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Summary of Contents for Pro-Stitcher BLPS2

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Page 2: ...l Buttons 4 4 Work Area 4 4 Selected vs Non Selected Buttons 4 5 Gray Buttons 4 5 Toolbar 4 6 Help 4 6 Half Stitch 4 7 Full Stitch 4 7 Reset Home 4 7 Refresh 4 8 Pan 4 8 Zoom 4 8 Grid 4 8 Ruler 4 9 Follow 4 9 1 Table of Contents 5 Design Menu 5 1 Bottom Left Hand Button Cluster 5 1 Design 5 1 Box 5 1 Jump Points 5 1 Start Stop 5 1 Bottom Right Hand Button Cluster 5 2 Undo 5 2 Redo 5 2 History 5 2 ...

Page 3: ...uto 7 2 Scroll Bar 7 2 Jump Points 7 2 Move 7 3 Continuous 7 3 Stitch 7 3 Channel Lock 7 4 Trace Outline 7 4 Box 7 4 Area 7 4 Stitch 7 4 Run 7 5 Pause 7 6 Emergency Stop 7 7 8 Settings Menu 8 1 Speed 8 1 Auto Jump 8 1 Stitches Per Inch 8 2 Tie Off 8 3 Tie Off Start 8 3 Tie Off End 8 3 Tie Off 8 3 Distance 8 3 Tack 8 3 Micro 8 3 Pullup 8 4 Pull Up On 8 4 Pull Up Auto 8 4 Pause Delay 8 5 Off On 8 5 ...

Page 4: ...is quilting machine only for its intended use as described in this manual Use only attachments recommended by the manufacturer as contained in this manual 2 Important Safety Instructions Never operate this quilting machine if it has a damaged cord or plug if it is not working properly if it has been dropped damaged or dropped into water Return the quilting machine to the nearest authorized Baby Lo...

Page 5: ...chine 1 Do not store this machine in areas exposed to direct sunlight or high humidity Never use or store the machine near a heater an iron a halogen lamp or other hot things 2 Clean the computer monitor with a soft lint free rag If necessary dampen the rag with a small amount of isopropyl alcohol Do not use any other cleaners on the computer monitor 3 Use only neutral soaps or detergents to clean...

Page 6: ... for 1 Updates to the Pro Stitcher software provided FREE as long as you own your machine 2 A full color version of this manual that can be downloaded and printed 3 Updates to this manual 4 Customer Support www babylock com support Machine Packaging Information Keep the carton and packing materials You will need them in the event that you need to return the machine to Baby Lock retailer or send it...

Page 7: ... be used to connect this plug to a 2 pole receptacle as shown in sketch B if a properly grounded outlet is not available The temporary adapter should be used only until a properly grounded outlet can be installed by a qualified electrician The green colored rigid ear lug and the like extending from the adapter must be connected to a permanent ground such as a properly grounded outlet box cover Whe...

Page 8: ... F Computer Bracket 1 G Y Encoder Circuit Board 1 H Y axis Mounting Bracket Assembly 1 I Y Power Cord 10 foot 1 J Adhesive Cable Mounting Clips 4 K USB Flash Drive Lanyard 1 L Art Stitch Software 1 M USB Cable for connection from Pro Stitcher 1 to the black box on the back of the bracket N Computer Power Cord 1 O Pro Stitcher Computer 1 P USB Extension Cable 1 Item may not be included or needed A ...

Page 9: ...lexirack Page 3 3 A and the Pro Stitcher carriage E from the box Cut the cable ties from the front of the carriage Figure 3 2 2 Place the Pro Stitcher carriage on the frame with the white X axis gear toward the front of the ta ble The white X axis gear drives the carriage left right across the table 3 Starting at one end of the table begin mounting the blue flexirack to the table surface Using the...

Page 10: ...essary the blue flexirack does not necessarily need to extend the full width of the table and can actually be a couple of inches shorter on either end if desired 7 At the ends of the blue flexirack use the four small metal clamps Page 3 3 B to hold the ends firmly in place Figure 3 5 The clamps have a hole through the center and a lip on one end The lip should be on the side opposite the blue flex...

