USER MANUAL - TinLizzie18
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1. USER MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 Getting Started Get np Sarie irera rE TAMEN EERERNOEERI OSA dU EN EHREESIODERA USE pg 3 Section 2 Initial Start up Minal Start MU rcr H E pg 4 Setting Quilt Block and Panto Designs eee e eee eee eee eene nennen nee pg 5 Section 3 Button Overview POE We mre T n pg 6 Tablet MELON Losuereroeset seaniopengie v oEbriNSeR MI aUo DIIS M EPI DEDE UH NM UN VM CIR RUIN pg 12 hZEPIDIBALPACID Pr pg 14 Kon BUU ONS erir irrar evesnccesenssexecsceesesieeyacnceyssssey EATER TIDUF otaseseecsey cars pg 14 Section 4 Editing Fainne Your TaN er atsciwnretaseccedeeweusedencwevetas RESA pg 15 FUMING Pater RET pg 17 Section 5 Trouble Shooting KEO oiner E m E TIT pg 18 JUE OR DOX isccinese munia E E E EE E pg 19 Robot Black Motor BOX ssssssccceeesssossooooosesccoosooesescsosososoesesesssossosoeeeo pg 20 USB Jump Drive Hell aceepesveviereswyeere store Ernan eO NETEN AREIAS pg 21 Manufactured for Tin Lizzie 18 by Quilt EZ LLC 8532 S Paradise West Dr Paradise UT 84328 Copyright 2009 by Quilt EZ LLC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976 no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without the prior written permission of publish2. 00 15 stationary when the machine is moving this counter resets see timeout on pg 8 Section 4 Editing Editing a pattern that has been added to your pattern box In order to edit a pattern that is on your screen hold your stylus over the top of your pattern for 3 seconds A green light will appear on the right hand side of the screen at that time release your stylus and a menu will appear in the top right corner this 1s the edit menu o Next The pattern you have selected has a green box drawn around it If you have 2 patterns on the screen and you wanted to modify pattern 2 the pattern without the green box around it touch the next button and the green box will move over to pattern 2 o Repeat Able to repeat the selected pattern across and down Also able to add spacing in between the patterns or have the patterns overlap by having a negative spacing NOTE Once a pattern is repeated those repeats and the original become one pattern not several linked patterns o Autofill This will automatically repeat and fill the pattern box It will ask if you want to keep pattern proportions if you say yes the pattern will not stretch to fill the pattern box If you say no the patterns will stretch to fill the pattern box as much as itcan If you touch Autofill and nothing happens it 1s because the pattern already fills up as much of the box as 1t can o Mirror You can select to mirror on
3. Start Point Move All Width 2 80 Height 2 014 OK Cancel _ THE MACHINE WILL MOVE TO tT THE START OF THE PATTERN BLOCK AND THE PATTERN WILL START Cancel Ox SET START AT THE START POSITION PULL UP w AFTER THE MACHINE ARRIVES BOBBIN THREAD AND PRESS OK Version 2 00 18 e If your thread breaks while running m T touch the stop button on the screen and Q A touch thread break Re thread the ele C machine and move your machine to the zn a place where the tread broke Don t worry if you re off the line a bit the machine will pull in to be exactly on the line If that is the place you want to start touch yes pull up the bobbin thread and then start and it will continue from that point THREAD BREAK START e If your thread breaks and you don t notice until the pattern is completely finished you can easily restart Re thread the machine and touch the Green Light to run your pattern Now touch Set Start and move your machine to where the thread broke Your machine will start the pattern from that place and continue on see pg 17 e Ifyou want to completely stop a pattern for any reason touch the stop button on the screen then the Red light at the top of the screen Adjusting Speed or Stitch Length e To adjust the stitch length while your system is running it is the same as adjusting your stitch length when doing free motion Turn the dial on the le
4. controlled by the parameters on the HQ Tin Lizzie 18 non L S and all other machines On the Tin Lizzie LS and Ansley machine the speed is adjusted by the handle bars speed dial on the right handle bar o Accel determines how quickly your robot will move in and out of the corners Think of this as the minimum speed your robot will run if set to max it will really jump out of the corners If set to the min it will creep out of the corners Factory setting is medium 5 o Lock Number of lock stitches you want at the beginning and end of each pattern o Needle Sets the speed the needle will run when needle up down is pressed By adjusting this higher your needle will needle up down faster By setting this slower your needle will up down slower This defaults to medium 5 this settling only available on Tin Lizzie LS and Ansley machines o Constants o X amp Y Power This is the power that is applied to each motor at any given time If errors are occurring x or y motor faults these numbers need to be adjusted down The higher the number the tighter it tracks but the more prone to vibrations If the belts are loose the easier they vibrate So it is a happy medium between belt tension and Power setting see pg 20 adjusting constants o Time out When the motors are locked this 1s the time in seconds they will stay locked for NOTE If your machine is moving this timer resets until it TQ r Updates Parameters Constants
