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Curious about Tasker...can anyone tell me if a) this makes sense b) could it be done w/ Tasker c) would I have to be a brain surgeon to do it...
Yep, with a "but".
I checked into this a bit (to use Tasker as a JuiceDefender replacement, to be exact) and it can definitely do it, however apparently it uses an app called APNDroid from the market to toggle the 3G. When you try to use the mobile data toggle task in Tasker, it points this out and says you have to install it first. The problem is that APNDroid is reported to not work with CDMA networks, so your DInc and my X are out. I haven't had time to test APNDroid to see for myself though.
Two things of note:
- I know it's possible to toggle 3G on CDMA because my SwitchPro app does it just fine.
- Someone who commented said Froyo will have an option in settings itself to toggle 3G, so it should definitely be doable in a near-future Tasker update I would assume.
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oddly enough i don't see any previous profiles for turning on wifi and turning off mobile data. Or really anything at all for exit tasks.
Sadly I'm at work when I get to do most of my research and The firewall blockage is over done big time here. So I'm limited to browser searches on the phone. meh.
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...Two things of note:
- I know it's possible to toggle 3G on CDMA because my SwitchPro app does it just fine.
- Someone who commented said Froyo will have an option in settings itself to toggle 3G, so it should definitely be doable in a near-future Tasker update I would assume.
Disabling 3G on a CDMA phone is possible, but that's not the same as disabling data. All it does is limit the phone to using 1x, which as far as I know, can't be disabled without also disabling voice.
Someone who commented said Froyo will have an option in settings itself to toggle 3G, so it should definitely be doable in a near-future Tasker update I would assume.
Froyo has this option but apparently it can only be toggled manually by the user and is not program accessible.
The Froyo option is better than APNdroid because it doesn't requite a reboot once you turn data back on.
Ok my home profile is working perfectly now so thanks for the help.
However one of my other profiles Is conflicting. I have a device shutdown to silent and device boot to turn silent off. The purpose of this is to remove the startup sound on my desire.
However now if I turn my phone off when I'm away from home It turns off silent and my home location wont turn It on as It wont be active till I return home.
So Is there a way I can have device to turn silent on shutdown then revert back to whatever it was before on boot?
Before tasker I was using an app to do this but would perfer If could do It In tasker.
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Ok my home profile is working perfectly now so thanks for the help.
However one of my other profiles Is conflicting. I have a device shutdown to silent and device boot to turn silent off. The purpose of this is to remove the startup sound on my desire.
However now if I turn my phone off when I'm away from home It turns off silent and my home location wont turn It on as It wont be active till I return home.
So Is there a way I can have device to turn silent on shutdown then revert back to whatever it was before on boot?
Before tasker I was using an app to do this but would perfer If could do It In tasker.
You could try something like this, but I'm not sure if it will work:
Profile: QuietStartup
Context: Variable Value [Name: %QUIETSTARTUP] [Op: Equals] [Value: 1]
Enter Task:
Silent Mode [Set: On]
One of the complications of using an Event context is that settings aren't saved/restored because the event starts and ends at the same time. What the above profiles do is use a Variable Value state (so settings will be restored), with the Device Shutdown and Device Boot events triggering the start and end of the Variable Value state.
The thing I'm not sure about is if Tasker will undo the settings in the QuietStartup profile as it shuts down. If it does, then this probably won't work, as by the time Tasker runs on Device Boot, the sound you're trying to avoid will have already sounded.
Anyone now of a way that I can kill all apps if the CPU load is near 100% load for x amount of time?
I has an app get stuck last night and my phone ran at 100% for about 5 hours and it killed the battery. Probably got pretty warm too.
I suppose I could use the battery temp variable. I know I could set it to turn things off at night but I would like to know if tasker is capable of adjust anything based on the CPU load
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The location-based profiles are a real drag on battery life if you set it to use GPS. I had to turn all those off.
You're right about that. But any app that uses GPS will be a battery hog... there isn't really anything that can be done about it other than to reduce the GPS check frequency in Tasker.
One thing you can do as a substitute for GPS is to use Wifi Near by itself, or in conjunction with a network-only Location context. Because Tasker knows that network-only Location is more power-efficient than Wifi Near, if you combine Wifi Near with network-only Location, Tasker will only check check the Wifi Near context if the network-only Location is satisfied first.
