2501 Teacher Software Manual EN pmajJP0

EN
TEACHER
SOFTWARE
soldamatic.com
TEACHER SOFTWARE 2.5.01
Table of Contents
1. INSTALLING THE TEACHER SOFTWARE PROGRAM ............................................................... 3
A. Computer Requirements: ................................................................................................. 3
B. Installation......................................................................................................................... 3
2. USING THE TEACHER SOFTWARE PROGRAM ........................................................................ 6
A. Adding and Removing Courses ......................................................................................... 6
B. Course Data ....................................................................................................................... 7
C. Adding courses .................................................................................................................. 7
D. Editing Course Data........................................................................................................... 8
E. Adding and Removing Modules ........................................................................................ 8
F. Changing Student Course Assignments ............................................................................. 9
G. Deleting a Course .............................................................................................................. 9
3. STUDENTS ............................................................................................................................ 10
A. Student Home Page ........................................................................................................ 10
B. Student Information........................................................................................................ 11
C. Analysis Module .............................................................................................................. 11
D. Adding a Student............................................................................................................. 13
E. Editing Student Information ............................................................................................ 13
F. Deleting a student ........................................................................................................... 13
4. MODULES ............................................................................................................................ 14
A. Task Information ............................................................................................................. 14
B. Adding a Task .................................................................................................................. 15
C. Task types ........................................................................................................................ 16
D. Edit and Delete Task ....................................................................................................... 17
E. Designing a Welding Exercise .......................................................................................... 17
5. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM ......................................................................................................... 20
6. REPORTS .............................................................................................................................. 21
7. TEACHER SOFTWARE SETTINGS .......................................................................................... 21
A. Synchronize ..................................................................................................................... 21
B. Reset................................................................................................................................ 21
C. Settings ............................................................................................................................ 22
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1. INSTALLING THE TEACHER SOFTWARE PROGRAM

Download the Teacher Software from the Partners Area site at
http://partnersarea.soldamatic.com/usuario/login/?next=/
A. Computer Requirements:
- Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
- Processor 32 bits (x86) 2.2GHz 3MB
- RAM 2GB
- Graphic 512MB DirectX 9.0c compatible
- Nvdia Geforce GGT440 or higher
- ATI Radeon HD5000 or higher
- HDD 250MB
B. Installation
Double click on the Install.exe file. The installation window appears (Figure 1). Click Next.
Figure 1-1. Installation window.
Continue with the installation process, including the license agreement screen. A Teacher
Software shortcut on the Windows taskbar will be created (Figure 2).
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Figure 1-2. Teacher Software Shortcut.
Connect the computer running the Teacher Software to the SOLDAMATIC network (Figure
3).
Be sure the computer is connected to the SOLDAMATIC network before opening the Teacher
Software.
Figure 1-3. SOLDAMATIC Network.

Open the Teacher Software on your computer. The login screen is displayed (Figure 4). Select
your language.
Figure 1-4. Login Screen.

For Classroom configuration, the IP address is always the same (10.0.0.1).
For StandAlone configuration, login as Administrator on your Soldamatic system. Press the
Settings Button. Check the IP address in the System Information option (Figure 5).
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Figure 1-5 System Settings Screen on Soldamatic.
Enter Ethernet IP address on the login screen (Figure 6). Click Connect.
Figure 1-6 IP address.

The user/password login screen appears (Figure 7). Enter user name (teacher) and password
(soldamatic). Click Login.
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Figure 1-7. User/Password.
An error message is displayed after five seconds if the connection fails ( Figure 8). The error may
be caused by the following issues:
• Error when writing the IP address. Check the spelling and try again.
• Make sure you are connected to the SOLDAMATIC network. Repeat the installation
steps. Verify the router and simulator are properly connected.
• The Teacher Software was started before the computer fully established a connection
to the SOLDAMATIC network. Exit the Teacher Software and restart it.
Figurre 1-8. Error Message.
2. USING THE TEACHER SOFTWARE PROGRAM

A. Adding and Removing Courses
The left panel of the screen (Figure 9) displays the default courses list:
• Augmented Training Soldamatic Welding Curricula

