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Android Tasker routine to warn if home WiFi is not functioning correctly

2024-04-272024-04-27 Danie
Tasker app screen showing Task Edit at top with name WiFi Test. Below that are 4 numbered actions starting at 1 with an action called Variable Set with the variable name %HA_PING to 0. Then action 2 is called Ping and says Host 192.168.1.212 number 2 (for run two ping tests) and further says If %HOME equals 1. Action 3 is called Notify with a title Check WiFi if %HA_PING equals 0 and %HOME equals 1. Action 4 is called Say and has the text "Check Home WiFi" and only if the condition %HOME equals 1 and %HA_PING equals 0.

Been experiencing a bit of an issue the last month with everything seemingly on and connected, but my Chromecast device would not connect across Wi-Fi today, and sometimes my wife says her phone is not […]

Blogandroid, automation, tasker, technology

If you found Tasker a bit complicated to do automations on your Android phone, you should try MacroDroid

2023-02-072023-02-07 Danie
Screenshot of a MacroDroid macro showing title at top called nap timer, then triggers in red, and a few actions listed in blue, with a constraints line in green.

I did a post about a week back on a nap timer for Android, and ‘tom s’ on Friendica suggested I have a look at MacroDroid. Even though I had found a solution for the […]

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