🔌 Set Up Smart Plug and Energy Monitoring

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Control smart plugs from your Windows PC, monitor energy consumption, create power automation schedules, and pair smart plugs with Wake-on-LAN for intelligent PC power management.

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What to expect: Medium difficulty • usually about 25-40 minutes.

This is one of 36 Emerging Device Integration fixes in the WindowsHelper library. The full step-by-step fix for this is in the WindowsHelper app.

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