A-9

INSTALLATION

A-9

 

 

 

SETTING DIP SWITCHES IN THE WIRE DRIVE

There is one DIP switch bank on each Control PC board for the wire drives. They are labeled S1 and are located and oriented as shown in Figure A.4. The PC board for the left feed head (facing forward) is located on the rear access panel. The PC board for the right feed head is located inside on the divider panel.

ON

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

S1

FIGURE A.4

S1 DIP Switch on Wire Drive Control Board (For software version S24029-All & S24467)

Switch

Off

 

 

On

 

 

 

 

1

Network Group ID, MSB

(Assigns Wire Drive to a specific group)

 

 

 

 

2

Network Group ID, LSB

(Assigns Wire Drive to a specific group )

 

 

 

 

3

Network Feed Head ID, MSB

(Assigns feed head number to wire drive)

 

 

 

 

 

4

Network Feed Head ID

 

(Assigns feed head number to wire drive)

 

 

 

 

5

Network Feed Head ID, LSB

(Assigns feed head number to wire drive)

6Spare

7

Electrode Sense Polarity = Positive

Electrode Sense Polarity = Negative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switch position must match polarity of weld cable attached to feed plate.

8

Gear Box Ratio = Low

Gear Box Ratio = High

Switch position must match actual gear box ratio of wire drive.

Note: the factory shipped settings for all of the S1 switches on the Power Feed 10 Dual Feeders are:

4ON and all others OFF for the Board on the Access Panel.

5 ON and all others OFF for the Board on the Divider Panel.

POWER FEED 10 DUAL

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Lincoln Electric IM658-A manual Setting DIP Switches in the Wire Drive, Figure A.4

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