Page 11: ...es should be toward the outside Use the screws that were removed from the front and rear base plates or use the two smallest screws in the Base Plate Repair Kit Page 3 3 D if your machine had no screws here to mount the Y Rack to the bottom 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 o...

Page 12: ...ulator cable from the Y encoder 2 Remove the Phillips screw that holds the circuit board in place with a small Phillips screwdriver Figure 3 11 3 Gently pull the circuit board outward toward the front of the quilting machine the same direction the screw came out 4 Align the new Y Encoder circuit board Page 3 3 C so the five pins on the encoder fit into the 5 pin connector on the circuit board Figu...

Page 13: ...rify 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 allow the X axis engagement lever to drop a little lower To do this loosen the two 4mm Allen bolts and pivot the bracket...

Page 14: ...to the 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 carriage X encoder Figure 3 16 6 The black cables attached to the Pro Stitcher carriage should be routed up between the rear handles 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 15: ... quilting machine and the top of the carriage If the white gear is not high enough to engage the blue flexirack above it Page 3 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...

Page 16: ...tom of the handlebar Figure 3 22 3 Position the handlebar over the computer bracket such that the screws go through the three holes in the bracket Figure 3 23 4 Secure the handlebar and bracket in place on the machine head using the three handlebar bolts Computer Touch Screen Monitor Assembly 5 The black cable has three connections two 9 pin serial connectors and one barrel connector for power Fig...

Page 17: ...connect the USB short cable Page 3 3 N between the bottom center USB port Figure 3 27 position B and the black box on the back of the bracket Figure 3 28 position C Also connect the computer power cord Page 3 3 O between the computer Figure 3 27 position C and the black box Figure3 28 position A The open USB port Figure 3 27 position A may be used to plug in the USB Flash drive for loading designs...

Page 18: ...cannot be accessed or does not work 4 Leaving the Pro Stitcher computer powered on with the power cord unplugged will result in the battery discharging and the computer eventually shutting 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 can be revived by tapping on the screen or pressing the Windows button at the b...

Page 19: ... 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 The keyboard docking station included with each Acer Iconia tablet computer may be connected to the Pro Stitcher computer using the 3 foot USB extension cable P Figure 3 32 The keyboard docking station includes two USB ports one on each side and a built in...

Page 20: ...al exposure to viruses and other malware that may compromise the integrity of the Pro Stitcher system or lead to other problems that may not be covered by the warranty To get the most of your Pro Stitcher system Baby Lock recommends using the Pro Stitcher computer only as directed to run the Pro Stitcher software the Art Stitch software and other software provided by or recommended by Baby Lock En...

Page 21: ... are the name of the current design file the size of the design and the position of the crosshairs Figure 4 5 Menu Selections The left hand side of the screen shows the available menus Design Quilt Settings and Shut Down Figure 4 6 The sub menus within these options are described in detail later in this manual Press any of these sub menu headings to reveal the functions available for that option F...

Page 22: ...ically are on the right Work Area The central part of the screen is the Work Area where the current design is shown Figure 4 9 The Crosshairs represent the position of the quilting machine needle relative to the current design and will move as the quilting machine is moved if the quick release levers on the carriage are engaged The light blue box around the current design is the bounding box The s...

Page 23: ...e either or buttons and can only be turned off by selecting another button with the opposite action such as Pan and Zoom Gray Buttons Depending on the menu or sub menu item selected there may be certain buttons that are grayed out Figure 4 11 A gray button indicates that this function is not currently available This typically happens because the user has started another function that must be compl...

Page 24: ...To the right of the file name is the current location of the needle and crosshairs relative to the Home position or the number of inches away from the X 0 Y 0 point in the design Help Press the Help button to activate the Help Mode for the Pro Stitcher Figure 4 13 In Help Mode most buttons and information boxes can be pressed to display a pop up box containing information about the button or box t...

Page 25: ...es that is the start of a design other times it may be in the middle or any other point in the design or around the design Some digital designers intentionally use the Home location for positioning purposes If this is the case the quilter can move the needle to the location on the quilt indicated by the pattern designer and press the Reset Home button to position the design relative to the Home po...