5. the system works before you put on an official quilt Setting up a Quilt Block After setting your quilt area see pg 9 you are now ready to set a pattern box Remember just after you have set your Quilt Area the default pattern box that appears is the size of your quilt area You can use this as your pattern box or you can Adjust Current and make a specific sized pattern box When setting up your first pattern box after setting the Quilt Area always select the Adjust Current option for setting a pattern box Set up the respective pattern box see pg 9 for setting a pattern box then select the pattern you want to place in the pattern box see pg 6 under add pattern Edit your pattern how ever you would like see pg 15 by bringing up the edit menu and selecting your desired editing option Once you have finished editing your pattern to your desired liking run the pattern see pg 17 under When running a pattern Pattern View Add Pattem File Manager Free Motion Setup Set Quilt Area Pattern Box NT Adjust Current EA p mam rm SEE i T Remove Current Test Add Pattern Box Version 2 00 5 Setting up a Pantograph style pattern 1 When setting up a pantograph you will use the same steps as setting your quilt block see above ex
6. until the remote has said Update Successful Version 2 00 23
7. NISH O U O MOVE NEEDLE COUNTERCLOCKWISE TO THE NEXT POINT PRESS THE PLUS BUTTON TO ADD POINT OR THE CHECK BUTTON TO FINISH HHHH pT TTT TT EE e eee E ER E EE D E E E E E sc EE E eee Touch arrow to move to be new pattern box IZI show you in the pattern view how many boxes you have by PB 2 of 3 It will show in the upper corners of your screen which pattern box 1s which way If you are on pattern box 2 and you have 3 pattern boxes at the top it will say PB 2 of 3 In the left corner you will have an arrow that says PB1 and in the right corner you will have an arrow that says PB3 To move to a different pattern box you have 2 options 1 Youcan slide your finger quickly across the screen starting at the side of the box you want to view and going to the opposite side NOTE this method does not rely on distance it relies on speed of finger stylus movement 2 Option 2 is touch the arrow that says PB3 and the screen will go to PB3 Touch the arrow that says PB1 and it will move to PB1 o Remove pattern box This will remove the pattern box you currently see on the screen as well as all patterns inside of it F Tablet with pencil menu o lt Q A Patter Save Ped uc e Move all This will move all your patterns d 4r pna gt on the screen Select move all then hold Charms qcc you finger on the pattern on the screen and Circle qcc Select Pattern slide your finger to the new pl
8. Test Restrictec 10 10 3 3 1 Length Speed Accel Lock Needle Q A Updates Parameters Constants Test Restrictec XPower 127 Y Power 127 s Time Out 100 E Stop 200 X Margin 10 00 Y Margin 10 00 lt Jump Stitch 0 Version 2 00 8 detects the machine no longer moving then the timer starts counting from 100 again Every time the machine is moved this timer will reset until the machine stops again o E Stop If the system hits a rail cable needle is in down position the E stop will ensure the system stops instead of trying to run over or break something The default value is a good tested value but this may be adjusted up to make the system more robust NOTE when adjusting up if the needle 1s ever stuck in the fabric and the robot goes to move you may break the needle or tear your fabric be cautious when adjusting this number o Margin This will set an area from the edge of your pattern box towards the center that your pattern will not extend past e s F o Jump Stitch When 2 patterns are on the screen and T Q a your end point of and start point of 2 aren t in the Updates Parameters Constants Test Restrictec same place the machine will move from point 1 to point 2 without stitching Adjust this number to the length of jump stitch you find acceptable For example with jump stitches set to 0 it will always ask you to cut the thread If you want it to jump Jump Stitch 0 stitch up to 6 automat
