Import Modbus configurations as Chart’nX submeters

Import modbus turns existing configurations from the project’s Modbus catalog into submeters of a Chart’nX energy or water dashboard, pre-filled with their name and their Modbus reference. This import does not ask for a file.

Intended for administrators and installers, in the Chart’nX generator. To manually add or remove an energy card, see Manage submeters instead.

Before you start

• Open the dashboard in configuration mode as described in the Emergy’nX entry point.
• The configurations to import exist in the catalog. If one is missing, you can declare it during the import.

Open the Modbus import

• Energy dashboard: locate the submeters section and click Import modbus, preceded by a down arrow.
• Water dashboard: use Import modbus in the group that should receive the submeters. The chosen group determines their destination.

Select and import the configurations

1. The Import sub-meters window shows the available configurations. Search by model name… filters their name. Also check the unit ID and register columns to distinguish similar names.
2. Click the rows to keep. A selection stays kept when you change the filter: clear the search and reread the whole selection before confirming.
3. Click Import N sub-meters, where N is the number selected. Each configuration becomes a new submeter pre-filled with its name and its Modbus reference.
4. In the energy dashboard, the view moves to the first meter added; in the water dashboard, find the submeters in the starting group.

Cancel closes the selection without importing.

Declare a configuration during the import

If the configuration does not exist yet, click + Declare a configuration (on mobile + Declare) to open the creation form. Create & use then adds this configuration as a submeter at the starting destination. Successive creations made with Then create another stay in the catalog: come back to import them to add them to the dashboard.

Manage catalog opens the Modbus catalog to view, edit or create entries. Opening it imports nothing: after closing it, click Import modbus again to make the selection.

Check the result

1. Check each meter added: name, selected configuration, unit, factor, measurement mode and display options. The import does not do this setup for you.
2. Save the dashboard. Before this save, the addition remains a change to the current dashboard.

Changes already saved in the catalog remain applied even if you discard the dashboard changes.

Troubleshooting

• The list is empty: first clear the filter, then check the project and the active entries of the catalog.
• The meter already exists in the dashboard: select the configuration in its card rather than importing it. Importing the same configuration again may add a new card.

If an expected configuration is still missing or if nothing is added after confirmation, contact support@can-nx.com, specifying the dashboard, the group for water, the number selected and the steps already tried.