Baby Lock Pro-Stitcher BLPS Instruction And Reference Manual Download

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Page 3: ...attern 31 Skew to Fit Within Area 34 5 Positioning the Pattern 36 6 Quilting the Pattern 41 7 Functions Available While Quilting Additional Features Functions 47 Art Stitch 48 Close File Copyright Optimize 49 Saving Files 50 Capture 51 Library Screen Load Patttern File Options 52 Sort Folder Options Move Options Jog Speed 53 Continuous Stitch Uses for Move 54 Manual Channel Handlebar Control Compu...

Page 4: ... help enhance your transition into computer guided machine quilting Because the world of computer guided quilting is constantly changing we invite you to keep up with us by checking our website frequently for news software updates and tutorials Go to www babylock com for 1 Updates to Pro Stitcher provided FREE as long as you own your machine 2 A full color version of this manual that can be downlo...

Page 5: ...embly F Computer Bracket G Y Encoder Circuit Board Pre installed H Y axis Mounting Bracket Assembly I Y Power Cord 10 foot J Adhesive Cable Mounting Clips K USB Flash Drive L Art Stitch Software M USB Cable N Computer Power Cord Pro Stitcher Parts List for Baby Lock Crown Jewel Quantity A B C D E F G H I J K L M 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 N ...

Page 6: ...age 3 A and the Pro Stitcher carriage E from the box Cut the cable ties from the front of the carriage Figure 1 2 Place the Pro Stitcher carriage on the frame with the white X axis gear toward the front of the table The white X axis gear drives the carriage left right across the table 3 Starting at one end of the table begin mount ing the blue flexirack to the table surface Using the X axis engage...

Page 7: ... the four small metal clamps Page 3 B to hold the ends firmly in place Figure 4a The clamps have a hole through the center and a lip on one end The lip should be on the side opposite the blue flexirack Drill pilot holes using the 3 32 drill bit and then attach the clamps as shown on either end of the blue flexirack using a Phillips screwdriver NOTE Do not use the larger drill bit included in the e...

Page 8: ...ews that were removed from the front and rear base plates or use the two smallest screws in the Base Plate Repair Kit Page 3 D if your machine had no screws here to mount the Y Rack to the bot tom of the front and rear base plates Be careful not to over tighten the screws as the base plate holes will strip easily In case of accidentally cross threading or stripping one of the base plate holes an e...

Page 9: ...riage rather than over the top of the carriage 3 With the X axis engagement lever shifted into the lowest position verify that the white gear at the front of the carriage fully engages with the blue flexirack that was previously installed a If the white gear fails to lower enough with the front disengagement lever in its lowest position you will need to adjust the black X axis lever bracket to all...

Page 10: ... machine s C Pod and the middle connector plugged into the quilting machine s Y encoder plug the other end of the cable into the car riage X encoder Figure 10 6 The black cables attached to the Pro Stitcher carriage should be routed up between the rear han dles and the quilting machine toward the right hand side of the machine looking at the machine from the back Place the black cable clips Page 3...

Page 11: ...e If the white gear is not high enough to engage the blue rack above it Page 3 H adjust the lever on the side of the carriage closest to the back of the carriage the Y axis disengagement lever into the lowest position the teeth of the gear and the teeth of the rack should engage b If horizontal adjustment is needed to ensure that at least half the white gear and blue rack are inter locking loosen ...

Page 12: ...ble on the quilting machine first remove two of the hex head bolts and then loosen the third Next rotate the handlebar slightly to allow easier access to the handlebar cable 2 Make sure the three handlebar bolts are in the front handlebar and protruding out the bottom of the handlebar Figure 14 3 Position the handlebar over the computer brack et so that the screws go through the three holes in the...

Page 13: ...e barrel connector into the center jack Figure 20 B on next page located on the bottom edge of the black box that is mounted to the back of the computer bracket Figure 17 Attach the two 9 pin serial cables to the appropriate ports on the back of the same box making sure the cable connectors are plugged into their correspond ing ports on the black box ...

Page 14: ...ard Figure 18 With the computer installed in the bracket connect the USB cable Page 3 M between one of the bot tom USB ports Figure 19 position B and the black box on the back of the bracket Figure 20 position C Also connect the computer power cord Page 3 N between the computer Figure 19 position C and the black box Figure 20 position A Either of the two open USB ports Figure 19 position A or Figu...

