Rockwell Automation 7000 PowerFlex HMI Offering with Enhanced Functionality - Manual (Page 22)

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Chapter 2 PowerFlex HMI Interface Board
Set an IP Address with Forge Shell
This section explains how the Forge Shell configures a static IP address in the
HMI Interface Board module. The Forge Shell program (
Figure 15 ) discovers all
the HMI Interface Board modules on a network.
Open Forge Shell using Windows Explorer
1. Right-click on the Start button in the taskbar.
2. Click “Open Windows Explorer”.
3. Enter ftp://<ip_address> in the address field, where <ip_address> is the
IP Address of the HMI Interface Board (
Figure 12 ).
Figure 12 - Windows Explorer - HMI Interface Board
4. Double-click on the ‘CARD’ directory to open the subdirectory
(
Figure 13 ).
Figure 13 - Windows Explorer- CARD SubDirectory
5. Double-click ForgeShell.exe.
When launching a program from the drive, you may be presented with two
dialogs. The first asks to Run or Save the program. Click “Run” or “Run
this program from its current location”. A second dialog asks to verify the
publisher of the software. Click “Run”.