Lincoln Electric IDEALARC SP-255 - Manual (Page 19)

B-7 OPERATION
IDEALARC SP-255
STITCH KEY
Turns on the Stitch weld timers and displays selec-
tions of the stitch ON and OFF times. Pressing the
Stitch key a second time returns the screen to the
previous display without turning off the stitch timers.
Any time the Stitch weld timers are on and the display
is in the Auto or Manual mode, the abbreviation STCH
will appear in the bottom left corner of the display.
Left arrow keys — Do not function.
Center arrow keys — Increase (up arrow) or
decrease (down arrow) Stitch ON time in seconds
(0.20 to 2.50s).
Right arrow keys — Increase (up arrow) or
decrease (down arrow) Stitch OFF time in seconds
(0.20 to 2.50s).
TYPICAL STITCH KEY PRESS SEQUENCE
Auto screen is displayed prior to pressing Stitch key.
Stitch key is pressed, Stitch timers are activated and
the display changes to Stitch screen. Stitch ON and
OFF timers can now be adjusted using the center and
right arrow keys. Once the timers have been set,
pressing the Stitch key again returns the display to
the original Auto screen with the Stitch timer status
indicated in the bottom left corner.
TIMERS OFF KEY
Turns off both Spot and Stitch timers and removes
their indicating letters from the bottom left corner of
the Auto and Manual mode displays.
The six arrow keys do not function with this key.
TYPICAL TIMERS OFF KEY PRESS SEQUENCE
Auto screen is displayed prior to pressing Timers Off
key. Timers Off key is pressed, all timers are turned
off, and the display no longer indicates in the bottom
left-hand corner that any timers are on. (Timer status
is replaced by gauge in the Auto mode.)
GUN SWITCH KEYS
IPM VOLTS KEY
Sets the gun thumbswitch to control IPM or VOLTS.
Pushing the gun thumbswitch forward (toward the tip)
increases and pulling it back decreases IPM or
VOLTS. The underlining cursor always indicates the
selection being controlled by the gun thumbswitch. If
the cursor is not present, the gun thumbswitch will not
be functional which prevents any inadvertent actua-
tions. Each time this key is pressed, it causes the cur-
sor to go to the next step in the following sequence
IPM to VOLTS to no cursor to IPM to VOLTS, etc.
NOTE: In Auto mode, changing IPM will change arc
voltage also and can cause a change in metal thick-
ness as well.
TYPICAL IPM VOLTS KEY PRESS SEQUENCE
Auto screen is displayed prior to pressing IPM VOLTS
key. IPM VOLTS key is pressed, cursor moves from
under IPM to under VOLTS. Pressing the IPM VOLTS
key again causes the cursor to disappear. Pressing
the IPM VOLTS key again causes the cursor to
appear under IPM. This sequence continues each
time the IPM VOLTS key is pressed.
TOGGLE KEY