Do Not Disturb, But with Vibrate

[Rich Belthoff]

There are many threads on the topic of DND. I've perused them all. I'm trying to confirm whether or not I can do what I want to do with DND. I have a rooted Nexus 6P w/Marshmallow. Until this weekend, I used specific sound volume profiles during meetings and at night. I thought I'd try the DND modes to see how they work, and try setting them with Tasker. I can set them with Tasker just fine. I set priority at night, all sounds off at the office & during meetings etc., and all sounds on other times. However, I want my phone to vibrate during a call or message even when all sounds are off. I thought using Silent Mode = Vibrate after setting Do Not Disturb = None would turn on vibration for calls and messages. However, when I try this out at the office, I get no vibration. Maybe I can't get Vibration if DND is set to None in Tasker? I can't use Priority at the office because not all my calls are from contacts. 

So, is it possible to have the phone vibrate if DND is set to None in Tasker (i.e., no interruptions at all)??

My code is below if it helps the discussion, but it's really nothing more than triggering DND = None w/Silent Mode = Vibrate and flipping it after the Profile becomes inactive.

Thanks.

-Rich.

Enter code here...Profile: Office Vibrate (18)

Restore: no
State: Not Profile Active [ Name:GPS On LR DS ]
State: Wifi Near [ SSID:wca001/wca002/wia002/wia001 MAC:* Capabilities:* Min. Activate Signal Level:0 Channel:0 Toggle Wifi:Off ]
Enter: Meeting Vibrate2 (316)
<Don't turn sound off in car>
A1: Stop [ With Error:Off Task: ] If [ %PACTIVE ~ GPS On LR DS ]
A2: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:2 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
<None = All Sounds Off (Silence)>
A3: Do Not Disturb [ Mode:None ]
<Turns on vibrate cause DND doesn't>
A4: Silent Mode [ Mode:Vibrate ]

Exit: Meeting Unvibrate2 (319)
A1: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:2 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A2: Stop [ With Error:Off Task: ] If [ %PACTIVE ~ *,Calendar Timed Events,* | %PACTIVE ~ *,Office Vibrate,* ]
<All = all sounds on>
A3: Do Not Disturb [ Mode:All ]
A4: Silent Mode [ Mode:Off ]
<Clears variable of incoming calls during mtg>
A5: Variable Clear [ Name:%INC_RA Pattern Matching:Off ] 

[Rich Belthoff]

I think I figured this out. This isn't really a Tasker issue, but rather an Android Marshmallow issue. Anyway, I figured out that if I turn off DND but turn ON Silent/Mode vibrate at the office, I get vibrate. I thought that if I turned on DND and Silent/Vibrate, I'd get vibrations, but DND silences EVERYTHING. I thought maybe flipping the order of DND and Silent Mode in my Task might affect the outcome, but it didn't seem to change anything during my testing (as an aside, I was testing part of this by calling my cell from my office phone and at one time the ringer sounded even though I had all sounds off but then I realized I had the DND setting for repeated callers within 15 minutes turned on!). I think I have this all right now. Using Vibrate at the office and priority mode for starred contacts at night in case family calls. Thanks. -Rich.