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Tasker App Question

Has anyone had luck using Tasker app on their Gtablet?
For one, I know almost nothing about programming, and I can't seem to find any decent tutorials on how to program tasks in the app.
I'm trying to make it so that my Gtablet will automatically shutdown if the screen times out for more than, for example, 30 minutes. Does anyone have some guidance or at least a place to start to teach myself how to use this program? I've gone to their wiki and other sites that show profiles and defines what each thing is, but they aren't put together all that well and they skip a lot of beginning steps that are obviously what I need to grasp how to make the most of this program.

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johnsonjf said:
Has anyone had luck using Tasker app on their Gtablet?
For one, I know almost nothing about programming, and I can't seem to find any decent tutorials on how to program tasks in the app.
I'm trying to make it so that my Gtablet will automatically shutdown if the screen times out for more than, for example, 30 minutes. Does anyone have some guidance or at least a place to start to teach myself how to use this program? I've gone to their wiki and other sites that show profiles and defines what each thing is, but they aren't put together all that well and they skip a lot of beginning steps that are obviously what I need to grasp how to make the most of this program.
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I use Tasker extensively on my phone, not so much on my G-Tab, but that is due to my needs, not the app. Due to limitations in Android, Tasker cannot address all situations - you can't use it as universally as you can use similar programs in Windows, for example.
For help, in addition to the home page (http://tasker.dinglisch.net/) and the Wiki (http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index), there is the user guide (http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide_summary.html) and the Google Groups link (http://groups.google.com/group/tasker?pli=1).
Simplest method for what you want to do: if you set your GTab WiFi to turn off when the screen is off and you have the QuickBoot app (which I have and like), you could set a Tasker Profile something like the following:
Context - WiFi disconnected
Tasker - wait 30 minutes
Plugin - quickboot Power off, if %WIFI ~ off
(As an alternative to step 3, if you have an app that powers off the tab, you could simply run that app as step 3).
This profile will run every time WiFi disconnects. It will wait 30 minutes and, if WiFi is still disconnected, it will power off the G-Tab.
Not perfect, of course - a better way to do it would be to do 30 1 minute waits, checking each time to see if WiFi is still off, and stopping the script if WiFi is on. This requires a variable to measure time and to turn off the GTab once 30 minutes has passed:
Context: WiFi disconnected
Tasker: Variable Set %WIFIOFF = 0
Tasker: wait 1 minute
Tasker: Stop if %WIFI ~ on
Tasker: Variable Add %WIFIOFF + 1
Tasker: Goto Action 8 if %WIFIOFF = 30
Tasker: Goto Action 3
Plugin: quickboot Power off
I could test this tonight, when I get home, if you want.
PM me if you need further help.

[App] WP7 Calendar

posted for my friend, have no internet connection
Hello
WP7 Calendar is now available. This application enable to consult your calendar synchronized with your smartphone.
The application is available through this link:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=6bbbd974-077f-4217-98e9-1d177b5570d0
There is a trial version to allow you to discover the application, don’t hesitate to download it
The launching price for one week is set to 0.99 then it will pass to 1,49
Good use
Laranzu

Does this works with already existing calendars or you need to add that to the app ?

The app use the calendar associated to the account you set in your phone.
The app recover automatically the appointment set for each account.

And what are the benefits/advantages/unique features over built-in calendar? Why should I buy this one?

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And what are the benefits/advantages/unique features over built-in calendar? Why should I buy this one?
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Because it displays week numbers, maybe?
I'll give it a try and report back...
Edit: On the Display page (as shown on last thumbnail) maybe you should leave the start and end times free to choose, not everybody does a normal job, you know, just an opinion. And by tapping the tile, day or week (depending on the tile tapped) should be opened instead of the parameters page which IMHO should be last..
Nice app otherwise, the built-in calendar is frustratingly lacking features.

well, the starting point of the project was to offer a week view. It's something that the built in app doesn't not offer
The browsing between the different view is done with flick instead of having to tap on an icone in the application bar. In the build in app to access month view you have an icon for that.
The month view i provide give some usefull information that let you know if you have appointment in the morning, afternoon or all day. The build in app just display text so small that it's useless.
You can swap easily between view by clicking on week number or on the days. Nice when you want to set an appointment in the futur.
For the tile, you have 2 kind of tiles : week or day. The built in app offer only day and for only the next appointment.
With my tile you can have a graphic view of the day or week and/or the next 2 appointment for the current day.
But the best way to discover the app is to give it a try

Its nice application, but only 5 starts in trial mode is very liitle :-( When i set Live Tiles, some options and trial is done :-( Cannot test, 10 starts could be better number...

