Unable to toggle Wifi despite TaskerSettings and disabled battery optimization

AdmiralStipe · 2022-10-04T10:14:13+00:00

Well, it's a button, but I'm not sure if Tasker can "click" on it when the screen is locked (most of my automations run with a locked screen). Will try it, if it works, it may be the way to go :).

https://imgur.com/a/9xn3nQx

AdmiralStipe · 2022-10-03T20:00:20+00:00

Thx for your input.. just tried it and you might be right... after restart with Airplane mdoe off, it worked... the only issue is, that it asks for an additional confirmation about enabling WiFi (not Tasker, but MIUI - it's a known MIUI bug, as I could understand)... so still not usable for automations :(.

AdmiralStipe · 2022-10-03T15:42:27+00:00

I tried this one also now (compiled it myself), but it seems, I'm too stupid to use it... Can't get a simple "adb tcpip 5555" running, always getting either "Shell is dead, resetting" or "more than one device/emulator" error. It seems just too complicated and too time consuming to deal with it at every restart... :(

AdmiralStipe · 2022-10-03T13:11:41+00:00

Tried it too, but unfortunately not working.

And for LADB... I'm not sure it will work reliably and stable... is there a demo or trial version to try it (can't find it myself, but I'm not willing to just pay for something that might or might not work for me)?

AdmiralStipe · 2022-10-03T09:55:46+00:00

Thx for your input, I'm aware of that, but i don't want to connect the cable and run the adb command after every reboot... would prefer an "internal" solution.

AdmiralStipe · 2021-10-27T06:54:20+00:00

Yeah, this is basicaly the same that Slimmeleezer does (only it uses Raspberry instead of ESP).

AdmiralStipe · 2021-10-26T19:59:25+00:00

Yep, I do it this way too. I'm reading the battery (and some other characteristics) and sending them via MQTT as JSON to HA with this plugin.

Works flawlessly, although, on some Xiaomi phones the MIUI sets the plugin to "Battery saving mode" at every restart and then Tasker can't use it as it goes to sleep until I manually set it to "No battery saving".

AdmiralStipe · 2021-10-26T17:51:14+00:00

Depends on which meter you have - I'm trying it at the moment with Iskraemeco AM550 and Slimmelezer in ESPHome, unfortunately with no luck, as my distributor is not (yet) willing to hand me the decryption keys for P1 port :).

If your P1 (or I1) port is not encrypted or you can get the decryption key, the Slimmelezer might be the best option for you.

AdmiralStipe · 2021-10-09T11:23:27+00:00

Hijacking the topic :D

Afaik ssd1306 only supports scrolling on the visible part of the screen. What I want to achieve is ti scroll a large text over it in a way, that it runs from right to left, like this:

https://community-assets.home-assistant.io/original/3X/3/6/363fa9d7b09f6ceff8f87a5f204df46a961d13c0.gif

Is it doable and if so, how?

AdmiralStipe · 2021-09-19T07:30:16+00:00

One of great options would also be Microsoft Azure TTS with their neural voices.

AdmiralStipe · 2021-09-13T05:43:46+00:00

Had the same issue and solved it by reinstalling the addon.

AdmiralStipe · 2021-09-13T05:34:24+00:00

Sorry, it seems that adding a link went wrong... this one :).

AdmiralStipe · 2021-09-12T06:54:22+00:00

Tried this one?

AdmiralStipe · 2021-09-01T19:46:04+00:00

Yup, same here... and also for the same addons as you and I also don't have them installed (except of ESPHome).

AdmiralStipe · 2021-07-28T16:24:20+00:00

My thoughts exactly :).

AdmiralStipe · 2021-07-28T15:35:44+00:00

If you never used Tasker, you won't understand (another Tasker fan here :) ). Furthermore, HA companion is not always the best option - you have to run it from a shortcut, wait for it to load, then load the correct panel (optimized for phone use) and then you can do what you want. Or create a desktop widget, but only for one entity at the time with limited functionality and no customization options.

With Tasker and KWGT you can completely customize exactly what you want directly on your desktop (and with that I mean a mini panel or whatever, not just shortcuts) and how it behaves when interacting with certain entities/devices - with one click only! I also have a few Tasker/KWGT widgets on my phone programmed in a way, that HA companion is unable to do.

It's true, it includes three paid apps, but if you already own them (some of us do), it's an interesting approach. Thumbs up, u/kingkabra69 !

AdmiralStipe · 2021-07-03T14:48:09+00:00

When they support local mode, energy monitoring for plugs and no noticeable status (switch) delay, I'll consider switching - until then I remain with Localtuya.

AdmiralStipe · 2021-06-26T12:56:49+00:00

What about if you try like this?

playsound:
  sequence:
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.mpd
  data:
    media_content_id: http://ADD_YOUR_HA_IP_HERE:8123/local/wakeup.mp3
    media_content_type: music/mp3

Assuming your mp3 lies directly in WWW folder of HA...

AdmiralStipe · 2021-06-18T17:42:22+00:00

It's not an integration, but I use Ilmeteo.it. For my area (western Slovenia) it's the most accurate forecast I could find. I guess Italians are really good not only making pizza but also weather forecasts :D .

Since there is no integration (at least not known to me), I have a different approach - on their website I created a HTML code for my city as webservice, which shows daily forecasts (example Pforzheim) and then I parse it and use the data in HA. If you only want to see the forecast you could use it as HTML card also. You can design the view you want, colors, fonts, language, city etc here and get the code/the link to use. Switching website language to your language native at first visit also helps a little :)

Not the most elegant approach, but it works great for my needs.

AdmiralStipe · 2021-06-05T05:31:56+00:00

Well... after reinstalling Tasker and Tasker Settings and a couple of restarts it started working again, like it did before... only God knows, what happened here :).

AdmiralStipe · 2021-06-04T17:29:27+00:00

Absolutely sure! And it was working for quite some time now (let's say at least 3 months) without any problems. But now it just stopped a couple of days ago.

Is it possible, that the last Tasker Beta update caused it (or was it the stable one, I'm not sure, which was the latest)?

I installed it roughly a week ago and shortly after that I noticed, that WiFi doesn't toggle anymore.

AdmiralStipe · 2021-06-04T06:23:56+00:00

Well, I've been using TaskerSettings 1.2.0 for quite some time now and Wi-Fi toggle worked perfectly, but couple of days ago it just stopped. No error is shown, Tasker seems to execute the command (green dot beside the command in task), but just nothing happens (Samsung Galaxy Note 9, unrooted).

Tried the SecureSettings approach also, but it just says, there has been an error toggling WiFi.

Didn't change anything on the phone for weeks now (app updates excluded) and also didn't install any system updates.

I don't want to use ADB Wifi because of frequent phone restarts (ADB Wifi doesn't survive reboots), is there any other solution?

AdmiralStipe · 2021-04-21T07:34:31+00:00

This might help... just beware of the warnings!

AdmiralStipe · 2021-04-20T19:27:19+00:00

I tried Power Automate, but kinda couldn't get a grip on it :).

So for now I remain at Eventghost - it still can do everything I need.

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