9. U Q If you did not want to set the Pattern Box touch the X to cancel out Once you have moved your machine to MOVE NEEDLE COUNTERCLOCKWISE point 1 press the key The touch screen TO THE NEXT POINT PRESS THE PLUS BUTTON TO ADD POINT will now say to move to the next point OR THE CHECK BUTTON TO FINISH Remember to move in a counter clockwise motion As you move to your next point you will see a red line being drawn on the screen this is the base line of your pattern box If you do not see this line you are outside of your quilt area Touch the for your second point and then move to the third point Every pattern box requires three points If you are setting a triangle and the third point is your last point touch the check mark for the third point The check mark will add your last point and finish your pattern box A line will automatically draw from your last point to your first point for you If you are making something with more then 3 points after pressing the for point 3 move to point 4 If point 4 is your last point touch the check mark and it will automatically add the fourth point for you and give you width and height dimensions for the pattern box Add Pattern box You can do 2 3 4 as many pattern boxes as you want When you add a pattern box it will MOVE NEEDLE COUNTERCLOCKWISE TO THE NEXT POINT PRESS THE PLUS BUTTON TO ADD POINT OR THE CHECK BUTTON TO FI
10. UILTING AREA T MARK THIS LOCATION T YOU MAY NOW ROLL THE QUILT 5 Now unlock your rollers and roll your quilt Roll it till your two marks are just below your take up rail MOVE THE MACHINE TO YOUR 7 FIRST MARK 6 After you have rolled your quilt you need to tell the machine where your first mark is ae Move your machine to the first mark and 3 J touch OK MOVE THE MACHINE TO YOUR SECOND MARE 7 Move to your second mark and touch OK 8 You will now need to select the reference i 2 i q point to want to use to nest Move your fe z machine and the crosshair on the screen will age nar move as well Once your crosshair is over Select nesting pein Z the point you want to use to next touch the eee puce aaa Q check mark NESTING 9 The pattern previously quilted will appear EN f i n on the screen move your machine until the f zd V new pattern nests how you want it to nest CL 2 and touch the check mark Yes n e mene Version 2 00 14 Magnifying Glass eee e Zoom In the pattern view able to zoom in or out on a pattern using the amp keys a r Q A bi at the base of the screen Patterns Zoom e Zoom all Automatically zooms back to the b Geometric AN AIl pattern box size Lge p TP Celtic design qcc e Pan When zoomed in if you need to pan to ise a different part of the screen touch the eee screen and drag your f
11. ace you d like Clamor to move and release from the screen After ju you have released from the screen the move function disappears and you will need to select it again if you d like to move 4 77Q 00A Save ELS e Auto Center Use this to automatically Delete ELI HA Move All kicz center your pattern in the center of your Autocenter gt AN pattern box MOVE THE MACHINE TO THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF YOUR QUILTING AREA e Nest Since you can only see one machine pass on the screen at one time a nest function 1s necessary for those patterns you want to intertwine For example you have a meander that you want to intertwine with the previously quilted row of meander use the nest feature 1 After finishing the first row of quilting touch the Nest button Move your machine to the lower left hand corner of your quilt area This is the area you set at the very beginning of your quilt It s not important that you move to the exact corner of the quilt area you set but it should be close 2 Once you move your machine to the first point and press ok your machine will lock in place so you can mark that point 3 After you mark the first point and press ok you can move to the lower right corner of your quilt area 4 After pressing ok the machine will lock in place again and wait for you to mark the second point T MARK THIS LOCATION MOVE THE MACHINE TO THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF TOUR Q
12. cept you will repeat the pattern the desired times to fill your pattern box see page 15 under repeat 2 After you have repeated the desired amount of times notice a few things 7 Q o Ld X a Each pattern you have repeated has a green circle at the lt TTT pai a oF 3 PB 3 beginning of the pattern and a red X at the end of the Hei Hee pattern You don t want any circles or X s in the CCCs Lux WE LET center of your repeats because this means you Circle for Set N 90 or will have jump stitches Sa sh b The machine will always move left to right if H S FR e ACER Seer HH your circles are on the right and the X is on the left EPIRI Sees RII eee seen you will need to mirror the pattern NOTE It is ee H important your mirror the pattern before you repeat it or you will run into issues 3 You are now ready to run See pg 17 under When running a pattern 4 NOTE Even though you are able to set up several pattern boxes at one time the system will only run the pattern box you have showing on the screen Once that box 1s finished you will need to move to the new screen to run the other pattern boxes you have setup Section 3 Button Overview Home menu Pattern view takes you to your edit pattern screen Here you will see any patterns you have added to your pattern box and will be able to edit them as needed for editing options see page 15 Ln c M View Add Pattem File Manager F
