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RealCareer® Welding Solutions – guideWELD® LIVE real welding guidance system

Table of Contents

Introduction to guideWELD® LIVE 

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System Includes 

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Assembly Instructions 

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Speed Sensor and Speed Shield Assembly 

4

 

Helmet and Angle Sensor Assembly 

4

 

Battery Installation 

5

 

Speed Shield Cleaning Instructions 

5

Reference Guide to System Pieces 

6

 

Speed Sensor  

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Helmet and Display 

6

Available Default WPS 

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Helmet Set-up 

8

Calibration Process 

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Angle Sensor Calibration (continued) 11

Welding Icons/Guides 

12

Main Menu Setup 

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Speed Sensor (setup) 

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Bind  

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Test Channels  

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Diagnostics (setup) 

16

 

Turn Logging On/Off  

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Helmet  

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Angle Sensor  

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Speed Sensor  

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Firmware (setup) 

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Versions  

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Update Helmet  

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Update Sensor  

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Update Flash Memory  

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Precision Levels (setup) 

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Precision Levels (setup continued) 

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Change Default Precision Levels  

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Change Measurement Units  

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Change Language  

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Troubleshooting 21

 

Speed Sensor  

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Helmet Angle Sensor Calibration  

22

 

Angle Sensor  

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Safety & Warnings 

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Need More Help? 

24

Summary of Contents for GUIDE WELD LIVE

Page 1: ...User Guide RealCareer Welding Solutions guideWELD LIVE welding guidance...

Page 2: ...met Set up 8 Calibration Process 9 Angle Sensor Calibration continued 11 Welding Icons Guides 12 Main Menu Setup 13 Speed Sensor setup 14 Bind 14 Test Channels 15 Diagnostics setup 16 Turn Logging On...

Page 3: ...th 18 default Welding Procedure Specifications WPS s in Helmet 2 Angle Sensor connected to Helmet 3 Stick Calibration Fixture 4 Speed Shield with Brackets 5 Screw knobs 6 Speed Sensor with base 7 Eigh...

Page 4: ...Speed Shield Bracket orange arrows to the outside of the base arm blue arrows 3 Line up the 2 screw knobs to the outside of the Speed Shield Bracket to the base arm red arrows 4 Screw until tight Thes...

Page 5: ...tus The following is the life expectancy for each battery pack before recharging Helmet battery life expectancy 6 5 hours per continuous use Speed Board battery life expectancy 8 hours per continuous...

Page 6: ...tteries 5 Alignment button 6 Arc off speed Indicators 7 Alignment lasers front of Speed Sensor Helmet and Display guideWELD LIVE periphery guidance is located inside the auto darkening Helmet using th...

Page 7: ...V Groove E6010 1 8 90 90 20 6 Base Material type All StickWPS s are tested with STEEL Welding Polarity DC Mode ofWireTransfer AllWPS s for SMAW process Measurement Units AllWPS s are available in Met...

Page 8: ...with WPS which is the previous WPS used Press the menu select button to confirm 4 Choose Process Press the menu select button to confirm 5 Choose Joint Type Press the menu select button to confirm 6 C...

Page 9: ...ng the Stick Calibration Fixture for Stick welding only Speed Sensor Alignment Joint Coupon types 1 Tee 2F 2 Lap 2F 3 V Groove 1G Based on chosen joint type align Speed Sensor to welding coupon 4 Pres...

Page 10: ...palm of the glove covered hand 2 Determine if welding left or right handed use left side calibration fixture for left handed users or right side for right handed users 3 Determine if calibrating for M...

Page 11: ...the welding gun handle up and hold 8 Press and release the calibration button on the Speed Sensor the calibrating screen will display in the Helmet Wait for first part of the calibration to complete...

Page 12: ...angle indicators up arrow down arrow size will increase when the weld moves farther away from acceptable welding work angle and decrease as the weld moves toward the acceptable WPS standards Correct w...

Page 13: ...d Example Precision Level screen if no change is needed simply press the Menu Select Button Setup Speed Sensor Diagnostics Firmware Precision Level Int l Specs Bind Turn Logging On Off Versions Set Pr...

Page 14: ...e to communicate and send data from Speed Sensor to Helmet All Speed Sensor and Helmets can be re bound to another Helmet and or Speed Sensor Bind Instructions 1 Turn on Helmet and Speed Sensor 2 Go t...

Page 15: ...ect button 4 View the lower right screen Choose the most optimal channel based on the lower right screen bar graph a longer bar and green color represent the best channels to choose from Identity Iden...

Page 16: ...cs for display issues Select Helmet and the screens will scroll through the test displaying white on black black on white red and yellow indicators for Travel Angle Work Angle and Speed white to black...

Page 17: ...lmet SPI Sensor and SDC Helmet Helmet SPI Speed Sensor Sensor Angle Sensor SDC SD Card Update Helmet Update Helmet is used to update the software code Update Helmet Instructions 1 Turn on the Helmet 2...

Page 18: ...Memory is the text and graphics on each of the Helmet screens Update Flash Memory is used to update the software code Update Flash Memory Instructions 1 Turn on Helmet 2 Insert SD Card into Helmet 3...

Page 19: ...rea where a user can increase or decrease the precision of the WPS parameters for the guidance system within the Helmet All systems are preset at level 2 See the chart below for exact degrees and spee...

Page 20: ...s To change the default measurement units from Imperial U S to international specs of Metric follow the steps below Measurement Units Instructions 1 Turn on Helmet and Speed Sensor 2 Go to the Main Me...

Page 21: ...e Speed Sensor 1 Turn on Speed Sensor will display in the upper right and left screens 2 The Speed Sensor status icon in the lower right screen will be grayed out 3 Once the Speed Sensor is turned on...

Page 22: ...Angle right top screen and Travel Angle left top screen screens the Angle Sensor must be recalibrated see calibration process NOTE Once Calibration has been completed the calibration will stay for up...

Page 23: ...and Sensor status icon in the lower right screen will be grayed out 3 Once the Hand Sensor is connected and communicating with the Helmet the status icon will turn green see the right icon below NOTE...

Page 24: ...lding Remove batteries for long term storage Need More Help Additional Help and Information Visit www realityworks com guideweldlive downloads 1 guideWELD LIVE curriculum 2 Product Support tutorials a...

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