Patent ID: 9724778
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B23K,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A welding power supply comprising: a housing; power conversion circuitry disposed within the housing and configured to convert an input power into an output power for a welding operation; and local control circuitry disposed within the housing and configured to wirelessly pair with a portable electronic device over a network, to wirelessly receive a control signal from remote control circuitry of the portable electronic device, and to control the welding power supply based at least in part on the received control signal, wherein the local control circuitry is configured to place the welding power supply in a sleep mode, and to wirelessly send a first control signal to the remote control circuitry to place the portable electronic device in a sleep mode while maintaining network pairing between the portable electronic device and the welding power supply, and wherein the remote control circuitry of the portable electronic device is configured to place the portable electronic device in the sleep mode and to send a second control signal to the local control circuitry of the welding power supply to place the welding power supply in the sleep mode while maintaining network pairing between the portable electronic device and the welding power supply.