13. elt tension If you are still getting an error after checking the belts go to Adjusting Constants in this trouble shooting section Q My machine moves to the starting point and stitches once so I can pull up the bobbin thread but when it runs the pattern it doesn t stitch at all A Ensure you switched your carriage encoder wire with the included Shirley Stitcher II encoder wire Next make sure your carriage encoder wire 1s plugged fully into the Stitcher box If you are using the original Tin Lizzie encoder wires ensure they are fully plugged in You should be able to use your handle bars and do free motion stitching If you can not you will need to trouble shoot your junction box see the next question Q When I insert my pattern into the pattern box it is coming in upside down or sideways and I want it straight up and down A The pattern will always rotate to your baseline see set pattern box pg 6 Q When setting a pattern box I get an error that says Pattern Box lines can not cross A This happens when setting your pattern box and lines are crossing or you set a point by touching the key then without moving the machine the check mark right after Touching the check mark adds a point as well as finishes the pattern box If you accidentally touch the mark for the 4 point just nudge the machine a bit and touch the check mark this will ensure it s not putting a point on top of the previous point Q When setting my pa
14. ent pattern that 1s in the green box o Rotate You may either select a specific rotation by touching Select and typing in the rotation you want Also on the select page there 1s a check box that says counterclockwise if checked your pattern will rotate counterclockwise instead of clockwise when you select the rotation Another option for rotation is touching rotate 90 deg CW clockwise or 90 deg CCW counter clockwise o Save When modifying a pattern if you would like to save that specific design for a later date you can touch the save button name it what you would like and the system will place it at the bottom of the patterns list o Scale Smartscale will try and fit the pattern inside your pattern box as best it can without going over the edge of the box It will also give you the option to keep or not keep proportions of the pattern This can take over a minute You also can manually scale by using the sliders on the top and right side of the screen When finished touch OK If you have 2 or more patterns and you select scale the pattern you are scaling will be black and all others will be blue o Properties 4 5 5 7 a Jg a o CounLerciack wise OK Cancel Version 2 00 17 Local start X amp Y Telling you from the upper left corner of your pattern box where the start point 1s Retrieve start point If you want to move the start point to a specific location you can
15. er Version 2 00 2 Section 1 Getting Started This manual will cover everything you will need to know to RUN your Shirley Stitcher II If you have not yet installed the Shirley Stitcher on your frame please refer to the Installation Instructions With Step by Step sections you will feel comfortable using your system in no time Let s get to know Shirey Home Screen Top Screen Icons b Geometric al qcc Celtic design qcc Select Pattern Circle qcc Clam qcc When your system first starts up you will see this screen Let s go through the top screen icons Home Button Think of this button like the File button on your computer All of the master functions are controlled from here Tablet Button This button is for saving moving and nesting features Q Magnifying Glass With this icon you can zoom in and out of your pattern box A E This arrow is used to activate your locks You can lock side to side NEZ eui and front to back These buttons can be found just to the right of the magnifying glass These buttons are used to run your pattern and activate stitching The next pages will go through in detail how to run your system and an in depth overview of each button and it s functions Version 2 00 3 Section 2 Initial Start up o For your initial startup you need to run a few test patterns to ensure everything is setup properly To run the test s j Q A T patterns follow these step