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It works in the sense that there is no sound on startup. However it doesn't reset back to what is wad before
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Anyone now of a way that I can kill all apps if the CPU load is near 100% load for x amount of time?
I has an app get stuck last night and my phone ran at 100% for about 5 hours and it killed the battery. Probably got pretty warm too.
I suppose I could use the battery temp variable. I know I could set it to turn things off at night but I would like to know if tasker is capable of adjust anything based on the CPU load
I have no (more) ideas on these. You might want to try the Tasker discussions at Google Groups:
I'm having a hard time understanding the program.. while in the car it found the GPS fix (OK) however I want to set a profile for work and one for home..
for work I want the wallpaper to but something else and home something else.. However i went to display and I think it was long press and picked what I wanted but nothing happened.
Once I was inside the building I had to use the cell tower but still I don't think something is set up right.
I followed step by step the example task per LifeHacker here, and it doesn't appear to be working. I am doing this on a Captivate. Here is an image of the task on my phone:
But when I launch Navigator, it does not kick off the GPS.
I didn't see any instructions about how to 'activate' the task, or make it 'available' , but I presume the fact that it exists, and the green ON button is there.
Any suggestions?
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I'm an idiot. After posting and looking at the picture i attached, which I guess I needed a LARGE view of the screen , I see the apply button.
Got it working.
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Disabling 3G on a CDMA phone is possible, but that's not the same as disabling data. All it does is limit the phone to using 1x, which as far as I know, can't be disabled without also disabling voice.
That'd be fine. I'm assuming that's what JuiceDefender does to save battery life and I'd like to disable 3G via tasker, but it doesn't look like that's possible.
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Froyo has this option but apparently it can only be toggled manually by the user and is not program accessible.
The Froyo option is better than APNdroid because it doesn't requite a reboot once you turn data back on.
Bummer. Hopefully the Tasker guys can pull some magic down the road for us, or I can just get used to doing it manually I suppose
Like several other people I'm trying to create a little task that turns on WiFi when I get home, and turns off APN. When I leave home it turns off Wifi and turns on APN. I have a task that basically looks like this:
OnEntry (set by location): WiFi On, MobileData Off
OnExit: WiFi Off, MobileData On
Location is set by network (with a 200m radius) rather than GPS to save battery.
It doesn't work. 1) it doesn't normally update for ages, 2) when it does it only does half the instruction.
I have no idea about 1. I have a 20 minute walk to the station that takes me well outside the 200m radius by about 10 minutes (wifi scan is the default 2 minutes). When I get to the train I inevitably have to set the preferred settings myself.
Coming home, when I reach my front door neither wifi nor APN is set i.e. APN switches off without switching WiFi on. I thought for a while that this was because APN had switched off and therefore could not get a location, but then I remembered that this was because a task had been activated and surely therefore it would complete.
I've had excellent results with Network based positioning; I think it uses cell tower data on a Sprint Evo. I stopped using GPS positioning, because it can be hard on the battery if you're in a weak GPS signal area (it tries harder to get a fix).
I've been playing around heavily with variables; when I plug or unplug, it pops up how long it was charging or discharging and how much progress (in battery %) was made up or down. I use data from this variable for a widget that gives me battery% and estimated time to 15% left.
I also have profiles set at 50% and 25% that turn off services to slow battery drain.
Finally, I have it track how much time I spend at work and put in a calendar entry with the time. It includes timestamps of when I arrived and left.
Not pretty, but with projects like those, you really learn the product.
I also set it up to do things like turn on wifi when I get home, turn if off if I lose signal (thanks to a poster on this thread for the idea of exit task). It launches navigator when I leave, dims the screen at night, and switches to vibrate when I have a timed calendar entry.
I don't have a direct solution for you, but you can do what I did. Switch to using WiFi-Near instead of Location. This has been more accurate for me. Only problem I've had with it is figuring out I had to leave the Channel setting at 0.
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Like several other people I'm trying to create a little task that turns on WiFi when I get home, and turns off APN. When I leave home it turns off Wifi and turns on APN. I have a task that basically looks like this:
OnEntry (set by location): WiFi On, MobileData Off
OnExit: WiFi Off, MobileData On
Location is set by network (with a 200m radius) rather than GPS to save battery.
