Problem with tasks running (timeout setting?)

[Chris G]

Hi,

Can someone clarify what the Timeout setting does under Task > Action > Action Edit

I am using Tasker to control my Philips Hue lights using the Hue Pro plugin. I am find a lot of times my lights don't turn off/on even though the Profile conditions are met. I see in the logs that Tasker triggered the Task and also when I manually run the Tasks I have to run them multiple times in some cases. This issue is intermittent.

I couldn't find anything documented about what this setting does but I am assuming it allows more time for the action to complete? Currently all my Action have a "None" set for timeout.

If that doesn't work I will try another plugin e.g. AutoHue to see if that corrects the problem.

Appreciate any advice!

[Wayne Longford]

If you press the Help button in the action edit screen it should give you more info.

This is what it says for Timeout:

Timeout specifies how long Tasker should wait for the plugin to finish. None indicates that Tasker will proceed immediately to the next action in the task.

[Chris G]

Perfect - thanks! That appears to have solved my issue too.

For some reason the Help menu points me to this page covering Action Edit which doesn't cover the Timeout setting.

http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/activity_actionedit.html