Q: In what situations one would need a password-protected station? A: Any situation where multiple employees, or students, use the same station. Here's why. The station allows setting the following: 1. Working temp. between 400 and 899°F (200 - 480°C), 2. Display in °F or °C, 3. Error adjustment, 4. Up to five preset working temperatures (for lead-free, etc.), 5. Low temperature alert (to prevent cold-soldering). All of the adjustments are not very intuitive and require access to the instruction manual. Setting a password eliminates the possibility of an accidental random change by unauthorized employee, or a student, and then wasting the time to re-set it correctly.
Password prevents the change of temperature setting by unauthorized persons, or by mistake. The concept is akin to a password used in thermostats. These Hakko stations can be used in school labs, small businesses, etc., where you don't want unauthorized messing with the temperature setting.
@@tektech1065 Ok, but surely, you'd check the temp before commencing soldering. A password lock on a soldering iron is a solution to a non existant problem.
@@Cornz38 It's just an option. Most people don't need it or use it. Weller WE1010, which costs about the same, also has the option of password protection. It's a standard feature in brand name digital soldering stations. Cheaper and non-digital stations don't have this option.
@@Cornz38 These are used in commercial situations where you have banks of employees soldering boards, It's there to STOP unauthorised personnel from changing the set temp, what don't you understand?
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Q: In what situations one would need a password-protected station?
A: Any situation where multiple employees, or students, use the same station.
Here's why. The station allows setting the following:
1. Working temp. between 400 and 899°F (200 - 480°C),
2. Display in °F or °C,
3. Error adjustment,
4. Up to five preset working temperatures (for lead-free, etc.),
5. Low temperature alert (to prevent cold-soldering).
All of the adjustments are not very intuitive and require access to the instruction manual.
Setting a password eliminates the possibility of an accidental random change by unauthorized employee, or a student, and then wasting the time to re-set it correctly.
A password ON A SOLDERING STATION??? WTF?????
Password prevents the change of temperature setting by unauthorized persons, or by mistake. The concept is akin to a password used in thermostats. These Hakko stations can be used in school labs, small businesses, etc., where you don't want unauthorized messing with the temperature setting.
@@tektech1065 Ok, but surely, you'd check the temp before commencing soldering. A password lock on a soldering iron is a solution to a non existant problem.
@@Cornz38 It's just an option. Most people don't need it or use it. Weller WE1010, which costs about the same, also has the option of password protection. It's a standard feature in brand name digital soldering stations. Cheaper and non-digital stations don't have this option.
@@Cornz38 These are used in commercial situations where you have banks of employees soldering boards, It's there to STOP unauthorised personnel from changing the set temp, what don't you understand?
@@shaunmorrissey7313 I understand completely. I also understand it is a solution looking for a problem. What part of that do you fail to grasp?