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1. S English Nederlands Espa ol Eg Fran ais Once you have selected the language you must close and restart the programme 39005425_2 doc 1 3 1 WMS for Windows WELDING Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS 1 3 3 Enabling Remote Configuration This allows you to use a preset configuration for the functions File Data and Acquire Data The remote configuration can only be defined through the Configurator programme optional To enable remote configuration access the WMS ERE Window 2 programme menu and select Configuration Information Contgquration User contiquration The configuration window will open Remote configuration l Enable operations Configuration path Selected Language English Enable the function Ee Be aes ce and access the network through Locate the path in which the configuration file File name Folders lconfiguctg C Programmi cfgwms CFG you want to use iil has been saved and SALLIE E ranmi confirm with OK S cfgwms List files of type Drives Configuration Cfg Sc x The path is loaded and is displayed in the configuration bar Remote configuration W Enable operations Contiguration path C Programmi cigwms configu ctg By enabling remote configuration the functions of File and Acquire Data use the path recorded in the file CFG and store data in the respective folders
2. Next execution Automatic Back up Any errors found are clearly indicated thus the user can make suitable corrections and relaunch the functions that previously failed 39005425 _2 doc 4 2 3 4 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 4 WMS for Windows GE WELDING Data Management Backup Conversion to CSV file The conversion function trans codifies the contents of files in backup format wbk transcribing them into files in CSV format csv It may be activated by users at any level administrator programmer operator and archivist The conversion procedure generates files that can normally be imported into spread sheets and data bases typically Microsoft Excel and Access These conversion files constitute specific archives of the functionality of the welding controls A file with a predefined name with the extension csv corresponds to each archive During the same session more than one conversion functions can be performed in sequence The results are sent to the Same group of files Functionality of controls File name setup csv 2 PROGRAMMES weldprog csv 3 INCREMENTAL STEPPERS 4 TABULAR STEPPERS steppert csv 5 SPOT REFERENCE In each conversion file the first record contains field headings thus for import into Microsoft Access in the relative dialogue box tick to indicate that the first line of the file contains that headings In each subsequent record the fields relating to the numbers of group and of unit enable p
3. The first setting of the curve gives an increment of 50 divided linearly between 0 and 300 Alarm Threshold value 150 Increment l Curves on table W Hold curves Current B0 gr a ou wn c a ao l 120 150 180 210 240 270 Welding Points At welding no 150 there is an increment of 25 The second setting of the curve with the Hold Curves option abilitated maintains the preceding increment and brings the value of the Alarm Threshold to 600 150 Increment l Curves on table te W Hold curves a Current 50 40 30 l 1860 240 300 360 420 4860 540 Welding Points Welding no 150 still has an increment of 25 2 4 8 39005425 _2 doc 2 4 4 WMS for Windows Programming Stepper cjo WELDING Using a table to edit the stepper curve In the change stepper parameters window there is an option complete with control box Curves on Table When the option Curves on Table is enabled the button Insert Stepper Data in Table Form located at the top of the window becomes activated NOTE The operation of the Curves on Table option is identical in the two operational modes Curve Dressing and Spot Dressing In the examples that follow a stepper set to the Spot Dressing mode will be analysed thus the final value of the curve will be the Alarm Threshold In the case of a stepper set to the Curve Dressing mode the final value of the curve will be Spots to Dress NOTE In the Curves on Table
4. option operation is identical for the 2 stepper curves current increment and pressure increment In the examples below we will analyse a stepper set to the current increment mode the situation would remain unchanged if the stepper were set to the pressure increment mode There are two ways of programming increments e Graphic using the mouse and the dedicated buttons 100 incremental steps Curves on Table option disabled e Table by inserting numerical data 25 incremental steps Curves on Table option enabled The two modes are mutually exclusive that is when the Curves on Table option is enabled the various buttons relating to the graphic editor are not activated When you change modes the percentage value of the increments is converted into the most suitable value for the new step number The Graphic mode provides for 100 incremental steps equally distributed between the first welding and the Alarm Threshold value The Table mode provides for 25 incremental steps freely distributed between the first welding and the Alarm Threshold value After changing to Table edited stepper the Welding Control calculates the value of the increment for each welding interpolating between the preceding step value and the subsequent one The Table mode allows any interval to be defined between 2 increments thus allowing large increments to be set during the first weldings with an electrode and longer intervals when increments are mini
5. see chapter 4 2 on Backup Data and chapter 4 3 on Data Acquisition NOTE these functions must be enabled in the Setup menu 1 3 2 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS GF WELDING 1 3 4 Main menu The main menu displays icons and function keys to open the programme in the lower part of the screen Bisnis waia Managements aL SE Pals Es 30 nodes that can be devices or indow i P o i i zye ASIII group up toa maximum of 16 Date and time Group and unit selected Icons and function keys to open the menus Cross Re HI E3 _ Change allel E3 F Spot Log Eie E3 8 1 0 Analy Tel E3 Firmware lle 3 a Senn Z Repor E EEE h Copy MME pelCopy 2 o lt Backup Fle Es System M Elie E3 Network sol E3 Stepper Jle Ea Program FJl 1ES Alarms A Mim Ei Warning Ee E Es F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 ice Renamer THR PE Alarms Warning Setup Report Copy Etc In the upper part of the screen there are 30 squares in two rows representing the 30 groups available Below them are 16 rectangles corresponding to the individual welding controls units where the devices for the selected group are displayed each time The groups and modules connected are marked with a colour code with meaning as follows green device ready blue Changes in the last 24 hours yellow diagnostic message Alarm 1 purple device error message
6. With the Configurator programme a daily backup has been programmed to be made at 11 30 am from Monday to Friday Saturday and Sunday being excluded to be stored in H Archiv Wmsweld Backup Assuming that at the WMS centralizer with the company user name Line 1 the external configuration is enabled on Monday 13 12 99 at 8 0 am at the time of the backup 11 30 of the same day WMS will access the folder of the network pathway H Archiv Wmsweld Backup and create a folder Line 1 In this folder it will create another folder called 19991213 in which it will store the backup files wbk of the welding controls connected to the network H E StandEr G Access folder predefined with Configurator for the Backup a Archiv H wmeweld Folder created automatically that identifies the user Computer Backup folder for the day 13 12 99 for user Line 1 wee p y 13 12 On the days following the backup the directory Line 1 that identifies WMS already exists thus when WMS makes the backup it only creates the folder identifying the backup date so that on the following Monday 20 12 99 at 12 0 there will be the following backup files in folder Line 1 19991213 19991214 19991215 19991216 19991217 19991220 for the respective days The figure below shows the tree structure of the folders created by the backup of WMS Line 1 H E StandEr G ES Archiv H ECD wmsweld Backup files generated 6 BA Backup ELD Li
7. hard disk or in the welding control Setup If you confirm with OK you will lose the new data and exit the updated window By ee clicking on CANCEL you will return to the Exit without saving changes current function Cancel When the cursor of the mouse points to a button after about one second a screentip window with the name of the symbol s function will appear 39005425 _2 doc 1 3 5 WMS for Windows C WELDING Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS 1 3 6 2 Symbols and Function Keys of the main window To perform selections into menus and enter data the rules of MS Windows have to be followed see the related manual In particular you cannot interact with grayed controls as they are disabled You can access the various programme functions clicking on the corresponding symbol or acting on the related function key Note the symbol and key function list is subject to variations dependently on the installed options Symbol Function Key Weld ana BEE F 1 Analisys Module r Ee Esl ra Replacement HE Program Eie E3 F4 Programs FS Alarms F warning Fi Setup M Report E EIl ES FS Report a Copy ajoj x Fa Copy F10 Etc F1 Backup System M ETI ES F2 Monitor F3 Metwork Spot Refer EJIE E3 F4 Spot Reference F5 Changes F Spotlog 8 170 Analy SEE P Analisys Ifa i Fi
8. lt spot name gt lt separator gt lt programme number gt lt CR gt the last separator and the programme number are optional the heading of the file to be imported may have any contents and may be between 0 and 10 lines e each file to be imported refers to a single device 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference cjo WELDING 4 4 10 Competitive changes Each welding control device is fitted with a dual type connection to the field see figure 1 local data network for the connection of all devices belonging to a system it may be of the WMSnet or WMSnet Plus type GF WELDING proprietary networks PROFIBUS or Ethernet TCP IP 2 serial connection of the point to point type SPP Access through the two types of connections comes about independently it follows that changes may be made by two operators in competition In particular a local operator connected serially may activate an editing session at the same time as the central operator connected to the network does so Thus when saving on the device it is advantageous to get into the habit of selecting the option conditional writing see paragraph 4 4 7 in order to avoid loss of changes Indeed when operating in this modality in the presence of changes in competition concerning a specific device writing them is avoided beforehand Indeed an error signal error 19 from the device enables the operator easily to disentangle the situatio
9. necessary change the parameters as well as to the counters to reset them either individually or collectively or to change the individual current value Operative configuration Control buttons Warning Table Configuration M Stepper M Automatic area All M V Cable V Manual area M Dressing Entries 16 Tagged 0 Group Unit Object Weldings Dress situation Rem Weld Rem Pcs O0 FASE 334 02 Stp01 95 oO 9 O0 FASE 334 01 Stp01 850 my 21 a a O0 FASE 334 p3 Stp01 15 0 MH 15 00 FASE 334 04 Stp01 0 0 f 0 ia iat OO FASE 334 05 Stp01 0 oo 0 100 100 O0 FASE 374 06 Stp01 0 oOo 0 100 100 00 FASE 734 07 Stp01 0 oa 0 100 100 00 FASH 334 08 Stp01 0 0 0 100 100 O0 FASE 334 09 Stp01 0 as 0 100 100 OO FABSE 334 10 Stp01 0 0 0 100 100 O0 FASE 334 11 Stp01 0 0 0 100 100 OOFASE 334 12 Stp01 0 0 0 100 100 OP FASE 334 13 Stp01 0 ees 0 100 100 BO FASE 334 14 Stp01 0 0 0 100 100 List of objects The window is subdivided into three parts operative configuration control buttons and list of objects e The operative configuration enables selection of the criteria with which objects stepper cable and dressing tool counters are displayed in the list you can select for example the counter status warning piece threshold or al
10. 3 4 Pressure control 2 4 Create Change View Stepper Programmes 2 4 1 Dressing modes 2 4 2 Stepper programme parameters 2 4 3 Change final value of the curves Hold Curves option 2 4 4 Using a table to edit the stepper curve 2 5 Report 2 5 1 Defining a report 3 SUPERVISION AND ANALYSIS 3 1 Warnings Table 3 1 1 Viewing characteristics 3 1 2 Operative configuration ___ 3 1 3 Control Buttons 3 1 4 Object list 3 2 Alarms analysis 3 2 1 Description of commands 3 3 Weld analysis 3 3 1 Description of commands 3 4 I O Analysis 39005425 _2 doc GFE 1 1 1 1 1 Lied 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 1 3 1 iI 1 3 1 123 2 1 3 3 1 3 4 1 3 5 1 3 7 1 3 9 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 ZdZ 2 1 5 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 22 id 2 223 2 2 4 2 25 2 2 7 2 3 1 Zid ok 2 3 2 2 39 2 3 6 2 4 1 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 4 6 2 4 9 2 5 1 25 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 321 2 3 1 3 3 1 5 3 2 1 32l 3 3 1 Jal 3 4 1 3 5 Analysis of changes 3 5 1 Description of commands 3 6 System Monitor 4 DATA MANAGEMENT 4 1 Copy Delete Welding and Stepper programmes 4 2 Filing Backup 4 2 1 4 2 2 Conversion to CSV file Backup with external configuration optional _ 4 3 Data acquisition option 4 3 1 4 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 5 General Functional description Information displayed Data acquisition with external configuration optional _ Operative configuration 4 4 Spot reference 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 6
11. 4 4 7 4 4 8 4 4 9 4 4 10 Description of operator interface Data display filter _ New Welding Spot Welding spot data change Check congruence Comparison between current Spot Reference and that under editing Save on Unit Save to disk Load from disk Competitive changes 4 5 Creating a Traceout txt file 4 6 Updating the Welding Control Firmware 4 6 1 4 6 2 4 6 3 4 6 4 4 6 5 4 6 6 4 6 7 Selecting the file and opening the upgrade menu Buttons Configuration Loading the Firmware Interrupting the session Communications errors Reinstating Firmware 4 7 Saving data for replacement of welding control WMS for WINDOWS 3 5 1 32521 3 6 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 2 4 3 5 4 3 6 4 3 8 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 5 4 4 7 4 4 8 4 4 9 4 4 11 4 4 13 4 4 14 4 4 15 4 4 17 4 5 1 4 6 1 4 6 1 _ 4 6 2 4 6 2 4 6 3 4 6 4 4 6 4 _ 4 6 4 4 7 1 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation cjo WELDING 1 CHARACTERISTICS AND INSTALLATION 39005425 _2 doc 1 1 Gries 1 2 WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Characteristics cjo WELDING 1 1 Characteristics 1 1 1 Compatibility The WMS software is compatible with the operative systems Windows 3 11 Windows 95 Windows98 Windows2000 Windows NT4 The hardware platform recommended is the minimum for the
12. The report doesn t exist HH HH HH HH HH HH The report doesn t exist 2 5 1 Defining a report F1 MODIFY With this command the dialogue box opens where you can insert the data to define a report Report setup X Report name ENTER NAME test Start time Hour Minute Second ENTER TIME o jo jo End time Hour Minute Second ENTER TIME lo jo jo 39005425 _2 doc 2 5 1 2 5 2 WMS for Windows WELDING Programming Report Using this key you can access Report Processing WELD EXECUTED MODULE DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES MODULE DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES MODULE PROGRAMME WELDING PROGR WELDING PROGR DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES PROGR DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES PROGR Update Return to main menu 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis 3 SUPERVISION AND ANALYSIS 39005425 _2 doc GFE Gries 3 2 WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis 39005425 _2 doc 3 1 3 1 1 WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis Warning Table cjo WELDING Warnings Table Viewing characteristics FG Pressing the function key warning or clicking the icon the Warnings Table opens This table enables you to monitor in real time all the stepper electrodes cable and dressing tool counters of all welding controls in the network The operator may at any time select the most suitable viewing criteria Direct access to the stepper programmes is also possible to view and if
13. Yolt Start B as dressing oc4 o Arr Press O l Bes Cfg 1 ORes StpA oads AS O Water circ O AlRes Cfg 2 Res Stp B Of O Parity E 5 3 E SER cond Press only a ia aa aa a a n SCR Temp Emergency z z z a S z maas Hoogal cegg Weld req Ch 2 O Weld l O Null current OHOoOo 6 o000Q O End of Seq 2 i Stop Al Curr gt limit z z a z a a G End of Weld Al Serious Al Curr lt limit ECEE yep epee Sup Op A Al Weld YesiNo O Finng angle sf dal fal RAPERE al a Sup Op B Warning A Ready E K E a a O EV gp near G Analogic Output 32 Welding cycle Status 0 Waiting for start 0 x Condition 0 Ok In the lower part of the I O analysis window the following are represented e Status the current pass of the welding cycle e Condition the condition expected by the welding control to continue with the welding cycle 39005425 _2 doc 3 4 1 WMS for Windows ecj WELDING Supervision and Analysis I O Analysis 3 4 2 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis Analysis of changes 3 5 3 5 1 Analysis of cha nges GFE Fig F5 This window is opened with function keys plus S anges or by clicking the icon Change _ El ESj A table appears containing the latest changes For each welding control up to a maximum of 500 changes can be displayed Change History lt G03 gt lt U00 FASE 334 gt 26 No of Ev
14. before the memory is full the WELD332 or the WELD334m stops welding and acquiring data depending on whether the option Prevent data loss is enabled or not 39005425_2 doc 4 3 1 4 3 2 4 3 2 WMS for Windows c WELDING Data Management Data acquisition e Once the download is completed WMS stores the data in the file specified by the operator until the maximum size specified is reached at which point a request is made to increase the size or specify a new file NOTE The welding control can memorize approx 270 welding results in the result memory Since WMS takes about 5 seconds for the downloading operation in order to avoid any loss of results and or of welding blocks we recommend that the maximum frequency of welding for each welding control is not above 54 welds per second divided by the total number of welding controls enabled for data acquisition Furthermore when the result acquisition function is activated we recommend limiting network traffic for example functions such as Backup Replace Welding Control and Copy should only be used when data acquisition is not in progress Warning When Data Acquisition is not used we recommend disenabling the function on all welding controls see paragraph 2 2 2 Functional description To use Data Acquisition carry out the following operations 1 Enable the function in the Setup see paragraph 2 2 2 Define the files in which data must be stored To define the n
15. box W Hold curves NOTE The operation of the Hold curves option is identical in the two operational modes Curve Dressing and Spot Dressing In the examples that follow a stepper set to the Spot Dressing mode will be analysed thus the final value of the curve will be the Alarm Threshold In the case of a stepper set to the Curve Dressing mode the final value of the curve will be Spots to Dress NOTE In the Hold curves mode operation is identical for the 2 stepper curves current increment and pressure increment In the examples below we will analyse a stepper set to the current increment mode the situation would remain unchanged if the stepper were set to the pressure increment mode The Hold Curves option allows 2 different treatments of the intermediate values of the stepper curve to be defined as the Alarm Threshold varies 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Stepper cjo WELDING 2 4 3 1 Hold Curves option disabled If the Hold Curves option is disabled when the value of the Alarm Threshold is changed the slope of the curve from the origin of the axes to the new Alarm Threshold value remains unaltered while the increments are recalculated to the new electrode life value 500 Increment Curves on table Hold curves Current ee TEN 100 200 300 400 00 500 700 00 300 x Welding Points Example You want to make the current increase linearly during the life of the electrode and you ar
