Lincoln Electric VRTEX 360 Service Manual page 56

E-5
FIGURE E.5 - FMD CONTROL UNIT, POLHEMUS INTERFACE MODULE, WELDING STAND, HELMET,
TERMINAL
STRIP
ON
SWITCH
115/240 VAC
50/60 HERTZ
SINGLE PHASE
INPUT
INTERLOCK
RELAY
5 VDC USB
AUDIO
RECEPTACLE
FMD CONTROL UNIT, POLHEMUS
INTERFACE MODULE, WELDING
STAND, HELMET, RELAY BOARD
AND WELDING DEVICES
The FMD Control Unit forwards the video and audio
information it receives from the CPU to the Helmet for
real time user performance feedback.
The Polhemus Interface Module processes feedback
signals it receives from the Welding Stand, the Helmet
and the Relay PC Board and via a USB cable connec-
tion provides interactive performance information to
the CPU. The Welding Devices (Mig and Stick) and
the Welding Stand interact through magnetic signals.
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THEORY OF OPERATION
VRTEX 360 THEORY OF OPERATION
RELAY BOARD AND WELDING DEVICES
VIDEO
RECEPTACLE
MONITOR VGA
<
SPLITTER
12 VDC
GREEN LED
12 VDC
SUPPLY
GREEN LED
POLHEMUS
5 VDC
5 VDC
INTERFACE
S
SUPPLY
I MODULE
G
U
N
S
A
B
L
CPU
COMPUTER ASSEMBLY
TO VGA SPLITTER
U
S
B
PROCEDURE SELECTIONS
U
INTERFACE
S
MODULE
B
DIGITAL
SIGNAL
I/O
AUDIO 1
INTERFACE
MODULE
USER INTERFACE
DIGITAL
CONTROLS AND
(USB)
INDICATORS
(MULTIPLE DEVICES)
DISPLAY
LED
PC BOARD
NOTE: Unshaded areas of Block Logic
Diagram are the subject of discussion
VRTEX
FROM
CPU
VGA 1
12 VDC
5 VDC
CONTROL
WELDING
STAND
VISUAL AND AUDIO SIGNALS
HELMET
MOTOR CONTROL COMMANDS
The Relay PC Board receives user procedure selec-
tions from the Interface Digital I/O Module. The Relay
PC Board then activates either the Mig Gun Device or
the Stick Electrode Device and interacts with the
Polhemus Interface Module to provide virtual welding
feedback information to the CPU.
Electrode Device is selected the Motor Control PC
Board is commanded by the Interface Digital I/O
Module to retract the magnetic electrode to simulate
the consumption of a stick electrode.
TM 360
FMD
UNIT
MIG GUN
RELAY
DEVICE
PC
BOARD
STICK ELECTRODE
DEVICE
12 VDC
When the Stick
E-5
MOTOR
SIGNALS
MOTOR
CONTROL
PC BOARD