Lincoln Electric IM8002 POWER WAVE MANAGER - Manual (Page 15)

IM8002 Power Wave® Manager User Manual 1.1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Power Wave® Manager is an application that allows you to configure and manage a multitude of settings
and configuration options within the full range of the Lincoln Electric Power Wave® line of Welding Power
Sources. It also provides in-depth diagnostics of the welding power source’s hardware and firmware to
help identify and eliminate issues with welding or configuration.
Depending on how your company is organized and who is configuring your power sources, you install
Power Wave® Manager on a computer with some kind of cable or network access to the Welding Power
Sources on the floor. This could be a laptop you use to walk the floor and configure the power sources. Or
you might choose to install the software on a central server.
System Requirements
Minimum hardware requirements for the computer on which you install Power Wave® Manager:
 256 MB of system RAM
 1.0 GHz processor speed
 1024 x768 display resolution
 50 MB free disk space
 Connection to a Lincoln Electric Welding Power Source or compatible Welding Power Source
through an Ethernet network or serial (RS-232) cable
Power Wave® Manager runs under the Microsoft® .NET 2.0 framework. Therefore, it can run on the
following versions of Microsoft® operating systems:
 Windows 7
 Windows Vista
 Windows XP Service Pack 2
 Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
 Windows 98 Second Edition
You must be logged in to the computer as a user with Administrator privileges in order to install Power
Wave® Manager.
Compatible Equipment
Power Wave® Manager may be used with any Welding Power Source in the Lincoln Electric Power Wave®
family that utilizes the digital controls platform. This list includes, but is not limited to:
 Power Wave® 355M
 Power Wave® 405M
 Power Wave® 455M, 455M/STT, 455R (and corresponding CE models)
 Power Wave® 655