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Installation

9

Installation

Introduction

Quick Start

Main Screen

Color Editor

FAQs

File Formats

Troubleshooting

If you use 

Windows 2000,

Millennium Edition (ME),
or XP

, you will see an icon

(Figure 1) appear at the
bottom right corner of your
screen (near the clock).
When unplugging your Mini
Amazing Box II, you must
first double-click this icon,
select the “USB
Conversion Box Plus,” and
then click “Stop.”  It is now
safe to unplug your Mini
Amazing Box II.

The next time you plug in
your Mini Amazing Box II,
Windows will automatically
recognize the conversion
box driver.

NOTE:

  If you fail to stop

your Mini Amazing Box II
before unplugging it, you
will have to reinstall the
driver from your installation
CD.

Figure 1

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Содержание Mini Amazing Box II

Страница 1: ...arties This product can read from embroidery cards disks or hard drive and will save designs to an official Mini Amazing Box II rewritable memory card your hard drive or other writable media Inserting...

Страница 2: ...A flat fee of 50 00 will be charged for service of non warranted parts when returned after 90 days and before 365 days from the date of original purchase Proof of purchase date copy of sales receipt...

Страница 3: ...onverter box has been repaired worked on by unauthorized personnel 9 Any machine returned A Must be packed securely to avoid damage in shipping We suggest using the original carton and non static styr...

Страница 4: ...ights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state This warranty disclaims liability for incidental or consequential damages which apply during and after the warranty period Some...

Страница 5: ...rmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interfer ence to radio or television...

Страница 6: ...rer or local sales distributor could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Canadian Department of Communication Compliance Statement for Canada only This digital apparatus does not exceed...

Страница 7: ...The MiniAmazing Box II 2 Terms Used in This Manual 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Installation 5 Accessory Page 6 Computer Requirements 6 Hardware Installation 7 Troubleshooting 9 Software Installation 1...

Страница 8: ...Design Screen 33 Dialog Box 34 Read 34 GNC Files 37 Zip Files 37 Load Card 38 Save 41 Write Card 43 Delete 49 Options 49 Exit 48 Sewing Field Index 49 Color Editor 51 Drop Down Menu 52 File 51 View 62...

Страница 9: ...from memory cards to writable media such as your computer s hard drive This manual is filled with information about how to use the program and includes many time saving tips that will make you more p...

Страница 10: ...allows you to work with your card designs in other embroidery software by copying designs from memory cards to your writable media such as your computer s hard drive Terms Used in This Manual In The M...

Страница 11: ...how the software works This icon provides information that will save you time in your day to day use of the software and in some cases the use of your computer This icon is placed next to sections of...

Страница 12: ...Mini Amazing Box II 4 Installation Introduction Quick Start Main Screen Color Editor FAQs File Formats...

Страница 13: ...Installation Items Found in this Section A Accessory Page B Computer Requirements C Hardware Installation D Software Installation E Start Program...

Страница 14: ...1 USB Cable Options Additional Rewritable Memory Cards Smart Sizer Gold editing software Lettering Pro text program Size Express resizing software Fast Fills pattern fill software Click N Stitch auto...

Страница 15: ...flat end of USB cable into USB port This port may be in the front or back of your machine 3 Plug square end of your USB cable into the back of your MiniAmazing BoxII 4 Turn ON computer 5 The first sc...

Страница 16: ...e best driver for the Mini Amazing Box II 8 Once Windows locates the driver on the MiniAmazing Box II CD it will start to install 10 Finally select Finish Your driver installation is complete and you...

Страница 17: ...he clock When unplugging your Mini Amazing Box II you must first double click this icon select the USB Conversion Box Plus and then click Stop It is now safe to unplug your Mini Amazing Box II The nex...

Страница 18: ...s products While The MiniAmaz ing Box II is in the process of gaining formal Microsoft approval it has been tested for use under the Windows XP operating system and is Windows XP compatible The MiniAm...

Страница 19: ...ver 1 Unplug the USB cable from the computer while it is on 2 Turn off your computer 3 Plug the USB cable back into the computer 4 Turn on the computer 5 A Mircrosoft message stating New hardware foun...

Страница 20: ...3 From the Windows desktop click on the Start button 4 Click on the Run button 5 At the Run prompt you will need to type the letter of your CD ROM Drive followed by Setup Ex D SETUP or E SETUP You ma...

