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Hey nebula, is there a way to have tasker auto sms a busy text when I get a call while the headphones are plugged in? I got it to auto text when receiving an sms simply by buying the addon for sms, but there isn't one for phone calls. I have an auto responder app, but it will only open the app, not activate the functions. Is it possible to do this within tasker?

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Do you want to have a list of available texts to send or just have it auto send a default message?

If you want to try and figure it out yourself you can look here
Auto respond to phone call - Tasker Wiki

I wrote that and its what I am going to modify but I also wrote an auto replier that pops up a menu and lets you choose to answer, ignore or text back. Then if you select text back it give a list of prewritten texts to send. I can also modify that one to give you a preselected list of texts instead of just one and I might be able to do something that would let you speak what you want to text to someone.

Let me know what you want to do.

I would like it to auto reply with a default message for both texts and phone calls. I ride a motorcycle, would be nice to pop in the headphones and have tasker auto sms without me having to open apps.

Again, appreciate the time you're taking with this!

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Hey nebula, is there a way to have tasker auto sms a busy text when I get a call while the headphones are plugged in? I got it to auto text when receiving an sms simply by buying the addon for sms, but there isn't one for phone calls. I have an auto responder app, but it will only open the app, not activate the functions. Is it possible to do this within tasker?

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Do you want to have a list of available texts to send or just have it auto send a default message?

If you want to try and figure it out yourself you can look here
Auto respond to phone call - Tasker Wiki

I wrote that and its what I am going to modify but I also wrote an auto replier that pops up a menu and lets you choose to answer, ignore or text back. Then if you select text back it give a list of prewritten texts to send. I can also modify that one to give you a preselected list of texts instead of just one and I might be able to do something that would let you speak what you want to text to someone.

Let me know what you want to do.

I would like it to auto reply with a default message for both texts and phone calls. I ride a motorcycle, would be nice to pop in the headphones and have tasker auto sms without me having to open apps.

Again, appreciate the time you're taking with this!

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First Profile
Context:
Phone Ringing

Task:
Set %PHONERINGING to 1
Wait 30 Seconds
Set%PHONERINGING to 0

Second Profile
Context:
Text Received

Task
Set %TEXTRCVD to 1
Wait 30 Seconds
Set %TEXTRCVD to 0

Third Profile
Context
%PHONERINGING/%TEXTRCVD matches 1
Headphones plugged in

Task:
End Call if %PHONERINGING matches 1
Send text message(pick what you want it to say) to %CNUM if %PHONERINGING matches 1
Send text message to %SMSRF if %TEXTRCVD matches 1
Say Text Sent


If you need more details let me know.
 
The first two will be active all the time but you'll never notice them. The third will only work if your headphones are plugged in (assuming of course you program it right)
 
Awesome! Can't wait to try this out when I get home! By the way: can this be modified to do bluetooth instead of headphones for later use?

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Oh, and what is the wait 30 seconds part for? I think I understand the rest, but not that part.

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Do you want to have a list of available texts to send or just have it auto send a default message?

If you want to try and figure it out yourself you can look here
Auto respond to phone call - Tasker Wiki

I wrote that and its what I am going to modify but I also wrote an auto replier that pops up a menu and lets you choose to answer, ignore or text back. Then if you select text back it give a list of prewritten texts to send. I can also modify that one to give you a preselected list of texts instead of just one and I might be able to do something that would let you speak what you want to text to someone.

Let me know what you want to do.

I would like it to auto reply with a default message for both texts and phone calls. I ride a motorcycle, would be nice to pop in the headphones and have tasker auto sms without me having to open apps.

Again, appreciate the time you're taking with this!

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First Profile
Context:
Phone Ringing

Task:
Set %PHONERINGING to 1
Wait 30 Seconds
Set%PHONERINGING to 0

Second Profile
Context:
Text Received

Task
Set %TEXTRCVD to 1
Wait 30 Seconds
Set %TEXTRCVD to 0

Third Profile
Context
%PHONERINGING/%TEXTRCVD matches 1
Headphones plugged in

Task:
End Call if %PHONERINGING matches 1
Send text message(pick what you want it to say) to %CNUM if %PHONERINGING matches 1
Send text message to %SMSRF if %TEXTRCVD matches 1
Say Text Sent


If you need more details let me know.

Okay, I'm not nearly as bright as I thought I was. It it possible you could break this down in a step by step? I don't see context as selectable anywhere. Also I'm not getting the task part, do I add the task as part of the profile? Or click the task button and add it there? And does the name of the profile matter?