Page 26: ...n either a downward or right to left motion will zoom the current view outward so the view of the design becomes smaller Figure 4 20 Dragging a finger in either an upward or left to right motion will zoom the view inward to magnify the design As with Pan and Refresh Zoom does not reposition or resize the design Grid Turn the grid on or off by pressing the Grid button Figure 4 21 Depending on the z...

Page 27: ...tarting point press the Ruler button to turn off the ruler and then turn it back on when the crosshairs are located at the desired starting position to begin measuring Follow The Follow button changes the way the design is viewed relative to the crosshairs Figure 4 24 In the standard view where the Follow button is not selected the design remains stationary in the background but the crosshairs mov...

Page 28: ...when selected and hides the design when turned off Box The Box button displays the blue bounding box to show the X and Y extents of the current design when selected The Box button turns off the bounding box when deselected Jump Points Red dots appear within a design to mark the start of a jump or no stitch line The quilting machine will stop stitching at that point The jump is indicated by a purpl...

Page 29: ...ated and as it rotates it continues to skew to keep it within the area This is because each function that is performed is reprocessed and reapplied when the next function is performed If there comes a point in the design process that the quilter wants to freeze the design as it is and have the software treat it as a new design simply press the Baseline button All rotations repeats resizing croppin...

Page 30: ...drive or on a removable disk The different design file types have color coded backgrounds as follows hqf Beige qli Light blue txt Lavender tap Pink Loading the thumbnails may take a few moments depending on how many designs are stored in the selected directory and how intricate those designs are While the thumbnails are being loaded a colored block with the name of the file type will be visible in...

Page 31: ...ign that was originally loaded and use the same file name press the Save button To rename the edited design begin typing using the pop up keyboard to replace the current name with the new name Press Save to complete the save process or press Cancel to exit the Save window without saving To save the design in a new folder browse to the desired folder using the folder tabs on the left hand side of t...

Page 32: ...e instructions for downloading the latest update save the update file to a USB flash drive and plug the USB flash drive into a USB port on the Pro Stitcher computer Wait for approximately 10 seconds while the Pro Stitcher computer accesses the USB flash drive Figure 5 14 Follow the instructions included on the website for installing the update Reset All Many settings in the Pro Stitcher software r...

Page 33: ...f a quilter creates an area with no design loaded the area will not be visible until a design is loaded Areas can be created as a simple rectangle by identifying only two opposing corners 2 Corner or by plotting multiple points around the desired area to create any unique shape Multi Point The Area is fixed in position once it is defined and cannot be moved If the quilter must move or adjust the d...

Page 34: ...otors button at the top right hand corner of the screen and press the 2 Corner button at the bottom of the screen Figure 5 19 Move the quilting machine so the needle lines up with the opposite corner of the desired area on the quilt and press the 2 Corner button once again A purple rectangle indicates the quilting area Figure 5 20 Figure 5 19 Figure 5 20 Selected Starting Corner Selected Ending Co...

Page 35: ...lti Point Move to a second point along the perimeter of the quilting area and again press Multi Point A purple line joins the two marked points Figure 5 22 Move to a third point along the perimeter of the quilting area and press Multi Point again The Pro Stitcher automatically closes the shape back to the first point when the third point is marked creating a purple triangle to indicate the multi p...

Page 36: ...these values Press the appropriate number box and enter a new value in the pop up number pad Figure 5 27 The bottom box changes the width of the Area and the right hand number box changes the height of the Area Once a new value is entered in either of these boxes the area will be converted to a rectangle of the newly entered dimension s Clear Area Areas are fixed locations and cannot be moved once...

Page 37: ... the design in 45 increments Smaller rotational increments can be achieved using the 1 and 0 1 rotation buttons Figure 5 31 Specify a rotational value by pressing the number box and entering a value using the number pad Figure 5 32 To reset the rotation back to zero press the Reset button Figure 5 33 Figure 5 29 Figure 5 30 Figure 5 32 Figure 5 31 Figure 5 33 ...