One definite bug, and two maybes (first one is a bug);
1) When doing AM/PM, it shows Noon as 12AM middle of day - should be 12PM (this is on day and week views)
2) When viewing day, it does not display starting at the start time you select (not sure where it starts, at current time of day you view it?). Week does.
3) My live tile shows nothing when you first pin it. Takes awhile to show anything (I am guessing the 30 minutes).

LiFePo4 said:
3) My live tile shows nothing when you first pin it. Takes awhile to show anything (I am guessing the 30 minutes).
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This one is a critical; if author not implemented prompt tile updates (using push notification), this app is useless (regardless of week view).

1) hmm, my mistake. didn't notice that as i mainly use 24h.
2) when you display current day, time is set to the current time. When it's not current day, it's start à midnight. I have to agree that currently the parameter is not clear. Should be better with the next update
3) The first tile update is not generated from the app. you have to wait max 30mn. it's also something i'll adress in the next version.
Beside the first generation, update are running fine.
Thanks for the feedback, it'll help improve the application.

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1) hmm, my mistake. didn't notice that as i mainly use 24h.
2) when you display current day, time is set to the current time. When it's not current day, it's start à midnight. I have to agree that currently the parameter is not clear. Should be better with the next update
3) The first tile update is not generated from the app. you have to wait max 30mn. it's also something i'll adress in the next version.
Beside the first generation, update are running fine.
Thanks for the feedback, it'll help improve the application.
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Thanks. Love the week view. My wife loved it so got it for her's as well.

Following the return of the betas testers and also of the first users, here are the main elements of future V1.1:
View:
- Addition of fixed hour day view (almost finished)
- Addition of a 24hours scrolling week view
Tile: Improvement
- dedicated screen for customization
- Tile preview in the app
- First tile generation made from the app
Number of launch for trail version increased : between 10 and 20 (to be defined)
+ several little things
Delay : Less longer than you wish, faster than you hope 
Benefit from the last days to profit from launching price: change of price Monday
PS: don’t hesitate to evaluate the application

One suggestion, please consider making it open on the day view instead of the parameters page.

It's already done
check in the parameters

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It's already done
check in the parameters
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Sweet! I can choose any page now!
Thanks

This is a nice app. I'll like it more when it can be used to actually edit the calendar. I understand this is a limitation of the OS and not the app though.
A thought:
I don't like when calendars show Sun at the end of the week. It'd be nice to have the option to have it at the beginning of the week.

What Would You Like Tasker To Do?

Hey everyone,
I'm trying to get an idea of how everyone uses tasker or how they want tasker to work for them. Let me know in a comment everything that you have tasker setup to do right now. Also, what tasks do you want but are unsure of how to create a profile for them?

How would I...get my phone to tell me the weather whenever I open my closet? I let the weather determine what I wear and usually I check the weather on my phone right before getting dressed. Would be nice to automate that!

I'm using Tasker for:
-auto-rotate the screen when I launch some apps
-switch off when I'm connected to specific Wi-Fis
-auto-sync my Google account every 2 hours (without night tome)
-auto-sync Google and weather information 30 minutes before my alarm in the morning
I made a tutorial how to do the last one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3277729
Wysłane z mojego LG-D405 przy użyciu Tapatalka

svetius said:
How would I...get my phone to tell me the weather whenever I open my closet? I let the weather determine what I wear and usually I check the weather on my phone right before getting dressed. Would be nice to automate that!
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After looking into it quite a bit, I cannot find any way that a task could be triggered by opening your closet door. I don't know how to go about making this work that would be more efficient than just using Google Now.

