Lincoln Electric IM649 Wave Designer - Manual (Page 7)

1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Wave Designer is a visual, interactive software application used to modify wave shapes for use
with programmable waveform-controlled welding machines such as the Power Wave 455. The
Wave Designer software package includes a standard set of waveforms commonly used in
commercial and industrial welding applications.
The Wave Designer software package is intended for use by a weld application engineer in
concert with a skilled welding technician properly trained in welding applications.
This Instruction Manual guides you through the installation and operation of Wave Designer to
modify selected standard wave shapes and produce pulsed waveforms tailored to your specific
welding applications. The resulting custom waveforms automatically adjust your welding machine
to produce consistent weld transfers throughout a range of wire feed speeds and arc lengths.
1.2 USER RESPONSIBILITY
Section 1 1-1 INTRODUCTION
WAVE DESIGNER
Because design, fabrication, erection, and welding variables affect the results obtained in
applying this type of information, the serviceability of a product or structure is the
responsibility of the user. Variations such as plate chemistry, plate surface condition (oil,
scale), plate thickness, preheat, quench, joint fit-up, gas type, gas flow rate, and
equipment may produce results different than those expected. Some adjustments to
procedures may be necessary to compensate for unique individual conditions. When
possible, test all procedures, duplicating actual field conditions.
1.3 COMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Wave Designer software is intended for use on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0.
It will not work with Windows NT 3.51, Windows 3.1, or Windows for Workgroups. The core of
this product is architecture-neutral (operating system independent). If you would like to have
Wave Designer on Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86, MAC OS, AIX, OS/2, or Linux, please notify us
at [email protected]. With Java Internationalization,
Wave Designer can
support numerous European and Asian languages. Send your foreign language request to
[email protected].
We recommend a Pentium processor, 32 MB of RAM, and 6 MB of hard drive disk space for
efficient program operation. When running,
Wave Designer occupies at least 10 MB of RAM. If
your computer is low in memory, we suggest you close other programs that consume large
memory. If you have less than 32 MB RAM, you may be able to run
Wave Designer with “virtual
memory”. Set up virtual memory with one of the following command sequences.
In Windows 95 or 98 Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance
Virtual Memory | Let me specify my own virtual memory settings
Minimum 100 | OK | Are you sure you want to continue? Yes | Close
Do you want to restart your computer now? Yes
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