16. cycles during which squeeze is hol Hold cycles fi 1 99 Help Number of cycles during which tips get open 0 0 99 Off cycles Help Nominal welding current value in percentage of machine maximum Current percentage M 10 100 Nominal welding current Help value ink Current value in kA i 0 1 150 0 Help Diagnostic current value in kA Diag Current Lo 0 1 150 0 Help Min firing angle of first half cycle Min angle in degree 30 30 135 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Welding programmes Gries 7 Pressure parameters See point 2 3 4 Ji Diagnostic mode for Help pressure co ntrol Diagnostic Mode for Pressure tolerance pressure control threshold in percentage Enabled 0 Disabled 1 a Pressure tolerance Diag Pressure Mode Pressure Tolerance set in percentage value m 0 1 fo 0 50 Help Equivalent energy value to determine electrode wear see welding control programming manual Units of equivalent energetic value to compute tip life Maximum delta in degree of the starting conduction angle Max correction limit D wo 20 20 100 Equivalent energetic Current tolerance Minimum threshold this is the lower tolerance permitted for the real value of the current as a percentage of the nominal va
17. in column E is applied Column E Percentage value of the pressure increment that will be applied on execution of the welding indicated in column D 2 4 10 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Stepper WELDING G i Example You want to edit a stepper by defining 5 current increments 2 each equally distributed between O and 20 and subsequently some increments distributed between 20 and 1800 Alarm Threshold value a Set the Alarm Threshold value to 1800 c Open the table Weld TL Wed P_ A pf a Jy aa J z o 2 8 4 144 0 3 R2 6 J 236 0 ae 6 8 amp 8 o 5 20 10 360 0 E a a e aa ee 7 4 10 5 0 8 50 10 576 0 9 6o 10 68 0 pio 10 2 70 0 11 150 20 792 0 12 20 20 865 0 13 250 2 6 0 14 300 20 1008 0 15 350 30 1080 0 16 4o iaz o 17 500 30 1224 0 pis 600 J 80S 296 S 19 70 30 1368 0 20 800 40 1440 0 21 1000 40 i52 0 22 1200 40 1584 0 23 1400 40 1656 0 24 1600 40 178 0 25 1800 40 1800 0 For each welding the welding control will calculate the increment value by interpolating between the value of the previous step and that of the subsequent one For example during the welds between progressive numbers 60 and 100 the current value will gradually be increased from 10 to 20 When you have finished inserting the parameters in the table
18. in question is activated whereas in the case of a stepper you Setup F10 Exit Exit As in all WMS functions this key closes the function All parameters relating to the configuration of the operative mode the piece threshold and criteria for sorting the list will automatically be stored and on reopening the function they will be reactivated 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis Warning Table 3 1 4 1 Object list 39005425_2 doc The list contains all the objects that meet the requirements specified in the configuration of the operative mode Each object embraces more than one field containing various types of information such as identification of the welding control number of weldings status etc The list is automatically updated about every 5 seconds The number of objects present is indicated in the field immediately above the list itself The list may be scrolled using the scroll bar on the right Entries 16 Tagged 1 i rK amp Group Unit Object Weldings Dress situation Rem Weld Rem Pcs 01 JA O0 FASE 334 02 Stp02 n 01 A 3 1000 1000 01 A 00 FASE 334 03 Stp01 70 o B 30 30 01 A OO FASE 334 04 Stp03 0 0 0 500 500 01 A OO FASE 334 05 Stp01 0 0 0 100 100 ni TA NAEACE 221 NCOmN1 n n ny D ann ann Object list Group This field indicates the number and name of the logical group to which the
19. indexes are not possible within a single unit Field destined to contain an alphanumeric string maximum 32 characters designed to facilitate identification of welding spot by the operator Identical spot names are not possible within a single unit Contains the number and name if any of the programme called up to weld the spot via the Index field The display may be sorted by any one of the fields by clicking on the button at the top of the column 4 4 2 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference cjo WELDING The buttons with icons give rapid access to management functions These functions except for the first one are only available during editing sessions Set data display filter This function is always A available It opens a dialogue box through which it is possible to determine criteria to select items of the different spot references for display Define new item Enables a new welding spots to be introduced Edit highlighted item Enables changes to be made to data relating to current item Eliminate selected items Eliminates all items selected in the table The system asks for confirmation of deletion a2 Verify congruence Checks congruence between spot reference data for each device enabling the operator to correct any unacceptable data Comparison between current Spot Reference and Spot Reference under editing Displays in table form the list of differences between the s
20. ke m Help m Help Help Percentage of total Number of welding points z weldings beyond which after which dressing is Number of tip dressings Warning is set requested Warning threshold Points to dress 7 m ooog alia l Z 0 100 10 65500 0 250 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Stepper cjo WELDING 2 4 1 2 Stepper in the Spot Dressing mode Stepper requests electrode dressing at set intervals The request to change electrodes comes on reaching the number of spots set in the parameter Alarm Threshold The current value of the stepper is reset to zero only after an electrode change The current value of the Dressing Counter produces no effect and is only displayed in the Warnings Table The Electrode Warning error messages E001 and E002 are generated when the Warning Threshold value of the parameter is reached before each request to change the electrodes The Electrode Alarm error messages E049 and E050 are generated when the Alarm Threshold parameter is reached at the same time as the request to change the electrodes The Dressing Alarm error message E066 is generated when the parameter Spots for Emergency is passed The count of Spots for Emergency starts after reaching the number of spots set in the Spots to Dress parameter The Change Electrodes Alarm error message E067 is generated when the Spots for Emergency parameter is passed The count of Spots for Emerge
21. of the respective nationalities These acronyms are then displayed in the welding control status list In the versions box the operational characteristics available in the firmware are selected for example 60Hz 50Hz MF mean frequency These characteristics depend on the upgrade file provided by GF WELDING and may vary from user to user If you want to change the file to be loaded click on the button EJ a warning message will appear Firmware upgrade WARMING Changing selected file all configurations will be cleared Cancel e by confirming you will access the file selection menu to choose another one e if you cancel the file will be cancelled in the status list indicated by One Loading the Firmware Once configuration is completed the window listing the devices will bear the indication BEE If you want to return configuration to the status prior to the changes simply 5 To start loading the Firmware click on the button The procedure starts and the progress of the upgrading process is displayed in the list of devices I Upgtade in progress 5 select the device desired and click on the button When the upgrading procedure is completed the status bar of the device indicates the condition IEMISL 39005425_2 doc 4 6 3 6G WMS for Windows F WELDING Data Management Updating the Firmware 4 6 5 Interrupting the session The process can be interrupted at any time by clicking on the b
22. operative system Windows 95 Requirements These instructions for operation are only valid if accompanied by e MS Windows Manuals Introductions for operation for Weld 332 or Weld 334 Welding Control firmware Weld 332 Rel 4 42 or above Welding Control firmware Weld 334m Rel 1 07 or above One of the following network cards with manual WMSNet Network HBM 304 card with firmware 6 01 or above F314 card with firmware 1 0 or above Profibus FMS network Siemens CP 5412 A1 card Softing Profiboard card Ethernet Tcp Ip network Commercial 10BaseT compatible card Warning The Fase and Profibus FMS network cards are only for BUS ISA Knowledge of welding techniques and of working with a PC in MS Windows environment are required for operation The information contained in this manual is provided with no guarantee and may be modified without notice GF WELDING therefore accepts no obligation The software described in this manual has been provided on the basis of a licensing contract and confidentiality agreement agreement not to give the software to third parties The customer may make one single copy of the software for safety reasons Backup Reproduction of parts of this manual is prohibited whether electronically or mechanically including photocopying or any other form of reproduction as likewise it is prohibited to pass it to third parties excepting where written authorization from GF WELDING exists to this effect Copyr
23. or the icon Maelo 4 6 1 Selecting the file and opening the upgrade menu The menu opens with the request for file bin Firmware upgrade File name Enalders ki cploader bin C Documenti wms_ cfgwms cpoloader bin E3 Documenti EJ wms_en_2 83 cigwms _ wmstest Listtiles of type Drives Firmware BIN Sc Access the driver and open the directory in which the Upgrade file is contained select it and confirm with OK The Upgrade window has three different areas one for information about the software one which lists status of welding controls and one with buttons that can be activated depending on the level of operations being performed t Firmware upgrade of x Release i Path C Documenti wms_en_2 83 cigwms 332 452 bin Informazioni software o Wed 29 Nov 2000 Name release_4 52 Device type w332 ID Group Unit Type Yersion Language Status Finestra di stato dei controlli parae Dnsiedeale 7 a0 e332 Updated w332 Upgradable Pulsanti di comando 39005425_2 doc 4 6 1 Ss WMS for Windows WELDING Data Management Updating the Firmware 4 6 2 Buttons The buttons have the following functions F1 Load_File Enables selection of the upgrade file S Caoa Opens the configuration window F3 2 Restore Restores a configuration after changes oa Fg Firmware Upg Starts the upgrade operation Fa D Abort Suspends the upgrade operation F1
24. the graph of the increments will look like the figure below Weld z Increment p V Curves on table A M Hold curves Current 60 ESE 40 30 20 AALEEEEEENTENEEEEEENTENENEENENTEEEEENTENTEEEEEEEENTEEEEEEEN ho oo te om i i E Manaies ai eco icles een eects thy We Na ee RRAGA Teeside Deiner Weems ae l 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Welding Points d Save the data on the welding control using the button Save on Unit Ea NOTE We recommend you do not disable the Curves on Table option because in that case the data format is modified 39005425_2 doc 2 4 11 WMS for Windows WELDING Programming Stepper 2 4 12 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Report cjo WELDING 2 0 Report FS Using the function key ee or clicking the Report function opens This function enables error statistics to be created for each welding control over a maximum period of 24 hours The Report must be defined for each welding control Error messages defined in the configuration and welds executed for each welding control and for each welding programme are determined and processed statistically Three Reports may be created during a period of 24 hours Recalling the Report the following general screen will appear M Repor Environment lt G01 gt lt U00 FASE 334 gt Reportname start time End time test 0 00 00 0 00 00 Ghemencenenencece
25. the operator name and size of file external application etc and also some parameters that determine the mode in which data acquisition will be performed These parameters can be changed by the operator for particular requirements In all other cases we recommend not making any changes Parameter Standard Permitted Description values values LogPercentage 50 10 90 Percentage use of welding control s memory on reaching which WMS downloads the data If this percentage is reduced the data will be downloaded more frequently whereas if it is increased the risk of swamping the memory with consequent loss of data or block of welding is increased LogTimerTick 1000 500 5000 Interval in mS between data downloading from the various welding controls If this value is reduced the network traffic is increased whereas if it is increased there is a risk of swamping the memory with consequent loss of data or block of welding 39005425_2 doc 4 4 WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference cjo WELDING Spot reference This function relates to a new command interchange modality among automation systems robot PLC and the welding controls the commands in question are those relating to the selection of programmes containing time current or other parameters to be assigned to the various spots that must be welded These spots are identified on drawings with a specific code typical of each customer and or project W
26. time the output signal End of Sequence will copy the Start status Servovalve Status Input This enables the type of signal indicating the correct operation of the servovalve to be set that is when the pressure required by the welding programme is reached High logic status Normally closed Low logic status Normally open 2 2 4 Alarm programming F5 oa By pressing Alarms or clicking on _ the error messages window will open Warning alarms setup x seerne l a esenea Error reset configuration Here you may select up to 16 error messages with which to block progress of welding 39005425_2 doc 2 2 3 2 2 5 F4 m By pressing leettodes or clicking on you open the box for 2 2 4 WMS for Windows C SIWELDING progam hga e To select error messages click on one of the 16 lines and select the message from the drop down menu that appears Using the small button to the right you can activate the sequence block as soon as the error is verified If the symbol is X the alarm will block the welding control if the symbol is y the alarm will not block the device The messages selected in this table are processed in the Report function Alarm reset configuration The error reset may be selected from three available modes Normal End of Sequence and Repeat Sequence Error reset configuration End of Sequence Repeat Sequence e Normal the Error Reset comman
27. want to save the User Configuration confirm by clicking on Yes User configuration 2 Do you want to save the modifications made 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Protecting changes Password cjo WELDING 2 1 4 Other commands from the User Configuration window Modify Delete Print Hide Password Enable Security Authentication By selecting a user and then clicking on the button Modify you can change the data in the same way that they were inserted see paragraph 2 1 3 By selecting a user and clicking on the button Delete you can remove that user By clicking on the button Print the data contained in the window will be printed To print the password you should deselect the box Hide Password Selecting the Hide Password function asterisks will be displayed instead of the characters in the various user passwords We recommend that the System Administrator always leave this option selected when editing the User Configuration window in the presence of strangers By selecting the box Enable Security the protection provided for by the Protected Commands is enabled If the box is deselected the only protected command is User Configuration Selecting the button User Number the user authentication dialogue box will ask the user to insert the User Number Selecting the button User Name the user authentication dialogue box will ask the user to insert the User Name see figure at paragraph 2
28. welding control for the counter displayed belongs Clicking this button will sort the objects on the list in increasing order by number of group Unit This field indicates the type of device M or A respectively for Manual or Automatic device the number of logical units and the name of the welding control relating to the counter displayed Object This field indicates the type of object to which the counter relates stepper cable or dressing tool In the case of a stepper counter the number and name of the stepper is also given In the case of a cable counter the identification of the cable A or B is given Clicking this button you sort the list as follows first the steppers then the cables both in decreasing order by number of weldings and lastly the dressing tools Weldings This field indicates the number of weldings done respectively by a stepper or by a cable In the case of the steppers these are reference sample weldings while for the cables they are the effective weldings This field is not used for the dressing tools Clicking this button you sort the list as follows first the steppers then the cables both in order of decreasing number of weldings lastly the dressing tools Dressings This field used both for the steppers and for the dressing tools indicates the number of dressings done This field is not used for the cables By clicking this button you sort the list as follows first the steppers
29. 0 Ea Closes the upgrade function window 4 6 3 Configuration If the upgrade firmware has been defined upgrade configuration follows Configuration may be done in two ways e for each individual welding control selecting the one desired and opening the configuration menu for a group of welding controls selecting one and enabling the box M Show only compatible devices only welding controls compatible with that selected will be displayed in this way the upgrading will be done for all devices displayed l re Open the configuration menu with anfgure or Multiple Configuration x Language versions Available Firmware versions Available Configured ee Espanol Nederlands Francaise Italiano Polski Portugues Only languages upgrade Status Requested space Upgradable moe Available space fi 1828 Byte Languages 2 Language ID D NL The number of languages that can be loaded depends on the space available on the welding control indicated in the box If this space is limited further languages cannot be loaded 4 6 2 39005425 _2 doc 4 6 4 WMS for Windows Data Management Updating the Firmware 3 WELDING The two buttons and enable the languages selected to be loaded or unloaded The lower boxes indicate the memory space occupied by the language selected the free memory space in the welding control the number of languages loaded and the acronym
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31. 09 zz S3 6 3KSPB s NR rm Srr s C dS oe SC Oe Oe Uo LC A CC a M FS reer aa _ 6 S S sS A The selection can be recognised by the arrow alongside it in the Index field Select all items present on the list All items contained in the table are selected Remove all selections This button removes all selections present in the table Invert selection status This button inverts the selection status of all items present in the table Exit Enables the spot reference function to be closed If changes have been made and not saved the programme will ask the operator to confirm the operation 4 4 4 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference 3 WELDING 4 4 2 Data display filter This function is activated by clicking on the Al button or by pressing the F1 Filtro function key The dialogue box enables the selection criteria to be determined for the items that are displayed in terms of device programme spot name and spot index they are applied with conjunction type modality AND Devices Programs Spot name 39005425_2 doc Data display filter l Programs E O couo m E couo Spot Name Spot Indexes 31 41 Avon When this box is not selected option not activated the spot references of all devices present in the network are displayed Display Edit on line or those of all configured devices Edit off li