DrGreenway said:
After looking into it quite a bit, I cannot find any way that a task could be triggered by opening your closet door. I don't know how to go about making this work that would be more efficient than just using Google Now.
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I figured it out, Greenway. All I need is a SmartThings open/close sensor to monitor when I open my closet door. It uses magnets to do this. Then, I can have Tasker "listen" for the notification that my closet door has opened, and then it will tell me the weather. Heck yah!

svetius said:
I figured it out, Greenway. All I need is a SmartThings open/close sensor to monitor when I open my closet door. It uses magnets to do this. Then, I can have Tasker "listen" for the notification that my closet door has opened, and then it will tell me the weather. Heck yah!
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This also can be done using a Z-wave door sensor + a Vera hub and the AutoVera plug-in for Tasker. AutoVera can monitor all your Z-wave devices in real time to trigger a Tasker task.
In this example, The tasker profile would be:
if the closet door status change from "closed" to "open" (AutoVera) between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m.,
And it would launch the task to say aloud the weather on your phone. Already explained how to get and use weather data in this post
I guess your SmartThings setup is working pretty much the same way

NFC tags
svetius said:
How would I...get my phone to tell me the weather whenever I open my closet? I let the weather determine what I wear and usually I check the weather on my phone right before getting dressed. Would be nice to automate that!
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Off the top of my head, I would suggest NFC tags, they are cheep, and you could stick one on your closet door. I believe tasker has an auto NFC function now that will let you create a task based on a NFC scan.
I could be mistaken though.
I do know that you can get the "auto barcode" pluggin which will allow you to automate a task from a barcode scan - just stick a barcode on the door and scan it in the morning!
I'm actually working on creating a personal assistant app that could give you these kind of contextual updates - it pretty easy now with api.ai pluggins.
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alray said:
This also can be done using a Z-wave door sensor + a Vera hub and the AutoVera plug-in for Tasker. AutoVera can monitor all your Z-wave devices in real time to trigger a Tasker task.
In this example, The tasker profile would be:
if the closet door status change from "closed" to "open" (AutoVera) between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m.,
And it would launch the task to say aloud the weather on your phone. Already explained how to get and use weather data in this post
I guess your SmartThings setup is working pretty much the same way
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I didn't see your reply before I posted - yes that would be the ideal solution.

My basic tasks are
- silent when between midnight and 8am, if charger plugged in;
- silent during meetings
- launch Radardroid if connected to car BT
- send an automated Whatsapp saying "I'm driving, can't read messages, call me", if I am connected to my car BT and receive a message (using Whatstasker plugin). Yes I have teenage girls...
I have also automated a series of tasks for when I go out mountain-biking on my own:
scan NFC tag (using Trigger)
start Strava
send a Glympse by SMS to my wife, so she can find me if I do myself some serious damage in the middle of nowhere (using Autoinput to simulate keypresses since there are no intents to actually send the Glympse)
And the reverse when I get back:
scan a different NFC tag using Trigger
stop Strava
stop Glympse (using Autoinput again, as above)
send a Whatsapp to the missus, saying I'm home (using Whatstasker).

paul c said:
- silent during meetings
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Do you take the data from calendar? If yes which one?
Thank you

D_Angelos said:
Do you take the data from calendar? If yes which one?
Thank you
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Yes, from the Profile page, hit the plus sign, then state, and in the filter area start to write calendar. click on calendar entry, and the 5th entry is "calendar".
Hit the search icon, and you can then choose the calendar from the calendars you currently have.

I use it for:
* Rotate screen for certain apps
*Play music when connected to certain Blutooth devices
* Change volume when connected to certain wifi connections.
I'd like to learn how to use it with AutoAlarm to configure my Lifx light.

