help manage the device. For this purpose you can refer to FAQs below for configuration instruction:
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