What have YOU done with Tasker?

[Sokudoningyou]

Here's mine:

1. HTTP Get
Serverort www.the_youknowwhathere_weather.com/?zipcode=myzipcode
2. Variable Split
Name %HTTPD Splitter<div
3. Variable Split
Name %HTTPD4 Splitter >
4. Variable Split
Name %HTTPD44 Splitter<
5. Variable Set
Name %WEATHER To %HTTPD441
6. Minimalistic Text variable settings
Configuration WEATHER=%WEATHER

Note, I converted the system variable %HTTPD441 to a custom variable %WEATHER and used that in the Min Text config. I left that out of the original instructions as I assumed Min Text would allow the use of a system variable.

If you add a pop up alert (Step 7) displaying %WEATHER, do you see what you think you should?

Can I drop in on this and ask if there's something in Tasker's newest update that flonks this? Because I've entered these variables exactly, and the popup just says HTTPD441, same as on my Minimalist Text widget. Something isn't clicking and I can't figure out what it is.

 

[Wrstlr316]

Sorry I am so late to the party...

I just started using:

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

Because if I read that correctly not only do you have to be on the right tower but ALSO near your router, is that correct ? BUT when I scan for towers it only gives me 1 tower. In this case it says... CDMA: 499 / 6 <

Another problem I am having is it is still searching, and telling me there was an available open Wifi connection while I was at work. And I live about 45 mins away from where I work so it should be on different towers. I just want it to be on Wifi when I am home and eventually would like to set it up to be on Wifi when I am at my fiance's home and all other times have Wifi off and not searching for open ones, but I want to get it to work with my home network first before I worry about setting it up at my Fiance's.

Thanks for all your work... I don't think I would ever have figured out the % values and such to use, and I hope to get it working soon.

 

[bags533]

Variable syntax

Gotta say, this app is amazing. I've only done a few simple things, and want to move on to more advanced items. But variables are kicking my butt.

I've looked through most of this thread, as well as the wiki, and I'm having problems figuring out the syntax for variables.

For example, a variable that you want to return a yes/no value:
Is it %XXXX = 0 or %XXXX 0

I'd like to make a pop up icon, that pops up when the battery charge is less than 100%. I tried the following, which didn't work too well.

Do I use %BATT < 100 or %BATT less than 100 or %BATT < 100%

Thanks for the help.

 

[cjbear10]

Sunrise and Sunset times

I've been using Sunrise and Sunset times task as provided by NebulaOcton here: Sunrise and Sunset times - Tasker Wiki. In my work travels, I use the profile exactly as provided to calculate sunrise/sunset for my current location and control screen brightness based on offsets from sun events when using my DX for in-car navigation. This has historically worked beautifully (intenet nod to NebulaOcton).

It seems that Yahoo has recently changed the output for rss weather details output dropping sunrise and sunset factors (e.g. Yahoo! Weather - Sunnyvale, CA). Has anyone else encountered/resolved this issue yet?

Thanks,
Bear

 

[ArtieD]

Variable Syntax

bags533 - I can't help you with your syntax question, but for a battery indicator, i really like the App Battery Status Bar by Modded Logic (Free). It puts an icon in your Notification Bar with the current battery level indicated by color and percentage. It offers different icons. I chose the one that looks like a battery and changes color from green to orange to red as the battery runs down. It's better than a pop up because you always know exactly how much life your battery has.

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[bags533]

Thanks Artie, I'll give it a shot.

 

[bkendrick]

Has anyone seen problems with pop up menus in tasker? I created a tasker widget that displays a menu of 3 tasks. Those three tasks set different volume profiles based on your selection. Some times it works fine and other times it takes about 10 seconds to display the menu. I've tried removing the menu background and using stock icons but with the same result so I don't think its the images loading that's the problem. Any ideas?

Also, problem always happens after a reboot but it occurs randomly throughout the day as well.

DX. CFU. LIB 1.5.

 

[esheesle]

Has anyone seen problems with pop up menus in tasker? I created a tasker widget that displays a menu of 3 tasks. Those three tasks set different volume profiles based on your selection. Some times it works fine and other times it takes about 10 seconds to display the menu. I've tried removing the menu background and using stock icons but with the same result so I don't think its the images loading that's the problem. Any ideas?

Also, problem always happens after a reboot but it occurs randomly throughout the day as well.

DX. CFU. LIB 1.5.

Yes, seen that as well. Happens randomly most of the time but guaranteed after a reboot. I use the menus for volume stuff as well.

 

[athflying]

I just started using:

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

Because if I read that correctly not only do you have to be on the right tower but ALSO near your router, is that correct ? BUT when I scan for towers it only gives me 1 tower. In this case it says... CDMA: 499 / 6 <

Another problem I am having is it is still searching, and telling me there was an available open Wifi connection while I was at work. And I live about 45 mins away from where I work so it should be on different towers. I just want it to be on Wifi when I am home and eventually would like to set it up to be on Wifi when I am at my fiance's home and all other times have Wifi off and not searching for open ones, but I want to get it to work with my home network first before I worry about setting it up at my Fiance's.