I've retired this several ways and I just can't create it correctly.

Thanks so much for your patience!

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I am having problems with the 3rd profile. And im not certain I have the first two correct. Ugh.

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The problem I have with the third one is that I get an error when I try to create a variable with %phoneringing/%textrcvd in the title. I tried creating a profile as an event, but it won't let me use the "matches 1" option. So I tried creating it as a task but it won't allow events be the context.

Could you please step by ate this and explain it to me as if I was a seven year old? Heh, I'm just not able to get this figured out. No rush, just when you have the time.


Much appreciated'
 
NebulaOcton can definitely clarify but I suspect you need to replace the / with an OR. You want the context to be if either variable is set to 1.

Tasks should be included in the Profile that they are posted under. You're basically telling Tasker "If this context's conditions are met, then carry out these tasks". See if this formatting makes any more sense:

First Profile
  • Context
    • Phone Ringing
  • Task
    • Set %PHONERINGING to 1
    • Wait 30 Seconds
    • Set%PHONERINGING to 0
Second Profile
  • Context
    • Text Received
  • Task
    • Set %TEXTRCVD to 1
    • Wait 30 Seconds
    • Set %TEXTRCVD to 0
Third Profile
  • Context
    • %PHONERINGING/%TEXTRCVD matches 1
    • Headphones plugged in
  • Task
    • End Call if %PHONERINGING matches 1
    • Send text message(pick what you want it to say) to %CNUM if %PHONERINGING matches 1
    • Send text message to %SMSRF if %TEXTRCVD matches 1
    • Say Text Sent
 
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I cannot create that 3rd one. As I said, can't create a variable with the name %phoneringing/% textrcvd.

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So I tested again, and...same result. All is well until the wifi off profile goes through it's 5 min process and deactivates leaving just the home profile active, when this happens the wifi turns back on to scan but will not turn off after not seeing my network. Ugggh.

Man this is a pain, thanks for all your continued help Nebula!

In your preferences under monitor change your wifi scan seconds to 25 and your wifi minimum timeout to 10 seconds. And try it again. You should see it toggle faster this way, maybe were just missing it. Also don't trust your power widget to be accurate, I've noticed mine hanging up a lot. If you are using a rom with a toggle in the notification area, that seems to be more accurate.

Made these changes, killed the router...same result all works good unitl the 5 min are up and the wifi off profile disables itself leaving the home profile on, wifi turns back on and won't turn off until I leave my "home" range.

I just noticed these posts. Not sure if my issue is exactly the same, but my WiFi Off profile would also not turn off wifi. I put in a notify message with the same condition. I see the notify... wifi stays on.

As long as my Home profile was active (had been entered) it would eventually turn off. But on occasion, that profile wouldn't be entered an wifi would stay on until I manually turned it off.

I am actually using something different now, and my equivalent of WiFi Off doesn't use the WiFi Disconnected state. I trigger off of WIFIC changing to 0.

It's actually more complex than that. This is a very difficult thing to get working reliably. I've almost given up several times. If I have to continually check it, there isn't much point in having Tasker automate it.

But I think I may have a working set of profiles for a single location.
 
has anyone able to successfully write a profile where when a certain wifi is in range, the phone automatically connects to that wifi? i can only get it to see that the wifi is there but not to connect to it. anyone know how?
 
NebulaOcton can definitely clarify but I suspect you need to replace the / with an OR. You want the context to be if either variable is set to 1.

Tasks should be included in the Profile that they are posted under. You're basically telling Tasker "If this context's conditions are met, then carry out these tasks". See if this formatting makes any more sense:

First Profile
  • Context
    • Phone Ringing
  • Task
    • Set %PHONERINGING to 1
    • Wait 30 Seconds
    • Set%PHONERINGING to 0
Second Profile
  • Context
    • Text Received
  • Task
    • Set %TEXTRCVD to 1
    • Wait 30 Seconds
    • Set %TEXTRCVD to 0
Third Profile
  • Context
    • %PHONERINGING/%TEXTRCVD matches 1
    • Headphones plugged in
  • Task
    • End Call if %PHONERINGING matches 1
    • Send text message(pick what you want it to say) to %CNUM if %PHONERINGING matches 1
    • Send text message to %SMSRF if %TEXTRCVD matches 1
    • Say Text Sent

This doesn't work. Tried it several times, several ways. It does not send texts for either call or sms.

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