Page 38: ... the design to match the angle of that line To do this move the quilting machine to a point on the quilt left of the line to follow and press the 2 Point Start button Figure 5 36 Move the machine to a point further to the right along that same line and press the 2 Point End button that appears after pressing 2 Point Start Figure 5 37 The rotation angle will appear in the number box and the design ...

Page 39: ...gure 5 39 individually or as one large design If Group is selected and the design in the Work Area has been repeated the entire selection gets rotated or mirrored etc as a single entity Figure 5 40 If it is not selected then each individual design element will be rotated or mirrored etc individually and not as a group Figure 5 41 Figure 5 39 Figure 5 40 Figure 5 38 Figure 5 41 ...

Page 40: ...as not yet been defined Define the Area to be cropped using the area tool Figure 5 44 Outside Select the Outside option to crop away everything outside the defined Area and keep everything within that Area Figure 5 45 Note that the figure shows the result with jump points and the bounding box turned off Inside Select the Inside option to crop away everything inside the defined Area and keep everyt...

Page 41: ...f options are selected in the Settings menu the Pro Stitcher will perform a tie off at each of the jump points Closed Each loose end created after a Crop will be tied to the next end point by stitching along the border of the Area to get to the next point Figure 5 48 Reset At any time turn off the Crop options by pressing the Reset button in the Crop panel Hint Because the Closed option may not st...

Page 42: ...een defined the options to stretch and fit will be disabled because there is not an area to stretch or fit to Repeats Enter the number of repeats either on the right hand side of the screen for vertical repeats Figure 5 50 circled buttons or at the bottom of the screen for horizontal repeats Figure 5 51 circled buttons Either use the and buttons or tap directly on the number box to open the number...

Page 43: ...gns are intended to be linked together horizontally but must be overlapped for the start and end points to match up Figure 5 55 Using the Point 2 Point button causes the designs to link automatically For this function to be successful the design start and end points should be at the same height or vertical coordinate Press the Point 2 Point button to align the designs such that the end point of th...

Page 44: ... corresponding to Height Figure 5 58 or Width Figure 5 59 or tapping the number box to enter a value directly Lock Aspect If the Lock Aspect option is selected a value entered in the Width box will proportionally change the height and vice versa when a value is entered in the Height box Figure 5 59 Reset Press Reset to turn off the Resize function and bring the design back to the original size Fig...

Page 45: ... Figure 5 60 The options available in the Skew panel are Skew Reset and multiple Alignment tools Skew If this button is enabled the design will be stretched to fill the defined 4 point area Figure 5 61 Skew only functions with a 4 point area If the button is light the Skew function is not turned on If the button is gray the Skew function is unavailable because an Area has not yet been defined Rese...

Page 46: ...ign s bounding box aligns with the horizontal center of the Area Align Right Figure 5 65 The right side of the design s bounding box aligns with the right most point of the Area Horizontal Stretch Figure 5 66 The current design will be stretched or shrunk so the left side of the bounding box aligns with the left most point of the Area and the right side of the bounding box aligns with the right mo...

Page 47: ...l center of the design s bounding box aligns with the vertical center of the Area Align Bottom Figure 5 69 The bottom of the design s bounding box aligns with the lowest point of the Area Vertical Stretch Figure 5 70 The current design will be stretched or shrunk so the top of the bounding box aligns with the highest point of the Area and the bottom of the bounding box aligns with the lowest point...

Page 48: ... 5 72 This also clears anything that has been recorded with the Record button When adding to an existing design using Freehand rather than clearing the screen the Pro Stitcher will first Baseline the design to treat the current state of the design as a single design Record Press the Record button to start recording the motion of the quilting machine Figure 5 73 If a design was left on the Work Are...

Page 49: ...between each Mark point This can be very useful for recording a stitch in the ditch line or for creating geometric designs directly on the quilt think of stitching in the ditch along sashing seamlines and filling cornerstones with an X for example Simply move the quilting machine to the beginning point of the quilt ditch and press the Mark button to record the first point of the line Then move to ...