It doesn't work. 1) it doesn't normally update for ages, 2) when it does it only does half the instruction.
I have no idea about 1. I have a 20 minute walk to the station that takes me well outside the 200m radius by about 10 minutes (wifi scan is the default 2 minutes). When I get to the train I inevitably have to set the preferred settings myself.
Coming home, when I reach my front door neither wifi nor APN is set i.e. APN switches off without switching WiFi on. I thought for a while that this was because APN had switched off and therefore could not get a location, but then I remembered that this was because a task had been activated and surely therefore it would complete.
Anyone got any ideas what might be going wrong?
I figured out a few things while I was setting up my Incredible to turn on bluetooth when I was not at work or home, and to silence the ringer at work. I also had tried using location by network.
When using location by network keep in mind it is not very accurate; your location could be a couple of km from where you actually are. Also, keep in mind that particularly when your phone is asleep the default scan frequency is 600 seconds.
What I ended up doing was using GPS instead, with a scanning frequency of 300 seconds (access settings by under 'menu'). I also decreased timeout to 40 seconds. I set the location radius to 1 km. By doing this everything worked fine; I plan to decrease the location radius and see how it works.
I had worried about battery usage with GPS on, but actually it was not bad. For today I have 60% battery left with Up time of 15 hrs, Awake time 3 hrs 40 min with a Seidio 1750 battery.
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That'd be fine. I'm assuming that's what JuiceDefender does to save battery life and I'd like to disable 3G via tasker, but it doesn't look like that's possible.
Bummer. Hopefully the Tasker guys can pull some magic down the road for us, or I can just get used to doing it manually I suppose
If I have 2 profiles setup. One is "Home" that turns on my wifi and turns the ringer volume to max. I also have one that sets ringer volume off between 11pm and 6am.
Which one takes priority if I am at home at 1am? Will my ringer volume be on or off?
Im just getting to grips with this program but i belive if you at at home u will have ringer full then volume will be changed at 11pm to other profile.
If your quite profile is not set to home location and you are away from home at 1am then upon return your volume will be changed to max.
I belive you can change the piorities of the profiles tho.
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If I have 2 profiles setup. One is "Home" that turns on my wifi and turns the ringer volume to max. I also have one that sets ringer volume off between 11pm and 6am.
Which one takes priority if I am at home at 1am? Will my ringer volume be on or off?
What happens, and when it happens depends on the when each profile becomes active. If you're home at 11pm and stay there until 6am, then from 1pm to 6am your ringer will be off. If however, you're away from home at 11pm, you ringer will still be turned off, but if you arrive home before 6am then your ringer volume will be maxed.
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Im just getting to grips with this program but i belive if you at at home u will have ringer full then volume will be changed at 11pm to other profile.
If your quite profile is not set to home location and you are away from home at 1am then upon return your volume will be changed to max.
I belive you can change the piorities of the profiles tho.
You can assign priorities to the Tasks that profiles execute, but not to the profiles themselves.
What I would recommend in the above case is to add a time context to the home profile so that it's not active between 11pm and 6am. This will avoid the conflict.
Also, the "to" time in a time context is really considered as "through". What I would do with the above is set the "to" time to 05:59. This will cause the profile to go inactive at the END of 05:59 (which occurs at 06:00). The corresponding time context for the home profile would be 06:00am - 10:59pm.
My profiles still need some cleaning up, but I have a "manual override" profile so I can set the volume to whatever I've predefined. The task for that widget sets %VOLMAN to 1 or higher, and all of my time-based profiles have a Variable Value context of %VOLMAN = 0. This way, none of my time-based profiles will kick in if the override is in place.
My calendar entry profiles are what need cleaning up. They set the ringer to vibrate, but if my override is set to silent then I don't want the calendar entries make it "louder".
Thanks for the find. Going that route I may as well just use JuiceDefender itself. Not sure I see that guys point in using Tasker to tell JuiceDefender to do it's mobile data thing when that can just be set in JD itself.
The good part is, I wasn't keen on Action Intent. There's gotta be a way to use this command to tell, say, SwitchPro Widget to toggle it's 3G/Auto-Sync mode. I'll look into this, thanks again!
I have it where it turns on gps when I go to maps but what i want it to do is when it is plugged in to power turn the display to 100% with no time out and screen lock and turn on wifi and gps.
