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[dmead0ws]

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Hi, Im also a Tasker newbie.

I am trying to create a profile so that when someone calls me, Tasker says the name and number of the person calling, and then plays my ringtone. I have no clue how to do this, so any help is appreciated.

 

[kennyduong]

To turn on WiFi at home or any particular location you need to start with the proper Context then add the Tasks. So starting at the Profiles screen:

1. New
2. New Profile Name - WiFi On at Home (your choice)
3. First Context - Location - A Map comes up with your current location, If that is OK, then set the Radius you want. I use 50 meters for my house just to be safe in case the GPS gets a little off.
4. Done
5. Name Context - Home (your choice)
6. Task Selection
7. New Task
8. Net
9. WiFi - Set to On
10. Done
11. Tap on Task Bubble and Select Add Exit Task
12. New Task - Name Stop WiFi (your choice)
13. +
14. WiFi - WiFi Net - Action Disconnect
15. Done
16. +
17. WiFi - WiFi - Set to Off
18. Done

That should do it.

The point is I want to use Cell Near as it can better save battery than using GPS Location.

 

[Batfan.com]

The point is I want to use Cell Near as it can better save battery than using GPS Location.

Briefly using the GPS to find your location should not take much battery at all.


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[kennyduong]

The point is I want to use Cell Near as it can better save battery than using GPS Location.

Briefly using the GPS to find your location should not take much battery at all.


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Suppose I'm away from home, then the GPS will check for my home location every 120s whenever I unlock my phone and use it. The Tasker author also recommends to use Cell Near although it's might be less accurate than GPS but combine with Wifi Near it can be really good in term of accuracy & battery save.

 

[NebulaOcton]

The point is I want to use Cell Near as it can better save battery than using GPS Location.

Briefly using the GPS to find your location should not take much battery at all.


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Suppose I'm away from home, then the GPS will check for my home location every 120s whenever I unlock my phone and use it. The Tasker author also recommends to use Cell Near although it's might be less accurate than GPS but combine with Wifi Near it can be really good in term of accuracy & battery save.

Low Battery Usage Wifi Enableing Profile Using Wifi Near - Tasker Wiki

 

[kennyduong]

Briefly using the GPS to find your location should not take much battery at all.


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Suppose I'm away from home, then the GPS will check for my home location every 120s whenever I unlock my phone and use it. The Tasker author also recommends to use Cell Near although it's might be less accurate than GPS but combine with Wifi Near it can be really good in term of accuracy & battery save.

Low Battery Usage Wifi Enableing Profile Using Wifi Near - Tasker Wiki

tried this and it worked fine but I still want to know why the original way I did was not working properly?

 

[NebulaOcton]

Suppose I'm away from home, then the GPS will check for my home location every 120s whenever I unlock my phone and use it. The Tasker author also recommends to use Cell Near although it's might be less accurate than GPS but combine with Wifi Near it can be really good in term of accuracy & battery save.

Low Battery Usage Wifi Enableing Profile Using Wifi Near - Tasker Wiki

tried this and it worked fine but I still want to know why the original way I did was not working properly?

Probably because you were losing connection to your router which caused Tasker to think you were no longer near it and turned off your wifi and then your wifi near scan picked it up again.

 

[kennyduong]

Low Battery Usage Wifi Enableing Profile Using Wifi Near - Tasker Wiki

tried this and it worked fine but I still want to know why the original way I did was not working properly?

Probably because you were losing connection to your router which caused Tasker to think you were no longer near it and turned off your wifi and then your wifi near scan picked it up again.

if that's the case then the profile in the link must have the same problem but it doesn't

 

[NebulaOcton]

tried this and it worked fine but I still want to know why the original way I did was not working properly?

Probably because you were losing connection to your router which caused Tasker to think you were no longer near it and turned off your wifi and then your wifi near scan picked it up again.

if that's the case then the profile in the link must have the same problem but it doesn't

It has a delay built into it, if you only lose signal for a few seconds it will not turn wifi off

 

[NebulaOcton]

Hi, Im also a Tasker newbie.

I am trying to create a profile so that when someone calls me, Tasker says the name and number of the person calling, and then plays my ringtone. I have no clue how to do this, so any help is appreciated.

First, in your phones settings, you have to choose none for a ringtone.

Then you need to do this in tasker
New - Type: Phone Ringing - Ok - Event - Phone - Phone Ringing - Priority: Highest - Done - New Task - Ok
"+" - Misc - Say - Text: %CNAME, %CNUM - Engine:Voice: Press the magnifying glass and choose - Done
"+" - Media - Music Play - Press the Magnifying Glass and choose your ringtone - Loop - Done - Done

New - Type: Phone Off Hook - Ok - Event - Phone - Phone OffHook - Priority: Highest - Done - New Task - Ok
"+" - Media - Music Stop - Done - Done

I haven't tested this but it should work, if you need more help let me know.