I've been trying to find a way to automate the voice recording app via nfc... has anyone seen this done?

paul c said:
My basic tasks are
- silent when between midnight and 8am, if charger plugged in;
- silent during meetings
- launch Radardroid if connected to car BT
- send an automated Whatsapp saying "I'm driving, can't read messages, call me", if I am connected to my car BT and receive a message (using Whatstasker plugin). Yes I have teenage girls...
I have also automated a series of tasks for when I go out mountain-biking on my own:
scan NFC tag (using Trigger)
start Strava
send a Glympse by SMS to my wife, so she can find me if I do myself some serious damage in the middle of nowhere (using Autoinput to simulate keypresses since there are no intents to actually send the Glympse)
And the reverse when I get back:
scan a different NFC tag using Trigger
stop Strava
stop Glympse (using Autoinput again, as above)
send a Whatsapp to the missus, saying I'm home (using Whatstasker).
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how did u create this task . . . ."send an automated Whatsapp saying "I'm driving, can't read messages, call me", if I am connected to my car BT and receive a message (using Whatstasker plugin)"???

I would like , How I can use tasker with-in my Android phone using either my K9 mail client of the gmail apps .
First to check mail every certain mins , once a key word is search ( i.e. from my boss's email ) , takser use my Android phone's build-in SMS client to send myself an SMS.
Thank you very much.

Is it possible, that tasker would lower the priority of ongoing notifications on a condition (e.g. location), so that notification will run, but hides from lockscreen and showing only, if phone is unlocked (and rise after location change)?

i want to use tasker for spying...all activities sms,calls,open applications,locations,call recordings etc forwarded to me on my number/cloud etc with no traces there in their mobile. is it possible with no traces?

Auto reset Mobile Data Cycle on fresh purchase of data.
I know that Android automatically updates the data cycle every thirty one days.
However my carrier only allows a 28 day monthly data plan. Moreover if I do run out of data before that, the system does not account for it. This causes problems for my data cap management unless I manually reset it myself.
Now I think I have one half of it down. After each data plan purchase the carrier sends an sms conformation. I've set up a profile that is triggered when it reads the first half of the confirmation message from the carrier. I cannot however, find the necessary action to reset the data cycle.
Any and all help is appreciated. Thank you for putting up this thread.

taking pictures by fingerprint? this would be awesome

Diceware
I want to run a Diceware password generator from within Tasker. This could read from a Google Sheet, or from an internal file, or could have all the words stored in Tasker. I'm not exactly sure how to build it in Tasker. I can make a Google Sheet that will use a pseudo-random number generator to choose the values that will be used to select the words from the Diceware list.
Any ideas?

My dream would be picking up the phone from say desk unlocks the screen.
As far as I know it's a no go. Shame...

Need advice for conditional scheduling of Airplane mode toggle through Tasker

Device: OPT - CM 13.0 (off) - rooted
Apps: Tasker and Secure Settings (Pro) [both provided device administrator privilege]
What my objective is:
During specific days (Sun to Fri) @ 19:00 hours -> Activate airplane mode
On Saturday @ 21:30 hours -> Activate airplane mode
On Sunday @ 08:00 hours -> Deactivate airplane mode
On other days (Mon to Sat) @ 05:20 hours -> Deactivate airplane mode
I am completely new to Tasker. Need your kind guidance. Thanks in advance.

Basically, you need to create a Task to set Airplane Mode On and another Task to set Airplane Mode Off. These Tasks will be triggered by Time Context Profiles at your desired days and times.
But these are very hard to explain in detail here.
Best for you is to browse some examples in Tasker User Wiki and view some video examples in YouTube.
That's what I did before finally learning how to create tasks and profiles.

SogaBan said:
Device: OPT - CM 13.0 (off) - rooted
Apps: Tasker and Secure Settings (Pro) [both provided device administrator privilege]
What my objective is:
During specific days (Sun to Fri) @ 19:00 hours -> Activate airplane mode
On Saturday @ 21:30 hours -> Activate airplane mode
On Sunday @ 08:00 hours -> Deactivate airplane mode
On other days (Mon to Sat) @ 05:20 hours -> Deactivate airplane mode
I am completely new to Tasker. Need your kind guidance. Thanks in advance.
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sorry, but I think your time description is very confusing.[emoji1] And since you are new to Tasker it would not be very easy to set up the correct time.
The best solution would be:
- create a Google calendar just for this, mark the day, time you want to have airplane mode on as busy/unavailable.
- create a profile based on calendar event, choose the calendar, only act on busy event.
- have the profile do the turning airplane mode on as enter task, and have it turn off as exit task.
hope this helps

