# Starting or Stopping a Profile

### Starting a Profile from the RAPT Dashboard

To Start a **Profile** from the RAPT Dashboard, press the Play button next to RAPT device you wish to run a profile on:

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**Play/Stop** allows you to commence a saved profile from either the user’s own profiles or from one of the global profiles which have been created by experienced brewers. When a Profile is started on a RAPT device, the graph will only display telemetry from the **start** of the profile.

When starting a Profile in the Dashboard, you can choose the current device or select another RAPT device from the dropdown. All current profiles specific to that device can then be selected in the next drop down.

A custom name can be entered for the Profile. If no name is entered, the Profile name will be used by default.

### Pill Profile Sessions ONLY

When starting a Pill Profile Session there is an additional option.

You can enter a specific date and time for the session. This can be any time and date. This allows Profile Sessions to be recorded for any period that telemetry is available for. It also means a Profile Session can begin at a future date.

If the option **\[Do not run a profile on this device]** is selected, then a profile session will be recorded but no alerts will be sent. You will need to enter a custom name to use this option.

### Starting a Profile from the RAPT device

Profiles can also be started directly from all RAPT devices with screens (RAPT Pill **Profile Sessions** must be started in the RAPT Portal).

The **Profile** must first be sent to the RAPT device. This can be done using the **Send Profile to Device** button <img src="/files/db6BXxBCWRzIR8M6kkAm" alt="" data-size="line"> in the **My Profiles** screen.

Alternatively, any **Profile** that has previously run on the RAPT device can then be selected on the device. NOTE: the RAPT device will automatically check for updates to the Profile before running the **Profile**.

For more information about starting a Profile directly from a RAPT device please refer to the specific [RAPT device User Guide](/equipment.md).


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