32. 1 3 NOTE To test the protected command operation OFF LINE from the Welding controls no device selected you can edit a welding programme parameter and then save it on disk 39005425 _2 doc 2 125 Gries 2 1 6 WMS for Windows Programming Protecting changes Password 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Setup 3 WELDING 2 2 Setup F7 With the function key Setup or with the icon SEEL Im E3 you enter the configuration Setup lt G01 gt lt U0I FASE 334 gt Miel EJ Device Lasbesturing Weld332 oe welding F Yersion Release 4 516 50 Hz controls connecte Firmware of the Unit name FASE 334 i welding control General Parameters M Welding Sensor enable l Repetition enable W Welding enable Definable unit name o il Manual area Automatic area Data Acquisition M Result Acquisition l Alarm Acquisition l Change Acquisition M Avoid Data Overflow 4 j g 2 2 1 General parameters Unit name To enter or change the name of the welding control click on the field next to Unit Name and enter or change the name of the device Welding sensor enable Activates or disactivates acquisition of current by the sensor Repetition enable Sets the welding sequence to continuous cycle or disables it Welding enable Enables or disables welding current Manual Automatic area This is used exclusively to differentiate the devices displayed in the W
33. 5 Stp01 Curve Dressing 90 100 1 0 0 16 11 98 16 42 Abort 06 Stp01 Curve Dressing 90 100 1 0 0 16 11 98 16 42 07 Stp01 Curve Dressing 90 100 1 0 0 16 11 98 16 42 08 Stp01 Curve Dressing 90 100 1 0 0 16 11 98 16 42 l Sequence 09 Stp01 Curve Dressing 90 100 1 0 0 16 11 98 16 42 10 Stp01 Curve Dressing 90 100 1 0 0 16 11 98 16 42 After selecting the Stepper programme and clicking on Change or Create if there are no stepper programmes or if you want to create a new one the Stepper window will appear Curves on table BO BO Hold curves s0 40 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 YOO S00 300 Welding Paints The stepper programmes can be created by managing the increment in different ways They are divided by type into Curve Dressing and Spot Dressing and you can create the curve step graphically or by using a table The classic method is graphical if you want to use a table please see paragraph 2 4 4 The following paragraphs describe the two stepper modes on the basis of the type of step that you want to use you proceed with programming the parameters as at paragraph 2 4 2 39005425 _2 doc 2 4 1 WMS for Windows cj gt WELDING Programming Stepper 2 4 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 2 Dressing modes Stepper in the Curve Dressing mode Stepper repeated for the number of times set by the user requesting dressing each time When the set number of dressings has been completed electrode change is requested The current steppe
34. Alarm 2 red serious alarm When a field whether square or rectangle is not marked by any colour it means that the group or device cannot be connected or that communication has been interrupted you can check the error message by opening the function Network with F10 F3 see point 1 3 7 1 The connection data for the groups and or the welding controls connected are reported in the active fields 39005425 _2 doc 1 3 3 1 3 5 1 3 4 WMS for Windows WELDING Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS Online editing It is only possible to act on devices to create view or edit programmes or parameters Online that is the device on which you want to act must be selected CT B a a 2 a c lar ol 1 In the figure for example the device selected is unit OO of group GO3 Offline editing All welding programmes steppers and setups can also be created Offline that is without selecting them in this case when you exit the operation you will be asked to save the name and destination of the programme normally an archive directory You can thus work on programmes stored previously view them edit tham or Save them with a new name and later load them on the welding controls Sorting elements In the dialogue boxes where the list of elements to be consulted is displayed you can sort elements by any of the columns clicking on the button heading the desired column Change Hist
35. GFU WMS Welding Management System Instructions for operation SW 2 91 Edition 2 0 June 2004 Doc 39005425 E SIWELDING WMS for WINDOWS GF WELDING S p A Strada del Portone 18 24 10137 TORINO Italia Tel 011 3033 278 Italy Sales dept 011 3033 270 279 Foreign Sales dept Tel 011 3033 277 Italy Service 011 3033 274 Foreign Service Fax 011 3092046 e mail mail gf welding it web www gaf welding it li 39005425 _2 doc WMS for WINDOWS Contents 1 CHARACTERISTICS AND INSTALLATION 1 1 Characteristics 1 1 1 Compatibility 1 2 Installation 1 2 1 Installation of WMS Software 1 2 2 Configuration parameters 1 3 Starting the WMS programme 1 3 1 Warnings or errors on starting the programme 1 3 2 Language selection 1 3 3 Enabling Remote Configuration 1 3 4 Main menu __ _ 1 3 5 Sorting elements 1 3 6 Symbols and Function Keys 1 3 7 Welding control configuration 1 3 8 Selecting a welding control 2 PROGRAMMING 2 1 Protecting changes Password 2 1 1 Users 2 1 2 System Administrator 2 1 3 User creation 2 1 4 Other commands from the User Configuration window 2 2 Setup 2 2 1 General parameters 2 2 2 Data acquisition 2 2 3 Parameter insertion functions 2 2 4 Alarm programming _ _ 2 2 5 Electrode parameters 2 2 6 Cable wear Optional 2 2 7 Dressing tool wear 2 3 Create Modify View welding programmes 2 3 1 Editing 2 3 2 Configuration parameters 2 3 3 Welding parameters 2
36. Help Percentage of total weldings beyond which Warning is set Warning threshold E 0 100 Help No of weldings beyond which an Alarm is set Lovo Alarm weldings 10 65500 Help No of weldings for a piece Welds per pieces 1 100 Help Number of welding points after which dressing is requested Points to dress oT 1 65500 Help Emergency weldings to complete the piece after warning weldings m 0 93 Welds for emergency Help Number of tip dressings Dressings E 0 250 Help Tip dressing offset after the first one Dressing Offset 0 65500 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Stepper Gries Increase pressure increase current switch This field serves to switch from current stepper to pressure stepper and vice versa Current Pressure Increase curve This serves to increase the selected stepper curve that is by acting on this button the entire stepper curve is moved upwards by 1 F Decrease curve This serves to decrease the selected stepper curve that is by acting on this button the entire stepper curve is moved downwards by 1 E Reset curve The selected stepper curve is reset to zero that is it becomes a straight line at value O li Interpolate curve Acting on this button pr
37. Italian German French English Portuguese Spanish Flemish Polish Czech Starting the WMS programme Warnings or errors on starting the programme WHS Welding Management System E The Network interface card is not present on the BUS oris damaged tis anyway possible to use the program in OFF LINE mode In this case unauthorized use will result in Copyright violation Use in OFF_LINE mode This message may be due to loading the wrong driver load WMS and open the network function to check the driver loaded If the driver is correct next check the settings for the addresses see the users manual of the card installed In case of a SPP connection check that the COM1 port is free otherwise use COM2 see chapter 1 2 5 option NOTE WMS may be used in any case without interface card to consult the stored files of welding controls or to create edit welding stepper programmes and setup outside the network of welding controls Language selection To select the language select Configuration on the drop down menu WMS wj WMS Welding Management System tine vvindow 7 Information Co nig uration User Configuration Thu 15 Mar 2001 oc Then select the flag of the language desired Configuration x Remote configuration M Enable operations Configuration path C Documenti wms_en_2 83 cigwms configu cig Selected Language English
38. N Reset 30 11 01 13 40 15 Module Power ON Reset 29 11 01 09 21 59 74 Module Power ON Reset 27 11 01 09 32 45 x AN mn Via this function you can consult the Alarms History for the welding controls in the network and you can act to define the number of events or reset any alarms in progress The boxes in the column Programme give the colour relating to the alarm see paragraph 1 3 4 for the meaning of each colour 3 2 1 Description of commands 35 s0 No of Events Number of diagnostic messages no of events ES a In the box at the left the number of alarms that have occured up to this moment is displayed Clicking on the drop down menu you can set the number of alarms to be stored M Automatic Selection Automatic selection of welding control By ticking the box you automatically update the window every time you select a new welding control Edits the Welding Programme involved in the alarm Fa Prog z Y Normal this sends the normal alarm reset command Reset Sequence end the alarm is initialized and the welding F2 Ya control ends at sequence end Reset EJS Sequence repeat the alarm is initialized and the welding F3 Ma control continues with the welding sequence ResetRs Alarm update The alarms table is not automatically updated in order not to overload the network To update it click on the key shown to the left PS Refresh 39005425 _2 doc 3 2 1 WMS for W
39. O1 04 08 99 15 16 03 Prof1 Curr Const Yes O1 04 08 99 15 16 04 Prof1 Curr Const Yes O1 04 08 99 15 16 05 PrgQl Curr Const Yes Ul 16 11 38 03 52 Abort 06 Prg01 Curr Const Yes O1 16 11 98 09 52 O7 Prgf1 Curr Const Yes O1 16 11 98 09 52 08 PrgO1 Curr Const Yes O1 16 11 98 09 52 r 09 Prof1 Curr Const Yes O1 16 11 98 09 52 sequence 10 Prof1 Curr Const Yes O1 16 11 98 09 52 Now select the programme to be edited or created click on the number of the desired programme and confirm with Change or New You can now key in the new welding parameters or change them Not enable to run Repetition enable evp 5 R Welding mode Curr Const M Normal 01 Stp01 Pulses type Step lElec No Ho of welding pulses Welding repetitions 39005425 _2 doc 2 3 1 WMS for Windows c WELDING Programming Welding programmes 2 3 2 Configuration parameters Program name Welding mode Curr Const Prg01 Pulses type Normal Enable to run StepJElec No 01 Stp01 i Not enable to run Ho of welding pulses Repetition enable Welding repetitions Programme name Type in the name of the programme Enable to run Not enable to run The selected programme may be enabled or disabled A disabled programme cannot run even if it contains valid data Repetition cycle Sets to repeat spot single spot Welding mode The operative modes available are Normal Phase delay no measurement of curren
40. O3 fianc dx 00 1S7R 100 OQKWK1 AC 0040 L KR SV LI van Aa ej s gt jaj aje A e Index Spot Name Program 1527 QKW K1 BJ 4900 L ALLE 001 AP101 10 F_FRAESI 002 AP102 E gt 1549 QKWK1 BJ 5010 L ALLE 002 AP102 QKWK1 CF 2470 L SW LI 003 Prg003 004 P104 005 VP105 006 xP101 007 xP101 007 xP101 009 Progr009 009 Progr009 009 Progr009 QKWK1 CF 24 75 L SW LI SANN 9 S_FRAES11 gt 1001_ QKWK1 AC 0010 L KR SW LI kad 010 xP101 The section Operational mode offers three possibilities Display Edit on line Exit off line Enables data contained in the devices present in the local network to be displayed in real time Enables the operator to act on the association between spots and welding programs Only devices present in the local network are involved Enables the operator to act on the association between spots and welding programs Devices present in the local network and those not present are involved The table displaying the data is subdivided into five fields Group Unit Index Spot name Programme Contains the group number values from 1 to 30 and the associated name if any Contains the unit number of the welding control within the group values from O to 15 and the associated name if any Contains the number identifying the welding spot values from 1 to 65535 Identical spot
41. a dedicated to configuration of the operative mode The button is only active if an object is defined as current highlighted and is not tagged in a selection It is extremely important to understand the difference between a tagged selected object and the current object A tagged object is displayed in the list with yellow text on a black background with an arrow gt to the left of the percentage value whereas by current object is meant the object highlighted in the list displayed with the colours selected by the user through the Windows control panel for highlighted text and the background selected as that for highlighted text see Fig 6 To avoid confusion between tagged object and current object we recommend not using the same colours for highlighted text that the Warning Table uses for tagged objects yellow text on black background Tag all Tags all the objects present in the list F Lntag Untag object Untags the current object It is only active if the object defined as current object is tagged Fa Untag all Untags all the objects present in the list It is only active if at least Fa Stepper or one object is tagged Change parameters Recalls the editing function associated with the current object allowing its parameters to be changed If the current object is a cable or a dressing tool the Configuration function of the welding enter directly into the relative Change Parameters window control
42. ame and location of the files click the button or select the F3 function key corresponding to the data to be stored Mame en or F5 F7 Mame oralarm or Mame of Chan The standard Windows window for file selection will appear If the file selected already exists a warning message will be displayed and confirmation requested If you confirm the data acquired will be placed in the existing file after the existing data Otherwise a new file will automatically be created specifying the new name Once chosen the file name will be displayed in the box alongside the button C WMS283 DATA _LOG C WMS283 DATA ALG ff C WMS283 DATA CLG Warning It is not possible to access Data Acquisition if the External Configuration is activated see paragraph 1 3 3 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Data acquisition cjo WELDING 3 Programming maximum file size ey FL The operator must specify the maximum size that the file Je See may reach using the buttons illustrated alongside in order not to swamp the disk on which the data are stored Pii On activating one of these buttons the dialogue box oe Shown alongside will appear Here you may specify the maximum file size in Kbytes The permitted field of _ values is shown immediately below the box in which you E ae type the number and is determined in function of the 1000 free space on the destination disk Once programmed eee the maximum size is visua
43. and Selective edit backup saves the spot reference items under editing involving all devices selected in the display filter By clicking on KS the dialogue box is activated that enables storage path and file name to be defined Selective edit backup HE File name Folders EkpTstAP csv clwms2 a0 aie Cancel fa List files of type Drives Backup Import CSV Ec Network 4 4 14 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference cjo WELDING 4 4 9 Load from disk Fa By clicking on the E button or pressing the Lead File function key the following dialogue box is called up Load from disk Ei C Edit backup restore Device G03 U00 Heading lines Field separator l Overwriting enable l Initial table reset M Final congruence check Two mutually exclusive commands can be selected from this window The first Edit backup restore enables the last data saved on file to be restored The second External file tmport enables spot reference data to be imported from files external to WMS Device Heading lines Field separator Overwriting enable 39005425 _2 doc Pull down menu to select the device to which the file to be imported relates field disabled if Edit backup restore is enabled since the information is by definition contained in the file Pull down menu to select the number of heading lines from O to 10 present in the file to be load
44. arnings Table 39005425 _2 doc 2 2 1 GFE 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 WMS for Windows Programming Setup Data acquisition In the Data Acquisition menu see Chapter 4 3 there are boxes for Result Acquisition Alarm Acquisition and Change Acquisition which can be used to enable the following functions When Data Acquisition is enabled you can activate the Avoid data overflow box The function of this box is to avoid loss of data when the memory of the device is full and WMS cannot download for example if WMS is out of order or switched off or busy with other operations Note that in this case the device will stop welding until data download occurs To avoid a possible production halt allowing data loss to occur in this situation deselect this box Warning Changes only take effect after the new configuration is sent to the device Parameter insertion functions Fa Parameters By pressing or clicking on introduction window will open the general parameter General Parameters x Analog Output Offset Threshold Alarms for Electrodes 1 End of Sequence output min time S aao fi 20 jo 0 99 No Welding sensors Threshold Alarms for Unity Address Parity Electrodes 2 Le None Program code parity i 20 None a f a8 Ed Servovalve status input Normally Close Analog Output Offset The Offset parameter for the p
45. at care over this function since if the counter is reset without changing the cable the number of weldings done will be lost Before resetting the counter the operator is in any case asked to confirm it with this message Setup WARNING y Reset welding counter of gun cable 1 4 Cancel 2 2 6 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Setup 3 WELDING 2 2 7 Dressing tool wear By selecting the button you can open the Dressing Tool Parameters programming menu Dressing tool Ed Dressing tool counter pe 10000 Dresses 0 M Enable counter Set Reset Here you can programme the warning and alarm thresholds enable or disable the dressing counter and thus dressing tool wear management view the updated count and reset or set the counter All the parameters contained here are described below Warning threshold By clicking on this button you open the dialogue box where you can set the warning value as a percentage of the number of dresses set as the alarm threshold When this threshold is reached the welding as a control will generate an alarm which in its turn will cause a line to be get Warning level compiled in the Warnings Table containing the value of the dressing counter The window displays the minimum and maximum values Dressing tool Warning permitted for this threshold and a short description of the parameter 96 It is in any case possible to type the value directly into the fie
46. ated Spot Name Index 01003 Device G03 U00 EH Spot index 1555 Spot Name QKWKI CF 2470 L 5 Program number 003 Prg00 In this window the cursor is automatically positioned in the field in which the discrepancy has been found The operator may make the correction or may decide to abort the check For a description of the fields in the dialogue box please see paragraph 4 4 3 This function makes the following checks e It checks acceptability of the spot name only printable characters are accepted ASCII code from 20 to 7E hexadecimal e It checks acceptability of the programme number Acceptable values from one to the maximum permitted by the device typically 255 e It checks that the spot name is unique e It checks whether the welding programme associated to the spot index exists in the device This check can be disabled 39005425 _2 doc 4 4 9 WMS for Windows c WELDING Data Management Spot reference When the check programme existence function is enabled and one or more spot references refer to programs that are not defined a dialogue box of this type is displayed 4 4 10 opot Reference Ed References to inexisting programs inthe device GU4 WI00 gt Ignore Otherwise press Cancel to permanently disable the check o ca By selecting the ves button the negative result of the check of programme existence will be ignored for the purposes of checking congruence B
