Patent ID: 9643275
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B23K

Claim:
1. A method for defining an interface of a welding power source for communication with a controller of a welding device connected to the interface, the interface configured for communication with the controller connected to the welding power source and being configured for parallel communication of data and comprising at least one external connection and at least one internal connection, the method comprising: controlling, configuring and activating a configurable interface in the welding power source directly via an operating panel of the welding power source or via an external device which can be connected to the welding power source via the operating panel; allocating a parameter of the welding device to at least one of the internal connection and at least one of the external connection; testing an interface definition which has been created using a model of the interface and a model, connected thereto, of the controller of the welding device, for plausibility, wherein errors in creating the configurable interface are avoided, and transferring the interface definition into the interface if the result of the plausibility test is positive, wherein interface functions are represented as graphic symbols and comprise at least one function from the following: allocation of an internal connection to an external connection; scaling of a value transmitted between the at least one internal connection and the at least one external connection; conversion of a unit of a transmitted value; transformation of a data format of a transmitted value; inversion of a transmitted value; and time delay of a transmitted value and the function is integrated into the graphic symbol as a code.