Lincoln Electric IM8002 POWER WAVE MANAGER - Manual (Page 124)

Glossary PLC through Welding Set Point
GLS.2 Power Wave® Manager User Manual IM8002
PLC : Programmable Logic Controller, a
specialized device used in the control of
industrial processes.
Port : In a specific network such as a TCP or a
UDP network, a port is an endpoint to a logical
connection. The port number defines what type
of information will be transmitted. An example
would be port 80 for HTML data or port 25 for e-
mail data.
Proxy Server : A proxy is a server that stands
between an external network (such as the
Internet) and an organization’s internal (private)
networks. It serves as a firewall and prevents
external users from directly accessing the internal
information resources, or even knowing the
location of those resources. All external requests
for information are intercepted by the proxy
server and checked for their validity. Only
authorized requests are passed on to the internal
server. This security, however, comes at the cost
of inconvenience to genuine users and slower
performance.
Rejected Weld : A weld that was either not
consistent enough or long enough to apply
statistical equations to generate reasonable limit
information.
Robotic Feeder I/O : The PF10R feed head comes
with an External I/O Connector that can be
reconfigured through Power Wave® Manager to
reroute the I/O from its normal operation to be
utilized as a Weld Profile selection.
Shift Times : A Production Monitoring™ or
CheckPoint™ feature used to trigger events at a
specific time of day that will allow the tracking of
usage and clearing out of Weld Totals and Weld
History. There are a total of 6 shift times that can
be utilized on a daily basis.
Short Weld : Welds with a duration that is less
than the sum of the Start Delay time plus the End
Delay time.
SMTP : Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, the
standard protocol used for sending e-mail
through an e-mail server.
Spreadsheet Application : A computer tool such
as Microsoft Excel that arranges values into rows
and columns.
Subnet : A section of a network. Subnets are
used to divide up large networks into small
sections for ease of management, increased
performance and increased security.
Tab-Delimited Text File : Generic text file format
that is used for arranging data in a spreadsheet.
Most spreadsheet applications can import this
file format with little or no conversion by the
user.
TCP : Transmission Control Protocol, used in the
transmission of data between two devices. It is a
more reliable protocol than UDP since it controls
the delivery of data and verifies the order in
which the data is sent.
UDP : User Datagram Protocol, used in the
transmission of data between two or more
devices. It is a faster protocol than TCP, but it
does not guarantee data delivery or the order in
which the data is sent.
Weld History : Data on welds that the Welding
Power Source has made. This statistical data
includes information on current, voltage, wire
feed speed, duration and weld status.
Weld Mode : A particular process that is selected
in the Welding Power Source. The Welding
Power Source has a weld table that contains a
large variety of processes that the system can use
to define welding procedures. Each process is
listed as a Weld Mode.
Weld Profile : A configurable set of limit settings
that Welding Power Source compares to welding
data it collects as it welds.
Weld Totals : A cumulative count of welds
performed in each Weld Profile. Each total count
includes the number of welds, and a count of
each variable that was out of limits per Weld
Profile.
Welding Set Point : A value that the Welding
Power Source utilizes to regulate its output
levels.