Help Profile 'States' - are the entry and exit tasks sequential?

[deepskydiver]

The wifi sometimes disconnects and reconnects very quickly in succession at work. This sometimes causes a weird issue where I can see the home screen but nothing responds. (I lock the phone when not on wifi.)

To attempt a fix I had added a 20 second delay into the task triggered when wifi disconnects so that if it connects again during that time, I can stop it running the rest of the sequence it runs on a real disconnect. So when wifi connects the first thing I do is kill the disconnect task and only continue with the connect task if necessary.

But that's not what's happening, the sequence is below, starting with the exit state.

state exit -> task #2 |------delay-------|
state entry -> task #1

Here's what surprised me: Until task #2 finishes, the task triggered by the entry state #1 won't start. The entry trigger isn't happening on wifi-connected-entry, it's happening when the wif connects and the exit task has completed. Basically after the delay no matter what it is.

Is that expected and is there any way around it?

 

[Thom]

It is unclear what you are trying to accomplish.

The single most confusing aspect of Tasker profiles for me was dealing with Wi-Fi.

I currently use two profiles in that regard. The purpose ... when I am near my Wi-Fi connections Wi-Fi is enabled in my phones. When I am away from my Wi-Fi connections Wi-Fi is disabled in my phones. The reason ... when visiting a customer my phone is not sitting there trying relentlessly to connect to their Wi-Fi network.

The timing was the issue ... the 1 min delay was the solution (recommended by another Android Forums visitor) ...

Profile: tlaOfficeFar
State: Not Wifi Connected [ SSID:TLANET-2.4GHz/TLANET-5GHz MAC:* IP:* ]
Enter: tlaOfficeFarEnter
A1: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:0 Minutes:1 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A2: Variable Split [ Name:%WIFII Splitter: Delete Base:Off ]
A3: Perform Task [ Name:tlaWiFiOff Priority:5 Parameter 1 (%par1): Parameter 2 (%par2): Return Value Variable: Stop:Off ] If [ %WIFII2 !~ CONNECTION ]

Profile: tlaOfficeNear
State: Wifi Near [ SSID:TLANET-2.4GHz/TLANET-5GHz MAC:* Capabilities:* Min. Activate Signal Level:5 Channel:0 Toggle Wifi:Off ]
Enter: tlaOfficeNearEnter
A1: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:0 Minutes:1 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A2: Perform Task [ Name:tlaWiFiOn Priority:5 Parameter 1 (%par1): Parameter 2 (%par2): Return Value Variable: Stop:Off ]

... Thom