Merging data for smart plugs

Technical Questions
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I had a light on a TP-Link EP10 plug, which does not monitor energy use. I replaced it with an EP25 which does. While using the EP10 I had an estimated energy use, and a on/off timeline history etc.
How can I merge the old timeline/power history with the new one?

  • There is a merge option for not smart plug devices, but there does not seem to be one for smart plugs
  • There does not even seem to be an option to remove the old smart plug (which is associated with a Mac address). I still have the old plug, it will be repurposed but in that case too I will not want to new hooked up device’s estimated power to become part of the old timeline
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@dolf,
Where do you see the lamp / EP10 history - on the Sense or on the Kasa app ? If you are talking the Sense app, the history must have come from a native detection, not the EP10. There is a merge option for smart plugs, but it is called something a little different - It’s under Device Name > Settings > Manage “What’s connected to this ?”. That’s the way you associate native detection(s) with a specific smart plug to get a consolidated history and avoid double counting. Just to be clear, Sense uses the smart plug measurements and hides the native detection(s) because the smart plug measurement is more complete.

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The lamp was never detected natively. I had it on an EP10 (Kasa integration through Sense), but since that doesn’t measure energy. The estimated energy use was with home assistant, not sense. I want to keep the on/off history which was both in Kasa as well as Sense (though TP-Link integration).
The “What is connected” does not merge with a prior smart plug. Only with native detected devices. I want to merge smart plug histories.
This issue would also arise if/when one replaces a broken smart plug with a new one, same device plugged in. One would want to continue as if the replacement never happened: merge.

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@dolfs, OK, so you built the original history in Sense via a HomeAssistant calculation using EP10 on/off data forwarded to Sense via SenseLink ?

If that’s the case, then you probably are a little stuck because the Emulated Kasa / SenseLink data is essentially the same as a smart plug history and they are not currently mergable with another smart plug history. I would add your specific onto this Product Wishlist item, and “Like” the original posting to continue to build the case for better smart plug history management features.