diff --git a/apsuite/utils.py b/apsuite/utils.py
index 897db1ce..c91a7077 100644
--- a/apsuite/utils.py
+++ b/apsuite/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """."""
 import logging as _log
 import sys as _sys
+import os as _os
 from copy import deepcopy as _dcopy
 from threading import Event as _Event
 
@@ -153,6 +154,85 @@ def wait_for_connection(self, timeout=None):
                 return False
         return True
 
+    def _get_equipments_state(self, equipments):
+        """."""
+        equipments_state = dict()
+        for name, equip in equipments.items():
+            state = {
+                attr: getattr(equip, attr) for attr in dir(equip) if
+                (
+                    not attr.startswith("_")
+                    and not callable(getattr(equip, attr))
+                )
+            }
+            equipments_state[name] = state
+        return equipments_state
+
+    def get_machine_state(self):
+        """."""
+        if not self.isonline:
+            return
+        devs_state = self._get_equipments_state(self.devices)
+        pvs_state = self._get_equipments_state(self.pvs)
+        machine_state = {"devices": devs_state,
+                         "pvs"    : pvs_state}
+        return machine_state
+
+    def save_machine_state(self, fname):
+        """."""
+        state = self.get_machine_state()
+        _save(data=state, fname=fname, overwrite=False)
+
+    def set_machine_state(self, machine_state):
+        """."""
+        if not self.isonline:
+            print("Failed. Not online.")
+            return
+
+        for key, entries in machine_state.items():
+            if key == "devices":
+                equipments = self.devices
+            elif key == "pvs":
+                equipments = self.pvs
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f"Unexpected key in saved_dict: {key}")
+            # Update attributes for each device or PV
+            for equip_name, attributes in entries.items():
+                equipment = equipments[equip_name]  # Retrieve device/PV
+                for attr_name, attr_value in attributes.items():
+                    try:
+                        setattr(equipment, attr_name, attr_value)
+                    except AttributeError:
+                        # no writing access PV
+                        pass
+
+    def compare_states(self, state1, state2):
+        """."""
+        if state1 == state2:
+            return True
+        # TODO: if not equal, return the diff
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _finish(self, fname):
+        try:
+            init_state = _load(fname)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            print(f"File {fname} does not exist.")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"An unexpected error occurred: {e}")
+        current_state = self.get_machine_state()
+        res = self.compare_states(current_state, init_state)
+        if not res:
+            print("Restoring init state.")
+            self.set_machine_state(init_state)
+        # TODO: wait and checking methods
+        try:
+            _os.remove(fname)
+            print(f"File '{fname}' successfully deleted.")
+        except OSError as e:
+            print(f"Error: {e.strerror} - Unable to delete file '{fname}'.")
+        return
+
 
 class ThreadedMeasBaseClass(MeasBaseClass):
     """."""