Patent ID: 9676050
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B23K

Claim:
1. A welding system, comprising: a housing; a control panel disposed on the housing; a switch disposed on the control panel and comprising a learning mode position and a use mode position, wherein when the switch is positioned in the learning mode position, the welding system is placed in a learning mode during which the welding system is allowed to learn an allowable parameter set and disallowed to receive a desired parameter set, and when the switch is positioned in the use mode position, the welding system is placed in a use mode during which the welding system is allowed to receive the desired parameter set and disallowed to learn the allowable parameter set; and control circuitry disposed in the housing and configured to selectively enable the learning mode when the switch is positioned in the learning mode position and the use mode when the switch is positioned in the use mode position.