Страница 21: ...uick Start Main Screen Color Editor FAQs File Formats Figure Inst 2 Figure Inst 3 Figure Inst 4 Figure Inst 5 6 Click Next 7 Read license agreement 8 Click I accept the terms in the license agreement...

Страница 22: ...II MiniAmazing Box II appears on your screen as shown in Figure Inst 6 Your MiniAmazing Box II and software is properly installed and is ready to use If you receive any errors when loading the Mini A...

Страница 23: ...File Formats...

Страница 24: ...iniAmazing Box II will open You will find them listed below File Formats A DST file is an expanded file format developed for the Tajima commercial embroidery machine GNC gnc A GNC file is a scalable f...

Страница 25: ...sew A SEW file is an expanded file format that works with Janome Scan n Sew PC Elna Envi sion Scan PC Dream Vision and Customizer 2000 A XXX file is an expanded file format that works with Singer PSW...

Страница 26: ...if you reduce an expanded design the stitch count does not change The same number of stitches are present in a smaller area which could result in thread or needle breakage that may damage to your garm...

Страница 27: ...Quick Start Items Found in this Section General Operation A Read B Load C Delete D Write E Save F Using Compatible Software...

Страница 28: ...green light on the front of The Mini Amazing Box II is on 2 Open the MiniAmazing Box II program by double clicking on the icon Make sure you have only opened the program one time When you double click...

Страница 29: ...s means that you can read CSD DST PES HUS JEF SEW SHV XXX and PCS file extensions into this software The Read function also reads zipped files without you having to unzip them first Read Figure QS 1 T...

Страница 30: ...tra from Amazing Designs Click the Read button and the standard Open window appears Figure QS 2 Click the down arrow to the right of the Look in box and follow the path to the folder or drive where yo...

Страница 31: ...he box and the Load button will highlight 2 Click the Load button and type the number of the desired design and click OK to load that design You can also view all the designs on the memory card by cli...

Страница 32: ...he card slot for Baby Lock Bernina Deco Brother Simplicity Viking 1 Rose and 605 Cards 1 Left Card Slot The card slot for Pfaff Janome 10000 and Bernina Artista Cards 3 Red Light 4 Green Light The red...

Страница 33: ...rewritable memory card into the appropriate slot on the Mini Amazing Box II and write the designs to the rewritable card for sewing See Figure QS 3 for which slots cards are assigned to 1 Click one o...

Страница 34: ...e Success Memory card is ready for use will appear on your screen when it is safe to remove your card from The Mini Amazing Box II Now you are ready to take the card to your machine and sew Warnin g R...

Страница 35: ...u will be given the opportunity to select the directory location where the files will be stored You may also create a new directory if you wish by clicking on the New Folder button Figure QS 5 Figure...

Страница 36: ...refix that will be included in the file names Enter a name that is related to the design theme and click OK A message appears that tells you copying of the entire card is about to begin Click OK Durin...

Страница 37: ...ng Pro Size Express Color Editor etc Start the desired program then double click the desired design or the Edit Transfer drop down menu and the design will be transferred into that program Your Smart...

Страница 38: ...r and maximize 2 Double click on the desired design on the Main Screen and this design will automatically be transferred into Color Editor Figure QS 11 3 Once in Color Editor recolor the design by cli...

Страница 39: ...this section of the manual all the features on the Main Screen are explained Items Found in this Section Mini Amazing Box II Main Screen Figure MS 1 Design Screen Dialog Box Read Load Write Save Delet...

Страница 40: ...mazing Box II 32 Installation Introduction FAQs Quick Start File Formats Main Screen Color Editor Main Screen A Design Screen B Dialog Box C Read D Load E Save F Write G Delete H Options I Exit Figure...

Страница 41: ...e design The six boxes as shown in Figure MS 3 will display the sequence of the designs selected before writing to a card If you own Smart Sizer Gold Lettering Pro Size Express Fast Fills Embroidery L...

Страница 42: ...formation about that feature will be displayed in the Dialog Box C Read Click the Read button or the File Open drop down menu to open the Open window as shown below in Figure MS 4 Using the down arrow...