• Open Demo
• Fitness Manual for Welder by Abicor
• EWM
Default courses cannot be edited.
The left panel of the screen (9) also show all the courses added by the teacher that can be edited
and all the addtiional courses you may purchase.
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In the right side of the screen you can find all the Course Data screens.
Figure 1-9. Course List and Course Data Screens.
B. Course Data
Name: Official name of the course
Theory Hours: planned number of theory hours to be studied through simulator
Soldamatic Hours: planned number of simulator hours
Workshop Hours: planned number of real welding practice hours
Classroom: classroom assigned to the course in the training center
Instructor: name of the welding instructor
C. Adding courses
Click on the Add course button. The Add Course screen is displayed. You must enter data in the
Name field. The remaining fields are optional.
If the Course Visible option is enabled (Yes), the selected course will appear in the simulator.
Synchronize with eSoldamatic: enable this option to sycnchronize your course with the E-
Soldamatic platform.
After completing the data fileds, click Next. Students and modules screens will be displayed. Use
the arrows to add or delete.
Click Submit to return to the Course screen. The new course will appear listed on the left panel
of the screen.
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Figure 1-10. Adding Course.
D. Editing Course Data

Courses can be edited in two ways:
• Double-click the course to be edited.

• Select the course to be edited and click Edit Course.
When edits are complete, click Submit to save all changes.
Remember that default courses cannot be edited.
E. Adding and Removing Modules

To add or remove modules from a course previously created, select the course in which you
want to manage modules. The list of all modules is displayed in the left column, and the modules
assigned to the course are displayed in the right one. Select a module and use the arrows to add
or remove a module, or drag it to or from the course.
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Figure 1-11. Course Modules
F. Changing Student Course Assignments

To add or remove students from a course previously created, select the course for which you
want to manage student assigments. The list of all students is displayed on the left column, and
the students assigned to the course on the right one. Select a student and use the arrows to
add or remove students, or drag them to or from the course.
Figure 1-12 Student Course Assignment.
G. Deleting a Course
Select the course to be deleted from the course list and click Delete Course. Click OK in the
Delete message box. An error is displayed if the course cannot be deleted.
Default courses cannot be deleted.
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Figure 1-13 Deleting a Course.
3. STUDENTS
A. Student Home Page
A list of existing students is displayed on the left panel of the screen. Select <-> symbol in the
Select Course field to display all the enrolled students. Select a course to see a list of students
assigned only to that course.
Select a student to see the student’s profile.
Figure 1-14. Student Home Page.
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Figure 1-15. Student Home Page.
B. Student Information
Select a student to see their personal profile in the right side of the screen. Click Course History
to display records of students’ progress. This screen provides information about the student’s
activities in a specific module. This screen also allows the teacher to determine which exercises
a student has completed and not, and how many activities remain for the student to complete
the course.
Expand a unit’s contents to review the activities in that unit. The icons (pass) and (fail)
indicate the status of completed activities.
Figure 1-16. Student Course History.
C. Analysis Module
Select an activity and click View Progress to obtain a summary of the student’s progress. Double
click any attempt to open the Analysis Module (a video execution of the selected activity) (Figure
17).
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In the Analysis Module, you will find:
• Overall Score (PASS or FAIL)

• Parameter Score
• WPS Summary
• Overall Score with image capture: if you want a specific picture of the welding execution
to appear in the report, stop the video on the desired image and click Image Capture.
Then, click Generate Report.
Select or deselect the parameters you want to focus on. Only evaluable parameters that you
chose when designing the exercise will appear. A score from 0% to 100% will be displayed beside
each parameter.
Overall Score Parameter Score
WPS Summary Image Capture
Figure 1-17 Analysis Module.
The Analysis Module Scoring is based on the following:
• The total score of a welding execution is the average of all the passes score. PASS or
FAIL will depend on the score established by the Teacher.
• The score of a welding pass is the average of all the parameters score.
• The score of each parameter is evaluated based on the Target Value established by the
teacher.
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Difficulty levels: there are 3 difficulty levels
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
Every single level is more restrictive than each other as the tolerance range varies in all
parameters. For example:
Parameter Beginner Intermediate Advanced

Gas ± 10 ±7 ±5
Travel Angle ± 15 ± 10 ±5
Arc Length ± 0,20 ± 0,15 ± 0,10
All three levels include on-screen guides that can be deleted or customized throughout the
Teacher Software.
D. Adding a Student
Click Add Student to display the student data screen. Name, Last Name and Password are
mandatory fields while the rest are optional. Click Submit to save changes.
Only digits 1-4 can be used for Password.

