ESAB WeldPoint User manual

Brand: ESAB

Model: WeldPoint

Category: Networking

Type: User manual

Valid for serial no. 1.0.0.30462 044 074 GB 20120420

WeldPoint™

Instruction manual

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1 INTRODUCTION 4...................................................

1.1 System overview 4..........................................................

1.2 WeldPoint overview 5........................................................

2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 5........................................

2.1 Insert the WeldPoint CD-ROM 5..............................................

2.2 Content on the CD 9.........................................................

3 HOW TO START APPLICATION 9.....................................

3.1 Login 9....................................................................

3.2 Change password 10.........................................................

4 HOW TO CONNECT TO WELDING SYSTEMS 11.........................

4.1 Searching for available welding systems 12......................................

4.1.1 Search local LAN 12.....................................................

4.1.2 Subnet Search 12.......................................................

5 MAIN VIEW 12........................................................

5.1 Connecting welding system from the list 12......................................

5.2 Manual connect 13...........................................................

5.3 Possible errors in this view 13..................................................

6 GET FILES FROM WELD DATA UNIT 14................................

6.1 Possible errors in this view 15..................................................

7 VIEW WELD DATA FILE 16............................................

7.1 Weld data viewer 16..........................................................

7.2 Convert to HTML file 18.......................................................

7.3 Convert to text file 19.........................................................

7.4 Error 20.....................................................................

8 COMPOSE NEW WELD DATA FILE 21..................................

8.1 Copy method 22.............................................................

8.1.1 Copy single node 22.....................................................

8.1.2 Copy multiple nodes 23...................................................

8.2 Save new weld data file 24....................................................

8.3 Additional Functionalities in this view 24.........................................

8.4 Errors 25....................................................................

9 ONLINE QUALITY DATA VIEWER 26...................................

9.1 Manual update 27............................................................

9.2 Automatic update 27..........................................................

10 ONLINE WELD DATA EDITOR 28......................................

10.1 Edit weld data set remotely 29.................................................

10.2 Buttons usage 32............................................................

10.2.1 Save Name 32..........................................................

10.2.2 Set parameter 32........................................................

10.2.3 Refresh parameters 32...................................................

10.2.4 Save data set in WDU 32.................................................

10.2.5 Cancel Changes in WDU 33..............................................

10.3 Messages 33................................................................

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11 REMOTE USB-MEMORY ACCESS 34...................................

11.1 Force export and import of files 36..............................................

11.1.1 Export file in weld data unit 36.............................................

11.1.2 Import file in weld data unit 37.............................................

11.2 Upload file 38................................................................

11.3 Download file 39.............................................................

11.4 Messages 39................................................................

11.5 Buttons 39..................................................................

11.5.1 List files and folders 39...................................................

11.5.2 Delete file 40............................................................

11.5.3 Size 40.................................................................

11.5.4 File size 40.............................................................

11.5.5 Rename 40.............................................................

11.5.6 Rename file 41..........................................................

12 APPENDIX A 42.......................................................

12.1 Configuration file 42..........................................................

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1 INTRODUCTION

WeldPoint is a PC based administrative tool for managing handle a number of

administrative tasks for welding systems connected to a local area network.

Note! The welding system and the PC that WeldPoint is installed on has to be in the

same IP-range for WeldPoint to work properly).

The tasks are:

S Connecting to welding system

S Converting XML files from welding equipment

S Viewing and merging weld data schedules

S Viewing quality data

S Editing weld data sets online

S Managing files exported to USB in the welding system.

1.1 System overview

1 Welding power source 4 Administration tool, WeldPoint

2 Wire feed 5 Connection to network

3 Weld data unit 6 USB-memory

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1.2 WeldPoint overview

WeldPoint consists of seven views to accomplish the tasks described above.

S Main view is responsible for establishing connection(s) with the welding system

(weld data unit's), see page 12.

S Get files from weld data unit downloads the files from welding system. If the

weld data unit is not connected then the user can't get the access to this view,

see page 14.

S View weld data helps the user to view the content of weld data file, see page

16.

S Compose new weld data will be used to combine two weld data to create new

weld data, also includes a data viewer, see page 21.

S Online Quality data viewer will help the user to receive quality data directly

from the unit. If weld data unit is not connected then the user cannot get access

to this view, see page 9.

S Online weld data editor will help the user to edit setting data online. If weld data

unit is not connected then the user cannot get access to this view, see page 28.

S Remote USB-memory access helps the user to upload/download files to/from a

connected weld data unit. If the weld data unit is not connected the user cannot

get access to this view, see page 34.

2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 Insert the WeldPoint CD-ROM

The WeldPoint software is delivered on a CD-ROM with autostart. If the autostart is

disabled in Windows, run the setup.exe that can be found on the CD-ROM.

For installation to be successful, the user must be logged in as the system

administrator or have the rights to install programs on the computer.

Note! To be sure of a successful installation of WeldPoint, please first uninstall the

previous version if you have any. This can be done using add/remove programs in

the control panel.