Page 15: ...begin a shut down sequence This should only be used if the Shut Down button cannot be accessed or does not work 4 Leaving the Pro Stitcher computer powered on with the power cord unplugged will result in the bat tery discharging and the computer eventually shut ting itself down 5 If the Pro Stitcher computer is left on for a long period of time the screen may turn black and enter a sleep mode It c...

Page 16: ...s located on the left hand side or the bottom of the Pro Stitcher computer Figure 1 The computer may need to be tilted back to access the lower USB port It is not necessary to power down the Pro Stitcher to install or remove the USB flash drive but care should be taken not to remove the flash drive while the system is saving to or loading from the drive USB Flash Drive A stylus is located on the l...

Page 17: ...l be given later in these instruc tions Main Menu This is the screen in which the system starts There are options here to update the system shut down the system and manually establish com munication between the Pro Stitcher and the quilt ing machine by pressing Connect if necessary Library Here the user can load save or optimize a pattern view copyright information for the current pattern or close...

Page 18: ... be read txt This is the file format for the PC Quilter tap Saving a pattern directly on the Pro Stitcher either using the Freehand option or just saving changes to a pattern will result in a file in this format With the Pro Stitcher and quilting machine powered on the first screen visible is the main menu screen Figure 6 Press the Library button to access the primary Li brary screen The USB flash...

Page 19: ...e by pressing on the small black triangle located just to the right of the current path and selecting the F drive Figure 8 Back This button will move back in the file tree of the USB flash drive For example if the current path shows E Designs BL Designs Continuous Line then pressing Back will change the current path to E Designs BL Designs where one of the other yel low file folders may be selecte...

Page 20: ...relation to the current location of the pattern Make sure the motors are disabled by toggling the Motors Enabled Disabled button at the top right hand corner of the screen until the button is purple and indicates Motors Disabled Now by pushing the quilting machine around the crosshairs can be seen moving around as well If the crosshairs are not moving Step 2 Viewing the Pattern and Moving the Quil...

Page 21: ...on could be anywhere in the pattern Because of this the use of Reset Home as a positioning tool is discouraged It may be used to put the pattern within view of the crosshairs but should not nor mally be used for accurate positioning of a pattern Reset Home will be used later in re sizing and repeating patterns Using Reset Home as a Measuring Tool Pressing Reset Home sets the current X and Y positi...

Page 22: ...egarding the Connect button Step 3 Setup Menu Press the Setup menu button on the right to access the system settings Beginners may only wish to ad just the Stitches settings Then come back later to try adjusting the other settings to see how they affect their quilting Stitches Press the Add or Subtract buttons to adjust the stitches per inch or tap directly on the number which will bring up a numb...

Page 23: ...s results in one complete stitch A tie off number of 2 will likewise result in 5 needle cycles in order to lay down two complete stitches and return to the beginning Figure 10 One tie off stitch Needle cycles 1 and 3 occur in the same position Needle cycles 1 and 5 as well as 2 and 4 occur in the same position 3 1 5 1 3 2 2 4 Two tie off stitches Figure 10 Machine Speed Control Machine Speed refer...

Page 24: ...n Figure 12 Re sizing a pattern can be done multiple ways Fit to Area The simplest way to size a pattern to fit within a block or a rectangular area such as a border is to do the following 1 Move the quilting machine so the needle lines up with the bottom left hand corner of the block or rec tangle in which the pattern is to be quilted 2 Press Reset Home This will reset the X and Y positioning to ...

Page 25: ...the only critical dimension is the height or width but the user wants to keep the pattern proportional use the Keep Aspect Ratio feature When using this feature it is not necessary to use both the width and the height buttons Just work with the most critical dimension height or width as described on the next page Figure 13 Deﬁning Keep Aspect Ratio Aspect Ratio is another way of saying Propor tion...

Page 26: ... the design propor tionate to the height 4 The same can be done with the width by entering a desired width and using the Keep aspect Ratio Width button Figure 15 As an alternative the quilting machine may be used to measure a desired width or height 1 Move the quilting machine to the bottom of the area being measured if measuring height or left hand side if measuring width 2 Press the Reset Home b...

Page 27: ...out line in the pattern window The bottom line of the pattern box is the line that correlates with the angle lines in Figure 17 3 Within the Rotate menu is the ability to identify two points by which to create an angle For example assume a quilt is loaded and it happens to be at a slight angle The pattern that is loaded is a panto graph that extends the width of the quilt Rather than try to get th...