Страница 43: ...designs by name or extension Click on the menu arrow under Directory for the listing of sub directories in your computer Select the directory and the designs will auto matically load onto the window...

Страница 44: ...one design This icon will take you back one design This icon will take you to the previous page of designs This icon will take you to your first design Click the Cancel button to close the window The...

Страница 45: ...Brother Simplicity White pes pec SEW Elna Janome sew SHV Viking Designer series XXX Singer xxx GNC Files GNC formatted designs will automatically resize if necessary to fit the sewing field to which y...

Страница 46: ...e Not all pre programmed memory cards are readable Some manufacturers have disabled this function for their cards Reme ber m Select the zipped file that you want to take a design from and click Open T...

Страница 47: ...ear as shown below in Figure MS 7 Remember to remove the pre programmed memory card from the Mini Amazing Box II and replace with the rewritable card before clicking Write Reme ber m Figure MS 7 1 2 3...

Страница 48: ...See Figure MS 7a 1 Type in the design number of the single design you wish to load if you know the numbered position of the design 2 After typing in the design number click OK and the desired design...

Страница 49: ...ix designs e Clicking OK will take you back to the Main Screen E Save The Save function enables you to copy designs from memory cards to your hard drive or other writable media Designs that have been...

Страница 50: ...ign theme and click OK A message appears that tells you copying of the entire card is about to begin Click OK During writing a Status Box shows the progress as in Figure MS 7d When complete a message...

Страница 51: ...low are the writable card formats and their appropriate slots in The MiniAmazing Box II The saved designs can be opened resized or modified in any computer program that supports the format for the des...

Страница 52: ...ritable card into the appropriate slot in the box Now click any of the buttons marked Unknown A new dialog box appears as shown in Figure MS 8 Click the down arrow to select your machine from the choi...

Страница 53: ...II is transferring the designs to the card Only the machine choices appropriate for the card inserted in the slot will be offered example the right side slot is for format PES HUS so only Baby Lock B...

Страница 54: ...te button Do not remove your card while the red light is on Figure MS 8a This software will not split designs for multi position hoops You can only save designs to your writable card in the size that...

Страница 55: ...e Options button to pre set the Un known write buttons to reflect your machine type Figure MS 9 Figure MS 9 Some machines require designs to split into multiple files depending on the number of colors...

Страница 56: ...in machine it will remain set until you change it If you do not see your machine model you can select a different machine by the same manufacturer with the same single sewing field parameters You can...

Страница 57: ...by Lock EM1 EM2 eac BL60E 100 x 100 PES PEC Bernina Deco 500 600 100 x 100 PES PEC Simplicity SE1 SE2 SE3 100 x 100 PES PEC Brother PE150 100 200 300S 7500 100 x 100 PES PEC White W3300 100 x 100 PES...

Страница 58: ...es Maximum Single Sewing Field By Machine cont Machine Hoop Size File Janome 10000 140 x 200 JEF Pfaff 7570 7560 115 x 120 PCS Viking Rose 1 Iris 100 x 100 HUS Single sewing fields listed for current...

Страница 59: ...a separate program provided with The MiniAmazing Box II for the purpose of chang ing a design s color information Color Editor In this section all the features of the Color Editor software are explai...

Страница 60: ...find four Drop Down Menus File View Options Help Figure CE 2 Drop Downs Immediately below the title bar is the drop down menu This contains all the commands for Color Editor Tip For information on br...

Страница 61: ...a design Figure CE 3 Open Click on the down arrow to the right of the Look in box to show the list of sub directories on your computer as shown in Figure CE 3a Select the folder that contains your de...

Страница 62: ...type of embroidery format you wish to open Supported file formats include GNC GN Scalable gnc HUS Viking DOS Customizer Customizer 95 hus Split at 12 colors CSD Toyota Poem Singer EU Dos HuskyGram cs...

Страница 63: ...Tip After selecting a design it appears in the File name box Click on the Open button to load the design Click the Cancel button to cancel the Open command You should periodically save your work so th...

Страница 64: ...t type of embroidery format you wish save to Type the name of the design in File name as shown in figure CE 4a Save As Figure CE 4 Save As The Save As window in Figure CE 4 functions the same way as t...

Страница 65: ...e exception of GNC If a design is opened in GNC it can be saved in HUS CSD PES SEW JEF PCS XXX EXP and DST If the design was sent from The Mini Amazing Box II it can only be saved back to The Mini Ama...