Grant Administrative rights? If you enable this option, you are granting the user to access to
the Soldamatic internal menu (only used for troubleshooting). We strongly recommend to
only grant administrative rights to teachers.
Figure 1-18. Student Data Screen.
E. Editing Student Information

Select the student you want to edit and click Edit Student. Click Submit to save changes.
F. Deleting a student
Select the student you want to delete and click Delete Student. There are two different options:
• Delete permanently: the student will be completely deleted.
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• Withdraw selected student: all the information will be saved but it will not appear in any
course.
Check the Show withdraw Students box to see inactive students (in red). Select an
inactive student and click Activate (for withdraw students), if you want to activate them.
Figure 1-19. Deleting a student.
4. MODULES
A list of existing modules is displayed on the left panel of the screen. You can find the modules
descriptions and tasks in the right side.
Figure 1-20. Module Screen.
A. Task Information
Before adding any task, it is important to understand the relationship between courses, modules
and units. (Figure 21)
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Course
Modules Modules Modules Modules
Units Units Units Units Units
-Theory -Theory -Theory -Theory - Theory

- Exercise - Exercise - Exercise -Exercise - Exercise
- Quiz -Quiz - Quiz -Quiz - Quize
Figure 1-21. Course Structure.
B. Adding a Task
The first step is to select a module into which content will be added.
Select the type of task (theory, exercise, quiz) you want to add and indicate if an existing unit
will be used or new unit created. If the module is empty, a new unit must be added. To add a
unit, enter unit name and click Submit.
Figure 1-22. Adding Task.
Tasks (theory, exercises, or quizzes) previously created can also be copied to the existing
modules within the Teacher Software to make it easier for the teacher to create courses: select
the task you want to copy. Click Copy Task and a module screen will be displayed. Select the
module you want to copy the task into. You can add the copied task to an existing unit or to a
new one. (Figure 23)
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Figure 1-23. Copying a task.
C. Task types
Theory
Select Theory in the task field. Browse to and select the file to upload.
Only PDF files can be uploaded.

Maximum file size is 20 Mb.
Enter name and objective and click Submit.
The theory file cannot be viewed in the Teacher Software.
Welding exercise
Select Exercise in the task field. Click Submit and the parameters screen will be displayed.
Quiz
Select Quiz in the task field. Click Add Quiz to start creating it. (Figure 24).
• All fields are mandatory.
Click Add question to start adding your questions.
• A maximum of 25 questions may be added.
Click Add Answer to start adding your answers. There are different options for the answers:
• Add one or more option for possible answers (maximum 6).

• Choose if the question has just one (simple) or several (multiple) answers.
• Delete options as answers.
• Choose a correct answer otherwise a message is displayed indicating that the correct
answer has not been selected.
Click Apply after each question to save changes.
If you choose another answer without saving the changes, the system will detect it and display
a message indicating that the configuration will be lost.
Once you finish your quiz, click Submit.
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Figure 1-24. Adding a quiz.
D. Edit and Delete Task

Select the task to be edited and click Edit. Click Submit to save changes.
Select the task to be deleted and click Delete. A confirmation message will be displayed.
E. Designing a Welding Exercise

Enter a Title (mandatory field) for the new welding exercise.
There are 4 difficulty levels:
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Open: the student selects the difficulty level on the simulator.
Designate the number of times the welding exercise can be attempted on the simulator in the
option # of attempts allowed.
This screen also gives you the option of adding a WPS pdf. file to familiarize students with this
type of documentation. The WPS will be viewed in the simulator before starting the welding
exercise.
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Figure 1-25. Designing a welding exercise.
Click Next and proceed to the next screen.
This screen (Figure 26) allows you to select the parameters you want Soldamatic to evaluate for
the exercise, and the real-time guide parameters you want the system to display during the
exercise.
• Check the option Enable/Disable All to select or deselect all the parameters.
Designate the passing score for the welding exercise in the option Passing Score.
• Allow exercise to begin with equipment settings set incorrectly? If selected, the student
will have to set the equipment settings before starting the exercise.
Figure 1-26. Exercise Parameter Screens.
Click Next.
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Exercise parameters include the following:
Procedure
• Welding Process: SMAW, GMAW, FCAW (gas and self-shielded) and GTAW
• Tungsten electrode (only for GTAW)
• Activate electrode stick consumption: if selected, the electrode will be consumed
(consumption rate is dependent on the welding parameter and student performance).
• Joint Type
• Base material
• Position
• Thickness
• Weld Type
Click Next and continue adding the following parameters:
• Filler classification
• Type
• Diameter
• Gas composition
View all the welding procedure values in the last window. Click Edit to customize the procedure
values.
An image of the joint you are going to weld, and the passes chosen (Figure 27) will appear on
the right corner of the screen. Assign the desired values to the different parameters. The range
of tolerance will be higher or lower depending on the level of difficulty chosen.
Once you finish, click Submit to save changes.
Figure 1-27. Parameters Values.
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5. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
In this menu, you can monitor what is happening in the SOLDAMATIC classroom in real time.
Virtual Classroom will show FAIL/PASS score.
First, select the course you want to monitor. Once selected, a list of the students of that course
will be displayed in the left side of the screen. You can choose all the students to be displayed
or just the connected ones. If the check is active, both connected and disconnected students will
be shown.
The name of the student will appear with an icon besides, indicating the status of the student at
that moment:
Disconnected
Connected
Connected and performing an exercise
Connected and doing a quiz
Connected and seeing theory
Connected and analyzing an exercise
The order in the students’ list will be: students with marks, students with higher marks, students
that are doing a task (from the lowest mark to the highest one), analysis students, tests, theory,
connected and disconnected students.
The Activity Log displays each student’s use of the simulator, so the teacher can track their
progress in real time.
The teacher can retrieve real time information for connected students doing an exercise. The
student’s name will be displayed with the simulation icon and their average score in real time.
Click the student’s name to view detailed information about their exercise on the right side of
the screen, including work angle, travel angle, travel speed, CTWD (contact tip to work distance),
aim, arc length, rod work angle, and rod filler angle. By default, all parameters are selected.
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To focus on specific parameters (for example, areas in which the student needs improvement),
deactivate the rest by clearing the check marks. Deactivated parameters are not scored. The
real-time average is calculated only with the selected parameters.
6. REPORTS
The Teacher Software Program can generate reports of all the information stored in it (student
progress, student list, etc.). Almost all the Teacher Software screens include a Generate Report
or Create PDF button.
7. TEACHER SOFTWARE SETTINGS

