Thermal Arc POWERMASTER 400SP, Service Manual

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POWERMASTER 400SP, 500SP AUTOMATION
4.02 Welding Controls
This section explains the displays and buttons in the
Seconda
r y Cont r ol Panel and P r ima r y Cont r ol Panel
(items # 3 and 4 - see page 2-2) .
Art # A-07864
a,b
(43) “P r ocess” push-button
Fo r switching between the ope r ation p r ocesses.
ManualGMAW — Conventional GMAW with
sepa r ate Voltage and Wi r espeed cont r ols
SmartGMAW — Non-pulse GMAW with one
knob (53) cont r ol
PulseGMAW — Pulse GMAW with one knob
(53) cont r ol
TwinPulse — Twin pulse GMAW with one
knob (53) cont r ol
SMAW/STICK — Stick elect r ode welding
(44) “Mate r ial” push-button
Fo r selection of the wi r e mate r ial to be welded.
The push-button is also used fo r the “Dec r e-
mental" (-) function, e. g., to r educe the value
of a seconda r y pa r amete r .
(45) “TT Save” push-button (Tipt r onic)
Fo r saving use r -defined, f r equently used weld-
ing jobs.
(46) ”Welding wi r e diamete r ” push-button
Fo r diamete r selection of the wi r e to be
welded. The push-button is also used fo r the
“End” function, with which you can move back
to the p
r evious menu level.
(47) “TT Ente r ” push-button (Tipt r onic)
Fo r acknowledgment when saving a welding
job.
(48) “Gas type” push-button
Fo r selection of the gas to be used. The push-
button is also used fo r the “inc r ement” (+)
function, e. g., to inc r ease the value of a sec-
onda r y pa r amete r .
(49) “Tipt r onic” push-button
Fo r switching the Tipt r onic p r ocess on o r off.
(50) Multi-function display
Fo r indication of all pa r amete r values and mes-
sages.
(51) and push-buttons (Ente r )
Fo r switching between the individual second-
a r y pa r amete r s. P r essing both push-buttons
at the same time is used fo r acknowledgment
(Ente r ).
(52a) “2 st r oke (2T) / 4 st r oke (4T)” push-button
Fo r switching between 2T and 4T (Latch) op-
e r ation p r ocess. A lit LED indicates the cu r -
r ently selected ope r ating p r ocess.
(52b) "Spot Welding Mode" push-button
Activate the Spot Welding Mode by p r essing
and holding the 2T/4T button fo r 2 seconds,
at which point the 2T and 4T leds will both be
lit. The "spot welding time" pa
r amete r can then
be adjustedin the main display.
(53) “Sma r t Powe r ” cont r ol knob
Sets welding cu rr ent o r mate r ial thickness o r
wi r e speed in Sma r tGMAW, Pulse MIG,
TwinPulse p r ocess. OR
“A r c Voltage” cont r ol knob Sets welding a r c
voltage in ManualGMAW p r ocess.
(54) “Digital multifunction” display
Displays the p r ima r y pa r amete r s such as
welding cu rr ent, mate r ial thickness (in .001),
wi r e feed speed (in inches/min) o r a r c length
t r im.