Tasker profile to work with The Tile??

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Jon Glazer

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Jun 5, 2017, 8:15:07 AM6/5/17
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I have a number of these "Tile" (aka www.thetileapp.com) devices that essentially hang off your keys, luggage, dogs, or whatever that lets you locate them within a 100m (bluetooth) range. I was wondering if there was any way to have tasker perform an action when a particular tile is "nearby" or "connected". I know these are bluetooth and they use IFTTT so they do not perform a traditional bluetooth link so doing a BlueToothNear profile won't work. Anyone have any suggestions on how to trigger a Tasker profile like this?

Duck Redbeard

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Jun 5, 2017, 10:38:51 AM6/5/17
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I just tested it by setting a profile that flashes "Tile near" when it is BT Near.  When I turned on my BT, I got the flash.  I have 4 tiles, so I don't know which one it was.  I wonder if they can be renamed in the BT menu.  Stay tuned for that update. 

Duck Redbeard

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Jun 5, 2017, 10:56:49 AM6/5/17
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When I have my tiles nearby, they all show in the list of BT devices in Settings.  They all have the same name "Tile" so Tasker wouldn't be able to discern which one was near, can't rename them.

So you could only use the BT Near to trigger a task.

I have Tasker turn on BT and set location to High Accuracy when the Tile app is opened.  Very convenient.

Abdullah Alahdal

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Jun 5, 2017, 6:33:05 PM6/5/17
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I think you can use the address instead of the name. Do it one by one. To know the address of each.
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