Lincoln Electric IM649 manual Software Release Data, Welding Equipment Requirements

1-2	INTRODUCTION	Section 1
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An RS-232 serial communication cable is required to use Wave Designer software with Power Wave power sources. The Power Wave requires an RS-232 DB25 male connector. Most computers feature an RS-232 DB-9 female connector as the COM serial port. (e.g. Radio Shack cat no. 26-269 serial cable connects to this combination). Verify the set up on your computer as it may differ.

We recommend using an 800 x 600 pixel or larger display monitor. A 640 x 480 display will not show all the features of the Wave Designer Editor Screens.

1.4 SOFTWARE RELEASE DATA

Wave Designer is a product of The Lincoln Electric Company. Please send your comments, questions, suggestions, and problem reports to wavedesigner@lincolnelectric.com.

Refer to the Wave Designer Welcome screen for the applicable release version of the Wave Designer software package. Wave Designer is a JAVA (TM) application (applet) and it comes bundled with Java Runtime Environment (JRE Version 1.1.6) from SUN Microsystems. You may directly download JRE from http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/jre/index.html. More information about JAVA technology can be found at the http://java.sun.com web site.

1.5 WELDING EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Wave Designer works only with the Power Wave 455 or similar Lincoln Electric Company Programmable Waveform Controlled welding systems. The following welding equipment is required to interface with Wave Designer and to produce sample welds.

•power source (Power Wave 455 or similar)

•wire feeder and associated gears and drive rolls (Power Feed 10 or similar)

•welding gun

•regulated supply of shielding gas

•continuous-feed electrode

•interconnecting hoses and cables

•sample weld materials

•oscilloscope (optional)

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