Thanks for all your work... I don't think I would ever have figured out the % values and such to use, and I hope to get it working soon.

I had the same problem and it's because by default if you have a "WiFi Near" profile active, Tasker will scan for WiFi every so often. You can change the value in preferences but what i found works better is to add a task into the "Cell Network" profile that turns the "WiFi Near" profile on if you are near that cell tower and as a exit task turns it back off when you are no longer connected to that cell tower. That way, the "WiFi Near" profile is only active when you are near that cell tower and prevents the constant WiFi scans.

 

[extensive]

I get a lot of ESPN. Alerts and would like them to be silent. I put a profile on to "notify cancell" when a SMS. Is received from ESPN but that doesn't. Seem to be working. What am I doing wrong?

 

[DownloadAndroid]

Wow great post

 

[LucidMomentum]

Tasker Question

Hello All, I just wanted to say thanks for the work on the wiki and the awesome thread - I've gotten Tasker to do just about everything I want it to now. Just have to work on the more location specific tasks (Movies, Mall, etc.)

I was wondering if someone could help me with something though:

In the morning, I have an impromptu Alarm system set up. It picks from a set of random songs to play, then it tells me good morning, and speaks the weather to me. After that it loads my calendar, and then my daily bible reading app.

The way I have it set now is two profiles - one to play the music, load the calendar app, then kill the app if it's past a certain time, then load the bible app if it's past a certain time. Then the weather speaking app runs on top of that, at about the same time.

However, I'm having a couple of problems:

1. There's no easy way to disable/silence the song (I share a room with a guy with a separate schedule, so if I don't get up and out of the room he ends up waking up by the end of the song too)

2. The Calendar kill and Bible app load only work well if it's already past the set time. This means I can either have the sequence run by setting the time early, but that gives me like a half second view of my calendar, which doesn't work too well XD

What I'm wondering is:

Can I have the alarm pop up a menu, with a set timeout that would do something (say, up the volume and pop the menu up again?), and with options to keep the music going for another minute or so (I like hearing the music while viewing my calendar), or to silence the music. Once either is chosen, it would then load the calendar, wait for a set amount of time, then close it and load the Bible app?

Would I need to add additional profiles?

Any help / walkthroughs on this would be much appreciated

 

[w0lfinator]

GPS and Navigation.

I've tried several ways to get Tasker to turn on GPS if and only if I open Navigation. The IF part is no problem. But my phone or Tasker seems to register Google Maps as opening Navigation.

So, for instance, if I do some version of the normal way (Context: open Navigation. -- Go Home, GPS on, Wait, Load Navigation), then when I open Google Maps, it goes through this cycle, never letting me get to Google Maps because it routes over the Navigation.

Does anyone else have this issue? Is there a way to differentiate between the two.

Right now my solution is to create a shortcut to a task (GPS on, open Navigation) and replace my Navigation button with that shortcut. No problem, except there's no exit task (i.e. turn off GPS) and it doesnt work in Car Mode/Home/Panel.

I am having this EXACT same issue.. I cannot get Navigation to work for the life of me and it is driving me nuts. I get stuck in a loop often and I have no idea why..

 

[PriestSyrinx]

Anyone happen to know if the %MEMF (Free Memory) variable refers to RAM or the internal memory? Thanks.

 

[LucidMomentum]

Hello All, I just wanted to say thanks for the work on the wiki and the awesome thread - I've gotten Tasker to do just about everything I want it to now. Just have to work on the more location specific tasks (Movies, Mall, etc.)

I was wondering if someone could help me with something though:

In the morning, I have an impromptu Alarm system set up. It picks from a set of random songs to play, then it tells me good morning, and speaks the weather to me. After that it loads my calendar, and then my daily bible reading app.

The way I have it set now is two profiles - one to play the music, load the calendar app, then kill the app if it's past a certain time, then load the bible app if it's past a certain time. Then the weather speaking app runs on top of that, at about the same time.

However, I'm having a couple of problems:

1. There's no easy way to disable/silence the song (I share a room with a guy with a separate schedule, so if I don't get up and out of the room he ends up waking up by the end of the song too)

2. The Calendar kill and Bible app load only work well if it's already past the set time. This means I can either have the sequence run by setting the time early, but that gives me like a half second view of my calendar, which doesn't work too well XD

What I'm wondering is:

Can I have the alarm pop up a menu, with a set timeout that would do something (say, up the volume and pop the menu up again?), and with options to keep the music going for another minute or so (I like hearing the music while viewing my calendar), or to silence the music. Once either is chosen, it would then load the calendar, wait for a set amount of time, then close it and load the Bible app?

Would I need to add additional profiles?

Any help / walkthroughs on this would be much appreciated

Edit: I'm an idiot I totally didn't see that tasker has a "wait" command. Will use that for the app open/close. Now, for the menu with the options to silence, etc. Any help with that guys? Right now I just have it set to wait another minute and cut the music, but I don't want that to interfere with the weather speaking since they're both on the same stream. Maybe I can have the profile pull up a menu with two toggle buttons, and have profiles waiting to see if one of them is set to on, and go from there? I might experiment on my own tonight, but if anyone has this figured out before me, it'd be a huge time saver.