Cordex®CXCHPControllerSoftwareManual|20-Maintainingthecontroller
Afteranupgrade,itiscommontoseeanumberofEventLogentriesshowingconfigurationfieldsbeing
set.Thisisnormalonanupgradewhenthesystemneedstosetupnewfeaturesoroptionsthathave
beenadded.
20.5.4. Export a configuration file
Therearethreeoptionswhenexportingaconfigurationfile.
Export Controller Clone: Isusedtotransfertheentireconfiguration.Acommonuseforthistypeof
exportistomakeaback-upofthecurrentsettings.Whenusingthisexport,almostallinformationis
savedtotheexportedfile.Seethefollowingnoteforanexplanationofwhatisnotincludedintheexport
file.
Export System or ADIO: IsawaytocopyasystemoranADIOmoduletoanothercontroller.Onlya
singlesystemoranADIOmodulemaybeselected.Ifselectingsystem,anyADIOmodulereferencedby
thatsystemisalsoexported.Forexample,ifanCordex®CXCHPL-ADIOperipheralisusedforvoltage
measurementsandCordex®CXCHP6i-ADIOperipheralisusedforshuntmeasurementstheyaresaved
totheexportfile.
Export Partial: Isusedtoselectaspecificsetofinformationforexport.Thisiscommonlyusedfor
transferringuseralarms,customdata,alarmthresholdsorotherconfigureddatathatmayneedtobe
commonbetweencontrollers.Apartialexportmustbeperformedonasetofrelatedconfigurations.The
wizardallowsyoutoselecteitheracontroller,oneormoresystemorADIOmodules.Aftertheselection
ismade,allassociatedconfigurationsarepresentedinalistandareexportedbyselectingthecheck-
box.Forexample:toexportasetofcustomdata,selectcontroller;toexportasetofDCSystemalarm
configurations,selecttherequiredsystemfromthedropdownlist.Ifanyoftheselectedconfiguration
referencesanADIOmodule,thatADIOmoduleisalsoexported.
Someitemsmustbeexportedasawhole.Thisincludesitemsthatcanbecreatedandremovedbyauser
(otherthansystems)oritemsthatarepermanenttothecontroller.Forexampleifselecting:
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Controller: YoucanexportawholeSNMPdestination,butnotaparticularconfigurationwithina
destination;orifexportingcustomdata,youcanexportawholecustomdatawithallitsvariables,
butnotaspecificvariabledefinedwithinthecustomdata.Thesameappliestouseralarms,
datalogs,schedules.
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DC system: Youcanexportawholebattery,load,shunt,ordisconnect,butnottheconfiguration
withintheseitems.
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Multiplesystemsofthesametypesuchaslinepowersystemcannotbeexportedinthesame
configurationfile.
Notice: Some configuration cannot be exported:
◦ Controller description and location information (this is unique to each controller)
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IP configuration (to avoid loss of Ethernet connectivity)
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