For WeldPoint to work the dotNet framework 2.0 or later have to be installed.

If you don't have it installed on your computer, WeldPoint setup will give an error

message and advice you to install dotNet. You can do this by following the link given

and download it from the Internet or by going to the root of the CD and execute the

dotnetfx.exe installation file. Just follow the instructions during the installation for the

dotNet framework.

S Restart the WeldPoint setup and continue with the following steps.

If everything that is needed is installed and the setup has been successfully

started the view below will be displayed.

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S Follow the instructions and press next to continue with the installation of

WeldPoint.

Setup

S Press next.

Guide

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S Press next and you get to the view below.

Destination

S In this view you can select where you want WeldPoint to be installed and if you

want it to be accessible for all people using the computer or just yourself.

S Press next and you get to this view.

Confirm installation

S If you are satisfied with your previous choices press next to start the installation.

When next has been pressed WeldPoint is being installed.

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Installation

S Press close to finish the installation.

If a screen like the one below appears, you are trying to install a WeldPoint

version with an older setup than the one installed previously. Please, get the

latest version or remove the one already installed by using “add/remove

programs” in the control panel.

Unable to install

Now when the installation is finished, WeldPoint is ready to be used.

Installation complete

S To start WeldPoint use the icon on the desktop or in the start menu.

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2.2 Content on the CD

S Dotnetfx.exe

dotNet Framwork 2.x

S Setup.exe

Main setup file for WeldPoint

S WeldPoint_setup.msi

Microsoft help setup file for WeldPoint

S WeldPoint_instruction_manual.pdf

Manual describing installation procedure and the functionality of WeldPoint

3 HOW TO START APPLICATION

After installing WeldPoint the user can start the application by running the WeldPoint

icon from the start menu or the WeldPoint icon on the desktop .

At first start-up WeldPoint will try to connect to the IP 127.0.0.1 and at the next

start-up WeldPoint will try the last IP being used. Sometimes the PC may have two

or more IP:s and to set or change IP, use the menu “Settings >> Select IP address”.

3.1 Login

To be able to start using the application the user needs to login. Below are the steps

to login.

1. When the pop up screen below appears.

2. Select type of user from the drop-down list.

3. Then give password in the Password text box and press Login.

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Now the user has logged into the application and has access to it.

3.2 Change password

The password for the administrator account can be changed by using the pop up

window below, which appears when the user press Change password button.

Change password

By giving all the correct details in the above pop up window, the administrator

password gets changed. Default password is: admin.

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4 HOW TO CONNECT TO WELDING SYSTEMS

After Login the user will be directed to Main View. The number of tabs displayed will

differ depending on the user logged in as USER or ADMINISTRATOR.

An administrator has access to all tabs including those that can edit data while a

USER only can access tabs that do not edit data directly (i.e not Online weld data

view and Remote USB-memory access).

All users can see accessible welding systems (IP addresses) in the “Found welding

system” list. The IP-number you are connected to is also shown in the row above the

IP-list. Each time the ”Main” tab is selected, a search on the local area network

(LAN) is initiated and the button is disabled for a couple of seconds.

Main View

If a user has logged in as an administrator, the following views will be available:

S Main view

S Get files from weld data unit

S View weld data file

S Compose new weld data file

S Online quality data viewer

S Online weld data editor

S Remote USB-memory access

Each view will be described briefly in the following

parts of this document.

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4.1 Searching for available welding systems

There are two ways of searching for available welding systems on the network.

4.1.1 Search local LAN

Search local LAN searches the part of the network to which the computer and

WeldPoint is connected to. In some cases however the welding system will be on a

different part of the network, a so called subnet. This means that using ”search local

LAN” won't find the welding system due to network configuration. For that case we

have the Subnet search option.

4.1.2 Subnet Search

To be able to find welding systems on other parts of a network a function called

subnet search exist. Subnet search allows a user to specify an IP or a range of IP:s

to search for welding system.

By pressing the ”Subnet search” button in the main tab,

a window named Manual Search will appear.

A user can add up to ten different IP:s or IP masks to

search.

By pressing the button Add the mask will be added to

the search box. If the subnet mask (for ex

:172.20.153.*) is given, it means that all addresses

ranging from 172.20.153.1 to 172.20.153.254 will be

searched.

A user can then select the IP:s and/or subnet masks he

wants WeldPoint to search by using the check boxes.

When Search is pressed the selected IP:s will be

searched.

5 MAIN VIEW

In the Main view connections towards different welding systems can be made. In the

Found welding system list, all welding systems found on the network will be

displayed. To connect with a welding system, the user has two ways.

Either by selecting the found welding system in the list and pressing the button

Connect selected or by manually connecting to a specific welding system with

known IP by using the Manual connect button.

Note! If no welding systems are found when Search button is pressed, check so

that the computer is on the same network as the welding system (same IP-range)

and make sure that all network cables are connected and are working.

Check also if your computer has a firewall installed. If it has, disable it to test if that

might be the cause. Often a firewall blocks the messages sent to and from

WeldPoint causing the search etc. to fail.