I have been trying and can not get it to work. Since I have tried it the screen lock no longer comes on. Any idea on how to turn it on?
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I like tasker but I guess I am just dumb....
I have it where it turns on gps when I go to maps but what i want it to do is when it is plugged in to power turn the display to 100% with no time out and screen lock and turn on wifi and gps.
I have been trying and can not get it to work. Since I have tried it the screen lock no longer comes on. Any idea on how to turn it on?
It sounds like your profile partially worked, but for some reason Tasker did not restore the previous settings.
First, to fix the problem with the screen lock no longer coming on I would temporarily create a task in tasker that turns keyguard or keyguard pattern back on, and then run it using the Test button on the task edit screen.
If when setting the brightness you're also disabling autobrightness, there's a limitation in Tasker (something to do with Android - not a problem with Tasker itself, as far as I know) where:
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when disabling auto-brightness, even when subsequently setting brightness manually, the change will not take effect until the screen is turned off then on
Does this help, or are there other symptoms this doesn't address?
It sounds like your profile partially worked, but for some reason Tasker did not restore the previous settings.
First, to fix the problem with the screen lock no longer coming on I would temporarily create a task in tasker that turns keyguard or keyguard pattern back on, and then run it using the Test button on the task edit screen.
If when setting the brightness you're also disabling autobrightness, there's a limitation in Tasker (something to do with Android - not a problem with Tasker itself, as far as I know) where:
Does this help, or are there other symptoms this doesn't address?
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Does anyone know how to make create an alarm in tasker to go off mon-fri but not if my google calendar says vacation?
There's a alarm clock profile in the Tasker Wiki. I haven't looked at it myself, but based on who created the entry, I'm sure it works.
For your purposes, you may need to add a Day context (selecting Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri), and Calendar Entry context using the Invert check box (to specify "not vacation").
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Does anyone know how to make create an alarm in tasker to go off mon-fri but not if my google calendar says vacation?
I created a Calendar Event Profile set to *Vacation*, that would perform 'Profile Status' tasks to change each Alarm Profile to 'Disable' for the Alarms that you don't want firing, and set the exit Task on this Calendar Profile to run Profile Status tasks to 'Enable' those Alarm Profiles when it exits the Vacation Calendar Event.
I asked Pent on the Google Groups forum if he could allow us to use '*' wildcards when enabling/disabling Profile Status, but I think it didn't make the grade. So, we have to create a task for each Alarm Profile to disable/enable when were on Vacation or taking a day off and don't want all those Alarm Profiles alarming.
But, Unclemikes suggestion to set the Alarm Profiles to 'invert' if a Calendar Event exist is a better way to do it... Going to start using that now...
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I have a new task I want to do. I have been tweaking my settings to save battery and want wifi to goto sleep when screen is off.
I tried the setting In phone and It seemes to uave Issues waking up from sleep.
So I want tasker to put wifi to sleep when screen Is off and wake up when.
I have seen these options and I tried WiFi sleep screen off In my home profile but it didnt appear to do anything after screen was off for 15mins.
On my Droid, the default Wifi Sleep policy in Android is to sleep "when screen turns off". As I understand it, this is because the 3G radio is more battery-efficient when the device is asleep.
Is yours set the same way? When you want to do this, what is the status of your 3G (on, off, naturally off because Wifi is on)?
On my Droid, the default Wifi Sleep policy in Android is to sleep "when screen turns off". As I understand it, this is because the 3G radio is more battery-efficient when the device is asleep.
Is yours set the same way? When you want to do this, what is the status of your 3G (on, off, naturally off because Wifi is on)?
On my desire the wifi sleep policy is set to sleep after screen has been off for 15 mins. With my profiles wifi is only on at home so 3g willbe off when i want wifi to sleep.
The phones sleep does work after 15 mins but it is inconsistant when i left phone asleep for couple hours wifi would not wake back up.
So im hoping maybe tasker can help. Maybe together with the other profiles you helped me set up like wifi goes to sleep and only wakes up if the varibles i uave set are active? Or if justknow how to get it to sleep properly with tasker
Thank... you... so much. This app is absolutely amazing. It literally makes your phone into a bot that can execute any combination of things. I'm going to be messing around with this one for a WHILE. Well worth the $6+
I'm rather confused about how to write up a task. I heard I can redirect my outgoing call: e.g. I press my friend's name in the call log and I spoke with him last on his house phone. I want to be able to redirect this call to his cell number.