Page 50: ... long as the button is selected dark no stitch lines will be recorded while the quilting machine is moving Figure 5 77 When the Jump button is turned off light there will be a jump recorded between the previous end point and the current position of the crosshairs Figure 5 78 Figure 5 77 Figure 5 78 ...

Page 51: ...kewise if the design is set to be stretched horizontally or vertically within the defined Area those alignment options must be turned off before any of the functions in Repeat will work If other alignment options are selected using the Reposition tools will cause those alignment settings to be turned off Position to a Corner Four Corner buttons are available to position the design based on the blu...

Page 52: ...screen and drag it to a new location Move the quilting machine to place the crosshairs at a desired point in the design Press the Drag button and move the quilting machine to drag the design to the new location Figure 5 84 Press Drop when the design is in place Figure 5 85 The same function can be performed completely onscreen by pressing the Drag button and then dragging a finger or stylus across...

Page 53: ... Menu Nudge To reposition the design a specific amount in any of the four directions enter a distance in inches in the Nudge number box and then press the appropriate arrow to nudge the design up down left or right Figure 5 86 Figure 5 86 ...

Page 54: ...g the Close button will bypass registration but the quilter will not be able to save any changes to the design until the Art Stitch license is activated Figure 6 2 Follow the instructions in the Art Stitch instruction manual for offline activation When the design is passed into Art Stitch the position information is maintained as long as the design is not moved in Art Stitch it will be in the same...

Page 55: ...Art Stitch may need to be updated to the latest version for Pro Stitcher to properly pass designs back and forth To download the latest version use a computer that is connected to the Internet and go to the Baby Lock website www babylock com Go to the Products tab at the top of the web page and select the Upgrades Updates link Follow the instructions to download the latest version of Art Stitch fo...

Page 56: ...o run through the design without actually stitching press the Stitch button to disable it If the Stitch option is turned off the Tie Off and Pullup options will also be turned off If either the Tie Off or Pullup options are selected the Stitch button will also be automatically selected Status If a quilter wants to know how far into a design the machine has stitched select Status and then press the...

Page 57: ...is selected further in the design than the current stop point the stop point will be automatically adjusted so it comes after the start point Similarly if a stop point is chosen earlier in the design than the current start point the start point will be adjusted so it comes before the stop point As long as the Start Auto or Stop Auto button is pressed the start point or stop point will continue adj...

Page 58: ...lected the quilter must continue pressing the arrow button until the quilting machine has traveled to the desired distance Releasing the button will stop the movement Because Windows considers an extended button press as a right click it is necessary to hold the button for 3 to 5 seconds before the Pro Stitcher will start moving if Continuous is not selected A trick to make Windows process the but...

Page 59: ...perly on the quilt In addition to doing a manual check a quilter may also use the Trace Outline functions as well Figure 7 8 Box Press the Box button to have the Pro Stitcher move around the perimeter of the design following the blue bounding box Watching the needle as the machine is tracing the perimeter helps the quilter know whether the design is in the proper position Area As an alternative to...

Page 60: ...ood press the Proceed button to start stitching Otherwise press the Cancel button Figure 7 9 While the machine is stitching many of the Settings options are available to the quilter and can be adjusted either while the machine is quilting or after pressing Pause The settings that can be changed while the machine is in motion are Speed Auto Jump Stitches Per Inch Pullup and Pause Delay For a descri...

Page 61: ...ting point forward or back in the design use the left or right arrows on the scroll bar until the new start point is exactly where desired If the quilt has shifted slightly and the point on the design does not match up exactly with the point on the quilt move the needle to the exact point on the quilt that matches the new starting point that was just set and press the Start Point button in the Rep...

Page 62: ...he Emergency Stop button Unlike the Pause button which causes the Pro Stitcher to come to a gentle stop the Emergency Stop button causes the Pro Stitcher to come to an immediate stop It also disables the motors in case the needle is stuck in the quilt to reduce the risk of a torn quilt Figure 7 13 Figure 7 13 ...

Page 63: ... the limits of the Pro Stitcher Figure 8 1 Auto Jump If a quilt design contains jumps or gaps in the design path that are not stitched the Pro Stitcher handles those jumps in one of two ways It can either move automatically without stitching through the jump point and begin stitching at the end of the jump with no user intervention or it can pause before the jump so the quilter can trim the thread...

