tp-link KL430 Kasa Smart Light Strip User Guide

: June 6, 2024
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KL430 Kasa Smart Light Strip
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KL430 Kasa Smart Light Strip

User Guide
Kasa Smart Light Strip
KL430 / KL430E
1910012929 REV2.0.0 © 2020 TP-Link

Contents
About This Guide ···················································· 1 Introduction ······························································· 2 Set Up Your Smart Light Strip·························· 3 Mount Your Smart Light Strip ·························· 4 Main Device Control·············································· 5 Configure Your Smart Light Strip··················· 6 Create Scenes························································10 Reset Your Smart Light Strip ··························12 Discover Kasa·························································13 Authentication ························································14

About This Guide
This guide provides a brief introduction to Smart Light Strip and the Kasa Smart app, as well as regulatory information. Features available in Smart Light Strip may vary by model and software version. Smart Light Strip availability may also vary by region or ISP. All images, steps, and descriptions in this guide are only examples and may not reflect your actual Smart Light Strip experience.

Conventions
In this guide, the following convention is used:

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Support
· Specific product information can be found on the product page at https://www .tp-link.com.
· A Technical Community is provided for you to discuss our products at https://community.tp-link.com.
· Our Technical Support contact information can be found at the Help center of the Kasa Smart app and the Contact Technical Support page at https://www.tp- link.com/support.
· Videos about how to configure the Smart Light Strip features can be found on the Setup Videos page at https://www.tp-link.com/support/setup-video/#smart- bulbs.

1

Introduction
The Smart Light Strip is part of the Kasa smart home family of products, including plugs, switches, cameras and more. You can simply download the Kasa Smart app, connect to Wi-Fi and enjoy. No special hardware is needed. 16 color zones and millions of colors are available for you to pick from and create your own scenes. You can also control multiple smart home devices with the Kasa Smart app or use your voice for added convenience. With Kasa, your home is never more than a few taps away. · Wonderful Lighting Effects – Pick from a variety of animated lighting effects or create your own for beautiful ambiance lighting. · Schedules – Use your Kasa Smart app to schedule your light strip to automatically turn on or off to fit around any event you’re having. · Groups and Scenes – Combine your light strip with other Kasa Smart devices for seamless control with a single tap on your mobile devices. · Voice Control – Control light strip hands-free with Amazon Alexa, Goolge Assistant and Samsung SmartThings. Turn it on or off, and change colors
with just your voice. · Extendable – Connect up to 10 sections for a total length of 33ft and watch lighting effects span the entire strip.
2

Set Up Your Smart Light Strip
Follow the steps below to set up your Smart Light Strip via the Kasa Smart app.

Step 1. Download Kasa
Get the Kasa Smart app from the App Store or Google Play.

Step 2. Connect to Network
Connect your mobile device to a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network.

Step 3. Log In
Open the app, and log in with your TP-Link ID. If you don’t have an account, create one first.
Note: If you forgot your login password, tap Forgot password? on the login page, the app will guide you through the rest.

Step 4. Add Devices
Tap the button in the app and select Device to add your new Smart Light Strip. Follow app instructions to complete the setup.

3

Mount Your Smart Light Strip
After configured your Smart Light Strip, you can mount it if needed. Your strip is flexible to cut and extend, allowing you to stick it or place it in the exact spot you desire.
Note: Maximum units: 10m light strips Please do not connect the light strip upside down. Once cut, it cannot be reattached. Prevent accidental shocks by removing its power and then cutting along the strip’s indicator lines. To avoid damaging your Smart Light Strip, do not bend it during the installation.

Extend Light Strip

Shorten Light Strip

Peel and Stick Light Strip

4

Main Device Control

After you successfully set up your Smart Light Strip, you will see the Devices page on the Kasa Smart app. You can add new devices, control multiple devices simultaneously in a group, configure account settings, and more.

Devices Page
On the Devices page, you can instantly turn on/off the Smart Light Strip, adjust brightness or change colors.

Add a Group
Tap > Group to add a group for controlling multiple devices simultaneously.

Configure Kasa Settings
Swipe right and you can configure settings for your Kasa account or get more information about Kasa.

ON OFF

5

Configure Your Smart Light Strip
On the Devices page, tap a Smart Light Strip and you can adjust the light temperature, brightness or color, set schedules, save a shortcut for a light effect, track energy consumption and configure the Smart Light Strip settings.

Power On/Off At One Tap
Quickly power on or off your Smart Light Strip with a single button.

Adjust Brightness
Dim your Smart Light Strip with a range from 1% to 100%.

Adjust Light Temperature
Adjust the light temperature for your Smart Light Strip easily.

6

Configure Your Smart Light Strip
On the Devices page, tap a Smart Light Strip and you can adjust the light temperature, brightness or color, set schedules, save a shortcut for a light effect, track energy consumption and configure the Smart Light Strip settings.

Adjust Color
Choose a preferred color for your Smart Light Strip.