Страница 66: ...Click File then Print to print a copy of your design Not only will the design print out but it will also show the file name the stitching size the num ber of stitches and the number of colors Print Pr...

Страница 67: ...notice the file name the size of design in millimeters and inches stitch count number of colors and the order the colors are to be sewn out Click the Print button to print the instruction sheet to you...

Страница 68: ...gure CE 5b Click the One Page button to bring the Print Preview screen back to one page as shown in Figure CE 5c Figure CE 5c Click the Zoom In button to zoom in as shown in Figure CE 5a Click the Zoo...

Страница 69: ...en Print Setup to bring up the print setup dialog box as shown in Figure CE 6 Figure CE 6 You will be able to change the type of printer properties paper size and orientation within print setup Techni...

Страница 70: ...gure CE 7 Click View then Main Toolbar to add or remove the Main Toolbar options from the screen A checkmark denotes the toolbar is active Top of Screen Status Bar Click View then Status Bar to add or...

Страница 71: ...10 millimeters 10mm X 10mm The design you select must fit within the work space OPTIONS Menu Hoop Size Click Options then Hoop Size to select the brand of machine and hoop size as shown in Figure CE...

Страница 72: ...just stitch density by percentage or by Thread Weights Figure CE 10a The best way to Adjust stitch density is to remember that if the number is higher than 100 stitches will be added and if the number...

Страница 73: ...lections Click on OK to make the appro priate changes to the design depending on the density settings you select Reme ber m Click on Cancel to close the density settings command without making any cha...

Страница 74: ...ed with an A B C etc at the end of the file For example if you have a design named 16044 GNC and this design has 13 color changes in it the file will be saved as 16044_A HUS and 16044_B HUS Reme ber m...

Страница 75: ...be renamed with an A B C etc at the end of the file name For example you have a design named 16044 GNC and this design has 18 color changes in it when you save it to Pfaff PCS the file will be saved a...

Страница 76: ...Start File Formats Main Screen Color Editor Tool Bars Figure CE 12 This section describes how to use the three tool bars in Figure CE 12 through CE 14 Main Toolbar Color Bar Status Bar Figure CE 13 F...

Страница 77: ...t ing file The Save command saves your docu ment under the same name with which it was last saved or opened replacing the previous version When you finish using Color Editor save your work before you...

Страница 78: ...Icon Click on the Zoom In icon to zoom in on the design Zoom Out Icon Click on the Zoom Out icon to zoom out on the design Each square of the grid equals 10 millimeters by 10 millimeters 10mm X 10mm T...

Страница 79: ...ber m The Color Bar will only show the number of boxes that have color changes within a design Figure CE 15 Figure CE 16 After clicking on one of the boxes shown in Figure CE 15 the Select Color box...

Страница 80: ...color select function without changes Default 64 colors Baby Lock Bernina Brother 64 colors Husqvarna Viking 29 colors Elna Janome New Home 78 colors Pfaff 16 colors Reme ber m The Color Editor softw...

Страница 81: ...aced on the work space Clrs displays the number of colors of the designs placed on the work space Sz displays the size of the designs placed on the work space Pos displays the position of the designs...

Страница 82: ...Mini Amazing Box II 74 Installation Introduction FAQs Quick Start File Formats Main Screen Color Editor...

Страница 83: ...Frequently Asked Questions...

Страница 84: ...dia Question Do I need a computer to use a design transfer sytem Answer Yes The MiniAmazing Box II connects to your PC to write files from your computer to the rewritable memory card for your embroide...

Страница 85: ...e the Simplicity SE3 or Brother PE150 both have a 100x100mm or 4x4 single sewing field You should be able to find this information in your machine s instruction manual Question Why do I need this syst...

Страница 86: ...nverter box what do I do Answer If you get a message on your screen saying No COM port this usually means the USB driver is not installed correctly Follow the following steps to reinstall the driver 1...

Страница 87: ...oes not work Answer There may be other hardware conflicts preventing Windows from recognizing the MiniAmazing Box Please contact Technical Support for further assistance Question Why does the design s...

Страница 88: ...Mini Amazing Box II 80 Installation Introduction FAQs Quick Start File Formats Main Screen Color Editor...

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