Page 64: ...jump start and end points regardless of which jump method is performed If the Pullup feature is turned on the Pro Stitcher will perform a pull up at the end of the jumps that exceed the Auto Jump threshold Stitches Per Inch Change the value in the Stitches Per Inch box to set the desired stitch length Figure 8 3 Figure 8 3 ...

Page 65: ...o stitches forward and two stitches back Figure 8 5 Figure 8 4 Figure 8 5 Distance This box represents the length of each tie off stitch in inches Enter a value in this box using either the or buttons or entering the value directly into the number box Tack The Tack tie off method forms the selected number of stitches forward into the design and then back to the start point before beginning to stit...

Page 66: ...ng of each segment following a jump that exceeds the Auto Jump threshold Pull Up Auto Select the Pull Up Auto button for the quilting machine to shift to the right a few inches after pulling up the bobbin thread to allow the quilter to grab both threads The quilter should then press the Resume button to continue quilting the design If Pull Up Auto is not selected but Pull Up On is selected the qui...

Page 67: ... tails Press the Resume button for the Pro Stitcher to continue Figure 8 8 Off On Press Off to disable or On to enable the Pause Delay option Inches Seconds Adjust the amount of time or distance the Pro Stitcher travels before pausing using the and buttons or directly entering a value in the number box Choose whether this value is in seconds or inches by selecting either the Seconds or Inches butt...

Page 68: ...ming or panning with large designs If it is selected the design remains on the screen during zooming and panning Figure 8 9 Verify Settings Before Quilting If this button is selected a pop up box appears before stitching a design The pop up box contains all the current settings so the quilter can verify that everything is set up properly before stitching This option can be turned off if desired Fi...

Page 69: ...on again to reestablish communication between the Pro Stitcher and the quilting machine Reconnect Motors If the Pro Stitcher motors ever become unplugged or disconnected from the computer it may be necessary to use the Reconnect Motors button to reestablish communications between the Pro Stitcher computer and the motors If the Pro Stitcher computer cannot communicate with the motors for any reason...

Page 70: ...calibrating the touch screen Press the Calibrate button and follow the onscreen calibration instructions If calibration is so far off that the Calibrate button cannot be pressed plug the Acer keyboard mouse into a USB port on the computer using the provided USB extension cable and use the mouse controller built into the keyboard to click on the Calibrate button Most other USB mice will also work f...

Page 71: ...nitor The Windows button is Orange or Blue The computer may be in a standby or screen saver mode Tap the display to wake the system up If that does not work press the Windows button to wake it up Touch Screen is not calibrated Touching the monitor in one place on the monitor puts the cursor in a place other than where the monitor was touched Recalibrate the touch screen by going to SETTINGS ADVANC...

Page 72: ...ting machine manually Start the quilting machine from the handlebars in Stitch Regulated mode and only move the machine left and right Then try only moving front and back If the quilting machine stops stitching while moving front and back then the problem is with the encoder mounted to the back of the machine If it stops stitching left and right then the problem is with the encoder on the carriage...

Page 73: ...essing the machine side to side or front to back allows a little motion and the white gear does rotate Monitor the motor assembly while engaged and enabled to determine which gear pulley is slipping It will most likely be either the gear mounted directly to the motor shaft or the gear mounted to the shaft that drives the white gear Use the appropriate Allen wrench to tighten both set screws on the...

Page 74: ... on the USB flash drive usually drive D or E From the Open window select a drive letter by pressing on the arrow button next to the drive you wish to browse If there is a circle with a symbol on the right hand side of the button it means there are more folders in that particular path If there continues to be nothing showing up on the USB flash drive plug it into a desktop or laptop computer and ve...

Page 75: ...quickly enough This may be due to something in the computer tying up the CPU Although it may be possible to resume quilting by simply pressing red X box to close the error message and then pressing the Motor Error lightning bolt button at the top right hand corner of the screen it is best to cancel the current design stitch out save the pattern and re boot the computer Use the New Start Point func...

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