# KASA KS-240 Light switch control with flow

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/kasa-ks-240-light-switch-control-with-flow/116000>\
**Category:** Devices\
**Created:** [September 14, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/kasa-ks-240-light-switch-control-with-flow/116000 "2024-09-14T00:39:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Penton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/david_penton/32/114264_2.png) [@David\_Penton](https://community.homey.app/u/David_Penton)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/kasa-ks-240-light-switch-control-with-flow/116000/1 "2024-09-14T00:39:29Z")

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Had my Homey Pro for a week, and began setting up my Google Home about 5 weeks ago (before discovering Homey)

I have KASA KS-240 fan/light controllers in each room, and they work with Google Assistant fine, but neither of the KASA apps allow me to access the switches with Homey, so I cannot set up flows with my SONOFF presence sensors

I see somewhere about virtual switches, but I have no idea what this is.

NOTE: I am not a coder, so I’m looking for a more generic solution if possible

Any help, or solutions would be greatly appreciated

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/kasa-ks-240-light-switch-control-with-flow/116000/2 "2024-09-14T16:02:08Z")

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Did you check if those fan/light controllers are actually supported by these Kasa apps?  
I didn’t find anything which looks / sounds like one @ homey.app app pages

The only thing you can do is

- request for device support
- return them and purchase supported devices
- use a virtual device to control them via Ghome  
Howto:  
[Controlling devices at Google Home from Homey? - #8 by Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/t/controlling-devices-at-google-home-from-homey/73201/8)

BUT:  
A standard virtual switch doesn’t do the trick anymore

You’ll have to use a virtual kettle (or lock, but a “kettle device type” mimics a switch better):

> [@Controlling devices at Google Home from Homey?](https://community.homey.app/t/controlling-devices-at-google-home-from-homey/73201/17):
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> Yeah that seems to be the case, unfortunately. But, after quite a while of experimenting, I found out it still works with a virtual lock - literally ‘lock’. There’s no ‘unlock’ available for Ggl routines as far as I could find. EDIT: setting device class to “Kettle” works great. The [advanced virtual device](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-advanced-virtual-device-device-capabilities-app-with-unique-text-status-indicator/68198): With the avd settings, I use the shower light (“Spiegel lamp Badkamer”) to control the lock, without any flows:

(Maybe there’s other device classes which work as well, but I didn’t try [all 79 of 'em](https://apps-sdk-v3.developer.homey.app/tutorial-device-classes.html))