User manual SINGER FUTURA

[. . . ] User's Manual User's Manual Trademarks COMPUCON has made all possible efforts to supply trademark information about company names, products and services mentioned in this manual. Trademarks indicated below were derived from various sources: COMPUCON is a registered trademark of COMPUCON Computer Applications S. A. is a registered Trademark of The Singer Company Limited MS-Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Press the design trasnmitted to the machine button "Start" the machine. After having embroidered a particualar color block, repeat step 3 for the next color block of the design. The FUTURA software is the front-end screen of your FUTURA machine thus providing real-time valuable information on the actions of the machine. What is more, the software will prompt you with any type of error messages that might come up during operation. The list of possible error messages, their meaning and the proposed action are listed below. Using FUTURA Software: Inside Machine Navigator 35 EM-01 Check cable and power switch Check that USB cable is connected and power switch is turned on. Futura - English 1-01 EM-02 Attach large hoop Turn off power switch and attach large hoop. EM-03 Bobbin winder in operation Bobbin winder is in operation. EM-04 Raise buttonhole lever Buttonhole lever is lowered. Raise buttonhole lever. EM-05 Lower presser foot Lower presser foot by lowering presser foot lifter. 36 Using FUTURA Software: Inside Machine Navigator EM-06 Raise needle Raise needle by rotating hand wheel toward you. Futura - English 1-01 EM-07 Safety device activated (No animation supplied) Safety device is activated. See related section in instruction manual of machine EM-08 Check bobbin winder Check bobbin winder and move it to left. EM-09 Thread breakage detected Thread breakage is detected. Check threads. Using FUTURA Software: Inside Machine Navigator 37 Inside Open Machine Disk There are several types of commercial Machine Disk formats that can be read with FUTURA software. These will be expanded files (already having instructions for an embroidery machine) with limited editing capabilities. The following formats can be read from a properly formatted (the appropriate disk type - usually "DS/DD" double-sided/double-density that was formatted for the requested type) Format Barudan FDR Barudan FDR 1. 44 Barudan Barudan M7000 BEAT 900 CEM/BX Fortron Juki Happy Marco Melco Melco DOS Pfaff Tajima Toyota ZSK ZSK DOS Disk Type DS/DD High Density DS/DD DS/DD DS/DD DS/DD DS/DD DS/DD DS/DD DS/DD DS/DD High Density DS/DD DS/DD DS/DD DS/DD High Density 38 Using FUTURA Software: Inside Open Machine Disk Futura - English 1-01 Machine Disk options There are other tasks that can be done with Open Machine Disk. Delete (stitch files), Identify (type of Machine Disk), Copy (selected files), and All (copy entire disk to computer). Use Open Machine Disk Use the Open Machine Disk feature to open a stitch file from one of the formats listed above. Result Read Design from Machine Disk dialogue box will open. Futura - English 1-01 The system will read the files on the disk and display in the right-hand column. >4 >5 Highlight stitch file in the right-hand column. Select Read. The design will be read and open on-screen. Using FUTURA Software: Inside Open Machine Disk 39 Use Delete (from Machine Disk) Use the Open Machine Disk feature to delete a stitch file from the machine disk. >2 Choose a Machine Format from the list on the left >3 Click Read. Result Open Machine Disk dialogue box will open. The system will read the files on the disk and display in the right-hand column. >4 >5 Highlight stitch file in the right-hand column. Select Delete. The design will be deleted from disk. Use Identify (Machine Disk) Use the Open Machine Disk feature to identify the format of a machine disk Step Action >1 Select Open Machine Disk. . . The system will read the disk to determine the (acceptable) format. 40 Using FUTURA Software: Inside Open Machine Disk Futura - English 1-01 Use Copy (files from Machine Disk) Use the Open Machine Disk feature to copy a stitch file from the machine disk to the hard drive. Result Open Machine Disk dialogue box will open. Futura - English 1-01 The system will read the files on the disk and display in the right-hand column. >4 >5 >6 Highlight stitch file in the right-hand column. Choose location to save the copied file(s). A "Browse destination" box will open. The design(s) will be copied to a location that you specify. Image 1 Read Machine Disk dialogue Box Using FUTURA Software: Inside Open Machine Disk 41 Inside Design Browser Design Browser is a quick-and-easy way to access stitch files. Information, such as, stitch count, dimensions and number of color changes can be viewed in the Design Browser window. [. . . ] The letters always remain vertical. Futura - English 1-01 Reset If a frame has been manipulated in any manner, using the Reset icon will set the letters back to the original configuration within the frame. Stitch Letters Select Stitch It icon to fill the letters with stitches. Image 1 Finished Lettering 76 Using FUTURA Software: Inside Lettering Changing color for Lettering When working with Lettering you might like to change the color of the words to be embroidered to a different color than the last use. Simply click on the color icon on the toolbar to change the active color. Futura - English 1-01 Change color Image 2 Change color for Lettering Using FUTURA Software: Inside Lettering 77 Inside System Parameters System Parameters System Parameters is a function used to personalize the environment (screen) of FUTURA. For those of us who still want to measure in inches, System Parameters is the place to set that up. How to Use System Parameters Step Action >1 Select System Parameters from the Tools drop-down menu >2 Click English System (inches) from the Unit System drop-down list. [. . . ]