Tonari Tapo Power Monitor

A utility to measure and monitor power consumption with Tp-Link Tapo smart plugs from your command line.

Initial Setup

• We’re using the TP-Link Tapo 115 smart plug. It can be controlled via TPLink cloud or via local network which is what this tool does.
• Download the TP-Link Tapo App from appstore of your choice. (iOS, MacOS or Android)
• Login to your TP-link account.
• Pair the plug with the account.
• Disable firmware auto-update in the device settings unless you're fine with your device to be spuriously power-cycled.

Usage

• Set the TAPO_USERNAME and TAPO_PASSWORD environment to your Tapo account's username (i.e. email) and password respectively.
• Get the local IP of the device. Available in the device settings in the app or on your local router.
• Run cargo run <IP> monitor to continuously monitor immediate power consumption.
• run cargo run <IP> measure to take a single measurement (averaged over 10 samples).