16. er again Does the junction box beep Does the light on the junction box activate Activate Lizzie mode on the handle bars does the machine stitch regulate Q When using the handle bars and starting stitch regulation the machine does not stitch A Do all other handle bar functions work Needle up down Manual mode If everything else Works it is an encoder issue or an encoder cable issue Check to ensure your cables are fully plugged in Check the encoder testing lights 1f using your tin lizzie encoder cable this is located at the base of your Tin lizzie Power Box If using the SSII encoder cables this 1s the junction box light when you move your machine left to right does the light flicker When you move it front to back does the light flicker If 1t doesn t flicker in one of the directions but does in the other then it 1s either a cable or encoder issue and contact customer support Q When I activate Lizzie mode using the handle bars my stitch regulation is erratic sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn t A Check your encoder cable wires and ensure they are all securely plugged in Then check the encoder wheels move the machine front to back and left to right does the wheel turn 10096 of the time If it does not you will need to clean your wheels and the rails If the wheel does turn 10096 of the time there 1s a problem with your encoder or your encoder wire and contact customer support Robot Black motor Box Trouble S
17. ft handle bar to the desired stitch length Note When you have the encoder wires plugged into the SSII junction box and you turn the stitches per inch dial all the way counter clockwise it does a basting stitch 1 stitch per inch e To adjust the speeds of your robot turn the speed knob on the right handle bar for non Tin Lizzie LS machines see pg 5 under parameters Any time your robot is running this will control the speed Anytime you want to manual stitch using the handle bars this knob controls the manual speed o NOTE For those intricate designs set your speed dial to 12 O clock For those less intricate designs you can set your dial higher Version 2 00 19 Section 5 Troubleshooting Remote Trouble Shooting Q When setting my quilt area I do not get a width or height for my area A Ensure that both of your belts are attached correctly Next check under Setup the motors should read Motor Fwd if the black motor box 1s mounted on the front and Motor Rev if the motor box is mounted to the back SEE MOTOR BOX TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR MORE TROUBLE SHOOTING Q When running I frequently get motor errors A First step is to check your belt tension The black belt makes a complete loop parallel to your carriage Place your finger in between the looped belt and push the belt closest to the carriage towards the carriage see step 14 under belt setup in the assembly instructions Also check the white b
18. he belt correctly This can be checked by moving the machine forward and back does the pulley on the top of the motor box turn Move the machine left to right does the pulley on the back side turn 2 Goto the setup and under the Updates tab ensure it says Motors Fwd if the motor box 1s mounted at the front 3 If you set your Quilt Area backwards do you get a width and height For example when it says go to the back left you need to go to the front right Then to the front left then to the back left Do you get values now If you do go into the setup and change the motor placement as mentioned in step 2 4 Activate the Horizontal Locks see pg 15 does your machine lock horizontally Activate the vertical locks does the machine lock vertically If these both lock but you continue to have no reading when setting the Quilt Area contact customer support USB Jump Drive Help Window can perdon the same action each time you inert Q How do I copy files onto my jump drive to be used on the remote M Rae Dn ern A If you are copying an update for your system it is important to What do you werk Windows to do follow some guidelines kai e Ensure that your file you are loading has been un zipped B oro tasa Zipping a folder compresses it to make it easier to download but g x sides he images the remote can not read a zipped file so it needs to be un zipped eg ert mim meme After you have unzipped your file you have severa