47. ax of the line indicated as default see example below Addresses assigned to welding controls B WMSTcpip INI Notepad File Edit Search Help HotSend WHSTcpIp Configuration TimerTick 500 Activation time mS z HostPort The code identifying the connection DevAdXXX is arbitrary The driver can support 127 welding controls To configure the addresses to be assigned to the devices consult the welding control programming manual Select the driver desired and confirm by clicking on Next 39005425 _2 doc 1 2 3 WMS for Windows sF WELDING Characteristics and Installation Installation 10 Wait until SETUP displays the Installation Complete message Setup Complete Setup has finished copying files to your computer Setup will now launch the program Select your option below I Yes i wantto view the README File T Yes Launch the program file Click Finish to complete Setup Install Shela 11 We recommend you close the Windows session and restart the system after installation is complete so as to make the changes introduced during installation operative 1 2 2 Configuration parameters User parameters in the File WMSCONF INI Main Configuration Cut Wind Move This parameter enables the WMS screen and the ICONS to be moved The parameter is thus set to 1 Single Task Setting the parameter to 1 blocks access to other programmes Thus with WMS open it is impossible to run oth
48. copying the STEPPERS Programs To switch from Copy STEPPERS to Copy PROGRAMMES R F3 All the programmes all the steppers and all the Nts configurations will be copied from the welding control selected at A to that at B F4 All the programmes all the steppers and all the Duplicate B configurations will be copied from the welding control selected at B to that at A F5 The programmes and or the steppers selected A p M prog pp will be copied from the welding control at A to that at B You can copy from one programme to another within the same welding control P A F The programmes and or the steppers selected eae will be copied from the welding control at B to that at A You can copy from one programme to another within the same welding control ASR F7 The programmes selected at A will be Exchange AB exchanged for those selected at B eg Fa The programmes and or the steppers selected Fo Delete A at A will be deleted F9 The programmes and or the steppers selected BEES at B will be deleted 39005425 _2 doc 4 1 1 4 1 2 WMS for Windows GF WELDING Data Management Welding programmes and Steppers If when executing one of these functions existing data is about to be overwritten the following message will draw your attention to this fact Copy x i WARNING One or more programs on B Unit will be over
49. d is normal e End of Sequence the Error Reset command generates End of Sequence e Repeat Sequence the Error Reset command with repetition of the sequence Electrode parameters insertion of electrode parameters Assigning the stepper Electrodes parameters x Electrode n 1 M Pressure factor in Welding Sensor Tip Force sensor kN measured at sensibility in sensibility in V KN maximum driving mY kA 0 01 30 00 50 0 2000 0 0 01 30 00 Selecting Stepper Electrode Selects the Stepper electrode for which the parameters are to be selected Maximum force factor in KN This programmes the maximum electrode pressure It is defined as the electrode force reached when the proportional valve outlet is at its maximum value 10V or 24mA Welding sensor sensitivity in mV KA This adapts the current sensor The standard value is 150mV kA Tip force sensor sensitivity in V KN optional Parameter to be set with the conversion coefficient declared by the manufacturer of the force transducer TF The force transducers must generate an analog signal in voltage proportional to the force to be measured 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Setup 3 WELDING 2 2 6 Cable wear Optional jal _ By pressing the key Cables or clicking on the Gun Cables Parameters programming menu will open Cable wear Gun Cables Parameters Cable 1 4 Counter Cable 2 B Cou
50. e looking for the number of welds that the electrode can do The first setting of the curve gives an increment of 40 divided linearly between 0 and 1000 Alarm Threshold value see figure above At weld no 500 the increment is 20 The second setting of the curve with the option Hold Curve disabled provides an increment of 40 divided linearly between O and 2000 the value 2000 is g inserted in the Alarm Threshold parameter 2000 0 g O wn 5 mo 500 Increment l Curves on table Hold curves vu 2 fga uw ST Cc lt a 200 400 600 3800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 Welding Points At weld no 500 the increment is 10 39005425 _2 doc 2 4 7 WMS for Windows WELDING Programming Stepper 2 4 3 2 Hold Curves option enabled When the Hold Curves option is enabled there are two possible situations as the Alarm Threshold value is varied If the new Alarm Threshold value is below the first setting the part of the curve between the origin of the axes and the new Alarm Threshold remains unchanged If the new value of the Alarm Threshold is above the first setting the curve remains unchanged and the remaining spots between the end of the curve and the Alarm Threshold take the value of the last spot of the curve Example You want to increase the welding current linearly during the first 300 welds done by the electrode and you are looking for the number of weldings that the electrode can do
51. eates the folder Line 1 Subsequently it periodically downloads the data acquired from the welding controls enabled for the function see next figure If the directory Line 1 already exists due to previous downloads WMS updates the files present adding new data after the existing data H E Stander G Access folder predefined with Configurator for Data Acquisition E Archiv H wmeweld Folder created automatically for storage s 5 Logfile a Ci aa E Line 1 gt f ae ae a files ia Alarms alg A72KB ALG 20 12799 ose 3 History clg 135 KB CLG 20 12 99 ae 3 Weld log 236 KB LOG 20 12 99 9 33 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Data acquisition SE WELDING Any other WMS present in the network with different user names will perform the same sequence of operations The figure below illustrates an example of the data archive structure in which there is one archive PC and 4 PCs with WMS named Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 enabled for Data Acquisition as in the previous example NET WORK Line 1 Archive Wmsweld Logfile Line 1 Line 2 Line 2 Line 3 Line 3 Line 4 Line 4 He 4 NETWORK 39005425_2 doc 4 3 7 WMS for Windows c WELDING Data Management Data acquisition 4 3 5 4 3 8 Operative configuration The file WMSCONF INI located in the WMS installation directory in the section W_LOG Configuration contains the operative parameters that reflect the setup inserted by
52. ect the welding control involved in the backup session 39005425 _2 doc 4 2 1 4 2 2 WMS for Windows GE WELDING Data Management Backup Backup operations Using the command buttons the following operations may be done 1 Backup Store contents of control memory on disk and or on hard disk 2 Reinstate Load from disk and or hard disk onto the welding control memory 3 Verify Compare between backup files on Compare disk hard disk and control memory 4 Convert Convert selected backup files into CSV format Delete operations implicated in current selection Select drive and or directory The backup status of each group and of each unit can be recognised by the colour of the associated icon COLOUR STATUS OPERATIONS ENABLED The control is configured in WMS it is Backup present in the network and the Reinstate corresponding backup file exists in the Verifi selected directory y Convert The control is configured in WMS it is Backup present in the network but the corresponding backup file does not exist in the selected directory The control is configured in WMS it is not Convert present in the network but the corresponding backup file exists in the selected directory The control it is not configured in WMS Convert thus it is not present in the network but the corresponding backup file exists in the selected directory NOTE All the functions exclusively refer to the
53. ed lines that must therefore be ignored Box to set the separator character between fields of items imported or restored whenever the character proposed in the international Windows settings as list separator does not correspond to that used by the file to be loaded When this box is selected an item being imported or restored will replace an existing item with the identical spot index If more than one item in the file has the identical index the last one prevails When this box is not selected on the contrary the pre existing item prevails or no such item being present the first item in the import or in the restoration prevails 4 4 15 GFE 4 4 16 Initial table reset Final congruence check By clicking on lk WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference If this box is selected the spot reference items for the devices involved are reset in advance With this box selected at the end of file loading a check of congruence is activated on the spot references being edited relating to the devices involved the dialogue box that enables selection of the path and file name for loading is activated see paragraph 4 4 8 Notes on the file to be imported it must be a pure text file file name with typical extension csv each line of the file must contain the data for one spot reference item e The fields must be ordered by the following criterion lt spot index gt lt separator gt
54. ed in the stepper Please note that when this mode is activated counters of steppers that do not meet this requirement for the pieces threshold and all cable and dressing tool counters even if in warning or alarm situation are not displayed e All In this mode all counters stepper cable and dressing tool are displayed whatever their status Only those counters that are disabled in general or relate to non existent steppers are not listed see Configuration 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis Warning Table cjo WELDING Type of Object The three selection boxes Electrodes Cables and Dressing select the type of counters to be displayed in the list If you select Electrodes the stepper counters will be displayed whereas if you select Cables the cable counters will be displayed Similarly if you select the box Dressing then the dressing tool counters will be displayed Any combination of the three options is possible and thus you can display all the corresponding types of counters at the same time It is impossible for obvious reasons to deselect all the boxes at the same time If you have selected the Pieces Threshold display option the three boxes will be disabled they cannot be selected since with that criterion only the stepper counters are displayed Type of Area or Device The two boxes Automatic Area and Manual Area allow you to choose the type of device whose counters will be displayed in the li
55. ed spot index F_FRAES1 Selected spot name 7 PAVIM3 Programme Selected Stepper Used O Sample Weldings Done 2 Number of Dressings Disabled Welding Cable Counter 4 Current Increment 0 Pressure Increment Enabled Current Sensor 0 0 Output Pressure val 1 0 0 Output Pressure val 2 0 0 Input Pressure 0 0 Electrode Voltage 0 93 Cosphi Detected 0 0 KA Estimated Minimum Current 0 0 KA Estimated Maximum Current 0 OK Welding Result 1 Pulse no 50 Programmed Current 50 Set Current 9 4 Current Measured 10 Programmed Welding Cycles 10 Actual Welding Cycles 39005425 _2 doc 4 5 1 WMS for Windows cj gt WELDING Data Management Creating a Traceout txt file 4 5 2 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Updating the Firmware cjo WELDING 4 6 Updating the Welding Control Firmware This function enables the welding control Firmware to be updated directly from WMS To do this the user must possess the Upgrade file to be loaded on the welding control This file has the extension BIN and is provided by GF WELDING in the correct format for use The file contains all data necessary for the correct configuration of the welding control and before loading the firmware you must select the options desired The file must be stored on a floppy disk or on the hard disk from where it can be uploaded to the welding control F10 The Upgrade menu may be opened with the function keys Be plus Fa Firmware Upg
56. efined The syntax provides for the definition both of individual spot indexes and of intervals of spot indexes each separated by a comma from the subsequent one Intervals of spot indexes must be expressed as the lower limit separated by a hyphen from the upper limit EXAMPLE with 1 37 48 1027 all items with spot index 1 all items with spot index between 37 and 48 inclusive as well as all items with spot index 1027 will be displayed 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference 3 WELDING 4 4 3 New Welding Spot This function may be accessed by clicking on the F2 the Insert Device Spot index Spot name Programme number NOTES button or by pressing function key New Welding Spot Device KeMEsUTIT Spot index I opot Name Program number a Pull down menu enabling selection of the device group and unit to which the new welding spot will be attributed Numerical field to enter the identification number of the new welding spot values between 1 and 65535 Duplicate values cannot exist within the same device Alphanumeric field maximum 32 characters to enter the name to be given to the new welding spot Duplicate names cannot exist within the same device Pull down menu enabling selection of the programme used by the device to produce the welding spot in case of external request The device generates an alarm at execution if the programme is absent Fo
57. ents V Automatic Selection Soma User DASE ee Brasat Causal Old value New value Time 30 10 00 13 55 39 Setup R A Aa Ea 0 ae ceeenes Disabled a nabled 23 10 00 17 00 36 S etup R Alarm Acquisiti 0 O Not specified E nabled Disabled 23 10 00 16 53 17 Setup R E Alarm Acquisiti 00 Not specified Disabled Enabled 23 10 00 14 43 11 Setup R Alam threshold 00 Notspecified 0 100 04 10 00 15 23 35 Setup R Avoid Data Ov 00 Not specified Blocking Non blocking 30 10 00 12 06 17 Setup Ri O Avoid Data Ov 00 Not specified Non blocking Blocking 23 10 00 14 43 11 Setup R Change Acquis 00 Not specified Enabled Disabled 30 10 00 13 55 39 Setup Ril 6 Change Acquis 00 Not specified Disabled Enabled 23 10 00 17 00 36 Setup R ie Change Acquis 00 Not specified Enabled Disabled 23 10 00 16 53 17 Setup Ril O Change Acquis 00 Not specified Disabled Enabled 23 10 00 14 43 11 Setup Ri O Data Acquisition 00 Not specified Enabled Disabled 30 10 00 13 55 39 Setup R Data Acquisition 00 Not specified Disabled Enabled 23 10 00 17 00 36 Setup Ril 6 Data Acquisition 00 Not specified Enabled Disabled 22 1000 165317 Description of commands Events M Automatic Selection F5 Fefresh Fa Prog Fa Setup Fa Stepper 39005425_2 doc H 6 e Li a ce In the box at the left t
58. er programmes Exit Windows With Parameter 1 you leave Windows automatically when you close WMS Network This parameter manages periodic activation of the WMS Parameter network manager Activation Time Standard 100 msec Minimum 50 msec Maximum 1000 msec Normally the user does not need to act on this parameter IO Time Out This parameter controls the transfer time for the data packages Standard 30 sec Minimum 5 sec Maximum 60 sec The purpose of this parameter is to balance the error time out on the basis of the number of devices connected Date Time upgrade This parameter manages the frequency with which date and time of the connected Weld 332 and Weld 334m devices are updated Standard 10 min Minimum 1 min Maximum 60 min After installation proceed with network configuration 1 2 4 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Installation s WELDING 39005425_2 doc 1 2 5 WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 To start the WMS software click on the WMS symbol in the window WMS for WINDOWS The programme starts automatically you can drag the WMS exe icon into the Start window Windows 3 1 or drag the icon onto the desktop creating a connection with the file Windows 95 98 After having started the WMS programme the Main Menu is displayed The WMS programme can be set to eight different languages
59. f welding control This menu allows all upgraded data relating to a welding control to be downloaded into the backup memory and then loaded onto the new device after the replacement has been made F Using E or the icon CHMEASAOk you can open the Repacement menu p lt El F1 Having selected the device to be replaced enable TESDA data transfer from the welding control to WMS During data transfer the status bar displays progress in green E s NOTE During transfer other functions of the centralizer may be used El F3 Data transfer may be stopped by activating F3 Abort Confirmation will be requested if you want to interrupt click on YES otherwise click on NO and the transfer will continue stop data transfers When the transfer is completed the command for data transfer onto the welding control is enabled and the status bar indicates 100 Warning While waiting for the replacement to be completed you may use other functions but you must not close the window of this function otherwise the data from the control will be lost z With Fi you then start loading the data onto the p Writing replacement welding control The status bar indicates progress of this transfer in red e When the value reaches 100 the transfer is complete and you may close the function 39005425_2 doc 4 7 1 WMS for Windows cj WELDING Data Management Replacement of welding control 4 7 2 39
60. g controlyalve during controlvyalve after cycles valve cycles of pressure of pressure variation variation EYP Mode Squeeze ELYS S Squeeze ELYS R 2 0 5 S 10 00 0 00 30 00 R 110 00 0 00 30 00 Pressure control mode EVP This enables you to select the electrode pressure control mode during pressure welding and hold cycles Pressure control modes differ on the basis of the presence of a further electrovalve or a proportional servovalve In the case of two electrovalves a normal one and an additional one two different pressures may be given which we will call S and R In the case of a proportional servovalve two pressure values S and R exerted by the electrodes can be programmed Note however that ELVS will always be the pressure that is exerted at the start of the requested pressure cycle If you do not want to control the pressure select Mode O For further information or details about the parameters please see the instructions contained in the welding control programming manual 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Wind CANRAN e 3 WELDING 2 4 Create Change View Stepper Programmes F3 By pressing the function key A or clicking on the icon Stepper List Stepper Mode Warn Alarm WpP Cnt Drs Modified Curve Dressing 0 15 03 01 95 16 11 98 16 42 15 16 11 98 16 42 1 02 Stp l Curve Dressing 90 100 1 0 03 Stp01 Curve Dressing 90 100 1 0 04 Stp01 Curve Dressing 90 100 1 0 0 16 11 98 16 42 0
61. g group then select the subgroup third line and the welding control desired In this case do not make the selection using the keyboard The selection may also be made with the drop down menu beneath the word FASE in this menu the left hand window identifies the group the right hand one the welding control Thu 15 Mar 2001 11 18 UOO FASE 334 DOO FASE 554 TT 39005425_2 doc 1 3 9 WMS for Windows WELDING Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS WHITE PAGE 1 3 10 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Z PROGRAMMING 39005425_2 doc GFE Gries 2 2 WMS for Windows Programming 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Protecting changes Password cjo WELDING 2 1 Protecting changes Password The commands that WMS can execute are subdivided into two classes e Non protected commands to view programmes or parameters set for the welding controls e Protected commands to change the programmes or act on the welding controls The protected commands require if protection is enabled recognition of the operator who is identified by a user number user name and password optional to be entered in the Authentication window when saving any changes you have made WMS Welding Management System x USER AUTHENTICATION IN Use of this function requires the user identification Level ADministrator User Number Password Exa