I'm pretty sure this can be done with Tasker; can anybody help me to do this?
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Be careful when using upper case, as it will require a case-sensitive match.
It seems to work fine. My calendar event profile title entry is *day off*/*vacation* and it works when I have 'Day Off' or 'Vacation' in the actual calendar entry.
I have also deleted the profile I had in favor of your suggestion to use the 'invert' setting. I just have to embrace using the opposite, like invert, if I want to exploit using Tasker more efficiently.
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I'm rather confused about how to write up a task. I heard I can redirect my outgoing call: e.g. I press my friend's name in the call log and I spoke with him last on his house phone. I want to be able to redirect this call to his cell number.
I'm pretty sure this can be done with Tasker; can anybody help me to do this?
Since it's something that you want to do all the time (based on the other thread), I would recommend creating a task within Tasker, and running it using the Test button. This way you don't need to worry about a profile being active, or setting up a profile, and Tasker will still remember the setting, even after a reboot.
Start Tasker, and press the Tasks button on the bottom of the screen. At the Task Edit screen press New (near the top) and create a task named Divert Chris (I remember from the other thread). Now press the + button (near the bottom) to add an Action to the Task. Select the Phone category, and select Call Divert. In the From Match field, enter Chris' home number. In the To field, enter Chris' cell number, and press Done. Now you'll be back at the Task Edit screen. Press the Test button (at the bottom right) to run the task. Now press Done. On the Profiles screen, make sure Tasker is "on" (bottom right button) and press Apply.
Tasker will need to be running for calls to be diverted.
If you ever want to stop diverting calls, you can follow the same procedure, but add the Call Revert action (leaving the fields blank) to the task and use the Test button. This will cancel all call diversions.
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On my desire the wifi sleep policy is set to sleep after screen has been off for 15 mins. With my profiles wifi is only on at home so 3g willbe off when i want wifi to sleep.
The phones sleep does work after 15 mins but it is inconsistant when i left phone asleep for couple hours wifi would not wake back up.
So im hoping maybe tasker can help. Maybe together with the other profiles you helped me set up like wifi goes to sleep and only wakes up if the varibles i uave set are active? Or if justknow how to get it to sleep properly with tasker
You could try using the Device Shutdown context to set a variable recording the current state of the Wifi, and use that to force Wifi back on if it was on at shutdown.
Context: Device Shutdown
Task:
Variable Set [Name: %WIFIONOFF] [Value: %WIFI]
You may need to increase the task priority in the Device Shutdown profile to make sure that the variable gets set before Tasker restores any other settings as it deactivates profiles as a result of the shutdown.
You could try using the Device Shutdown context to set a variable recording the current state of the Wifi, and use that to force Wifi back on if it was on at shutdown.
Context: Device Shutdown
Task:
Variable Set [Name: %WIFIONOFF] [Value: %WIFI]
You may need to increase the task priority in the Device Shutdown profile to make sure that the variable gets set before Tasker restores any other settings as it deactivates profiles as a result of the shutdown.
Do you mean a display off context ? I don't want WiFi changed on shutdown as will conflict with other profile.
Is there a way I can use the home variable you help me set up b4 so WiFi goes off when display is off the comes back on only when I'm at home or near WiFi so a value of 1/2
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I have improvised this by having a display off context to WiFi off. Then a display on context to WiFi on with a home location. That way WiFi wont turn on when away from but will still turn on when return home.
(Tasker has an Application context, which I think you're referring to above, but that's not what you need)
To do what you're looking for you would need to do the following in Tasker:
Create a profile named ReadSMS, with these contexts: Received SMS (no parameters necessary) Variable Value %CARCONNECTED = 1
The actions for the Enter Task would be: Say Message from %SMSRF
Wait 3 seconds
Say %SMSRB
Create a profile named CarBluetooth, with this context: Variable Value %CARCONNECTED = 1
The actions for the Enter Task would be: Display Brightness 255
Create a task named CarConnected. The actions in that task would be: Variable Set %CARCONNECTED 1
Create a task named CarDisconnected. The actions in that task would be: Variable Clear %CARCONNECTED
In BlueDock, select the paired bluetooth device in your car, and set the Connect Action to a Manual Intent Shortcut. Give the shortcut the following parameters:
Name: <any name you want>
Action: net.dinglisch.android.tasker.ACTION_TASK
Extra key: task_name
Extra Value: CarConnected
In BlueDock, select the same bluetooth device, and set the Disconnect Action to a Manual Intent Shortcut. Give the shortcut the following parameters:
Name: <any name you want>
Action: net.dinglisch.android.tasker.ACTION_TASK
Extra key: task_name
Extra Value: CarDisconnected
That's it. Note that for the Say action, you may want to change the stream that it uses, and check the volume level for that stream, otherwise you may not hear what's being said.
