SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE COMMUNICATION OF CONTROL AND DIAGNOSTICS DATA IN A WELDING SYSTEM

Systems and methods for monitoring and/or controlling a welding system using a remote device are disclosed. The remote device communicates, via one or more transceivers or communication circuits, with one or more component of the welding system (such as a welding power supply or auxiliary device) or a remote computing system (such as a personal computer, cloud computing resource, etc.). The remote device receives signals from the welding system, the signals containing data associated with diagnostic parameters of one or more of the components. The remote device then controls one or more transceivers to transmit signals containing the data to the remote computing system. There, the data may be analyzed, manipulated, and/or displayed. In some examples, software update data is provided to the remote device and transmitted to a welding system component associated with the particular software update.