Brother International BAS-300 Series Programmer Instruction Manual - English - Page 8

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To

program

a

stitch

pattern

containing

numerous

straight

lines

in

the

pattern

design

•

To

program

the

straight-line

portions

of

the

pattern

design,

use

the

LI

key

(Line

key)

to

facilitate

the

programming

operation.

Example:

Program

the

pattern

in

the

figure

below.

(1)

Press

the©key.

The

work

clamp

will

move

to

the

point

of

origin

(X-0;

Y-0),

the

numeral

"0"

will

be

indicated

on

the

STEP

display,

and

the

command

indicator

"F"

will

illuminate.

(2)

Operate

the

direction

keys

to

move

the

work

clamp

to

the

initial

stitch

position.

(3)

When

the

tip

of

the

needle

and

the

initial

stitch

position

Q

on

the

outline

of

the

needle

movement

become

aligned,

press

the

key.

Thus,

the

initial

stitch

will

be

programmed.

(4)

Operate

the

numeral

keys

to

indicate

the

proper

pitch

on

the

STEP

display.

(For

example,

to

set

the

proper

stitch

length

when

the

actual

stitch

length

is

3

mm,

use

the

numeral

keys

to

indicate

"O3O"

on

the

STEP

display.)

If

the

pitch

is

not

indicated

on

the

STEP

display,

or

if

it

exceeds

8.O

mm

"O8O",

it

will

automatically

be

set

to

2

mm.

Press

the

a

l

key.

The

command

indicator

"LI"

will

illuminate.

(X-0,

Y

0)

0

(i."030"

.

(5)

(6)

Use

the

direction

keys

to

move

the

work

clamp

to

the

final

stitch

position

©on

the

straight

line

portion

of

the

pattern

design.

Note

1

When

more

than

120

stitches

are

required

between

point

QQ

and

point

0,

the

operation

speed

of

the

work

clamp

will

suddenly

decrease

to

warm

the

operator.

Therefore,

press

the

key

and

then

the

a

key

between

point

0

and

point

0

to

reprogram

the

remaining

stitches

on

the

straight-line

portion

of

the

pattern

design.

(7)

Press

the

El

key

when

the

tip

of

the

needle

becomes

aligned

with

point

@

on

the

outline

of

the

needle

movement.

Thus,

the

straight-line

portion

from

point

®

to

point

0

will

be

programmed.

(8)

Repeat

the

above

procedure

to

program

the

remaining

straight-line

portions

from

point

@

©,

©

—

O,

Note

2

For

diagonal

lines,

e.g.

—

©,

—

O,

there

are

instances

in

which

the

line

may

not

turn

out

to

be

straight

unless

the

line

is

subdivided

into

smaller

portions.

O•

•®

(9)

Press

the

key

at

the

position

indicated

by

the

letter

0.

Then,

press

the

numeral

key

El

3

times

to

indicate

"111"

on

the

STEP

display,

and

then

press

the

El

key.

(10)

The

work

clamp

will

move

back

to

the

initial

stitch

8

OO

position.

(11)

Press

the

R/W

switch

to

write

the

pattern

to

disk.

0

(Refer

to

page

24.)

•

El

Press

the

[1]

key

to

enter

the

sewing

mode.

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