Configurable welding interface for automated welding applications

A method for providing a customizable remote weld interface for a welding power source and associated wire feed system having an embedded web server, the method comprising the following steps:

• communicatively coupling an embedded web server to a weld controller of the welding power source;
• programming the embedded web server to provide selective access to weld control functions in the welding power source for providing at least one of a display, a control, and a command function from a customized remote weld interface at a remote client browser;
• providing access to the embedded web server from the remote client browser, wherein an operator at the remote client browser selectively chooses among the weld control functions for inclusion on the customized remote weld interface providing access for the user to display, control and command weld control functions from the remote weld interface at the remote client browser and to build the customized remote weld interface including the selected weld control functions, wherein the customized remote weld interface is accessible to a user to selectively activate, adjust and display the selected weld control functions from the customized remote weld interface during and between welds;
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• selectively storing the customized remote weld interface for recall from at least one of the remote client browser or another browser.

A welding system comprising:

• a power supply producing weld power;
• a weld controller coupled to the power supply to provide weld parameter control signals to the power supply;
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• an embedded web server in communication with the weld controller and a remote client browser, the embedded web server being programmed to:
• provide a library of weld control functions for displaying, commanding and controlling weld parameters, the library being accessible to a user at the remote client browser
• provide the user access to select display, command, and control functions in the library of control functions for inclusion on customized remote weld interface from the remote client browser, each of the selected display, command, and control functions providing at least one of a data display and a user input function, and
• build a customized remote weld interface at the remote client browser for receiving user weld control and weld commands and displaying weld feedback for monitoring and controlling the power supply,
• wherein the user can selectively control, command, and display weld parameters from the customized remote weld interface at the remote client browser and save one or more customized remote weld interface for recall from the remote client browser or another browser.