Techniques for multiple application banks in a welding or cutting system
OwnerStefan Rickfjordinventor
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Abstract
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for selecting among multiple application software modules by a bootloader of a welding or cutting system. Techniques described herein may include a bootloader component of a welding system to determine that more than one application software module is available for the welding system. A display device may be configured to display user interface components configured to allow user selection of one or more application software module. An input device may be configured to receive a selection of one of the one or more application software modules. A processor of the welding system may be configured to execute the selected one or more application software modules.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- determining, by a bootloader component of a welding system, that more than one application software module is available to be installed for the welding system;
- displaying, at a display device, user interface components configured to allow user selection of one or more application software modules;
- receiving, by an input device, a selection of one of the one or more application software modules;
- and
- installing, by a processor of the welding system, the selected one or more application software modules.
A welding system comprising at least one processor and at least one network interface, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- determine, by a master node of a welding system, that one or more application software modules are available to be installed on a slave node of the welding system;
- select the one or more application software modules for installation on the slave node;
- and
- push the one or more application software modules to the slave node, wherein the one or more application software modules are installed by a processor of the slave node.
A welding apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one network interface, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- determine, by a bootloader component of a welding apparatus, that more than one application software module is available to be installed for the welding apparatus;
- display, at a display device, user interface components configured to allow user selection of one or more application software modules;
- receive, by an input device, a selection of one of the one or more application software modules;
- and
- install, by a processor of the welding apparatus, the selected one or more application software modules.
An article including a computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions, that, when executed by one or more processors, performs the steps of:
- determining, by a bootloader component of a welding system, that more than one application software module is available to be installed for the welding system;
- displaying, at a display device, user interface components configured to allow user selection of one or more application software modules;
- receiving, by an input device, a selection of one of the one or more application software modules;
- and
- installing, by a processor of the welding system, the selected one or more application software modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.