Failure to connect tp-link Tapo P100 smart plug to node-red-contrib-tplink

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Hi, I'm trying to use the node-red-contrib-tplink node to control a tp-link Tapo p100 smart plug. From my mobile app, that's fine and I can see the plug's IP, but when I try to scan the plug with tplink node, I cannot identify it, and if I enter the address manually, I get this error: "Error connecting to device 192.168.1.85: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 192.168.1.85:9999". Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance

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Have you checked the github issues for this node? Is this related? TCP Socket Closed and Connection Refused errors · Issue #46 · caseyjhol/node-red-contrib-tplink · GitHub

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Thank you @Bobo . That doesn't seem to be the error I get, though. Also, there's no solution to that thread. Albeit I'll ask if the author came through with an answer...

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Hi everybody, after trying several possible solutions, I changed the static IP as suggested on another forum, without result. I then noticed, however, that a new error is now thrown out: "Sorry. Your selected device is invalid!". Having just bought these new tp-link TAPO P100 plugs, I see they are managed by another software from tp-link, appropriately named "TAPO" and not "Kasa". My educate and ignorant guess at this point is that there are three solutions for me:
a) [which I don't want to go for]: but an Alexa Echo Dot, use that to see the TAPO p100 plus, and communicate with node-red
b) buy an older but tested hs100 plug (which is, BTW, way more expensive than the new TAPO p100 devices);
c) wait for someone to update the TP-Link node or come up with a TAPO-specific node.

I'm wondering though, if I'm the only one with this issue, or there are folks out there that successfully connected the TAPO p100 plugs with no fuss

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Latest update and (I guess) final one: the new tp-link TAPO p100 smart plugs are not supported by the node-red-contrib-tplink node. And that's about the size of it. Bought me three tp-link hs-110 plugs and they were connected immediately. Too bad, for the TAPO plugs are much smaller. I suppose somebody smarter than me will come up with a node-red-contrib-tapo node at some point in the future. I hope so anyway

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