Archive, restore or delete a Modbus configuration in Chart’nX

In the Chart’nX Modbus catalog, archiving a configuration stops its reading while keeping its history, restoring puts it back into service, and permanently deleting removes it from the archive. You can also remove a Modbus gateway from the project by archiving its configurations.

Intended for administrators and installers. For a temporary stop of an entire gateway, see Create, edit or disable a Modbus gateway instead.

Before you start

• Open the project’s Modbus catalog.
• Check the dashboards concerned before any action: the catalog is shared and its changes are saved immediately. Closing the catalog or discarding the dashboard does not cancel them.

Archive a configuration

1. In Active, expand the gateway and locate the configuration by its name, its unit and its register.
2. Click the Archive box icon on this row.
3. Read Archive this configuration?. The window states that the configuration will no longer be read by the box and that its history stays available. It may show Still used by: with dashboards, and indicate that the dashboard being edited uses it. Check your uses even if no list appears.
4. Click Archive to confirm the stop, or Cancel to keep it active.
5. Find it in Archived. The dashboards concerned may continue to show the history, but will no longer receive new measurements for this configuration.

Restore an archived configuration

1. In Archived, expand its group and click the Restore return arrow.
2. If its gateway exists, the restoration is requested directly. If the gateway has been deleted, a confirmation states that the configuration will be restored without a gateway: Restore makes it editable again, Cancel lets you stop.
3. In this last case, find it in Active, then use Edit configuration to associate the correct gateway with it.

A restoration alone does not recreate the hardware or its association: then check a reading.

Permanently delete a configuration

Only a configuration in Archived can be permanently deleted. This action is irreversible: its recorded history will stay orphaned, and recreating a configuration does not reattach it to the new entry, which starts with an empty history.

1. In Archived, click the configuration’s Delete permanently trash icon.
2. Read Permanently delete this configuration?, then click Delete to request the deletion, or Cancel to keep the archive.
3. If saved dashboards still use this configuration, a second confirmation may list them and offer Delete anyway. Also check the warning about the unsaved dashboard.

To preserve a use, or if you don’t know its impact, cancel and have the references checked by the person responsible for the project. Force the deletion only once these consequences have been taken into account.

Delete a Modbus gateway from the project

1. In Active, check the gateway’s name and network address, then click the Delete gateway trash icon in the group header.
2. In Delete this Modbus gateway?, click Delete to request its removal, or Cancel to keep it.
3. If it still contains configurations, a second confirmation shows their number. Delete gateway and archive its configurations archives these configurations, then removes the gateway; their histories are kept. Cancel stops this confirmation.

Check the result

Reread Active and Archived after each operation: an archived configuration is listed in Archived, a restored configuration returns to Active. After a gateway is deleted, the Gateway deleted badge may accompany the archived group of this former gateway.

Troubleshooting

Message	Meaning	Action
“Archived N of M — the rest was kept”	The operation was only partly carried out	Reread Active and Archived before doing anything else
Configurations archived, but deleting the gateway failed	The gateway remains listed	Reread Active and Archived before doing anything else
Could not archive the configuration, Could not restore the configuration, Deletion failed, Could not refresh the catalog	The operation or the reload failed	Close and reopen the catalog, then check the state

The successful steps are not automatically canceled. After an error, check the state before recreating an entry.

If the expected result is not established or the uncertainty persists, contact support@can-nx.com with the exact message, the items still visible and the steps already taken.

French labels: Archiver, Restaurer, Supprimer définitivement, Supprimer quand même.