ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="../favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <title>techMatrix &raquo; FAQ</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { background: #ECF5FF; } #sitewrapper { margin: 20px auto; width: 750px; background: #FFFFFF; border: #999999 1px solid; } #content { padding: 20px; border: #EEEEEE 10px solid; } h1 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; color: #333333; margin: 0; } p, ol { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; } h2 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #053893; } --> </style> </head> <body> <div id="sitewrapper"> <div id="content" style="width: 907; height: 296"> <h1>Weldworks FAQ</h1> <h2>Can the WeldWorks"! Software Suite be used with stand alone weld controllers or weld monitors?</h2> <ol> <li>WeldWorks can be sold without an RSX automated machine to manage your weld controllers and monitors.&nbsp; Separate weld controller and weld monitor client software is available.&nbsp; Please contact us for price and availability.</li> </ol> <h2>I only have one RSX machine and I don't have Ethernet on the factory floor, can I still use WeldWorks"!?</h2> <ol> <li>Yes, all the software components would reside on the RSX machine and would only be accessible from the PC on the RSX machine.</li> </ol> <h2>We don't have an IT department or any dedicated servers to run WeldWorks"!, is that OK?</h2> <ol> <li>Yes, WeldWorks can be run on any desktop PC running Microsoft Windows XP.&nbsp; If you have many machines or engineers accessing the database, you may see performance degrade.&nbsp; </li> <li>Please note that Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows XP limits the number of connections to 10.</li> </ol> <h2>How much data can I store in the WeldWorks"! database?</h2> <ol> <li>WeldWorks uses Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express which can store a maximum of 4 GB.</li> <li>Users can upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server Workgroup or Standard at any time; the database size would then be unlimited (only constrained by the size of the hard drive).</li> </ol> <h2>How can I use information on the WeldWorks"! database and integrate it with my existing databases?</h2> <ol> <li>The best way to do this is through the WeldWork s web services.</li> <li>Your MIS department can use these web services to extract information for your quality control and manufacturing execution systems applications.</li> </ol> <h2>Are user passwords encrypted, does a user s access expire after a default time period?</h2> <ol> <li>Yes, all user passwords are encrypted using the MD5 hash algorithm and they are always transmitted across the internet in encrypted form.</li> <li>The default password period is 6 months and you can modify the period to your company s policy.</li> <li>Users are required to have their password reset after the period expires.</li> </ol> <h2>Is it possible to automatically input the destructive test data from my &quot;pull tester&quot; into the WeldWorks"! database?</h2> <ol> <li>Yes, this can be done with a custom &quot;pull tester&quot; client application and the WeldWork s web services.</li> <li>A lot of times the application is very basic and simply pulls destructive data from an Excel file generated by your &quot;pull tester&quot;. Please contact us for details.</li> </ol> </div> </div> </body> </html>