Brother International BAS-300 Series Programmer Instruction Manual - English - Page 11

To

program

double

stitch

patterns

•

Programming

a

pattern

with

two

seams

at

a

constant

width

apart

can

be

easily

accomplished

with

smoothing.

•

When

sewing

a

double

seam

pattern

as

shown

below,

the

second

seam

will

be

sewn

to

the

left

of

the

base

(main)

pattern

line.

It

is

therefore

necessary

to

consider

and

determine

the

base

line

of

the

pattern

to

obtain

the

desired

effect.

(X-0,

Y-0)

Stitch

width

3

mm

I

A

t

Sewing

o

f

direction

O

El•

"230"

•N

•

"030"

•[]

..789

,.

.©...111"

• •

®

0

Example:

Program

the

pattern

in

the

figure

at

left.

(1)

Press

the

E

key.

The

work

clamp

will

move

to

the

point

of

origin

(X-0;

Y-0),

"0"

will

appear

in

the

STEP

display,

and

command

indicator

"F"

will

light.

(2)

Use

the

direction

keys

to

move

the

work

clamp

to

the

initial

stitch

position.

(3)

Use

the

direciton

keys

to

position

the

needle

at

the

sewing

start

position

0

on

the

pattern,

and

then

press

ID

key.

The

first

stitch

is

now

programmed.

(4)

Use

the

numerical

keypad

to

display

"2OO"

in

the

STEP

display.

The

last

two

digits

entered

are

the

stitch

width,

which

can

be

set

from

2

—

9.8

mm.

If

a

3

mm

stitch

width

is

desired,

the

display

should

read

"230".

(5)

Press

the

1

key.

(6)

Use

the

numeral

keys

to

enter

the

stitch

length

in

the

STEP

display.

(e.g.,

If

the

stitch

length

is

3

mm,

"030"

should

be

displayed.)

If

the

stitch

length

is

not

specified,

or

if

a

stitch

length

greater

than

8.0

mm

("080"

in

the

STEP

display)

is

entered,

it

will

be

automatically

be

reset

to

2

mm.

(7)

Press

the

n

key.

Command

indicators

"F"

and

"M"

will

be

on.

(8)

Program

to

point

the

0

using

the

smoothing

function.

(See

[1]

Smoothing,

page

7.)

(9)

At

0,

enter

"789"

in

the

STEP

display

with

the

keypad,

and

press

the

[11

key.

Then

press

the

[11

key

three

times

to

display

"111",

and

press

the

g

key.

An

electronic

alarm

will

beep,

indicating

the

pattern

is

being

processed.

After

processing

is

completed,

the

needle

will

move

slowly

from

0

—

©

—

0.

Programming

is

completed

when

the

needle

reaches

0.

(10)

Press

the

R/W

switch

to

write

the

pattern

to

disk.

(Refer

to

page

24.)

Press

the

E

key

to

enter

the

sewing

mode.

Note

1

Be

sure

to

use

the

smoothing

function

alone

when

programming

double

stitch

patterns.

Note

2

If

the

base

pattern

contains

extremely

short

corners

or

fine

curves,

it

may

not

be

possible

to

obtain

the

desired

double

stitch

pattern.

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