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Chapter
3
Forge Shell
Overview The Forge Shell program is the primary method for accessing the contents of the
PowerFlex 7000 Medium Voltage Drive via the HMI Interface Board module.
The program is designed to run on both Windows CE and full operating systems
such as Windows XP and Windows 7, although the displayed content will differ
depending on the requirements of components on the drive.
The program provides an iconic representation of up to 10 drives, each with an
associated menu of accessible content.
Chapter Objectives This chapter describes how you use the Forge Shell to interact with the PowerFlex
7000 Medium Voltage Drive. In this chapter, you will learn how to:
• Configure the Forge Shell
• Access the components of a particular PowerFlex 7000 drive.
Using Forge Shell The Forge Shell automatically discovers all PowerFlex 7000 HMI Interface
Board modules on the local network. This discovery process does not extend
beyond routers to other networks. Each discovered HMI Interface Board module
is represented by the PowerFlex 7000 drive icon displaying the IP Address of the
module and the name (if it exists) of the drive (
Figure 17 ).
Figure 17 - Forge Shell