Add Effects
Tap to add or customize light effects and apply to your Smart Light Strip.

7

Configure Your Smart Light Strip
On the Devices page, tap a Smart Light Strip and you can adjust the light temperature, brightness or color, set schedules, save a shortcut for a light effect, track energy consumption and configure the Smart Light Strip settings.

Add Schedules
Tap to add schedules to simplify your daily routine by creating automatic On/Off actions.

Track Energy Usage
Tap to view and track energy consumption of your Smart Light Strip.

8

Configure Your Smart Light Strip
On the Devices page, tap a Smart Light Strip and you can adjust the light temperature, brightness or color, set schedules, save a shortcut for a light effect, track energy consumption and configure the Smart Light Strip settings.
Configure Device Settings
Tap to configure device settings and check device information.
9

Create Scenes
A scene is a preset group of smart devices that can be programmed, customized and activated simultaneously at the touch of a button from your smartphone or tablet, allowing you to easily set your mood, activity or fit any special occasion. This page allows you to preset how your smart home devices should act automatically at special occasions.

1. On the Scenes page, tap .

2. Choose or customize a new scene.

3. Tap the light strip and set what to do when the scene is run.

10

Create Scenes
A scene is a preset group of smart devices that can be programmed, customized and activated simultaneously at the touch of a button from your smartphone or tablet, allowing you to easily set your mood, activity or fit any special occasion. This page allows you to preset how your smart home devices should act automatically at special occasions.

4. After created the new scene, tap 5. Tap to edit or delete a scene

the scene to activate it.

at any time.

11

Reset Your Smart Light Strip

There are two types of reset available: a soft reset which resets the Wi-Fi settings only, and a factory reset that erases all of your custom settings and restore them to factory defaults.

Soft Reset

Press and hold the light switch controller for more than 5 seconds but no more than 10 seconds and release. The light strip animating orange and green after that indicates a successful soft reset.

Factory Reset

Method 1:

Press and hold the light switch controller for 10 seconds or more and then release. The light strip animating orange and green after that indicates a successful factory reset.

Method 2:

On the Devices page on Kasa Smart app, swipe left the light strip and tap Delete.

OR

On the Devices page on Kasa Smart app, tap the Smart Light Strip and tap > Remove

Device.

12

Discover Kasa
Use the Kasa Smart app to pair your Smart Light Strip with Amazon Alexa, Google Home Assistant or Samnsung SmartThings and enjoy a full handsfree experience. Kasa helps manage the rest of your smart home too, working with Nest to trigger changes when you arrive home or leave for the day. Launch the Kasa Smart app and go to > Device > WORKS WITH KASA > See All for detailed instructions.
13

Authentication
FCC Compliance Information Statement

Product Name: Kasa Smart Light Strip, Multicolor

Model Number: KL430

Component Name

Model

FCC Identifier number

Kasa Smart Light Strip Controller Module

KLM430

N/A

Switching Adapter

DSA-24PFS-19 FUS 240100 N/A

Kasa Smart Light Strip, Multicolor, Extensions KL430E

N/A

Responsible party: TP-Link USA Corporation, d/b/a TP-Link North America, Inc. Address: 145 South State College Blvd. Suite 400, Brea, CA 92821 Website: http://www.tp-link.com/us/ Tel: +1 626 333 0234 Fax: +1 909 527 6803 E-mail: sales.usa@tp-link.com This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

· Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. · Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. · Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement
This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. “To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, this grant is applicable to only Mobile Configurations. The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.” We, TP-Link USA Corporation, has determined that the equipment shown as above has been shown to comply with the applicable technical standards, FCC part 15. There is no unauthorized change is made in the equipment and the equipment is properly maintained and operated.
Issue Date: 2020-11-23

FCC compliance information statement Product Name: Kasa Smart Light Strip Controller Module Model Number: KLM430 Responsible party: TP-Link USA Corporation, d/b/a TP-Link North America, Inc. Address: 145 South State College Blvd. Suite 400, Brea, CA 92821 Website: http://www.tp-link.com/us/ Tel: +1 626 333 0234 Fax: +1 909 527 6803 E-mail: sales.usa@tp-link.com This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. · Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. · Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. · Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. “To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, this grant is applicable to only Mobile Configurations. The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.” We, TP-Link USA Corporation, has determined that the equipment shown as above has been shown to comply with the applicable technical standards, FCC part 15. There is no unauthorized change is made in the equipment and the equipment is properly maintained and operated.
Issue Date: 2020-11-04 FCC compliance information statement Product Name: Switching Adapter/Kasa Smart Light Strip, Multicolor, Extensions Model Number: DSA-24PFS-19 FUS 240100/KL430E Responsible party: TP-Link USA Corporation, d/b/a TP-Link North America, Inc. Address: 145 South State College Blvd. Suite 400, Brea, CA 92821 Website: http://www.tp-link.com/us/ Tel: +1 626 333 0234 Fax: +1 909 527 6803 E-mail: sales.usa@tp-link.com This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio

or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. · Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. · Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. · Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. We,TP-Link USA Corporation, has determined that the equipment shown as above has been shown to comply with the applicable technical standards, FCC part 15. There is no unauthorized change is made in the equipment and the equipment is properly maintained and operated.
Issue Date: 2020-11-04
CE Mark Warning
This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
OPERATING FREQUENCY (the maximum transmitted power)
2400 MHz -2483.5 MHz(20dBm)
EU declaration of conformity
TP-Link hereby declares that the device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of directives 2014/53/EU, 2009/125/EC, 2011/65/EU and (EU)2015/863.

