I can't find anywhere on the C:\ drive where the PPS software saves your codeplug / profile file (or whatever it's called). Anyone know this mystery? Thanks.
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Where Does PPS Save Your Profile Codeplug FIle?
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You need to EXPORT the profile (Tab F-F2) and it will ask you where you want it saved, and offer the chance to change file name.
F2 doesn't do anything. I don't have the pager yet and am creating a new profile from scratch. But I can't find what folder the file gets saved in.
I believe it stores it in a database, not a separate file in filesystem. You have to navigate as @RaleighGuy mentioned to export profile. It’s not F2 as in function key 2, he is telling you how to navigate thru PPS tabs and sub-tabs.
Ah, now I see. Thanks. So now I'm able to create a file with the extension .unipps and save it where I want.
But let me ask this, as you're writing a profile and adding your control channels, TGs, etc. and saving it, where is it all being saved before you export it to a .unipps file?
But let me ask this, as you're writing a profile and adding your control channels, TGs, etc. and saving it, where is it all being saved before you export it to a .unipps file?
it is in a data file, it's not a unipps until you export, only the software reads it and keeps it for itself.
I export to a folder every time I make a new one for someone or my 3 G5s. Im Up to 135 unipps files so far LOL
I export to a folder every time I make a new one for someone or my 3 G5s. Im Up to 135 unipps files so far LOL
Ok, thanks. So it looks like the way this thing works is it's not creating a new "codeplug" type file somewhere on the C:\ drive everytime you start a new profile. It's just saving everything somewhere secret buried in one of it's files somewhere. So if you have more than 1 profile, everything's being lumped together and saved in some type of software file and you can't tell exactly where or what that is.
But then you can generate a .unipps file for the purpose of exporting / importing one of those profiles.
But then you can generate a .unipps file for the purpose of exporting / importing one of those profiles.
Yes. I went looking also to redirect it to OneDrive but gave up when I found this to be true.
It seems like the G5s are out of stock everywhere. I was able to find one that had DMR installed and snatched it up.
They auto-save here, assuming C: drive is where you installed PPS
You'll need to click on your PPS version, and dig down 1 or 2 folders, like mine are here
Each profile has a long alphanumeric naming. Sort by date modified shows what you edited most recently, assuming you have created a bunch of Profiles inside PPS and don't know which one you want.
C:\ProgramData\UnicationYou'll need to click on your PPS version, and dig down 1 or 2 folders, like mine are here
C:\ProgramData\Unication\G_Series_PPS_V00-03-16_Beta24\temp\SingleProfileEach profile has a long alphanumeric naming. Sort by date modified shows what you edited most recently, assuming you have created a bunch of Profiles inside PPS and don't know which one you want.
Ah, so they hid it in a completely different directory. I don't have a SingleProfile folder, but I do see 2 .zip's in the temp folder.
Yes - each profile has its own directory. That directory is zipped and renamed
Not sure what's inside is of much value to the casual user. But if you absolutely needed a complete backup of any profile (and couldn't export from PPS for some reason, like maybe you uninstalled it), you'd find all profiles there. Or if you installed a different version of PPS and wanted your old profiles in the new software, you could copy those profile directories over.
A more advanced purpose would be if you wanted to install PPS on multiple computers at the station, but have each computer edit the same profiles. You could - in theory - move that directory to somewhere on the network then create symlinks so each computer points to it. But your fire station IT should handle that, as you risk screwing up the profiles for everyone if done wrong.
.unipps, thus you can do the inverse: open any unipps in WinRAR, WinZip, or similar program. Or just change any exported profile's extension from .unipps to .zip to see inside also works.Not sure what's inside is of much value to the casual user. But if you absolutely needed a complete backup of any profile (and couldn't export from PPS for some reason, like maybe you uninstalled it), you'd find all profiles there. Or if you installed a different version of PPS and wanted your old profiles in the new software, you could copy those profile directories over.
A more advanced purpose would be if you wanted to install PPS on multiple computers at the station, but have each computer edit the same profiles. You could - in theory - move that directory to somewhere on the network then create symlinks so each computer points to it. But your fire station IT should handle that, as you risk screwing up the profiles for everyone if done wrong.
This is what I do with one drive. I could be at home, my HQ office, laptop, or any of our many stations. Importing and exporting is too much of a pain. I created a 'unication sync' folder in one drive and symlink to it on each pc.
You can tell who the Unix geeks are … anyone that uses term symlink. 😉
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