Systems and methods to configure a robotic welding system
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJoseph C. Schneider, Steven B. Massey, Jr.
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Abstract
An example welding-type power supply includes: power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding-type output power; auxiliary power output circuitry configured to output auxiliary power via an auxiliary power connection; communications circuitry configured to communicate via the auxiliary power connection; and processor(s) configured to: detect, via the communications circuitry, that a robot control system is coupled to the auxiliary power connection; and in response to detecting the robot control system, configuring the welding-type power supply based on receiving a communication from the robot control system via the communications circuitry.
Claims20
A welding-type power supply, comprising:
- power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding-type output power;
- auxiliary power output circuitry configured to output auxiliary power via an auxiliary power connection;
- communications circuitry configured to communicate via the auxiliary power connection;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- detect, via the communications circuitry, that a robot control system is coupled to the auxiliary power connection;
- and
- in response to detecting the robot control system:
- configure the welding-type power supply based on receiving a communication from the robot control system via the communications circuitry and the auxiliary power connection;
- and
- supply power from the auxiliary power output circuitry to the robot control system via the auxiliary power connection.
A welding-type power supply, comprising:
- power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding-type output power;
- communications circuitry configured to communicate via wireless communications;
- a user interface configured to initiate pairing of the communications circuitry with a robot control system;
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- a processor configured to, in response to initiation of pairing via the user interface:
- control the communications circuitry to establish a wireless communications channel with the robot control system according to a pairing process;
- and
- in response to establishing the wireless communications channel, configuring the welding-type power supply based on receiving a communication from the robot control system via the communications circuitry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.