Compact Machine Operation Guide

Compact Machine Operation Guide

Compact Machine Operation Guide

SWF Abbreviated Instructions

(For most common operations)

 

Read a design from disk:

1. Insert the disk the disk in the floppy drive

2. Press the IN OUT button

3. Use the Down button to select #2, FDD CALL

4. Press SET - the display will list the designs on the disk

5. Use the UP/DOWN buttons to select the desired design

6. Press SET - the display will show the next available m em ory address (room )

7. Press SET - a progress indcator show s the status of reading the design, then

 

return to the list of designs on the disk

8. To read another design into the memory, repeat steps 5 - 7

9. To exit the floppy reading, press PREVIOUS.

10.The dislplay now offers the options for Basic Settings and Needle Settings.

a) Basic Settings allow you to scale, mirror and rotate the design.

b) Needle Settings allow you to set the color sequence for the design.

11. Pressing PREVIOUS two tim es at this tim e will return you to the main screen.

 

Read a design from m em ory:

1. Press the IN OUT button.

2. Use the UP/DOWN buttons to select EMB CALL.

3. Press SET - the display will list the designs currently in the memory

4. Use the UP/DOWN buttons to select the desired design

5. Press SET

6. The display now offers the options for Basic & Needle Settings and EMB CALL

a) Basic & Needle Settings are the same as above.

b) EM B CALL returns you to the directory of the memory again.

7. Press PREVIOUS

8. The display returns to the current design screen

 

Delete a design from memory:

1. Press the EMB CALL button

2. Use the DOWN button to select #5, Delete Design

3. Press SET - the display will list the designs currently in the m em ory

4. Use the UP/DOW N buttons to select the design to be deleted

5. Press SET - the design is deleted

6. To delete additional designs, repeat steps 3 and 4

7. To exit, press PREVIOUS two tim es

8. The display returns to the current design screen

 

Delete all designs from m em ory:

1. Press the EMB CALL button

2. Use the DOWN button to select #7, Memory Initialize

3. Press SET - the display will ask to confirm Yes or No (Yes is the default)

4. Press SET

5. Press PREVIOUS - the display will show "NOT LOAD DESIGN", indicating the

memory is now empty, no designs are stored. To load a new design, refer to

the Read a Design From Disk steps above.

 

Program the color changes:

1. Press the NEEDLE button

2. Press the needle number for the color that sew s first

3. Press the needle number for each consecutive color in the design

4. Press SET - the display will ask to confirm End, Insert or Delete (End is the

default)

5. Press SET - the display returns to the current design screen

NOTE: To program needles 10, 11 and 12, press and hold the blue + 10 button and then

press 0 for 10, 1 for 11 or 2 for 12. The display will show A for 10, B for 11 or C for 12

 

Set the machine for Cap or Flat Embroidery:

1. Press the MACHINE button

2. Use the DOWN button to select #2, Machine Function

3. Press SET - the display will list several options, option #1 is for Cap/Flat

setting

4. Press SET - the display will offer choices of: 0 for flat or 1 for caps.

5. Enter your choice, then press SET

6. Press PREVIOUS two times.

7. The display returns to the current design screen

 

R otate the design:

1. Press the SETTING button

2. Use the DOWN button to select #3, Angle

3. Press SET - the display will offer settings from 0 to 359 degrees

4. Enter 180 for caps or 0 for flats

5. Press SET

6. Press PREVIOUS

7. The display returns to the current design screen

 

Trace the design:

1. Press 1 to change to needle 1 on the machine

2. Manually move the fram e to the start point of the design

3. Press the SUB WORK button

4. Use the DOW N button to select #2, Trace Design

5. Press SET - the fram e will trace a box based on the extreme limits of the

design, left and right sides, top and bottom . Observe the placem ent of the

num ber 1 needle bar as the fram e m oves to determine if the design will fit

using the current start point.

6. If the design centering is okay, press PREVIOUS to exit

7. If the design needs to be re-centered, press PREVIOUS to exit tracing, move

the frame to a better start point and repeat steps 3 - 5

8. Press PREVIOUS to exit the trace function

 

Float forw ard or back through a design:

1. Stop the machine

2. Press the FLOAT button

3. Use the UP/DOW N buttons to select the increments of floating (by 100, 1000,

10000 stitches, or by color)

4. Press SET

5. Press START to float forward by the increm ent chosen, press STOP to float

backward by the increm ent chosen

6. Press PREVIOUS two tim es

7. The display returns to the current design screen

 

Reset a Design (end the current job):

1. Press SET and hold until the m achine stops beeping

2. Press the blue O RIGIN button - the frame returns to the start point

 

Manual thread trim m ing:

1. Stop the m achine

2. Press the TRIMMING button (the scissors sym bol)

3. Press START to execute the trim

4. Press PREVIOUS

5. The display returns to the current design screen