How to set allow important calls to pass through?

[jojobar]

This is my first experience with Tasker. I tried to create a task like this:

Silent Mode - On
If %CNAME (Does Not Match) Joe OR
%CNAME (Does'nt match Regex) *Mary*

The purpose is to let Joe and Mary pass through and for rest of the people put ringer to silent mode (at night)

This is not working... It looks like there is some issue with my understanding of how ringer works.

Any pointers will be appreciated.

 

[WarriusZero]

Set a profile that will activate between 11pm and 7am, for example, where you set the ringer volume to 0 and a variable, for example %NightMode, to on.

Then create these profiles (in this case, you need one profile per number, afaik, but you can reuse the same task):

"Joe calling at night":
State > Variables > Variable Value > %NightMode ~ on
Event > Phone > Phone Ringing > Caller = joesnumber

Task "Set volume for night call":
Audio > Ringer Volume > Level = 4

Do the same for Mary but reusing the task above.

Then check if the volume goes back down automatically after the call. I think it should.
If it doesn't, we'll sort it out.


EDIT: you need an exit task to the 'night time' profile to set %NightMode back to off.

 

[Vernon27]

This is my first experience with Tasker. I tried to create a task like this:

Silent Mode - On
If %CNAME (Does Not Match) Joe OR
%CNAME (Does'nt match Regex) *Mary*

The purpose is to let Joe and Mary pass through and for rest of the people put ringer to silent mode (at night)

This is not working... It looks like there is some issue with my understanding of how ringer works.

Any pointers will be appreciated.

Jojobar, you may want to check this link out: http://tasker.wikidot.com/sleepmode

It will probably do what u need; you may have to "tweek" it a little but give it a try.

 

[Nacelle]

I added the ability, on mine, for someone to call twice within 5 minutes and have the phone ring through, in case there's an emergency.