The original EU declaration of conformity may be found at https://www.tp- link.com/en/ce
RF Exposure Information
This device meets the EU requirements (2014/53/EU Article 3.1a) on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields by way of health protection. The device complies with RF specifications when the device used at 20 cm from your body.
Canadian Compliance Statement
This device contains licence-exempt transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s licenceexempt RSS(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause interference. 2. This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. L’émetteur/récepteur exempt de licence contenu dans le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d’Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence. L’exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes : 1. L’appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage; 2. L’appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d’en compromettre le fonctionnement.
Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
Déclaration d’exposition aux radiations:
Cet équipement est conforme aux limites d’exposition aux rayonnements IC établies pour un environnement non contrôlé. Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé avec un minimum de 20 cm de distance entre la source de rayonnement et votre corps.
Industry Canada Statement
CAN ICES-3 (B)/NMB-3(B)
Korea Warning Statements
.

NCC Notice
LP0002_3.8.2
BSMI Notice

· · · · · ·

: Equipment name: Kasa Smart Light Strip, Multicolor Kasa Smart Light Strip Extension, Multicolor

: Type designation (Type): KL430 KL430E

Restricted substances and its chemical symbols

Unit

Lead (Pb)

Mercury
(Hg)

Cadmium
(Cd)

Hexavalent
chromium (Cr+6)

Polybrominated
biphenyls (PBB)

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
(PBDE)

PCB

—

1. 0.1 wt %” ” 0.01 wt %”

Note 1″Exceeding 0.1 wt %” and “exceeding 0.01 wt %” indicate that the percentage content of the restricted substance exceeds

the reference percentage value of presence condition.

2.””

Note 2″” indicates that the percentage content of the restricted substance does not exceed the percentage of reference value of

presence.

3.” – ”

Note 3The ” – ” indicates that the restricted substance corresponds to the exemption.

, .

Safety Information
CAUTION: To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons: · For indoor use only.

· Maximum units: 10m light strips · Do not place in reach of children. · NOT FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTING. · Light strips only connect to adjacent units. · Suitable for surface and cabinet mounting. · Operating Temperature: -20~40(-4~104) · Operating Humidity: 10%~90%RH, Non-condensing · Use only insulated staples or plastic ties to secure cords. · Not intended for recessed installation in ceilings, or soffit. · Do not use the device where wireless devices are not allowed. · Keep the device away from water, fire, wet or hot environments. · Adapter shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible. · Do not install in a compartment smaller than 43 inches by 12 inches by 12 inches. · The maximum distance to the receptacle is determined by the length of adapter cord. · Only use the control provided with or specified by these instructions to control this device. · Switch off the power supply to the device and allow sufficient time for it to cool before handling it. · Suitable for dry and damp locations, keep the device away from water, fire, wet or hot environments. · Route and secure cords so that they will not be pinched or damaged when the cabinet is pushed to the wall. · Do not use damaged charger to charge the device. Do not use any other charger than those recommended. · Avoid placing controller box in areas surrounded by mental or near other devices designed to receive or transmit radio signals. · Position the portable cabinet light with respect to the cabinet so the lamp replacement markings are able to be read during replacing; · Please disconnect this strip from AC outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or detergent to clean the product. Only use a dry cloth. Drop or fall
could cause injury. · Use only power supplies which are provided by manufacture and in the original packing of this product, if you have any questions, please don’t
hesitate to contact us.

· The National Electrical Code (NEC) does not permit cords to be concealed where damage to insulation may go unnoticed. To prevent fire danger, do not run cord behind walls, ceilings, soffits, or cabinets where it may be inaccessible for examination. Cords should be visually examined periodically and immediately replaced when any damage is noted.
Please read and follow the above safety information when operating the device. We cannot guarantee that no accidents or damage will occur due to improper use of the device. Please use this product with care and operate at your own risk.

Explanation of the symbols on the product label Symbol

Explanation

Indoor use only

AC voltage

DC voltage
RECYCLING This product bears the selective sorting symbol for Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). This means that this product must be handled pursuant to European directive 2012/19/EU in order to be recycled or dismantled to minimize its impact on the environment. User has the choice to give his product to a competent recycling organization or to the retailer when he buys a new electrical or electronic equipment.