62. gue box is displayed Welding Spot Data Change The operator may change both the Spot Name and the Programme Number NOTE The o Aon button in the Spot Reference Comparison dialogue box from which this box is accessed does not cancel changes confirmed at this level 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference 3 WELDING 4 4 7 Save on Unit This function which is only available in on line editing sessions is activated by FG button or by pressing the 860e function key clicking the This message appears opot Reference Es Unconditional writing of devices es Mo By clicking the ae button the edited spot reference items are unconditionally stored in the respective device memories By clicking the No button storage in each device memory is conditional on the fact that the version of the current spot reference to be overwritten coincides with that on which the changes have been made This option enables loss of competing changes to be avoided see paragraph 4 4 10 39005425_2 doc 4 4 13 WMS for Windows c WELDING Data Management Spot reference 4 4 8 Save to disk 4 F8 By clicking on the 4 button or pressing the 24 _file function key the following dialogue box is called up Save to disk C Global edit backup The command Global edit backup saves the spot reference items under editing involving all devices configured The comm
63. he normal and special types of pulse 2 3 2 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Welding programmes cjo WELDING Number of repetitions After one of the following diagnostic messages appears e current below minimum threshold e current below limit threshold e no welding current with this parameter you can repeat the welding spot up to 10 times Valid only for modes with current measurement Monitor Curr Const and Roll Mon Roll CC 2 3 3 Welding parameters The welding parameters are inserted in the lower part of the screen The parameters can either be inserted directly in the boxes below the symbol indicating each by double clicking on the box or after having activated the symbol in the corresponding field Clicking on the symbol will open another small window in which there is a short description of the function and the appropriate values to insert The welding control will not accept inappropriate values error message when you save NOTE For correct selection of parameters you must know the application criteria for the various parameters Squeeze time Pressure Pressure variation etc The purpose of this manual is not to instruct on programming the welding control thus descriptions are general in nature Please see the welding control programming manual for a detailed description S Squeeze time ee This is the time expressed in cycles needed for the Number of cycles during electrodes to close which t
64. he System Administrator is the only user with the privilege of creating other users and may also execute any command The ADMIN user is the only user at the Administrator level and may not be renamed or cancelled The System Administrator may enable dis enable the protected command function Enable Security User creation To create users you must first be recognized by WMS as the user ADMIN or as User Number O The user ADMIN initially has no password however for security reasons it is advisable to insert one After installing WMS the procedure to create new users is as follows 1 From the main menu click at the top left on the WMS menu 2 Select the command User Configuration 3 The User Authentication window will appear insert the user data of the user you want to be authenticated to execute the protected command WS Welding Management System x Minimum level that the user USER AUTHENTICATION must possess to be authorized IN Use of this function requires the user identification to execture the protected command Level ADministrator User Number The system requires the predetermined type of user Password authentication User Number or User Name 2 1 2 4 After having inserted the User Number O click on OK 5 The User Configuration window will appear User configuration x User Number User name Level Password ADministrator Modify Insert Delete Print HELE Options Authent
65. he number of changes made up to this moment is shown By clicking on the drop down menu you can set the number of changes to be stored By ticking the box you activate automatic updating of the window every time you select a new welding control Load from disk Save on disk Update Edit the welding programme Edit the current Setup Edit the corresponding stepper Display details of the tagged item see next figure 32521 WMS for Windows GF WELDING Supervision and Analysis Analysis of changes Change History lt G03 gt lt U00 FASE 334 gt SE n ei ee VK A Stepper 01 R 5 Spotcounterset _ 00 Not specified 950 3990 Ul a l lr Date and time of change Origin of the change Local Remote Parameter changed Grounds for the change Value before the change Dn Mm BR W N e Value after the change 3 5 2 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis System Monitor 3 6 GFE System Monitor This summary can be opened by pressing the function keys OW o plus or by clicking on the icon SESSA sau a a System Monitor EET Px 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Taa Joo All the welding controls connected to and recognized by the system are displayed subdivided into groups Group Name ee After pressing this key you can type in the name of the selected group in this box or change it The group is tagged by clicking on the cor
66. ication l Hide Password User name M Enable Security C User Number Abort 6 Clicking on the button Insert the window Modify User will appear This window asks you to insert a new user configured as follows e User Number 1 e User Name 1 e Level Backup e Password None 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Protecting changes Password 3 WELDING User Number fi User name PO Level ZT Password Cancel Modify User window at insertion of first user 7 AS an example we will modify the user configuration as follows e User Number 145 e User Name Rossi e Level Operator e Password Paolo By clicking on the editable fields you can insert the new data 8 After inserting the data click on the button OK to return to the User Configuration window Modify user x User Number IEE User name Rossi Level Operator x Password Taser Cancel Modify User window containing the data of a new user NOTE User Number Must be between O and 999 User Name The maximum length is 16 characters the system recognizes the User Name and the Password independently of upper lower case letters Level By browsing the drop down menu you can select the user configuration level Password The maximum length is 16 characters the system recognizes the User Name and the Password independently of upper lower case letters When key
67. ight GF WELDING S p A WINDOWS MSDOS are MICROSOFT registered trademarks PC AT is an IBM registered trademark Working on screen To operate in the Windows environment please see the Microsoft Windows user manual which is provided with each licence 39005425 _2 doc 1 1 1 Gries 1 1 2 WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Characteristics 39005425 _2 doc 1 2 1 2 1 WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Installation cjo WELDING Installation The installation procedure must be performed by personnel competent to use the Windows operative system Installation of the programme is fully automatic but during installation the system is configured on the basis of the communications network used and thus it is necessary to know what fieldbus to select see point 8 of paragraph 1 2 1 Installation of WMS Software 1 Insert the disk with the WMS Software in the corresponding drive in this case in Drive A 2 Open the Windows Main Menu Explorer or Resource Manager and access the floppy disk driver identify the file SETUP EXE on the disk select it and then confirm with OPEN 3 The WMS installation menu now loads and a note about copyright appears 4 To continue installation click on Yes 5 You will be asked to type in the name of the company to which the software is registered User Information x Type your name below You must also type the name of
68. indows ecj WELDING Supervision and Analysis Alarms Analysis 3 2 2 39005425 _2 doc 3 3 3 3 1 WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis Weld Analysis cjo WELDING Weld analysis This menu allows you to analyse the weld just done To select it press the F1 function key Ea or click on the icon EA ECESE This function gives a numerical and graphical display of the stepper counters for the electrodes and the gun cables The number indicates the weldings done while the bar indicates the percentage of welds done versus the alarm threshold Alarm threshold 100 The bars take on different colours depending on the status 2 Weld analysis lt G01 gt lt U00 FASE334M gt Weld date amp time Fri 0 7 Dec 01 09 02 Selected program TA Welding mode Curr Const Selected stepper 1 Stp01 Current sensor Enabled Cable weldings counter Actual No of reference welding Dressings 0 Increment Current Pressure Pressure Output Ch 1 Ch 2 Input Pressure Tip Yoltage Weld 10 0 k 100kA i gt _ 0 0kA OOA a Welding result Welding Spot Welding result The bar indicates the current as a percentage of the nominal value set The bars for the sample welding counters and the welding cable counters can take the following colours depending on the status of the counters e GREEN Counter in no
69. ing controls has been properly set up For information on this point please refer to the installation manual of the network card It is first necessary to configure the network the first time you start the programme only the welding control with logical address 1 will be displayed In order for the devices to be detected by the programme you must assign to each the logical address that will identify the node to which it is connected How you setup the physical addresses of the network of welding controls depends on the type of fieldbus used WMSNet Profibus FMS or Ethernet Tcp Ip a When using the nework WMSNet the address on the welding control is defined directly by the network connector see installation manual for the WMSNet card When using Profibus FMS the address on the welding control is defined through the 8 way microswitch present on the front When using the network Ethernet Tcp Ip you must assign the network address to all welding controls consult the programming manual of the welding control and subsequently record the address in the file WMSTCPIP ini see chapter 1 2 6 option For further details on network addresses consult the technical manual of the welding control Then click on the WMS main menu on the symbol Network The submenu Network diagnostics will appear Network Diagnostic olx Network Driver PROFIBUS FMS PROFIboard FMS WCP Supported Nodes 47 Vers
70. ing group 03 the three units assigned will be displayed in the lower boxes as may be seen the values indicated are not the logical addresses but the active units in the group Lil amp cry ea a woo T 1 3 8 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS 1 3 7 1 Network diagnostics When configuration is completed and the programme has been restarted you can open the network menu where all the devices connected are displayed and you can check the assignment of the addresses to the units You can also diagnose all network interruptions for each node Conn and Disconn columns and the number of transfer errors that have occurred v Network Diagnostic Mil x Network Driver PROFIBUS FMS PROFlboard FMS WCP Supported Nodes 47 Version 522 00 Version 2 02 Block Size 230 Configuration Connections 1 Active 1 J Ve x iD G U Up Down Up Down 10 TO TXE RXE 1 GO1U00 15 03 01 09 45 57 In the window you can identify ID Physical address G U Group Unit Up Down Date time of connection to the node Up Number of times switched on Down Number of times switched off IO Number of I O operations TO Transmission Time outs TXE TX error RXE RX error 1 3 8 Selecting a welding control To select a welding control for which you want to view or edit the data or in which new data must be inserted select the correspondin
71. ing in the password only asterisks appear on the screen to visualize the password disable the Hide Password box in the User Configuration window As an example other users have been inserted by repeating points 6 7 8 39005425 _2 doc 2125 WMS for Windows c WELDING Programming Protecting changes Password 2 1 4 9 Selecting the user ADMIN and then clicking on the button Modify you can insert the password for that user WARNING Make a note of your password because if you lose it it will not be possible to create modify the user configuration In case of loss of the user ADMIN password execute the following procedure 1 Close the WMS application 2 In the WMS Installation Directory locate the file Wms pkf this file contains encrypted information relating to the last authentication of the user ADMIN 3 Send the file Wms pkf to GF WELDING customer service GF WELDING will send back you the lost password At the end the User Configuration window will look like this User configuration Ea User Number User name Level Password ADministrator ae Operator J ohn Guest Backup Verdi Backup ns Rossi Operator Paolo Torre Programmer a aaa Options Authentication Hide Password User name Enable Security C User Number 10 Validate the new user configuration displayed by clicking on OK To go back to the previous configuration click on Abort 11 Another dialogue box will appear asking for confirmation that you
72. ion 5 22 Yersion 2 02 Block Size 230 Configuration Connections 1 Active 1 x ID G U Up Down Up Down 10 TO TXE RXE 1 G01 U00 15 03 01 09 45 57 By clicking on the same symbol or with F1 you can access the network structure Connections Configuration x Configuration PROFIBUS FMS Connections 1 Connections 47 Eae TES Max Address 1 Max Address 126 Abort G01 G02 GO3 G04 GO5 GOG GO GOS G09 G10 G11 G12 G13 G14 G15 G16 G17 618 G19 G20 G21 G22 G23 G24 G25 G26 G27 G28 G29 G30 u01 YL J j PSL SL LV J LS lS E J LS JE LS J eS J Le JE SS SS S a u02 EE J S a S E Se eae u03 el el el el el eel ed 39005425 _2 doc L537 WMS for Windows WELDING Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS Here you can assign the individual devices to groups G01 G30 and subgroups or units U00 U15 By selecting Predefined you occupy unit 00 of each group with a welding control address and that is from 1 to 30 in increasing order from left to right If you want to group together more than one welding control per group proceed as follows for the first network connection preferably activate Reset this enables you to reset any addresses occupied previously If for example you want to assign addresses 1 2 and 3 to GOH CO2 CO3 CO4 G Group 03 you must select the corresponding field of the matrix uoo E in this case for example first select the box coreresponding i t
73. ips get closed Permitted field 0 99 cycles Pre squeeze cycles ff 0 99 Pressure This is the time expressed in cycles needed for the Help Number of cycles during electrode pressure to be reached MERONE ouencn ie reache Squeeze cycles Permitted field 1 99 cycles 1 39 Pressure variation ae This is the time expressed in cycles needed for the Number of cycles during i which the squeeze delta is pressure variation to occur applied Permitted field 0 99 cycles Delta squeeze cycles Number of cycles during welding current to rise from the minimum value to the padre al aac lea reached programmed value 0 98 Permitted field 0 98 cycles ie iin ae Blanking cycles This is the time expressed in cycles of the welding pulse during which the current is not measured Permitted field 0 99 cycles Slope up cycles This is the time expressed in cycles needed for the Help Number of cycles during which current is not measured Blanking cycles O 1 99 39005425 _2 doc 2 3 3 GFE 2 3 4 Welding cycles This is the duration in cycles of the welding pulse Permitted field 0 99 cycles 3 Slope down cycles This is the time expressed in cycles during which the welding current decreases from the programmed value to the minimum value Permitted field 0 98 cycles Wait cycles Th
74. is a HBM304 GF WELDING with 4 xx or 5 xx firmware versions installed before 1998 This driver supports 62 welding controls on two ports of 31 devices each PROFIBUS FMS Siemens CP5412 A1 If the interface card is a Siemens model CP5412 Al now obsolete in use before 1998 This driver supports 50 welding controls connected to one port PROFIBUS FMS Softing Profiboard If the card is a PROFIBOARD by Softing current it supports 47 welding controls on a single port Direct Cable RS485 GF WELDING SPP If you want to use the programme as a connection to a single welding control not networked via the serial port of the PC This option does not require an interface card and allows connection to one device using the GF WELDING cod 32102117 adaptor cable via the connector of the programming terminal HHT4300 By default the driver uses the computer s serial port COM1 If this port is already being used by a device mouse the interface cable must be connected to the serial port COM2 in this case edit file SPP ini located in the WMS folder by replacing the value 1 with the value 2 at item CommPort Save and load WMS Ethernet Tcp Ip This option requires an Ethernet type 10BaseT interface card plus ths communication protocol Tcp Ip to be installed on the PC Once installation of WMS is completed the addresses of all devices connected to the network must be recorded manually modifying the file WMSTcpIp ini respecting the synt
75. is is the duration expressed in cycles of the current gap between welding pulses in pulse welding Permitted field 0 99 cycles Hold cycles This is the time expressed in cycles needed for electrode cooling after welding Permitted field 0 99 cycles Electrode opening cycles Only in the case of spots welded in series the time in cycles during which electrodes remain open between individual spots Permitted field 0 99 cycles Welding current The percentage of the max current for the machine in all NORMAL and MONITOR operative modes Permitted field 10 100 Welding current Nominal value of the welding current set in KA in all CURR CONST operative modes Permitted field 0 1 150 0 kA Reference current For diagnosis and control of the welding current input in kA only in MONITOR mode Permitted field 0 1 150 0 kA kd First half cycle Sets the smallest firing angle of the first half cycle in electrical degrees Permitted field 30 135 electrical degrees WMS for Windows Programming Welding programmes Help Number of cycles during which current is flowing through tips Welding cycles i 1 39 Help Number of cycles during which current decreases from nominal to minimum value Slope down cycles O 0 98 Help Number of cycles between two welds Wait cycles 0 0 99 Help Number of
76. ith the traditional methods these welding programmes are selected by binary codes or bcd but this type of interaction makes it difficult for the operator starting from drawings of objects to later identify the welding spots with the programmes that have executed them In practice this information is lost on the welding controls With Spot Reference on the contrary it becomes possible to use the reference present on the project drawings the spot code on the drawing or Spot Name is stored in the welding control and used both in selecting parameters and in the various reports The Spot Name may contain up to 32 characters This means that its transmission might slow production processes An information interchange mechanism has therefore been established through a very short index of 16 bits from which the name of this function derives In automation systems robots etc a table of associations between Spot Name and Spot Index is generated the spot index is that sent to the welding controls The function operates on the welding control through a corresponding transcoding table which defines univocal associations between spot index values received and the number identifying the welding programme An alphanumeric string known as the Spot Name is associated to each Spot Index value this name being the same that on the robot end activates that index Thus the information circle is closed The table on the welding cont