What should happen is:
When you connect to the bluetooth in your car, BlueDock should notice that this has happened and, by way of a Manual Intent Shortcut, tell Tasker to run the CarConnected task, which will set %CARCONNECTED to a value of 1, causing the CarBluetooth profile to become active. When the profile becomes active, the Enter Task will run, maximizing the screen brightness.
With %CARCONNECTED set to a value of 1, any incoming SMS will cause the ReadSMS profile to become active, and Tasker will run the Enter Task, reading the SMS sender and body aloud.
Once your bluetooth is disconnected, BlueDock should notice, and trigger Tasker to run the CarDisconnected task, which will clear the %CARCONNECTED variable. This will deactive the CarBluetooth profile, causing Tasker to return the screen brightness to its previous level. Clearing the variable will also prevent the ReadSMS profile from becoming active with incoming SMS messages.
I think this should work, but it's untested. I have no experience with BlueDock or Manual Intent Shortcuts, but have a lot of experience with Tasker.
Emphasis in RED, above, by me.
That's it!?! That's ridiculous. It's not difficult in Android to detect a specific BT connection. With all the other conditions Tasker can check, it's just plain silly that it can't detect a BT connection. Setting Profiles can do it easily.
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Emphasis in RED, above, by me.
That's it!?! That's ridiculous. It's not difficult in Android to detect a specific BT connection. With all the other conditions Tasker can check, it's just plain silly that it can't detect a BT connection. Setting Profiles can do it easily.
The info you quoted was written while Tasker was in beta, before it had any bluetooth functionality.
Been searching out Tasker threads, and came upon this one. Looks better than most.
I'ave asked in others too: Any reason nobody is exporting and making avaliabel to others their Tasker Profiles? Seems looking at the real thing (even if they are set up that won't do what you want on your phone...ie wrong locations, etc) a person could pick up a lot by lookin at those, and editing for their needs.
At the moment I've been focusing my attention on location, and it seems many people are confused about how to make ones that work well w/o using up battery. And for a noob, the combined contexts/profiles suggested can be hard to understand. At least I've gotten feedback on them to get a start ;-)
Think I'll drop off here for now and see if I can make any progress.
I have been trying to understand and create a location that is made up of a NET location (less accurate/less battery), then WiFi Near State to set WIFI on when I get home, and off when I leave.
I had this suggestion by BossMan over on the Google Tasker Group.
1) profile Location
context: Location, Net - close to home,
entry task: set variable WIFISCAN = 1
exit task: clear variable WIFISCAN
2) profile WifiScan
context: WifiNear (configure appropriately)
context: Variable WIFISCAN is set
entry task: Wifi On
The Loc-Home
Being a complete noob on this, it took me a bit of time to completely interpret, but I think I have. I am putting pics here and explanatoin for what I have done, and plan to reference him back to this link. (Unfortunately, no capability to do pics in the Google Groups.
If anyone reading this cares to offer thoughts please do. In the end maybe this will be a good tutorial for other new folks. Here we go.
This is the print screen for the two profiles:
You will notice the Profile Names at the top of them. The very top box is something else, and can be ignored.
The Loc-Home net is the first context for the Home Locatoin Profile which has the entry and exit tasks per his list above.
Here is a view of the Entry Task for the Loc-Home net context, in the profile he called Location, but which I named Home LOCATION:
Here is the Exit Task for same:
For the second profile, WifiScan, I think what he said to do can be seen has been done w/o opening any of the components.
I have not tested this, and hope for his verification. If I find this works (or ultimately find what does) and anyone interests or needs me to, I will come back and edit this posting with step by step instructions.
