Brother International BES-1260BC Instruction Manual - English - Page 12

2. Software Chapter 1 An Introduction of Embroidery Machine 2-1 Necessary Systems The following systems are needed for installing the software. • Personal computer with a CPU of Intel Pentium 133 MHz or above (150 MHz or above is recommended.) • Memory of 16 MB or above (32 MB or above is recommended.) • Free space of 100 MB or above in the hard disk • 3.5 floppy disk drive • CD-ROM drive • Video card of 1024 x 768 resolution in 256 colors (1280 x 1024 in 65000 colors is recommended.) • Windows 95 2-2 Configuration of Software This software is mainly composed of the following four programs. The software is provided on CD-R. (1) Embroidery Machine Controller (2) Embroidery Data Explorer (3) Embroidery Data Editor (4) Production Report Program Functions (1) Machine Controller This program controls embroidering operation of the machine. A embroidering status can be displayed on the screen in real time, and data for operating the machine can be set. (2) Embroidery Data Explorer This program handles files of embroidery data on patterns. Transmission of embroidery data to the machine, as well as copy, move and retrieval of a file are available by means of this program. Embroidery data can be converted from the paper tape or floppy disk. (3) Embroidery Data Editor This program allows editing of data on embroidering operation including scaling, rotation, color change, etc. (4) Production Report This program is for collecting data on actual embroidering operation and calculating output, etc. BES-960BC • BES-1260BC 17