Rockwell Automation 7000 PowerFlex HMI Offering with Enhanced Functionality - Manual (Page 23)

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PowerFlex HMI Interface Board Chapter 2
Open Forge Shell from a Webpage
The preferred way to launch the Forge Shell program from a Desktop or Laptop
computer is using the web page of the drive (
Figure 14 ).
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Enter <http://ip_address> in the address bar.
3. Click Forge Shell.
Figure 14 - Drive Web Page
When launching a program from the drive, you may be presented with two
dialogs. The first asks to Run or Save the program. Select “Run” or “Run this
program from its current location”. A second dialog asks to verify the publisher of
the software, select “Run”.
TIP To add a short cut to Windows Internet Explorer, the URL entered in the
properties of the short cut is http://<ip_address>/ForgeShell.exe, where
<ip_address> is the IP Address of the HMI Interface Board module.