Tasker: how to turn off a profile when other profile is on

[dsan]

Hello everyone,

I am trying my best to find a way to set up Tasker for disabling some specific profile when another profile is on. I have a profile to stop every internet connection by night, and I would like it to stop another profile that keeps running the whole day and keeps searching cell towers.


Any help?

 

[amlothi]

Use the action Tasker > Profile Status

 

[dsan]

Use the action Tasker > Profile Status

I already tried that but the second profile keeps turning on because "Profile status" seems to deactivate it once, but when the profile detects the cell towers it activates itself again. I would need a way to permanently turn it off when the first profile is active.

 

[UncleMike]

I already tried that but the second profile keeps turning on because "Profile status" seems to deactivate it once, but when the profile detects the cell towers it activates itself again. I would need a way to permanently turn it off when the first profile is active.

If you disable a profile using Profile Status, it can't activate - it's disabled. You would also need an exit task to re-enable the second profile when the first profile exits. If for some reason this isn't working for you, you could also try this:

Profile: Night
Context: <your context>
Enter Task: <your actions>


Profile: Daytime
Context: Variable Value %PACTIVE Doesn't Match *,Night,*
Context: <your other contexts>
Enter Task: <your actions>

 

[takeshi]

I already tried that but the second profile keeps turning on because "Profile status" seems to deactivate it once, but when the profile detects the cell towers it activates itself again. I would need a way to permanently turn it off when the first profile is active.

What's the context of the first profile -- the one that disables the second? The context you've selected may be your problem.

You could also use a variable set by the first profile but the second profile would have to check the variable.