CEBORA S.p.A.
12
3.300.181-A
10-03-2016
GB
2.2
Firmware upgrade.
The Cebora SOUND MIG ROBOT PULSE Welding System is controlled by microprocessor-based
circuits, which manage the operative functions of the Welding System and the operator interface.
Each System component, Power Source, Wire Feeder Unit and Control Panel contains a microprocessor
circuit, which not only manages the functions of the unit to which it belongs, but also communicates one
each other via CAN bus serial line.
Based on this architecture, the following units may be identified:
MASTER microprocessor, in the Power Source “Control” board;
PANEL microprocessor, in the Control Panel “Micro” board;
MOTOR microprocessor, in the “Motor Control” board on Wire Feeder Unit.
Each microprocessor is programmed with a different program, which must obviously be compatible with
those of the other microprocessors. To make it easier to enter and upgrade these programs, a single-access
system is provided, the
BP
connector on the Power Source front panel, which allows the microprocessors
to be programmed in a single programming session. With this step the programs are simultaneously
entered into the microprocessors, each automatically in its place.
The updated MASTER, PANEL and MOTOR programs are grouped together in a single programming
file, recognizable from the extension “.ceb”, available from the Cebora Web site www.cebora.it.
For theirs use is necessary to download and to install in the computer the “Cebora Device Manager”
program, available in Cebora Web site www.cebora,it. With such program it is possible to record in the
computer the files relative to “firmware Cebora” (programs downloadable from the Cebora site) and to
insert them in the machines that have to be programmed or updated.
The “Cebora Device Manager” user instructions are enclosed to the program.
The version of the inserted programs, is visible during start-up in the Control Panel, in the following
form:
display
O
= “MSt”; display
P
= “01_” = version 01 of MASTER program;
display
O
= “PAn”; display
P
= “01_” = version 01 of PANEL program;
display
O
= “Mot”; display
P
= “10_” = version 10 of MOTOR program.
Starting from version “2.3.1” of the “Cebora Device Manager” also the Robot Interface Firmware can be
updated with the same procedure.
With the Robot Interface connected to the Power Source, through the connector
BP
on the Power Source
front panel, is possible to update the Robot Interface program using the same instructions valid for the
Power Source, Control Panel and Wire Feeder Unit programs.
The Robot Interface Firmware is available from the Cebora Web site www.cebora.it.