77. keys Ett plus spotlog Spot Logger OL x fr C WMS283 DATA LOG ad CN Configuratio KByte Area C WMS283 DATA ALG x i mooo i CAWMS283 DATA CLG poa Status indicators for File Percentage 1 operations in Disk Percentage 38 progres Download in progress 0 601 G02 GOS GO4 GO5 GOE GO GOS G09 610611 612 613 614 615616 G17 G18 619 G20 G21 G22 G23 G24 G25 G26 G27 628 G29 G30 ugg S S Es a m OOO COOC Welding Controls enabled for data acquisition TTT The top of the window contains the buttons used to configure this function immediately below these are the indicators of the status of disk file and the download under way and the STATUS box with the colours relating to the current operative conditions of the welding controls on line In the lower part is a table in which the networked welding controls are reported together with their data acquisition status Description of the process Data acquisition comprises the following phases e Each device WELD332 or WELD334m enabled to acquire data sends a request to WMS for download when the data accumulated in its memory reach a set percentage of the memory available e WMS stores the request and starts the download of data as soon as any other download under way has finished e The welding control meanwhile continues to acqire data using the reserve memory until WMS makes the download Should this not occur in time i e
78. l the type of counter any combination among stepper cable and dressing tool and the type of area manual automatic or both types e The control buttons enable you to act Using these buttons you can set and reset counters record dressing cycles reset the welding counter and increase the dressing counter of one or more steppers programme thresholds and in general view and change parameters e In the list of objects the objects are displayed in function of the chosen criteria You can reorder the objects by any of the fields The object that is tagged automatically deselects after sending a command to the welding control Status colours in the Warnings Table NOTE We recommend using the Windows standard combination of options in the Windows Screen Properties menu 39005425 _2 doc 3AL1 3 1 2 Jrk 2 WMS for Windows cj WELDING Supervision and Analysis Warning Table Each object in the Warnings Table may be in one of 4 specific situations indicated by the following colours Object status Colour of Colour of text back ground SSS 5 535E E5BG Current White Grey Current tagged Symbol in the status column Non current tagged Symbol in the status column This distinction is important to send the correct command to the welding control on the basis of the counter s status An object s status may be changed by using special buttons or by double clicking with the mouse on the object NOTE s
79. ld below 0 100 the button without opening the dialogue box ot g Alarm threshold By clicking on this button you open the dialogue box where you can set the value of the alarm threshold that is the number of dresses at which the welding control generates an alarm The welding control ee also stops welding if the alarm is programmed as a Blocking Alarm dressing tool can perform The box displays the minimum and maximum values permitted for this threshold and a short description of the parameter In this case Dressing tool Alarm too you can type the value directly into the field below the button 10000 without opening the dialogue box 100 10000000 ae 39005425_2 doc PT WMS for Windows SIWELDING presen ing ocd Dresses 0 M Enable counter eee eee eee ee eee eee eet t tre Help Insert new dressing tool counter value Dressing tool counter _ 2 2 8 Dresses This box shows the number of dresses done The value displayed is continually updated with data arriving from the welding control Enable Counter This box allows you to enable or disable the dressing counter If the counter is disabled the welding control will not count the dresses done by the tool and in consequence will not generate any alarms or warnings of dressing tool wear Furthermore the WMS Warnings Table does not display non enabled counters Set the c
80. lg e Network address of the welding control e Number and name of the Group 2 fields e Number and name of the Unit 2 fields e Area selected e Type of access R remote L local e Author of the changes e Parameter changed e Grounds for the change e Previous value of the parameter changed e Value inserted with the change e Date and time of the change 2 fields e Block enabling Warning Never consult the data files while automatic data acquisition is under way or while data is being downloaded from a welding control to WMS Data may be lost This is because many applications block the file on which they are working making it impossible for WMS to write data onto them 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Data acquisition 3 WELDING 4 3 3 Information displayed In the central and lower parts of the window some information relating to the download status are displayed Percentage indicators File Percentage 0 Disk Percentage p m 38 Download in progress 0 e File percentage This indicates the current file size as a percentage of the maximum programmed size When this percentage passes 75 the bar is coloured in red to indicate that the maximum size will soon be reached e Disk percentage This indicates the percentage of the disk that the programmed size of the data file occupies In this case too when it passes 75 the bar turns red to indicate that the disk is almost full e Down
81. licking this button you sort the list as follows first the steppers in increasing order by number of remaining pieces then the cables and lastly the dressing tools NOTE In the case of a stepper set to the Curve dressing mode the percentage bar in the Status column represents the total electrode life thus 100 is reached on totalizing the number of weldings equal to Spots to dress Number of dressings 1 Similarly the values indicated in the columns Weldings Remaining Weldings Remaining Pieces are calculated considering the number of dressings done 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis Alarms Analysis WELDING 3 2 Alarms analysis F5 Pressing the function key Alarms or clicking the icon ExmalcluitasalS 01 the Alarms analysis window is displayed zA Alarms Analysis lt G03 fianc dx gt lt U00 IS7R7 gt 50 No of Events M Automatic Selection e Program Index Spot Alarm Mime 02 01 03 09 06 05 a 74 Module Power ON Reset 06 12 01 18 11 01 74 Module Power ON Reset 06 12 01 09 13 09 74 Module Power ON Reset 05 12 01 11 00 22 74 Module Power ON Reset 04 12 01 15 34 39 74 Module Power ON Reset 03 12 01 14 54 17 74 Module Power ON Reset 03 12 01 14 38 55 74 Module Power ON Reset 03 12 01 14 38 12 74 Module Power ON Reset 03 12 01 09 59 15 74 74 74 il Module Power ON Reset 03 12 01 09 07 48 Module Power O
82. lized in the box Kbyte 4 Enabling automatic acquisition When you have defined the files for the data and their maximum size you can Pie enable automatic data acquisition using or Enable In this way WMS automatically downloads the data to be stored and stores them on diskettte In this condition configuarion changes are not permitted If the data acquisition window is minimized or acquisition is disabled while one or more downloads from the welding controls are under way the operations are not influenced by this and acquisition continues normally until it is finished Warning We recommend you do not exit WMS or Windows while data transfer operations are under way Otherwise data may be lost Always ensure that automatic acquisition is disabled and wait until any operations under way have finished 5 Disable automatic acquisition To disable automatic data acquisition click on the button F9 Disable If a data download from the welding controls is under way it is indicated that you must wait until the operation is finished then press the disable button again and confirm the subsequent request or press 6 Manual data acquisition pe F3 When you want to perform data acquisition manually Refresh you must first disable automatic acquisition see above Manual acquisition may be done at any time using the buttons illustrated alongside 39005425 _2 doc 4 3 3 4 3 4 WMS for Windows c WELDING Da
83. load in progress This indicates the number of downloads in progress By download in progress is meant a welding control with which data transfer is under way We recommend disenabling data acquisition only when the number indicated is O Table of welding controls connected This table is useful to know the data acquisition status of each of the welding controls connected to the network The colours indicate the status Grey The welding control is not enabled for data acquisition Green The welding control is enabled for data acquisition but is not enabled for prevention of data loss This means that if WMS does not download the data from the device in time before its memory is full the Subsequent data will be lost Yellow The welding control is enabled for data acquisition and is enabled for prevention of data loss This means that if WMS does not download the data from the device in time before its memory is full the welding control will stop welding until the data are transferred and or acquisition or prevention of data loss are disabled Red The welding control is enabled for data acquisition and has reached the maximum number of data that can be stored memory full Blue The welding control is the last device from which WMS has transferred data G01 G02 GO3 G04 GOS GOE GO GOS G09 610611 612613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 G21 G22 G23 G24 G25 G26 G27 G28 G29 630 uoo L uo2 Te ee wT T CLL a ee eee ee N ee ee eee ee
84. lue Field 0 50 Maximum threshold this is the upper tolerance permitted for the real value of the current as a percentage of the nominal value Field 0 50 Limit threshold this is the lowest threshold permitted for the actual current as a percentage of the programmed current increment step Field 5 50 Help CURRENT Minimum threshold of welding current in percentage Maximum threshold of welding current in percentage Minimum limit threshold of welding current in percentage Current tolerance E 5 50 Current tolerance 5 5 50 Limit current tolerance 5 5 50 TOLERANCE PROGRAMMED CURRENT STEPPER TOLERANCE ALARM THRESHOLD AREA ABSOLUTE CURRENT TOLERANCE m Help aa Cos Phi Nominal value of the power factor of the welding circuit it must be set for NORMAL and MONITOR to use the regulation field Nominal value of Power Factor of the welding circuit Nominal Power Factor 0 25 0 25 0 99 Field 0 25 0 99 For further information and details on the question of parameters please see the instructions contained in the welding control programming manual 39005425_2 doc 2 3 5 GFE 2 3 4 2 3 6 WMS for Windows Direct access to Configuration and the Stepper programmes Programming Welding programmes By clicking on this button you can edit the welding control configuration menu directl
85. mal close to the Alarm Threshold value Example You want to edit the stepper shown in the graph by Table mode The curve provides for a 40 increment divided linearly between O and 1000 Alarm Threshold value Weld Increment NV Curves on table F Hold curves Current Pressure 60 50 oO 40 ta 30 aa a JPAAAAAUNAJONOOANUNUJOUUUUNAOUJONUAAAUUUONONANOANJONOAUNENI oo i mi l l l l l l l 0 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 Welding Points 39005425 _2 doc 2 4 9 WMS for Windows cj gt WELDING Programming Stepper a By clicking on the button Insert Stepper Data in Table Form access the table for numerical data insertion Editing box _ Weld l Weld P Abort b With the mouse select a field in the table and the same values as the selected field will appear in the Editing box c Edit the contents of the Editing box with the numerical keys and confirm with the Enter key The contents of the field will change The complete Table is as follows Column A Progressive number of the increment Column B Number of the welding at which the current increment indicated in column C is applied Column C Percentage value of the current increment that is applied at execution of the welding indicated in Column B Column D Number of the welding at which the pressure increment indicated
86. mple of request for User Authentication The grounds for the changes may also be recorded by selection from the drop down menu The grounds are recorded in the History of Changes see paragraph 3 5 NOTE In the user configuration procedures the Description of Grounds box is not available 2 1 1 Users The users are recognized authenticated by the system as User Number or User Name Each user is created by the System Administrator with his her own User Number and User Name The System Administrator defines the authentication procedure by User Number User name Each user is assigned to a specific level that defines his her ability to execute certain commands The levels starting from the lowest level are Archivist Only executes commands to save data present on the Welding control onto disks Operator Executes commands of the level below and may also annul or change data relating to counters for the management of wear dressing Programmer Executes all commands except the User Configuration command Administrator Executes all commands The System Administrator defines a personalized password for each user this password is optional 39005425 _2 doc 2 1 1 WMS for Windows c WELDING Programming Protecting changes Password 2 1 2 2 1 3 System Administrator After WMS is installed the only existing user is the System Administrator who is recognized by default with User Number O or with User Name ADMIN T
87. n using the function Spot Reference Comparison see paragraph 4 4 6 NOTE The introduction of a new item in competition by one operator appears to the other after saving on the device as his her own cancellation empty fields in the corresponding item under editing vice versa cancellation of an item in competition by one operator appears to the other after saving on the device as his her own addition empty fields in the corresponding current item OPERATOR N 1 OPERATOR N 2 local station central station serial connection SPP local data network device 1 device 2 Etc 39005425_2 doc 4 4 17 WMS for Windows GF WELDING Data Management Spot reference 4 4 18 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Creating a Traceout txt file Gries 4 5 Creating a Traceout txt file On some welding automatisms it is necessary to communicate from WMS to the other device the data relating to the last welding programme performed by a Welding Control WMS automatically generates in the WMS installation directory a file in text format named Traceout txt containing the data relating to the last welding performed this file is updated at each new welding Example Below is the contents of the file Traceout txt containing the data of a hypothetical welding Welding Analysis 01 GROUP 04 Group 00 FASE 332 Unit Mon 29 Mar 1999 10 15 Date amp Time of Welding Normal Welding Mode 10 Select
88. ncy starts after the number of spots set for the Alarm Threshold parameter is reached When Spot Dressing is set the value of the Warning Threshold is set as a percentage of the Alarm Threshold value Help Help Percentage of total Ho of weldings beyond weldings beyond which which an Alarm is set Warning is set Warning threshold 2 Alarm weldings a fo 0 100 1710 65500 39005425 _2 doc 2 4 3 GFE 2 4 2 3 Ed E Ly D Stepper programme parameters Warning Threshold Number of weldings after which a Warning is set On the diagram this point is marked with a dotted grey vertical line Permitted field 0 100 Alarm Threshold Number of weldings at which dressing or electrode life is set Permitted field 100 65500 Spots per Piece Number of weldings for each piece that can be done with this electrode and with this programme Permitted field 1 100 Spots to Dress Number of weldings after which an electrode dressing is necessary Permitted field 1 65500 Spots for Emergency Number of weldings that can be done after passing the alarm threshold Permitted field 0 99 Number of Dressings Number of dressings allowed by the electrode change Permitted field 0 250 Offset Stepper Starting point of the stepper after the first dressing increased current C Offset disabled Permitted field 0 65500 2 4 4 WMS for Windows Programming Stepper
89. ne When this box is selected option activated the spot references are only displayed for the devices selected When this box is not selected option not activated all items are displayed When the box is selected option activated only those items that refer to the programs selected are displayed When this box is not selected option not activated all items are displayed When the box is selected option activated only those items whose spot names meet the filter specifications defined by the string below are displayed The syntax is based on the use of the special characters and in concomitance with characters which may be contained in the spot name The question mark admits any character present in the spot name at the corresponding position The asterisk may appear at most once in the string and admits the spot names of any concatenation of characters at the corresponding position Every other character admits items whose spot name contains the same character in the same position 4 4 5 GFE 4 4 6 Spot indexes WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference displayed whose spot names contain the string AC starting from the sixth character and the string SW at the beginning of the last six characters When this box is not selected option not activated all items are displayed all welding spots When this box is selected option activated a list of spot indexes to be displayed must be d
90. ne 1 GOTu00 wbk 19KB Docu 20 12 9911 30 aA 19991213 Ge GO1U01 wbk 19KB Docu 20 12 99 11 30 H E 19991214 Ge G01 ul2 wbk 19KB Docu 20 12 9911 30 ag 19991215 Gey GO2u00 wbk 19KB Docu 20 12 9911 30 ag 19991216 Ge GO2u01 whk 19KB Docu 20 12 9911 30 Gal 19991217 Ge GO2u02 whk 19KB Docu 20 12 99 11 30 g 19991220 gt p gt G03U00 whk 19KB Docu 20 12 9911 30 ps rA Ge GO3U01 wbhk 19KB Docu 20 12 9911 30 be GO3u02 whk 19KB Docu 20 12 99 11 30 Even if automatic backup is enabled manual backups may be made in any case provided that the destination folder for the backup files has a different name 39005425 _2 doc 4 2 5 WMS for Windows cj WELDING Data Management Backup 4 2 6 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Data acquisition 3 WELDING 4 3 Data acquisition option 4 3 1 General The data acquisition function is a tool that enables WMS to collect the Result of each welding the Alarm History and the Change History from welding controls WELD332 and WELD334m and store them on disk in text format for subsequent analysis The function is able to download data fully automatically or manually and by means of status indicators to display the progress of these operations It is also possible to stop the welding process should the welding control memory be full in order to avoid data loss Data acquisition can be accessed via the icon or the function F10 FE