Page 28: ...Start Point and then moving directly to the left 180 angle and pressing End Point the pattern will now be rotated 180 or in other words it is now upside down Don t worry too much about where on the quilt these points are selected as long as they are somewhere along the line to be followed since the computer just calculates the angle between the two points Keep in mind that the pattern must be re p...

Page 29: ...dge to edge design will fit at the bottom of the quilt it can be cropped to avoid stitching below the quilt bottom CAUTION The perimeter of the cropped area will stitch out as a straight line Be sure to plan this to fall just beyond the edge of the quilt or in a place where it is not likely to be noticed such as in a seam Cropping Left Edge and or Bottom of Quilt To crop only the left edge only th...

Page 30: ... move beyond the pattern edges out into the black space to avoid accidentally crop ping the edges off a pattern For example if the user wishes only to crop the left and right sides of a pattern but keep the top and bottom as they are identify the Bottom Left by moving the crosshairs well below the actual pattern and into the black space but making sure that the vertical portion of the crosshair is...

Page 31: ... each pattern or each row of patterns enter a value in the Distance Apart boxes in inches Figure 25 Figure 23 Figure 24 Figure 25 The Cropping L and 7 Think of the Bottom Left tool as an uppercase letter L When you slide the L along the de sign everything inside the L is saved Every thing to the left of and below the L goes away Think of the Top Right tool as the number 7 When you slide the 7 alon...

Page 32: ...his fashion so the Point to Point option should be turned off for these 5 Press the Repeat button to process the repeats as entered 6 If the user wishes to make a change to any of the values after pressing the Repeat button they may do so by simply changing the desired value and pressing the Repeat button again to re process the repeats 7 Press the Done button when the pattern is re peated as desi...

Page 33: ...as well as the Distance Apart boxes if desired as described in the previous section 4 Select the Point to Point option if desired as described in the previous section 5 Press the Fit to Area button to process the repeats The Pro Stitcher will stretch or shrink the patterns as needed to precisely fit the desired area with the number of repeats selected Figure 26 on previous page 6 If the repeated p...

Page 34: ...eat Both button to process the repeats Figure 27 The HQ Pro Stitcher will fit as many repeats of the original pattern within the defined area as it can without stretching the pat tern There will most likely be left over areas at the right and bottom of the pattern that will not be filled because further repeats would be too large for the designated area as shown in Figure 28 Figure 27 Figure 28 As...

Page 35: ...Figure 31 Press the Accept button and correct the height and or width and try again In Figure 30 the height entered is 3 inches but the height of the pattern as can be seen at the top of the screen is 4 97 inches The error pops up because the Pro Stitcher cannot fit this pattern into the desired size box without shrinking the pattern 8 Press the Done button to save the repeated pat tern and return...

Page 36: ... Center Point button will position the pattern so that the center of the pattern is aligned with the current needle position If there is a point on the quilt that should be the center of the pattern simply move the quilting machine so the needle is at that center point and press the Find Center Point button on the screen Figure 32 Find Start Point 2 Sometimes the user will want to match a point on...

Page 37: ...ern block or a specific point on the pattern that needs to match up with a certain spot on the quilt such as the tip of a leaf shown in Figure 34 Use the Pan Zoom feature to reposition the pattern on the screen if needed 3 Press the Drag From Here button The icon will change to Move Pattern and turn green Figure 34 4 Focus now on the quilt and move the machine to the point where the needle is at t...

Page 38: ...ing a file can be found in the Pro Stitcher Additional Features and Functions section of this manual Run Quilt Menu After loading the pattern manipulating it and posi tioning it the next step is to quilt the pattern From the Quilt menu press the Run Quilt button This will take you to the Run Quilt menu screen Figure 35 Before stitching the pattern it is a good idea to double check the placement of...

Page 39: ...he Nudge tool to fine tune the pattern position 4 This is a good place to use the Follow feature especially if the pattern is now very large Using Follow will help the user verify the exact placement of the pattern Just make sure the Follow button is enabled and zoom in enough to see the details of the pattern Manually move the machine across the quilt and verify that the various points within the...

Page 40: ... the user then presses the Resume button Figure 39 The user may choose to pause after a number of seconds or after a number of inches the machine has stitched Enter a number in the box below Pause Delay which will either be in seconds or inches depending on whether the delay button says delay in seconds or delay in inches Press the button to toggle between the two options Please be aware that thes...