By the way, one other comment he left based on a driving test I had attempted:
As for your driving tests: mind that it takes two scanning periods for
wifi near context to deactivate. So with the screen off, it may take
up to 20 minutes using default values. Also note that wifi will not be
turned off when profile exits if it was already on when profile
activated.
Ok, finally paid for the program after hemming/hawing. Got some basic, but very useful tasks set up. Question is, I'd like some ringer profiles for work and home (primarily). The thing is, I'd like the work one to vibe only for phone/email/sms/etc, but keep the audible alert for calendar notifications. I didn't see the email/sms portion in the list, though.
(Sorry for the noobness, first android, and I'm no programmer; TIA)
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Originally Posted by ewingr
I have been trying to understand and create a location that is made up of a NET location (less accurate/less battery), then WiFi Near State to set WIFI on when I get home, and off when I leave.
I had this suggestion by BossMan over on the Google Tasker Group.
1) profile Location
context: Location, Net - close to home,
entry task: set variable WIFISCAN = 1
exit task: clear variable WIFISCAN
2) profile WifiScan
context: WifiNear (configure appropriately)
context: Variable WIFISCAN is set
entry task: Wifi On
The Loc-Home
Being a complete noob on this, it took me a bit of time to completely interpret, but I think I have. I am putting pics here and explanatoin for what I have done, and plan to reference him back to this link. (Unfortunately, no capability to do pics in the Google Groups.
If anyone reading this cares to offer thoughts please do. In the end maybe this will be a good tutorial for other new folks. Here we go.
This is the print screen for the two profiles:
You will notice the Profile Names at the top of them. The very top box is something else, and can be ignored.
The Loc-Home net is the first context for the Home Locatoin Profile which has the entry and exit tasks per his list above.
Here is a view of the Entry Task for the Loc-Home net context, in the profile he called Location, but which I named Home LOCATION:
Here is the Exit Task for same:
For the second profile, WifiScan, I think what he said to do can be seen has been done w/o opening any of the components.
I have not tested this, and hope for his verification. If I find this works (or ultimately find what does) and anyone interests or needs me to, I will come back and edit this posting with step by step instructions.
By the way, one other comment he left based on a driving test I had attempted:
As for your driving tests: mind that it takes two scanning periods for
wifi near context to deactivate. So with the screen off, it may take
up to 20 minutes using default values. Also note that wifi will not be
turned off when profile exits if it was already on when profile
activated.
Happy Taskering everyone!
The "Home Location" profile looks fine according to the example, assuming that the location and radius cause it to activate when you want it to.
In the "Wifiscan" profile, you have a state context labeled "Wifi scan". Since there is no such context in Tasker, I assume you named the context. Unfortunately I can't tell what it does, but I'll take a guess that it's a Wifi Near context (that would make sense to me). If that's the case, the second context should be "Variable Value %WIFISCAN = 1".
The Variable Value context is true for as long as the value of the variable meets the conditions you established (in this case, for as long as it remains equal to 1). In contrast, the Variable Set context is only true at the moment the variable begins to meet the conditions you established (it's instantaneous). All Event contexts in Tasker work the same way - they're instantaneous.
Not to further complicate things, but it's possible to combine these into a single profile, but leaving them separate gives you more flexibility later on if you want to trigger other things to happen when you're home, and you also want those things to happen when you're somewhere else. But let's skip that for now.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by meche
Ok, finally paid for the program after hemming/hawing. Got some basic, but very useful tasks set up. Question is, I'd like some ringer profiles for work and home (primarily). The thing is, I'd like the work one to vibe only for phone/email/sms/etc, but keep the audible alert for calendar notifications. I didn't see the email/sms portion in the list, though.
(Sorry for the noobness, first android, and I'm no programmer; TIA)
I'm running short on time this morning, but if I'm understanding correctly, notifications include email and SMS, but alarm volume (calendar) is a separate setting in Tasker, as is ringer (phone) volume.
I think this has probably already been covered, but I just want to double check I set this up right. So I want Tasker to send a text to my fiance when I'm near the grocery store to see if she needs anything. I have it set up, but I only want it to send on my way home (I take the bus to work so I'm by the store in the morning and evening). So, I set up a variable (If?) to %TIME > 15:00
Is this correct?
Tasker help
, I see the apply button. 
