Brother International BAS-342E Instruction Manual - English - Page 24

Using, floppy

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6-2. Using the floppy disk Compatible types of floppy disk Data type 300E type No. of stitches programmed 20,000 stitches per pattern 100 pattern Up to a maximum of 360,000 stitches Data resolution 0.05 mm/pulse Disk 2HD Tajima embroidery data 50,000 stitches per pattern 0.1 mm/pulse 6. Panel operation Format Write enabled Yes 1.44 MB No Old 300A type Old 300 data 4,000 stitches per patern 10 patterns Up to a maximum of 40,000 stitches 2,000 stitches per pattern 10 patterns Up to a maximum of 20,000 stitches 0.1 mm/pulse 0.2 mm/pulse Yes 2DD Automatically formatted No • The above four types of data can all be read, but when writing to disk, all data is automatically converted to 300E data when writing to 2HD disks and 300A data when writing to 2DD disks. • When using a 2HD disk, use a disk which has been pre-formatted as a 1.44 MB disk. (The programmer can be used to format these disks. Refer to the programmer instruction manual for details.)- • TFD embroidery data can be embroidered after it has been converted by the programmer to BAS-300E data. • Restriction on using 2DD floppy disks. In order to maintain compatibility with the old 300A series, the following restrictions have been placed on the use of the new functions which have been added to the E series. Restricted function Resolution A series (2DD) 0.1 mm/pulse E series (2HD) 0.05 mm/pulse Applicable command Low-speed conversion 2 types (400 and 1,200 4 types (400, 600, 800 revolutions) and 1,200 revolutions) [668]L [669]L Split function during embroidering Not available Available [220]L [230]L Needle down stop for split Expansion option output Not available Not available Available Available [221]L [231]L BAS-341E • 342E 17

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6.
Panel
operation
6-2.
Using
the
floppy
disk
Compatible
types
of
floppy
disk
Data
type
No.
of
stitches
programmed
Data
resolution
Disk
Format
Write
enabled
300E
type
20,000
stitches
per
pattern
100
pattern
Up
to
a
maximum
of
360,000
stitches
0.05
mm/pulse
2HD
1.44
MB
Yes
Tajima
embroidery
data
50,000
stitches
per
pattern
0.1
mm/pulse
No
Old
300A
type
4,000
stitches
per
patern
10
patterns
Up
to
a
maximum
of
40,000
stitches
0.1
mm/pulse
2DD
Automatically
formatted
Yes
Old
300
data
2,000
stitches
per
pattern
10
patterns
Up
to
a
maximum
of
20,000
stitches
0.2
mm/pulse
No
The
above
four
types
of
data
can
all
be
read,
but
when
writing
to
disk,
all
data
is
automatically
converted
to
300E
data
when
writing
to
2HD
disks
and
300A
data
when
writing
to
2DD
disks.
When
using
a
2HD
disk,
use
a
disk
which
has
been
pre
-formatted
as
a
1.44
MB
disk.
(The
programmer
can
be
used
to
format
these
disks.
Refer
to
the
programmer
instruction
manual
for
details.)-
TFD
embroidery
data
can
be
embroidered
after
it
has
been
converted
by
the
programmer
to
BAS
-300E
data.
Restriction
on
using
2DD
floppy
disks.
In
order
to
maintain
compatibility
with
the
old
300A
series,
the
following
restrictions
have
been
placed
on
the
use
of
the
new
functions
which
have
been
added
to
the
E
series.
Restricted
function
A
series
(2DD)
E
series
(2HD)
Applicable
command
Resolution
0.1
mm/pulse
0.05
mm/pulse
Low
-speed
conversion
2
types
(400
and
1,200
revolutions)
4
types
(400,
600,
800
and
1,200
revolutions)
[668]L
[669]L
Split
function
during
embroidering
Not
available
Available
[220]L
[230]L
Needle
down
stop
for
split
Not
available
Available
[221]L
[231]L
Expansion
option
output
Not
available
Available
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-341E
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