Compatibility
Does jupyter work with
TP-Link Tapo cameras?
Yes. jupyter works with TP-Link Tapo cameras, including C series, with RTSP turned on. The Hub connects over the camera's own video stream, so nothing is replaced and nothing is sent to a cloud.
Which models
C series.
jupyter does not keep a list of approved models. If the camera gives out a standard RTSP stream, the Hub can almost always read it, whatever the model number says. That is why the range above is written as families rather than part numbers.
How it connects
Adding the camera.
Tapo cameras keep their stream switched off until you create a camera account for them. Open the Tapo app, choose the camera, and set up the camera account under its advanced settings. That gives you a username and password, and the Hub uses those to connect. Without that step the camera answers nothing, which is the usual reason a Tapo looks incompatible when it is not.
What changes
Six senses, on the camera you already own.
The camera keeps doing what it does. The Hub adds the judgement: it tells your household from a stranger, watches a parcel on the step, reads vehicles and plates (limited beta), notices someone lingering, with the Indoor Halo hears glass break in a room with no camera, and can make an empty house sound lived in. All of it runs on the Hub inside your home, and none of it carries a monthly fee. VoiceAI is the one exception: it is in beta and may later become an optional paid feature.
Before you start
Finding the stream address.
The address follows the camera account you create in the Tapo app, not your Tapo login. Create the camera account first, then use that username and password when you add the camera. If you change the camera account password later, the Hub will need the new one.
Worth knowing
What the Hub needs.
One Hub takes up to eight cameras. The camera and the Hub need to be on the same home network, wired or wireless, and the camera needs a fixed address on that network so the Hub can find it again after a power cut. Most routers do this through a DHCP reservation, which takes a minute in the router's settings. Recording is kept on the Hub itself rather than in a data centre, so the footage stays in the house and there is nothing to pay for it.
If a camera will not connect, it is almost always one of three things: the stream is switched off in the camera's own settings, the camera account has a different password from the app login, or the camera is on a guest network the Hub cannot reach. The camera check on the home page will tell you whether the model is known to work before you buy.
Reserve
From AU$1,499.
A $25 refundable deposit holds your place among the first 500 and locks in the Early Bird price. Nothing else is charged today.
Not sure about your exact model? The camera check on the home page searches by brand and model.