T E C H N I C A L

N O T E

Maple Model(s)

PLC or Controller

HMI5000 Series
HMI5000P Series

N/A

Title: Accessing the FTP Server in HMI5000/HMI5000P Series

Summary
Describes how to log-in to the FTP server on the HMI5000/HMI5000P Series in order to access data
files, event files, and recipe files.

Solution
1. Determine the IP address of the HMI. You can find the IP address by opening the System
Information window from the System Toolbar on the HMI.

2. Make sure your computer is connected to the same local area network as the HMI.
Note: If you are connecting the HMI directly to the Ethernet port on your computer, you must
use an Ethernet crossover cable. If going through an Ethernet switch, you can use a straightthru or crossover cable.

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From Windows Explorer:

3. Enter the following address, using the IP address of the HMI:
ftp://uploadhis:111111@192.168.1.50
Note: 111111 is the default Upload history password. If the password is different in the
HMI, use that password instead.

4. Press Enter (or the right-arrow button).

ftp://192.168.1.50 is shown in the address window for Windows XP (The Internet >
192.168.1.50 for Windows 7) and the datalog, eventlog, and recipe folders appear in the view
pane. You can open each folder and copy-and-paste or drag the contents to your computers
hard drive without interrupting the operation of the HMI.

From Internet Explorer:

5. Enter the following address, using the IP address of the HMI:
ftp://uploadhis:111111@192.168.1.50
6. Note: 111111 is the default Upload history password. If the password is different in the
HMI, use that password instead.

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7. Press Enter. The datalog, eventlog, and recipe folders appear in the view pane.

8. Click on the folder names (Directory) to access the individual files. Click on a file name to
download it to your computer.

Note: You can copy the recipe file from the HMI to your computer, modify it with the Recipe Editor
(or the Recipe Database Editor in EZwarePlus), and copy it back to the HMI using the Windows
Explorer method. When updating a recipe file in the HMI, copy the recipe.rcp (or recipe.db) file to
the HMI and overwrite the existing file. If a window pops up that says, Calculating the time
required to upload the files, ignore it and click, Yes in the Confirm File Replace window.
Important: Since recipe.rcp data is saved once every minute in the HMI, after updating the
recipe.rcp file, the HMI must be restarted within one minute or the updated recipe data will be
overwritten by the existing data.
This does not apply to the recipe.db file when using EZwarePlus, but the Recipe View screen must
be refreshed to update the data by leaving the window and coming back to it or by restarting the
HMI.
Note: This feature was implemented at Firmware Version 20100818 (Firmware Version 20100906
for the HMI5104XH, HMI5121X, and HMI5150X) and will not work with older versions.

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