Page 41: ... the beginning of the pattern A blank box indicates that this option is turned off and will be skipped Auto Turned On A green check mark in this box will cause the Pro Stitcher to perform the following steps at the begin ning of the pattern assuming the On option is selected 1 The machine will move to the start point and take a full stitch then shift to the right 3 inches 2 The user should pull up...

Page 42: ...e machine will return to the start position and execute the Tie Off stitches if that option is turned on or start stitching the pattern if turned off Stitching This option controls whether or not the machine stitches as it moves through the pattern A user may wish to see how the machine moves through a pat tern without actually stitching the pattern In this case the Stitching option should be turn...

Page 43: ...arrow to get to the Speed banner Figure 42 This banner al lows the user to select one of the preset speeds or tap on the number box to enter any other speed value in the pop up number box From the Speed banner press the right arrow to get to the Stitching banner Here the user can adjust the stitches per inch while the machine is in motion Tap on the number box and enter a new value in the pop up n...

Page 44: ... The Pro Stitcher will go back to the Library screen and will not hold its current position within the pat tern it is stitching If the user wishes to continue stitching the pattern after the emergency situation has been cleared the pattern will need to be re start ed or the New Start Point function can be used to locate a point in the pattern from which to resume Pause If the bobbin or top thread ...

Page 45: ...7 There are four ways to locate a new starting point Scroll Pattern The Scroll Pattern button may be dragged back and forth until the user determines that the small white line segment is at the point in the pattern that cor relates with the desired new starting point It may be necessary to zoom in to see the small white segment The and buttons may be used to fine tune the position of the white lin...

Page 46: ... to repeatedly start from a point other than the actual start point The user must first determine what that line number is by using one of the above methods and then take note of the Cur rent Line value Then the user can simply enter that number into the box using the pop up number pad In any of the above cases when the white segment is at the appropriate location in the pattern the user should pr...

Page 47: ...tcher will cause the quilting ma chine to stitch as it moves backwards or forwards Press and hold the Back Up button or the for ward button to move backward or forward Release the button to stop moving backward or forward The faster the Pro Stitcher is moving the more over shoot there will be after releasing the button Please be aware that before the Pro Stitcher can move backward it must finish m...

Page 48: ...er option for shifting the pattern to line things up due to either the quilt shifting or draw in of the quilt is to use the Nudge option Use this function as described previously in Step 6 on page 37 Resume Once the new starting position has been determined and any positioning adjustments needed have been made press the Resume button to resume quilting Upon pressing the Resume button the user will...

Page 49: ...ly from the Pro Stitcher Press the Art Stitch button on the Main screen to start the Art Stitch software An Art Stitch screen will open Figure 53 This software can be used directly on the Pro Stitcher computer either with the touch screen interface or the computer can be removed from the bracket and the keyboard and touch pad mouse can be used Please note the small keyboard icon in the top left co...

Page 50: ...arrows may be used to scroll up and down as needed to view all the information available Figure 53 Press the Done button to close the Copyright window and return to the Library screen Figure 53 Optimize This function is useful for patterns that are stitch ing too slowly due to the way the pattern is created or re sized A pattern will stitch more slowly when the file is made up of many very small l...

Page 51: ...desired size for the quilt it is easiest to perform the Optimize function prior to any repeats It will take less time to optimize the file this way and if the level of optimization needs to be changed then all the other opera tions that would have already been performed will not be lost when the Load Original but ton is pressed When to Optimize After Resizing If it is known in advance that the pat...

Page 52: ...r all patterns saved in this way is tap Capture Thumbnail images can be created for pattern files that do not have a thumbnail image associated with them in the design library Patterns that are created or saved from within the Pro Stitcher itself will not have such an image and neither will purchased pat terns unless those patterns also come with a separate image file in jpg or bmp format To captu...

Page 53: ...utton under the file name Press either Accept or Cancel when prompted To copy a file to a new location press the Copy but ton A box will pop up asking where to copy the file to While the pop up box is open browse to the new lo cation in the Folder section on the bottom left hand portion of the screen The file will be copied into the folder that is currently open Press Accept or Cancel Press the Ex...

Page 54: ... the Folder section on the bottom left hand portion of the screen that you wish the new folder to be created in The folder will be created in the folder that is cur rently open Press the Create Folder button Press Accept or Cancel Folder Options Folder Options Press the Options button above the Current Path box Sort Sorting is available for the folder section as well as the file section of the des...

