Tutorials & Guides

Backup & Restore

Back up and restore all user profiles, quick tunes settings, custom motion scripts, and dashboards.

All the information about profiles, quick tunes settings and custom motion scripts are stored in Documents\MotionSystems\ForceSeatPM directory.

profiles.ini - contains user created profiles (without quick tunes values, only profile definition)
profilesExtra.ini - contains quick tunes settings for built-in and custom profiles
Scripts - by default this directory contains all custom motion scripts
Dashboards - this directory contains all custom made dashboards
Backups - this directory contains daily backups of profiles.ini and profilesExtra.ini files - the file format is profile.ini.MONTH_DAY.bak

Tip

If you wish to make a backup of all your profiles, generate a Snapshot file and store it somewhere safe. Each Snapshot beside logs, contains all profiles and quick tunes configuration.

When new version of ForceSeatPM is installed, it automatically creates backup of profiles.ini and profilesExtra.ini files. Names for the backup files were as follows:

profiles.ini.pre.VERSION_DATE (e.g. profiles.ini.pre.2.145_2022.11.22_202238)
profilesExtra.ini.pre.VERSION_DATE (e.g. profilesExtra.ini.pre.2.145_2022.11.22_202238)

In order to perform a backup, make copy of a full folder Documents\MotionSystems\ForceSeatPM directory. Alternatively, create a Snapshot which beside logs, contains all profiles and quick tunes configuration.

1.1 Restoring the profiles and quick tunes settings

To restore the profiles and quick tunes from a backup (cloned folder or a Snapshot file):

IMPORTANT: Exit the ForceSeatPM software (running ForceSeatPM could corrupt files during replacement)
Copy and paste the entire content of a backup ForceSeatPM folder into the main ForceSeatPM directory (Documents\MotionSystems\ForceSeatPM)
Allow to Replace the files
Start ForceSeatPM software - profiles and quick tunes settings are now restored.