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Switching Between Games / Profiles

Whenever you want to switch between games that use different profiles (for example from Star Wars Pinball VR on Quest to VPX on PC), do this:

• Plug the cabinet back into your PC via USB.
• Open GUIConfigTool. To change the default profile, import the new one from /profiles-BT/ or /profiles-USB/ (Configuration tab → File → Import from File) and click "Program Pico"; to switch between the button-mapped profiles, just hold the matching button at boot (assigned in the Profiles tab — see the Loading a Profile chapter).
• On the host device (Quest or PC), forget the previous pairing and pair fresh as described in the matching chapter above.

Without a PC and without switching off (firmware v8.0.18 and later): hold the joystick DOWN together with a slot button for 3 seconds to restart into that slot, or hold the joystick DOWN alone for 5 seconds to restart into the default profile. Details in "Switching Profiles Without Powering Off".

After you program a Bluetooth profile, the cabinet restarts its Bluetooth module by itself: wait about 15 seconds — the cabinet then shows up with the new profile's name and controller type, ready to pair on your Quest or PC. If your Quest or PC is connected to the cabinet at that moment, the change waits until it disconnects (or switch the cabinet off and on).

Why the wait: the cabinet now applies the new profile on its own, so you no longer need to switch it off and on. It restarts its Bluetooth module with the new profile, just as at power-on, so your Quest or PC always finds the right name and controller type. While it starts, the module also checks over Wi-Fi whether the VirtuaTilt Updater is offering a firmware update. All in all it takes about as long as switching the cabinet off and on, and you don't have to touch it.

(The LED stays off unless you hold down a programmed button at boot to load it — see the Profile-Identity LED chapter.)

IMPORTANT NOTE: The host device pairing must be redone with every profile change because the Bluetooth HID identity (device name, descriptor type) changes between profiles. This is normal and expected — it is the same reason a single Bluetooth keyboard cannot also act as a mouse on the same pairing.

 

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Last updated: 2026-10-28

VirtuaTilt is designed and manufactured by 3DPTronics — see the Wireless VirtuaTilt controller. Diagnose your own cabinet with the free VirtuaTilt extension for Claude.