Page 55: ...or to moving to each consecutive line if desired Stitch in the ditch If the jog speed is slow the user can gently adjust the quilt while the machine is stitching to accurately follow seams that may not be perfectly straight Stitching straight lines Using the Stitch option stitch in any of the eight directions available to get perfectly straight lines Aligning the quilt Use Continuous mode without ...

Page 56: ...ight hand side of the carriage looking at it from the front For disen gagement both silver levers should be raised To re engage the motors for computerized quilting move these levers to the lowest position Keep in mind that if the levers are disengaged the Horizontal and Vertical channel locks will not function since they are locked in place with the Pro Stitcher motors Channel Locks Press one of ...

Page 57: ...e Figures 61 62 Clear Press the Clear button to clear the pattern window before starting to record Start Record Make sure the Motors Enabled Disabled button in the top right hand corner of the screen is in the Mo tors Disabled state Press the Start Record button to begin recording the movements of the quilting machine Figure 61 Figure 62 ...

Page 58: ...USB flash drive and enter a name in the Save screen Figure 64 Channel Locks The Channel Lock buttons are available in the Freehand screen to allow the user to lock the Pro Stitcher horizontally or vertically while recording the motion of the quilting machine Done When finished press the Done button If the user has not saved the pattern a dialog box will pop up to remind the user to save the patter...

Page 59: ...he Help screen press anywhere on the screen that is not a Help or scroll button The user will be given two options Either press the close button on the Help screen or Cancel button and continue using the Help screen Undo An Undo option is provided in most screens that allow the user to manipulate the pattern file To use this option press the Undo button A pop up win dow will list the functions tha...

Page 60: ... may be used for trouble shooting diagnosing is sues or simply making some advanced adjustments These features can be accessed by pressing the advanced button from within the Setup screen Figure 68 The Advanced screen includes but tons that will send certain commands to the quilting machine These buttons may be used to verify proper communication from the Pro Stitcher out to the quilting machine B...

Page 61: ...dvanced machine button from within the Advanced screen Needle Up Commands the needle to move to the Up position Stop Regulation Stops the quilting machine s motor Needle Down Commands the needle to move to the Down posi tion Connect Sends a command to the quilting machine to es tablish a communication path If none of the other buttons on this screen causes the quilting machine to respond press thi...

Page 62: ...ibration pro gram This should only be used if the touch screen calibration is not accurate 3 File View Edit The design file can be opened as a text file and viewed or edited as desired 4 Close Pro Stitcher This button shuts down the Pro Stitcher software and leaves the user in the Windows desktop To start the Pro Stitcher software from the Windows desktop double tap the Pro Stitcher shortcut icon ...

Page 63: ...ial pull up and or tie off if the Pause Delay option is active and will turn off after pausing to allow the user to cut their thread If the delay is in seconds it will count down the specified number of seconds If the delay is in inches it will just show a 0 Jump indicates the system is processing a jump End of File indicates the end of the pattern has been reached Error will light if certain erro...

Page 64: ...on the back wheel of the quilting machine and the encoder wheel on the carriage Check the black cable that connects the Pro Stitcher to the machine encoder wheel This cable has a 3 wire connector at the end that plugs into the machine s stitch regulator encoder circuit board attached to the back left wheel of the quilting machine Verify the Pro Stitcher and the quilting machine are communicating w...

Page 65: ...way to re position is by using the Reposition Pattern button in the Quilt Menu The initial stitching speed is too fast or too slow Stitches are either too long or too short at the beginning of every pattern Two things can contribute to this One is that the quilting speed is set too fast In the Setup menu adjust the speed to something slower Another option would be to use the Cruise stitch regulati...

Page 66: ...tart Pro Stitcher Check to make sure the USB cable from the computer to the black box behind the computer is plugged in properly Also verify that the cables running from the black box down to the carriage motors are all connected and that the power cord is plugged in to the carriage power supply Reboot the Pro Stitcher It is likely that in this scenario the Shutdown button will not function and th...

Page 67: ... calibration is too far off 1 From the Pro Stitcher Main Menu press the Setup button 2 Press the Advanced button at the bottom of the screen 3 Press the Advanced machine button 4 Press the Touch Screen button 5 The screen will turn white and a black cross hair will appear at the top left hand corner of the screen Figure 71 on next page Procedure for Calibrating the Touch Screen Monitor ...

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