Prepare Hardware

In the graphical workflow we prepare the hardware before configuring fields, as the process of preparing the hardware will retrieve certain identifiers that are used in configuration later.

Select 'Flash Device' from the setup menu, which will provide more detailed information on the resulting page:

Once you select the device you will be flashing and press 'Begin Flashing' text will appear in the gray box below the menu. Connect an Ethernet cable between the FMS Workstation and the 1st Ethernet port on the powered off device. Then connect the power to the device while pushing and holding the device's reset button. Release the button when the text 'Booting device' appears in the logs window.

A successful installation will look like this:

Make note of the MAC address printed in the last line when flashing your field boxes as you'll need this in the next step to setup your fields. Complete flashing of all devices before proceeding from this step.