How to factory reset IoT gateway on Warrior EDGE in case of a lost password, using a USB stick

This aricle explains how to factory reset IoT gateway on a Warrior EDGE welding system using a USB stick.

This scenario applies when you lost your gateway password and need to reconfigure your Warrior EDGE machine

Please take care IoT gateway will be reset to factory conditions. You need to configure it again afterwards

Please ensure following requirements are met:

USB stick formatted as FAT32

Reset procedure

Create an empty file on your computer with name .perform_factory_reset

dot at the beginning of file name is mandatory. Please look at below instructions on a possible way on how to create such a file

Copy file created in USB stick root
Power off Warrior EDGE machine
Open the USB port cover on the front of the power source

Remove either WiFi or Bluetooth dongle (if any, it does not matter which one) and insert USB stick with reset file just created


Turn on Warrior EDGE and wait 2 minutes
Power off Warrior EDGE, remove USB stick and reconnect the dongle eventually removed
Power on Warrior EDGE and access IoT gateway with default credentials (username: admin, password: gateway)

To check reset has been peformed, you could insert USB stick into a PC and check file on it has been renamed to .performed

Updated on: 23/08/2023