A. Synchronize
Click Synchronize (Figure 28) to synchronize your Teacher Software courses with the E-
Soldamatic platform.
• Only the courses with the option Synchronize with e-Soldamatic option activated.
Figure 1-28. Synchronize option.
B. Reset
Click “Reset” (Figure 29) to restore the system content to the original factory configuration.
When confirmation messages appear twice, select Restore System Defaults to proceed.
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Figure 1-29. Resetting Content.
C. Settings
Click “Settings” to change unit system and weld naming convention (Figure 30).
Figure 1-30. Settings option.
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1. INSTALLING THE TEACHER SOFTWARE PROGRAM

Figure 1-1. Installation window.

Figure 1-2. Teacher Software Shortcut.

Figure 1-3. SOLDAMATIC Network.

Figure 1-4. Login Screen.

Figure 1-5 System Settings Screen on Soldamatic.

Figure 1-6 IP address.

Figure 1-7. User/Password.

Figurre 1-8. Error Message.

2. USING THE TEACHER SOFTWARE PROGRAM

• Augmented Training Soldamatic Welding Curricula

Default courses cannot be edited.

Figure 1-9. Course List and Course Data Screens.

Theory Hours: planned number of theory hours to be studied through simulator

Soldamatic Hours: planned number of simulator hours

Workshop Hours: planned number of real welding practice hours

Classroom: classroom assigned to the course in the training center

Instructor: name of the welding instructor

Figure 1-10. Adding Course.

D. Editing Course Data

• Double-click the course to be edited.

When edits are complete, click Submit to save all changes.

Remember that default courses cannot be edited.

E. Adding and Removing Modules

Figure 1-11. Course Modules

F. Changing Student Course Assignments

Figure 1-12 Student Course Assignment.

Figure 1-13 Deleting a Course.

Select a student to see the student’s profile.

Figure 1-14. Student Home Page.

Figure 1-15. Student Home Page.

Figure 1-16. Student Course History.

In the Analysis Module, you will find:

• Overall Score (PASS or FAIL)

Overall Score Parameter Score

WPS Summary Image Capture

Figure 1-17 Analysis Module.

The Analysis Module Scoring is based on the following:

Difficulty levels: there are 3 difficulty levels

Parameter Beginner Intermediate Advanced

Only digits 1-4 can be used for Password.

Figure 1-18. Student Data Screen.

E. Editing Student Information

• Delete permanently: the student will be completely deleted.

Figure 1-19. Deleting a student.

Figure 1-20. Module Screen.

Modules Modules Modules Modules

Units Units Units Units Units

-Theory -Theory -Theory -Theory - Theory

Figure 1-21. Course Structure.

Figure 1-22. Adding Task.

Figure 1-23. Copying a task.

Only PDF files can be uploaded.

Enter name and objective and click Submit.

The theory file cannot be viewed in the Teacher Software.

• All fields are mandatory.

Click Add question to start adding your questions.

• A maximum of 25 questions may be added.

• Add one or more option for possible answers (maximum 6).

Click Apply after each question to save changes.

Once you finish your quiz, click Submit.

Figure 1-24. Adding a quiz.