91. nter Weldings 63 Weldings 84 Enable counter M Enable counter Set Reset Set Reset Here for each cable you can programme the warning threshold value enable or disable the counter and thus cable wear management view the updated count and lastly reset or set the counter All the parameters contained in this window are described below Warning threshold By clicking on this button you open the dialogue box where you can set the warning threshold value that is the number of weldings at R which the welding control will generate an alarm and the cable gun cable warning counter will be displayed in the Warnings Table The window displays the minimum and maximum values permitted for this threshold and a RAIE short description of the parameter It is also possible to key the value n directly in the field below the button without opening the dialogue OX Help 1 9999 g Alarm threshold By clicking on this button you open the dialogue box where you can set the value of the alarm threshold or the number of welding at P TA which the welding control generates an alarm and stops welding if the ax number of weldings that i gun cable can perform alarm is programmed as a Blocking Alarm The box displays the minimum and maximum values permitted for this threshold and a short description of the parameter In this case too you can type the value directly into the field below the but
92. o the position G03 UOO ios The following submenu will now be displayed Logical Unit Groyp 03 Unit 00 Physical device No device Selected element o aot On the top line the element selected is displayed at Physical device you can select the button No device enabling you to free this field if it were already assigned or to assign an address to it Through the drop down menu that opens by selecting W all the addresses that are still free are displayed Proceed to the address desired 1 and assign it to the current unit GO3 U00 At this point the corresponding field in the matrix will be CO co CO2 co GI coloured green and will display the address of the welding ug control Te SEE u03 Proceed as above to assign the remaining two addresses 2 and GO1 GOZ GO3 GC 3 in the positions GO3 U01 and GO3 U02 Hs E ude u03 Occupation of the fields may be in sequence as you wish assigning an appropriate address WARNING The address recorded in the network must correspond to that set on the welding control For further information consult the installation manual of the network card WARNING After having installed or modified the network exit WMS and restart the programme otherwise the new configuration will not be recognized After restarting the WMS software all the welding controls will be recognized with the addresses assigned On the main screen by select
93. oduces a flattening of the selected stepper curve x Direct operations on the stepper counter otepper List Ea ial Mode Warn Alarm ual i Cnt Drs Modified 01 Stp0i Curve Dressing S12 1000 i 850 OF 15 03 01 11 01 B TESH Curve Dressing 9072 100 1 495 0 16 11 98 16 42 Change 03 Stp01 Curve Dressing 902 100 1 15 0 16 11 98 16 42 04 5tp01 Curve Dressing 50 100 1 D 0 16 11 98 16 42 05 StpO1 Curve Dressing 50 100 1 D 0 16 11 98 16 42 Abort 06 Stp01 Curve Dressing 902 100 1 D 0 16 11 98 16 42 O7 Stp01 Curve Dressing 50 100 1 D 0 16 11 98 16 42 08 5tp01 Curve Dressing 50 100 1 D 0 16 11 98 16 42 Sequence 09 Stp01 Curve Dressing 902 100 1 O 0 16 11 98 16 42 10 Stp01 Curve Dressing 902 100 1 D g 16 11 98 16 42 Set Count Reset Count Reset Tot Dressing Set Count Reset Count Reset Tot Dressing 39005425 _2 doc Counter Preset see also par 3 1 1 In the stepper access window the Stepper counter value can be forced Reset counter see also par 3 1 1 The stepper counter with a blue background is set to 0 Reset all counters Welding Control All counters of the welding control are set to 0 Reset Dressing After dressing convalidation is necessary 2 4 5 2 4 3 2 4 6 WMS for Windows cj gt WELDING Programming Stepper Change final value of the curves Hold Curves option In the Change Stepper Parameters window there is a Hold Curves option controlled by the
94. ome colours those marked relate to the following colour options e Windows standard in the Screen Properties menu of Windows9X e Predefined in the colour options in the Windows Control Panel thus if you change these options the colours will change in particular Black is the colour selected for text grey is the colour selected for buttons The colours without an asterisk are independent of the screen options selected forced colours Operative configuration The figure shows the configuration area in the operative mode Here you can select the criteria with which the system determines the elements to display in the list Configuration M Stepper M Automatic area M Cable Manual area M Dressing PAI O 16 Tagged 0 Display criteria The situation for counter display may be selected from the drop down list e Warning Only those counters stepper cables and dressing tools that have reached or passed the warning threshold are displayed Counters not meeting this criterion are not listed e Pieces Threshold Only those counters for the steppers for which the number of pieces remaining is below or equal to the set threshold are displayed see Selection of Pieces Threshold When you select this mode cable and dressing tool counters are not listed The number of pieces remaining is determined from the number of sample welds effected and the alarm threshold parameters and spots per piece programm
95. orresponding to the spot reference items stored in the device memory at the time of the operator s request for comparison are displayed The symbol between the two columns indicates the potential update of the item memorised in the device in grey that will be replaced by that edited by the operator in black If the symbol is not present this indicates the potential maintenance of the item stored in the device memory and is displayed in black The lines in which the fields of the column Current Spot Reference items are empty indicate new items inserted by the operator The lines in which the fields of the column Spot Reference under editing are empty are originated by cancellation of items by the operator The Spot Reference Comparison window is initialised so as to support the potential updating of all items stored in the device memory with the corresponding items edited by the operator In other words each line displays the symbol and all items in the right hand column Current Spot Reference items appear in grey For each line the operator may decide differently double clicking on the line itself This operation inverts the situation and this is displayed by the disappearance or reappearance of the symbol 39005425_2 doc 4 4 11 4 4 12 WMS for Windows c WELDING Data Management Spot reference When a line of the table is highlighted the Edit button is enabled On clicking this button the following dialo
96. ory lt G01 gt lt U00 FASE 334 gt 8 so No of Events s zal M Automatic Selection CO 2 ee miin Object User Change Causal Old value New value Time Stepper 01 R Spot counter re 00 Not specified 0 20 12 00 10 46 24 Progra 1 L 5 Off cycles 8 130 232 03 05 75 00 38 24 Progra 1 D Program name 130 27 06 74 13 00 46 Proara T1 fy Pre enueazar 213M A 10 0R 74 N1 2R 2N 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS GF WELDING 1 3 6 Symbols and Function Keys 1 3 6 1 General Symbols and Function Keys Symbol Function Key F1 Load file from disk or hard disk Fi Load File F2 Save file on disk or hard disk PA Save_File F8 Load data from device to centralizer WMS Load Dey F9 Load data from centralizer WMS to device Save Dey When writing either on disk or on the hard disk the programme checks automatically that data with the same name or programme number do not already exist Programming ES To overwrite these data confirm by clicking on the button OK otherwise click on Program exists Overvwrite 7 7 Ace ners CANCEL the existing data will not be overwritten Fe Print data from the corresponding window rir F10 Close the corresponding window x Sui A message will appear calling your attention if changes to the data have been made and have not yet been saved on disk
97. ounter This button opens a dialogue box where you can set the counter to any value between O and the alarm threshold The box contains a Short description of the function and indicates the maximum permitted value Note that it may sometimes happen that the maximum value indicated differs from that just set for the alarm threshold since the maximum value reflects that currently known by the welding control This occurs when you access this function after having changed the alarm threshold without first sending the new configuration to the device Reset the counter This resets the counter value to zero It may be used after having replaced the dressing tool Take great care over this function since if the counter is reset without changing the dressing tool the number of dresses done will be lost Before resetting the counter the operator is in any case asked to confirm it with this message P WARNING 2 Reset dressing tool counter Cancel 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Welding programmes 2 3 2 3 1 GFE Create Modify View welding programmes Editing F4 To insert the parameters open a welding programme by pressing Frograms or clicking on the icon NOTE While editing to create modify view a programme you must first select the welding control device Online Mode otherwise a new programme menu will automatically open in Offline mode Program list 20 12 00 Curr Const Yes
98. pot references of the devices and the respective data under editing Copy selected items to notes Makes a copy in the notes of the items selected in the table Recall programme Recalls the editing function for the programme associated to the item highlighted in the table This button is only enabled when the programme is present in the device memory Save on unit This function is only available during on T line editing sessions It enables data in the memory of the respective devices present in the local network to be saved Print Prints the data relating to devices determined through the display filter Save on disk Activates the data saving function on the mass memory floppy disk hard disk or other Load from disk Activates the function of loading data from the mass memory of previously saved data Open record file Enables immediate access to the log file to display historical events of the WMS 4 A 39005425_2 doc 4 4 3 WMS for Windows c WELDING Data Management Spot reference Paste items stored in notes Pastes the content of the B notes in the spot reference of a device it subsequently asks which device v xK Select Deselect highlighted item This is a bistable button It changes the selection status of the item highlighted in the table DOIS7R 9 S_FRAES11 gt 1001 QKWK1 AC 0010 L KR SW LI 009 Proqr009 O3 fianc dx O0 1S R 1005 OK WK1 AC 0030 L KR SW LI 009 Progr0
99. r programming please see Chapter 2 of the WMS manual e In the dialogue box one device and one spot index are initially proposed the spot index is the lowest value available for that device e If the spot index entered is already present in the spot reference the corresponding existing item will be edited In that case the operator is asked to confirm the operation explicitly 39005425 _2 doc 4 4 7 WMS for Windows c WELDING Data Management Spot reference 4 4 4 Welding spot data change ae This function may be called up by clicking on the button or by pressing F3 the hange function key or by double clicking on the item to be edited Welding Spot Data Change Es Device CURA U I Spot Index i 555 Spot Name QKWKI CF 2470 L 5 Program number 003 Prq003 Avon Please see paragraph 4 4 3 for a description of the fields in the dialogue box In the Spot Index field a new item may be created If a value that already exists is entered an item different to the current item will be edited In both cases the operator is asked to explicitly confirm the operation 4 4 8 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference 3 WELDING 4 4 5 Check congruence This function is activated by clicking on the D button or by pressing the F5 Congmence function key Each time incongruence is found a dialogue box with a description of the problem is displayed Check congruence Ed IN Duplic
100. r value is reset or forced to the Offset value after each dressing In the Curve Dressing mode a second counter known as the dressing counter is used The current value of the dressing counter is displayed in the Warnings Table When the current value of the dressing counter is equal to the value set in the parameter Dressing Number electrode change is requested The current value of the Dressing Counter is reset via the button Reset Selected Counters The Electrode Warning error messages E001 and E002 are generated when the Warning Threshold value of the parameter is reached before each request to dress or change the electrodes The Electrode Alarm error messages E049 and E050 are generated when the Spots to Dress parameter is reached at the same time as the request to dress or change the electrodes The Dressing Alarm error message E066 is generated when the parameter Spots for Emergency is passed The count of Spots for Emergency starts after reaching the number of spots set in the parameter Spots to Dress The Change Electrodes Alarm error message E067 is generated when the parameter Spots for Emergency is passed The count of Spots for Emergency starts after the number of spots set for the parameter Spots to Dress is reached on the occasion of a request to change the electrodes When Curve Dressing is set the Warning Threshold d is set as a percentage of the value of Spots to Dress Number of Dressings 1
101. responding line System Monitor 39005425 _2 doc 3 6 1 WMS for Windows cj gt WELDING Supervision and Analysis System Monitor 3 6 2 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management 4 DATA MANAGEMENT 39005425 _2 doc GFE Gries 4 2 WMS for Windows Data Management 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Welding programmes and Steppers 3 WELDING 4 1 Copy Delete Welding and Stepper programmes Fa Using the function key Copy or the icon ASJ SEU you can access the functions COPY and DELETE welding and stepper programmes In the window that opens you can select the welding controls among which you want to copy move or compare programmes or steppers Copy STEPPERS Jof x cov B A lt G01 gt lt U00 FASE 334 gt ae or TESTI Curve Dressing 15 03 01 16 080 A 2 02 Stp02 Point Dressing 15 03 01 16 04 03 Stp01 Curve Dressing 16 11 98 16 42 04 Stpo3 Point Dressing 15 03 01 16 39 ff 05 Stpo1 Curve Dressing 16 11 98 16 42 06 Stp01 Curve Dressing 16 11 98 16 42 ASP O07 Stpo1 Curve Dressing 16 11 98 16 42 lt G01 gt lt U00 FASE 3342 Ed H Curve Dressing 15 03 01 16 08 Point Dressing 15 03 01 Programs 03 Stp01 Curve Dressing 16 11 98 16 42 04 Stp03 Point Dressing 15 03 01 16 39 Steppers 05 Stp01 Curve Dressing 16 11 98 16 42 06 Stp01 Curve Dressing 16 11 98 16 42 x O07 Stpo1 Curve Dressing 16 11 98 16 42 Steppers A To pass to
102. rmal condition e YELLOW Counter in Warning condition gt Warning Threshold e RED Counter in Alarm condition gt Alarm Threshold Description of commands Direct access to Configuration aan J Enable Disable saa Direct access to Stepper programming Ee F5 Frog Edit Welding Programme Ay Current measured ay Cos phi measured Select special pulse to analyse 39005425 _2 doc 3 3 1 WMS for Windows ecj WELDING Supervision and Analysis Weld Analysis 3 3 2 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Supervision and Analysis I O Analysis 3 WELDING 3 4 VO Analysis By selecting the icon OESEL from the main menu or using the F10 F7 function keys Ete plus nalisys VO you can display in real time the logical status present on the Inputs and Outputs of the welding control selected The logical status is updated in real time compatibly with the network traffic The status of the inputs and outputs relates to the configuration of the welding control thus the functions that are not used are disactivated grey in colour The I O analysis window looks like this A 1 0 Analysis lt G03 fianc dx gt lt U00 IS7R7 gt Inputs OSY CmdOK OEn ch O W320 Mode Program code Fieldbus SY Status O En ch B 0 24 IO eco p Weld YesiNo EI Sup Op A Sup Op Cfg A OCI Weld Ack 9 El Sup 0p B Sup Op Cfg B oCc2 Outputs o End cycle Start O El change oc3 G Es Ot 2 3 SCR
103. rmware EI ES Fe Firmware Upg 1 3 6 Weld Analysis This will display Online in the modes Constant Current and Monitor not only the welding current theoretical and actual values but also the characteristic values of the spot Replacement of a welding control Temporarily stores the upgraded data for the device on the PC and then loads it onto the new welding control To Create Edit View Stepper programmes current increase curves and if necessary pressure increase curves To Create Edit View welding programmes To view alarms history This function monitors electrode wear To Create Edit View all configuration parameters of a welding control SETUP Welding and error statistics function over a specific timespan To copy and delete programmes and steppers Changes the functions bar Stores all data relating to the welding control Displays all modules connected to the network Network configuration and diagnostics Spot reference Consult changes in programming made to the device History of changes Data acquisition View I O states Upgrades welding control firmware 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Starting the programme WMS GF WELDING 1 3 7 Welding control configuration SR F10 F3 With the icon or the function keys and Network you can access Network Configuration Communication in network is only possible if the serial line connecting to the weld
104. rol contains up to 256 items On the WMS end the Spot Reference operation takes the form of a set of functions governed by an operator interface whose purpose is to manage data pertinent to each device The potential of this function is further enhanced by various possibilities to import and export files in csv format MS Excel This enables data to be exchanged with CAD environments and facilitates subsequent processing of data relating to quality and production The command function of the welding programmes remains in any case available referred as previously directly to the programme number to be used for the spot 39005425 _2 doc 4 4 1 GFE WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference 4 4 1 Description of operator interface By means of the Spot Reference F4 function key or the icon the dialogue box may be accessed _ Spot Reference Operational mode C Display Group O3 fianc dx O0 1S R 03 fianc dx 00 157R7 03 fianc dx 00 157R7 O03 fianc dx O0IS 7R 1555 O03 fianc dx OOIS7R 1880 O3 fianc dx OOIS7R 1560 OQKWK1 CF 2500 L SW LI O3 fianc dx OOIS R 1881 QKWK1 CF 2505 L SW LI O03 fianc dx O0IS R 33 APWK1 AC 0010 L KR S5 LI O03 fianc dx O0IS R 1003 WK1 AC 0020 L KR SW LI 03 fianc dx 00 157R7 03 fianc dx 00 157R7 O3 fianc dx OOIS R 1005 QKWK1 AC 0030 L KR S W LI 03 fianc dx OOIS R 2843 QLLLR CD 0230 L LR 009 ProgrO09
105. roportional servovalve If assignment of max electrode force is correct this percentage is the input of the max electrode force Number of welding sensors The welding control permits up to 6 current sensors to be connected in series Indicate how many sensors are connected normally 1 in order to ensure correct current reading Threshold alarms for electrode 1 Indicates the number of consecutive defective welds accepted on channel A Error messages E005 and E006 will be issued when the number of consecutive defective welds is exceeded 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Programming Setup cjo WELDING Threshold alarms for electrode 2 Indicates the number of consecutive defective welds accepted on channel B Error messages E005 and E006 will be issued when the number of consecutive defective welds is exceeded Unity address parity Enabling selecting the parity code of the welding control network address None without Even with even parity Odd with odd parity Programme code parity Enabling selecting the parity code of the programme codes None without Even with even parity Odd with odd parity End of sequence output minimum time If having completed a welding programme the Start signal Channel A or Channel B is not activated this parameter indicates the minimum activation time expressed in network cycles of the output signal End of Sequence FINESEQ If the Start signal is activated during this