What's so confusing about the timing?
From your response, I am assuming (and I may be wrong) that Tasker is not capable of handling multiple and looped conditional triggers.
Besides, if I rely on Google calendar, the whole algorithm may be futile if I go offline. Isn't it?
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sorry, I didn't mean anything disrespect.
Let me re-describe your schedule, to make sure that I understand it correctly:
this is when airplane mode is on
mo-fr: 00:00 - 05:19, 19:00-23:59
sat: 00:00 - 05:19, 21:30-23:59
sun: 00:00 - 07:59, 19:00-23:59
If you still want to use only Tasker for this (and not calendar), you could try the following:
- 1. profile:
day: mon-fri
+
time: 05:20-18:59
->enter task: turn airplane mode OFF!
exit task: turn airplane mode on
- 2. profile:
day: sat
+
time: 05:20-21:29
->enter task: turn airplane mode OFF!
exit task: turn airplane mode on
- 3. profile:
day: sun
+
time: 08:00-18:59
->enter task: turn airplane mode OFF!
exit task: turn airplane mode on
the reason I suggested calendar is, it would be easier to see and manage, should there be a change. The calendar would of course need to be synced, but if there is no change, the previously synced version of the calendar would still trigger the task in Tasker when you are offline.
I'm not sure I understand what you meant by 'multiple and looped conditional triggers'.
In my suggestion, I used 2 conditions - day and time - is that considered multiple? The condition spreads between several days -loop?

Thank you for your time and explanation.
The second reason (the first being the offline issue), I am reluctant to use Calendar is I don't like these small schedules appearing on my Calendar widget all the time.
I am new to Tasker and I am, as expected, fumbling with the myriad of options those are available in here. Without a proper documentation, it is appearing quite confusing for me.
Regarding the "multiple" and "looped", you kinda got those words right. The time schedule for airplane mode ON is from Sun to Fri it's from 19:00 hours to next day 05:20 hours. For Saturday, it starts from 21:00 hours and ends next day (Sun) @ 07:00 hours.
Also, I observed that we are trying to construct two profiles. What I am curious to know is whether the whole thing can be fused inside a single profile using some sort of conditional"if... else..." statement.

- calendar: if I remember correctly, you can choose certain calendar to be shown on the widget.
- time condition: think of it this way, say, you want something from Monday evening to Tuesday morning, you cannot set this just like 20:00 to 5:00 because the part after 23:59 belongs to ANOTHER day. And since your schedule is different between days, it would be difficult/confusing to program correctly.
- if-else: until now, conditions of Tasker can only be A AND B, there is no possibility for an OR, so you will have to split the profile in several profiles to cover all OR situations.
finally, if you still insist on having only one profile, you can use the 'if' function from within the task itself, but this is another story, and could be, with no disrespect, more confusing for beginner.
You can pm me it you need more help with this.

The easiest way to do what you want to do is to create a date profile that runs every Sunday through Friday then add a time profile that runs at 19:00 (use 19:00 for both the start and end time --i. e., from 19:00 to 19:00). Basically, create a task that runs a specific task once at 19:00 every Sunday through Friday.
Your profile should look something like the attached screenshot.
You need to create a separate profile that turns on airplane mode every Saturday @ 21:30 and two other profiles that turn airplane mode off. You'll need 4 separate profiles to do what you want to do.

Trigger action at specified time of day

Hello all
I've done my research and I've come to no solution in order to launch actions at specified times ex 4pm or 7:15am
Can anybody help me set up this profile:
I want multiple actions to execute at several times in the day. For example I want to set reminders in the form of ongoing notification, which in turn can launch other actions.
So, is there a way to pull this off... Knowing that the Time Context is not what I need as I have several and I want to consolidate the profile into just one or two if possible... Is there a way to make it all work withing an Enter Task?
Thanks in advance

if the time context does not suit your need, then I guess you will need to describe your request more clearly.