How to use TPLink Kasa Control Command Line for Microsoft Store

Modified on Sat, 28 Aug 2021 at 02:37 PM

The command-line version of the Kasa Control is TPLinkCmd.exe, this can be added to scripts and shortcuts to control your devices.

Login

you must give a login command before executing a command, the credentials are cached for 5 minutes so for most scripts this is only required once.

TPLinkCmd -login -username "test@account.com" -password "password"

Logoff

Add the following at the end of the script, this erases the credentials from the cache.

TPLinkCmd -logoff

Get Device List

This gives a list of the names to use in the commands

TPLinkCmd -devicelist

Commands

TPLinkCmd -device "BEDROOM" -on
TPLinkCmd -device "BEDROOM" -off
TPLinkCmd -device "BEDROOM" -toggle
TPLinkCmd -device "BEDROOM" -status
TPLinkCmd -device "BEDROOM" -brightness 62