 

[NebulaOcton]

Is there a way that Tasker can keyword an email? Could this trigger the event that I need?


thanks in advance,

Yes if you use K9 email. Otherwise I don't think so. But there is no reason why you couldn't setup a new gmail account and have that specifically for voice and k9

 

[NebulaOcton]

Is there a way that Tasker can keyword an email? Could this trigger the event that I need?


thanks in advance,

Yes if you use K9 email. Otherwise I don't think so. But there is no reason why you couldn't setup a new gmail account and have that specifically for voice and k9

I've now setup my Google voice account to forward my texts to my gmail.

I created a filter in gmail to forward messages from google voice that contain "SMS from" in the subject to a new gmail address I created.

After I install K9 I am going to setup k9 to receive pop3 updates from that new gmail address. Then maybe I can create a tasker profile to react to that.

 

[HoochieCoo]

...wifi turns back on and won't turn off until I leave my "home" range.

...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.

...

But I think I may have a working set of profiles for a single location.

Can you write exactly what you did please?

Mine is a little more complex because I wanted to set my HOME variable when I was home... not when I was near home, but literally home. I also have to account for my WiFi dropping on occasion, and I didn't want some other profiles cycling every time a drop happens.

[FONT=Courier New] [B]Profile : Near Home[/B]
Context : Cell Near + Not Airplane Mode
Enter   : %NEARHOME = 1
          Turn WiFi On
Exit:   : %NEARHOME = 0
          Turn WiFi Off IF %WIFIC ~ 0

[B]Profile : Home[/B]
Context : WiFi Connect (using home SSID and Mac)
[/FONT][FONT=Courier New]Enter   : %LEFTHOME = 0[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]           %HOME = 1[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]           %WIFIC = 1
          Profile Status "Near Home" to Off
          Profile Status "WiFi Off" to On
Exit    : Profile Status "Near Home" to On
          %WIFIC = 0
          %LEFTHOME = 1
          Wait 30 seconds
          Stop IF %LEFTHOME ~ 0
          %HOME = 0
Other   : Set both the Enter and Exit Collision Handling to 
          "Run Both".  I am pretty sure in at least one case, 
          my router did a drop, reconnect, drop in quick 
          succession.  Though... not entirely sure I need this,
          to chicken to change it.

[B]Profile : WiFi Off[/B]
Context : Event, variable set: %WIFIC ~ 0
Enter   : Wait 3 minutes
          Stop IF %WIFIC !~ 0
          Turn WiFi off IF %NEARHOME ~ 0
          Profile Status "WiFi Off" to Off
[/FONT]

It's not so so different than the Wifi handling profile on the Wiki. For awhile, I went totally without the "WiFi Off" profile. But there are cases where "Near Home" is never entered (for whatever reason), so the "WiFi Off" acts as a sanity check.

Another thing I did is use a larger area when I set my Cell Near values. I know the help says to walk around the area (which I took to mean, walk around your house). I actually hopped in the car and drove in a block radius around my house. Apparently I am right on the edge of a tower.

 

[Fenway72]

To turn on WiFi at home or any particular location you need to start with the proper Context then add the Tasks. So starting at the Profiles screen:

1. New
2. New Profile Name - WiFi On at Home (your choice)
3. First Context - Location - A Map comes up with your current location, If that is OK, then set the Radius you want. I use 50 meters for my house just to be safe in case the GPS gets a little off.
4. Done
5. Name Context - Home (your choice)
6. Task Selection
7. New Task
8. Net
9. WiFi - Set to On
10. Done
11. Tap on Task Bubble and Select Add Exit Task
12. New Task - Name Stop WiFi (your choice)
13. +
14. WiFi - WiFi Net - Action Disconnect
15. Done
16. +
17. WiFi - WiFi - Set to Off
18. Done

That should do it.

This only partially works. It works with regards to switching wifi on when the phone is within the specified location and then switches to 3g when outside of the specified location, but it never actually turns off the wifi.

I tested this and when outside of the 50m bubble, it switched to 3g, but when looking at my wifi settings, the wifi box remains checked. It states disconnected, but remains in the on state. I double checked that I had it set up as you instructed. It still leaves wifi on.

Any ideas?

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[spaz33g]

I used a profile set up basically the same as this one all week on vacation to use my hotels wifi and as long as the wifi was turned off before I got to the hotel, it would turn off after I left. However if it was on when I entered the hotel it would stay on when I left.

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