continuous vs. one-time-only task

[Philipe]

Hey, wonderful people!

I would like a help from any good soul of yours about the following:

How do I set Tasker to continuously perfom a task while an event (trigger) is going on and, otherwise, how do I set Tasker to make sure that it is going to perform a task only one single time after an event (trigger) has happened.

I really can not understand this from the tutorials available over the net. Could please anybody help me?! I would appreciate A LOT!

Thank you for reading!

Phil.

[Brandon Horwath]

How do I set Tasker to continuously perfom a task while an event (trigger) is going on

You could use a goto action to the top of the task and repeat. The goto action would use an internal IF statement based on %PACTIVE ~ *,Named Profile,*

and, otherwise, how do I set Tasker to make sure that it is going to perform a task only one single time after an event (trigger) has happened.

Well, you can access a tasks priority options and select, limit repeats. Remaining repeats to 1, and delete on zero repeats. That task will only run once, period. Then it'll be removed.

Hope this helps.

[Rich D]

> How do I set Tasker to continuously perfom a task while an event (trigger) is going on

A event trigger is instantaneous . So it can not be "going  on"

and, otherwise, how do I set Tasker to make sure that it is going to perform a task only one single time after an event (trigger) has happened.

Do you mean the task will run the first time it is triggered but if it is triggered again ( within what time frame?) It will not run again until X amount of time passes.

Could you post exactly what context and what you are trying to achieve..

[Philipe]

Hey, Rich D, thank you so much for replying, dude! Well. Let's say that I would like to set Tasker to turn WIFI on and off continualy every X minutes while I am located in a specific place. 

[Philipe]

That's valued, man! I am going to try this out for sure! Thank you so much for your reply! You guys are awesome! For real!

[Rich D]

> Hey, Rich D, thank you so much for replying, dude! Well. Let's say that I would like to set Tasker to turn WIFI on and off continualy every X minutes while I am located in a specific place. 

You are better off using a profile with a 'Every' time context.

Something like this.. 

Profile: Your Location
Context: ( A location context)
Task:
Your location task

Profile: Toggle Wifi
Context: Profile Active ; Your Location
Context: Time: every 10 min
Task:
WiFi on
Wait: X min
WiFi off

[Philipe]

Look what's going on: I have a task that turn off mobile data while wifi is connected. I can see in the notification bar of my phone that this task is continualy perfomed while I am connected on wifi. I am sure that by this way Tasker is draining too much battery since is is perfoming the same task all the time. How can avoid that?

[Rich D]

> Look what's going on: I have a task that turn off mobile data while wifi is connected. I can see in the notification bar of my phone that this task is continualy perfomed while I am connected on wifi. I am sure that by this way Tasker is draining too much battery since is is perfoming the same task all the time. How can avoid that?

This is getting even more confusing... do want to make a repeating context, or find out why one is repeating???

You can enable and check the run log to exactly what Tasker is doing and when..

Menu / more. / run log..

[Scott Miller]

You are mistaken. What you are seeing is the active profile. A profile using a state context remains active as long as the state condition is true. The enter task is launched at the moment the profile becomes active, but it only runs until it is complete, unless you specifically write it to repeat. It does not continuously run. When the profile deactivated, it runs the exit task, if one exists. Nothing happens between the two tasks, so this does not drain your battery excessively.

Scott

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