5.1 Connecting welding system from the list

To connect with a welding system the user can select it by pressing the

corresponding check box and click the button Connect selected.

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It is possible to select up to ten welding systems to connect to, but only one can be

selected as active at a time.

When Connect selected is pressed the selected welding system is contacted and

relevant information is transferred to WeldPoint. This takes around 7 seconds for

each welding system so if several welding systems are selected the connection time

can be more then a minute.

The first welding system that has a successful connect will be displayed as selected

in the Choose active welding system box. To change to another connected

welding system, press the drop down button in Choose connected welding system

and select the welding system of your choice from the drop down menu.

If the connection against the welding system and all information transferred is OK the

selected welding system is displayed as Active in the status text box otherwise it will

be displayed as Inactive.

5.2 Manual connect

If no welding systems are found and displayed in the Found welding systems list, a

user can try to connect manually against a welding system for which he knows the

IP.

This is done by pressing the Manual connect button. When the button is pressed

the manual connect window appears.

By giving the IP address to a certain

welding system or by choosing from the

drop down menu the user can connect to

it without searching for it.

If Manual connect is used, the connected welding system will automatically be set

as the active welding system as soon as the Connect button is pressed and a

successful connection is established.

5.3 Possible errors in this view

If the user tries to connect, while the welding system

is not running or the welding system has refused the

connection with WeldPoint then the error message

appears (Connection Error Message).

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6 GET FILES FROM WELD DATA UNIT

In Get files from weld data unit view there are buttons to get weld data files

through FTP and to copy them to local folder.

Get files from weld data unit

To force an export to the USB-memory and then download the exported XML files

from the USB-memory to the PC the user can press any of the Download.... file

buttons that exist for the different XML files.

If the file that you want to download already exist at the USB-memory, when a forced

export is initiated a message will appear, asking the user if he wants to overwrite the

existing file on the USB-memory.

If the user presses ”Ok” an export will be initiated and while the weld data unit is

exporting the data to the USB-memory a message will be shown.

When the export is finished a message will be shown indicating if the export was

successful or not.

When the export is finished a ”Browse for folder” pop-up appears where the user can

choose at which location to store the file from the weld data unit's USB-memory. If

any of the user name or password is wrong or the connection to the FTP server in

the welding system, fails WeldPoint will give a pop-up message.

When the OK button is pressed a pop-up asking for user name and password will

appear. In that case give the correct user name and password for the FTP and it will

start downloading the files and store the newly given user name and password in the

configuration file.

The default user name for a welding system is ESAB and password is also ESAB.

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When a file has been downloaded it can be converted to other formats such as

HTML or text format (separated by semicolon) for easier import to Excel, by pressing

the corresponding to HTML or to CSV... button.

When the button is pressed a

pop-up appears showing the file

structure of your computer.

Choose the location of the XML

file that you downloaded and

want to convert to the new format

and press the open button.

When that has been done a new

pop-up appears asking the user

for the location to store the

converted file. Choose the

location, give a filename and

press the save button. The

converted file will now

automatically be displayed in the

associated program for the file

type (for example Internet

explorer for HTML).

Note! The Weld data file can not be converted in the Get files from weld data unit

view, but that functionality is in the View weld data view.

6.1 Possible errors in this view

In this view if the user opens a different file instead of the

intended file then WeldPoint will give an error message.

In the figure it shows the user opens quality log file

instead of production statistic file.

Sometimes the downloaded file

does not have any data in it (for

example when there are no

errors in the error file). WeldPoint

will then display the following

message.

In the figure it shows there are no data nodes in opened measure limit file.

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7 VIEW WELD DATA FILE

To present the content of a weld data file to the user WeldPoint uses View weld

data file tab.

View weld data file

7.1 Weld data viewer

Weld data can be opened by

using open weld data file button.

Open file dialog will be shown, the

user can choose which weld data

file to open from it.

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The user can see the location of the opened file in a text box in the bottom of the

View.

Complete weld data file

After opening a file the user can view the content of XML file in a tree-view format.

By choosing the particular parameter in a Weld Data File, the user can read extra

information such as min, max, raw value, displayed value, scale factor, unit etc.

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Unit for numerical values

7.2 Convert to HTML file

Further the opened XML welddata file can be converted into HTML format by using

the Convert to HTML file button.

Converted HTML file will be

saved by using save as dialog.

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The content of the saved HTML file will be shown automatically in the software that

is associated with the HTML file ending (most often Internet explorer).

Content of saved HTML files

7.3 Convert to text file

In the same way as HTML files the user can create and save a file in text format by

using the Convert to text file button.

The content of the saved text file will be shown automatically in the software that is

associated with the text file ending (most often Notepad).

Content of saved text file

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7.4 Error

WeldPoint will not open a corrupted

file, if the file is corrupted with

wrong data then it will give error

message by denoting the line of

error.

In a figure it shows that error is in the Synergic mode parameter.

If the user opens a non valid weld data file then it will give

an error message.

If the opened file is not a valid XML file then WeldPoint will

give another error message.

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Category: Networking

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