106. rovenance to be identified Each backup session that involves conversion operations produces the unconditioned overwriting of the whole series of csv files It may happen that some csv files are empty due to the absence of some type of data for example absence of stepper These empty files in any case contain the record of the headings Backup with external configuration optional The backup can be managed through a predefined configuration contained in a file external to WMS This external configuration may only be defined through the Configurator programme optional and must be enabled in the configuation menu of WMS see chapter 1 3 3 When WMS has the external configuration enabled at the preset time and date it makes a backup of all the devices connected to it in the path defined with Configurator automatically creating a subdirectory whose name will be the computer s network user name In this subdirectory for each backup operation WMS will automatically create a further folder whose name is the date on which the backup is made The name is in the format year month day i e if it is made on 20 12 1999 the name of the folder created will be 19991220 A backup file is stored in this folder for each welding control connected to WMS the name of the backup files being the standard name in the backup function 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Backup SIWELDING Example of automatic backup
107. selected directory 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Backup 3 WELDING Having selected the group and or unit click on the button for the desired operation The details of the operation thus selected will be displayed in the window Selected functions Setup Backup Ed Group S E BS 02 GRP_TEST i Selected functions 6 lt gt 02 GRP_TEST 00 FASE 334M 02 GRP_TEST 01 IS7R gt 04 pianale 00 Ei 04 pianale 01 11 gt 05 03 gt 15 12 Filename Last Change ee Selected Directory CWS backup Abort During the same backup session it is possible to perform a different operation for each control The Backup function automatically defines the backup file name with the numbers of the group and of the unit with which the welding control has been configured in WMS By pressing OK you return to the Backup dialogue box in which the pathway of the working directory selected is now displayed together with the list of operations selected By clicking on Execute or F3 the procedure begins at the end of which the Global Situation status bar indicates it has been completed Backup Selected Directory C AWMS backup Running Operation Store 0 X Go2 U00 H Verify Error v GO U01 H OK estore 0 y Goun OK Verify 0 v G04 U01 E Ok o v GO5 U03 4 OK Conversion TATE amp File Error Failures Fi Unit Situation Global Situation Remote configuration
108. st In this case too you must select at least one box 3 1 3 Control Buttons All operations available in the Warnings Table can be performed with these buttons Fi Threshold Help F Freset Fa Reset 39005425_2 doc ae No of remaining pieces gets Select Pieces Threshold under this threshold stepper will This button enables you to access the dialogue box where you can insert the minimum pieces Remaining pieces threshold threshold after which the stepper counter is o0 0 65500 displayed in the list This button is only active when the Pieces Threshold display criterion has been selected The window contains a short description of the parameter and the minimum and maximum values that this parameter may take Counter setting This function enables you to force the current counter not to be confused with the tagged RES Se counters to a specific value Depending on m 0 500 whether the current object is a stepper counter a cable counter or a dressing counter you will access the corresponding dialogue box The dialogue box displays both the identification of the counter on which the operation will be done and the field of values acceptable for it Impostazione contatore del dispositivo Gruppo 3 Unit 0 FASE 332 Resetting With this function you can reset the current counter to zero or in case of tagging you can reset the tagged counters whatever type the
109. t and no regulation Monitor Welding current is monitored control and evaluation of the welding current control of threshold values no regulation only diagnostics Curr Const Constant current regulation control of the welding current and compensation for disturbances Roll N Continuous welding with rollers with phase delay see Normal Roll Mon Continuous welding with rollers with welding current monitoring see Monitor Roll C C Continuous welding with rollers with current regulation see Curr Const Pulse type Available pulse types are Normal and Special Normal Limited to 20 pulses which however cannot be regulated singly Special Up to 4 pulses can be programmes separately Step Elet No This parameter assigns to the welding programme one of the 16 stepper programmes possible for each welding control Insert a number between 1 and 16 Normally all welding programmes operating on the same gun are assigned to the same stepper To inhibit the stepper function assigned to this parameter set the value None In assigning the steppers check the gun parameter in Setup Number of pulses Here the number of pulses that characterize the welding programme is set When working with the normal type of pulse this value may be between 1 and 20 with the special type of pulses the value may be from 1 to 4 With the value 1 set as number of pulses there is no differentiation between t
110. ta Management Data acquisition 7 Data analysis The files stored by WMS log alg clg are in text format NV The data fields are separated by the character so that they can be edited by any editor programme database or spreadsheet F4 or press Display Results To select this application click on the button The data fields are ordered as follows Result acquisition log e Network address of the welding control e Number and name of the Group 2 fields e Number and name of the Unit 2 fields e Number of pieces welded not used at present e Index and name of the welding spot e Number and name of programme used for welding 2 fields e Welding mode used e Date and time of the welding in question 2 fields e Result of the welding or error code e Status of current sensor enabled disabled e Block enabling Status of data loss prevention enabled disabled e Tolerance lower and upper permitted for the welding current 2 fields e Programmed current for a maximum of 4 pulses 4 fields e Current measured for a maximum of 20 pulses Alarm History alg e Network address of the welding control e Number and name of the Group 2 fields e Number and name of the Unit 2 fields e Number and name of programme used for welding 2 fields e Index and name of the welding spot e Alarm code and description of alarm 2 fields e Date and time of the alarm 2 fields e Block enabling Changes History c
111. the company you work or Name Rossi Company retell hela lt Back Cercei Type in the name and confirm with Next 6 The next step comprises defining the sub directory for the WMS Software You should normally choose the proposed directory WMS Choose Destination Location Setup will install WMS for Windows in the following directory To install to this directory click Next To install to a different directory click Browse and select another directory You can choose notto install WMS for Windows by clicking Cancel to exit Setup CAWMS Browse Cancel ine Directory lnstellShrela 39005425 _2 doc 1 2 1 WMS for Windows FE WELDING Characteristics and Installation Installation 7 After the directory has been confirmed the programmes will be transferred from the floppy disk onto the hard disk 8 The next window asks you to select the language Application Language Ea A Select the default application Language LB Agiss E nt Nederlands EE D Deutsch E Espa ol C GB English E I iP Francais PL Polski Es C P Portugues Bees 62 Czech Remember You can change application Language any time you want just choosing Configuration item of WMS menu Select the language desired and confirm with Next NOTE the language can be changed even when the programme is running 9 Fieldbus supported Fieldbus Configura
112. then the dressing tools both in decreasing order of number of dressings and lastly the cables Status This field indicates both in graphic form and numerically the percentage of operations done related to the alarm threshold set The percentage bar is of a different colour depending on the level reached Green if the counter has not yet reached the warning threshold Yellow if it has reached the warning 3 1 5 3 1 6 WMS for Windows cj WELDING Supervision and Analysis Warning Table threshold and lastly Red if it has reached or passed the alarm threshold Tagged objects are indicated with an arrow to the left of the percentage value By clicking this button the objects are sorted in decreasing order by the percentage value reached Remaining welds This field indicates the number of weldings that can still be done before reaching the alarm threshold that has been set This field is not used for the dressing tools By clicking this button you order the list as follows first the steppers then the cables both in increasing order by number of weldings that remain and lastly the dressing tools Remaining pieces This indicates the number of pieces that can still be welded before reaching the alarm threshold set This value is determined by the parameter spots per piece that the operator programmes in the stepper If the object is a cable counter or a dressing tool counter this field is meaningless By c
113. tion Select your fieldbus configuration tM Wh SnetPlus FASE HBM 304 Fw 6 xx F314 Fw 7 01 or higher Plus uoa C WMSnet FASE HBM 304 Fw 4 xx or 5 xx agaaga ratai C PROFIBUS FMS Siemens CP 5412 Al Se atai C PROFIBUS FMS Softing PROF board 16 bit driver for ISA cards ee C PROFIBUS FMS Softing PROFI board 32 bit driver for ISA PCI cards a gagas FROFIEUS Eak mgl C Direct Cable R5485 FASE SPF m cali Tcp ip Requires Windows Sockets on 16 bit systems Remember You must configure your fieldbus connections the first time you run the application see README WRI file WMS is compatible with the following types of serial interface Profibus FMS Ethernet Tcp Ip WMSNet and SPP type GF WELDING proprietary networks To install the programme correctly you must select one of the fieldbuses that are available in the configuration window see figure above The options available are 1 option WMSNETPLUS If the network card is a HBM304 GF WELDING with 6 xx Firmware or if it is a F314 GF WELDING card This version allows 62 welding controls to be connected Subdivided into two ports A and B of 31 devices each The driver supports two cards for a total of 164 devices 1 2 2 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Characteristics and Installation Installation cjo WELDING 24 option 3 d option 4 option 5th option 6 option Code identifying connection WMSNet If the card
114. ton without opening the dialogue box Help Cable 1 A Alarm 10000 100 10000000 Weldings Weldings 63 This box displays the numer of weldings done by the cable The value displayed is continually updated with new data in arrival from the welding control M Enable counter Enable counter This box allows you to enable or disable the welding counter If the counter is disabled the welding control will not count the weldings done by the cable and in consequence will not generate any alarms or warnings about cable wear Furthermore the WMS Warnings Table will not display non enabled cable counters 39005425 _2 doc 2 2 95 WMS for Windows SIWELDING presen ing ocd ara Sat accounts This button opens a dialogue box where you can set the counter to any value between O and the alarm threshold The box contains a Insert new cable counter Short description of the function and indicates the maximum value permitted value Note that it may sometimes happen that the maximum value indicated differs from that just set for the alarm abe OEE ouer threshold since the maximum value reflects that currently known by 44 the welding control This occurs when you access this function after ee having changed the alarm threshold without first sending the new configuration to the device Pree er Reset Reset the counter This resets the counter value to zero It may be used after having replaced the cable Take gre
115. utton o in this case confirmation is requested Firmware upgrade x 2 Abor Upgrade If the session is interrupted the Firmware has only been partially loaded onto the welding control and it must be reinstated see paragraph 4 6 7 Warning If the welding control is switched off after interrupting an upgrade session it will not be possible to load the firmware via WMS but will be necessary to do so locally on the device using a Ram Card 4 6 6 Communications errors If communications errors occur during an upgrade session the process will be interrupted and the words a will appear in the status field In this situation you must close the menu and confirm with OK at the warning Firmware upgrade Ed p WARMING N Closing application all configurations will be cleared 4 6 7 Reinstating Firmware In the case of a block or an interruption of the firmware upgrade session the session may be reinstated To do this open the upgrade menu and select the devices indicated with Upgradable Configure the upgrade and start reinstatement by clicking on the button The session will start again from where it was interrupted If the device cannot be selected light grey it will not be possible to upgrade via WMS but will be neccessary to do so locally via a Ram Card 4 6 4 39005425 _2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Replacement of welding control 3 WELDING 4 7 Saving data for replacement o
116. vos fee fetta ee ee ee ee ee ee eee ee eee ui3 T_T ui4 Tee uas O C C C C C CC C C O C O O O O O O O Table of Welding Controls 39005425_2 doc 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 6 WMS for Windows c WELDING Data Management Data acquisition Data acquisition with external configuration optional Data acquisition can be managed through a predefined configuration contained in a file external to WMS This external configuration can only be defined through the Configurator programme optional and must be enabled in the WMS configuration menu see chapiter 1 3 3 When Wms has the external configuration enabled it downloads data from all devices connected to it automatically creating a subfolder in the pathway defined with Configurator that will have as its name the WMS computer s network user name In this subfolder WMS stores the files of the data acquired with the preset extensions Warning If external configuration is enabled data acquisition must in any case also be enabled in the Setup function Example of data acquisition An external configuration file has been created arc cfg with the Configurator programme in which the pathway H Archiv Wmsweld Logfile has been defined for Data Acquisition files destination WMS has been enabled for the external configuration recorded in the file arc cfg in the computer with user name Line 1 During work WMS Line 1 accesses the folder defined as H Archiv Wmsweld Logfile and cr
117. written If you select OK the function will be completed which means that the existing data will be overwritten If you select Cancel the function will not be executed and thus the existing data will remain You may either proceed with a different selection or exit the Copy function 39005425_2 doc WMS for Windows Data Management Backup 3 WELDING 4 2 Filing Backup Copies of the Setup Configuration or of Welding Programmes and Steppers for each individual welding control can be stored in a specific archive using the Backup function The data stored can then be compared loaded onto the welding control F10 This function may be accessed using the function keys Oow y plus F1 Backup or the icon Backup Biel Es selected Directory E Configure Running Operation tore Restore Verity Conversion Failures Unit Situation Global Situation m 0 Selecting the drive and the directory Using Configure you can access the Windows menu to define directory where the backup files will be stored Having selected the drive and directory desired confirm with OK to open the Setup Backup window Setup Backup X 00 PROVA_AP 01 FASE334M 02 FASEI34M 01 FASE334M Filename Last Change GO3U01 WBE 21 Mar 02 11 27 38 OK Selected Directory CAWMS backuph oA Selecting the welding controls In the windows Group and or Unit sel
118. y are In the second case you can reset a mixed combination of stepper counters cable counters and dressing counters Before acting the system requests the operator for confirmation displaying a summary of the operation type and number of counters involved Warning Table x p There are 1 Stepper counters 0 Cable counters and 0 Dressing counter tagged Reset all tagged counters If no counters are tagged and there is no current object this button is disabled Se WMS for Windows cj WELDING Supervision and Analysis Warning Table se 0R RN 3 1 4 F5 Tag Stepper Dressing This function enables a dressing cycle to be recorded resetting the welding counter to zero and increasing the dressing counter for the current stepper or if a selection has been tagged for the tagged stepper Any tagged cable counters or dressing counters will obviously be ignored Before acting the system requests the operator for confirmation by displaying the number of stepper counters involved Warning Table T There are 3 Stepper counters tagged set done dressing for all tagged steppers If there are no tagged steppers and no current stepper the button is disabled Tagging an object This button may be used to select the current object The operation can also be done with the mouse The number of objects present in the list and the number of tagged objects is indicated in the special field immediately below the are
119. y for view modify operations By clicking on this button you can edit the stepper used by the Refe rence Ta b l es Selectable parameters a programme directly for view modify operations This button gives access to a table with values typical of welding parameters for sheet metal and the most commonly used ana class sheet thickness Result Parameters In the Selectable parameters field you can select the desired configuration of the 9 7les sheet metal or a similar one Electrodes squeeze The Result parameters field displays the standard values valid for this configuration and that normally must still be adapted for the machine however they may be taken as a base for the programme by clicking on the Copy button j5 Notes For you information you can note here the values used in the welding programme The total sheet thickness is calculated automatically Pressure control Sheet thickness 0 5 0 5 x Sheet type Galvanized iron x A E Current k 6 1 4 daN 162 0 Tear strength Kg 240 Welding nugget mm ja 3 Electrode diameter mm 4 8 Min spots distance mm 9 Min sheets overlap mm fi l 50 Hz C 60 Hz Max Current 0 0 Air Pressure 0 0 Tip Force 0 0 Thickness 1 0 0 Thickness 2 0 0 Thickness 3 joo Total Thickness 0 0 m m Help No of working mode of Driving value in KN of Driving value in KN of pressure controllin
120. y selecting the No button the entire check of congruence will fail due to the negative result of the check of programme existence By selecting the button the check of programme existence will be permanently disabled To re enable it it will be necessary to close and reopen Spot Reference 39005425_2 doc 4 4 6 WMS for Windows Data Management Spot reference cjo WELDING Comparison between current Spot Reference and that under editing By clicking on the E button a comparison is requested between the current status of spot reference items in the devices present in the network and the status of the spot reference under editing by the operator If differences emerge the following dialogue box is displayed listing in table form the items that differ in the two situations ordered by group unit and lastly by index Spot Reference Comparison x No of Items 4 Spot Reference items under editing Current Spot Reference items Group Unit Index Spot Name Progr Op Spot Name Progr QKWK1 AC 0010 L KR SW LI oo APWK1 AC 0010 L KR SW LI 00187 WK1 AC 0020 L KR SW LI 007 00 1S7 RSTSW AC 0100 L LR ST LI 005 QKWYK1 CF 2470 L SW LI PS QKWK1 CF 2470 L SW LI In the column Spot Reference items under editing the items corresponding to the spot reference undergoing editing by the operator are displayed In the column Current Spot Reference items the items c

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