---
title: Archive, restore or delete a Modbus configuration in Chart’nX
description: Archive a Modbus configuration in Chart’nX without losing its history, restore it or delete it permanently, and remove a Modbus gateway from a project.
canonical: https://wiki.can-nx.com/en/guides/chart-modbus-archive/
language: en
product: Chart’nX
audience:
  - administrateur
  - installateur
context: "Chart’nX energy or water generator: Active and Archived tabs of the Modbus catalog"
---

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

Context: Chart’nX energy or water generator: Active and Archived tabs of the Modbus catalog

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](https://wiki.can-nx.com/en/guides/chart-modbus-gateway/) instead.

## Before you start

- Open the project’s [Modbus catalog](https://wiki.can-nx.com/en/guides/chart-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](https://wiki.can-nx.com/en/guides/chart-modbus-config/) to associate the correct gateway with it.

A restoration alone does not recreate the hardware or its association: then check [a reading](https://wiki.can-nx.com/en/guides/chart-modbus-test/).

## 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**.