19. hooting Q When running I get an error and the machine stops and will not continue A When running if an error comes up and the system stops completely because of the error it may be a few things 1 Your belt tension is too loose 2 Your belt brackets are incorrectly attached 3 The constants for your system need to be adjusted see below 4 You are running over a cable or something is preventing the system from moving ADJUSTING CONSTANTS After your system has been setup properly you system should be good to go but if you are hearing vibration noises from your belts or getting an axis error you can fix that by using these steps l While the system is running touch both the belts and find out which is vibrating You can tighten your belts a touch and it should clean up the sound If you feel your belts are already at a good tension you can adjust your constants Go into HOME SETUP CONSTANTS Think about this like Trigonometry Math class X Axis is left right Y axis is 9p bottom If your X belt is vibrating or giving an error turn the number down a bit go in increments of 10 6 You can either slide the slider or you can touch just below the slider and it will move in increments of 10 RW Version 2 00 21 Q When setting my Quilt Area I don t get a Width height or both A There are a few things to check 1 Ensure your belts are both attached correctly and that the pulley s are activating on t
20. ically without asking to cut the thread and any jump stitch above 6 it will ask you to cut set your jump stitch to 6 o Test and restricted tabs are only for use at the factory and are both password protected XPower 127 YPower 127 s Time Out 100 E Stop 200 X Margin 10 00 Y Margin 10 00 e Set Quilt Area This is the entire area that gi Q A v can be quilted at any time It will ask you to move to the upper left corner of your quilt s area and touch the key then it will ask you to move to the upper right and touch the MOVE YOUR MACHINE TO THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF YOUR QUILTING AREA key Lastly it will have you go to the nione lower right and touch the 4 key It will then give you the width and the height of rd your area This is to ensure the system F knows where your rails are and doesn t run into one of them o After setting your quilt area that area will automatically become the Pattern Box see adjust current below for options If you did not want to set the o Ifyou have not yet set the quilt area and you try Quilt Area touch the X to to add a pattern or do a pattern box you will be cancel out If the area has not required to set the area first yet been set you will be required to set it and can t cancel out until it is set e Set pattern box This is your individual pattern box you are setting It may be the same size as your quilt area it may be a smaller qu
21. ilt block Version 2 00 9 o The first 2 points of your pattern box are going to set what 1s called a base line This determines which way your pattern will be inserted into the pattern box You need to ALWAYS set your pattern box points counter clock wise If you want your base line to be at the bottom and your pattern inserted right side up set the lower left and right hand points If you want your baseline to be at the top and the pattern inserted upside down set the baseline at the back right and back left 4g Q 6 A v Patter View LOF E SL N Adjust current After you set your quilt area a default ien cua re He Manager r jei pattern box will appear you have a few options Free SETA EEE E 1 Use the Quilt Area as your pattern box and do not set a Setup assem ew new pattern box SEC QUIL AICS aia e Rafter Box a Adjust Current 2 Select Adjust Current and set a new pattern box Circle Test Add Pattem Bex i Remove Current e e e l aha Meek Women SL cs ek see If setting a pattern box different then your Quilt ABS R228 LI T EE T er RR Area select the Adjust Current option under Pattern Box Move your machine to the first point of your E Q d pattern box Don t forget the first two points of your pattern box make your j baseline Also ensure you set your points counter clockwise a You should see a red crosshair on the screen If you do not you are outside E EE your quilt area W
22. inger and the screen Cannes will move note this is not the pattern moving it is your viewpoint of the screen moving 9 770 A 9 770 A mm a Charms qcc Select Pattern v e 4X al Dran b Pan s Zoom in and out using amp Hold stylus on screen and pan to a different area Greenlight Redlight Needle w Thread Green Light Runs the pattern You must be in the pattern view screen with a pattern loaded to use the green light Red light Stops the pattern You must be running a pattern in order to stop a pattern Needle with thread This is to enable stitching If itis green stitching is enabled If it is not green stitching is not enabled You may pause a pattern and enable disable stitching while a pattern 1s running if you d like Arrow in the upper right hand corner e Horizontal lock Will lock your machine l Q horizontally so you can only move it vertically note if your time out is set to HHH ee 100 seconds it will only stay locked for 100 EDASISE seconds when the machine is EHE EG HHE stationary when the machine is moving apy HY hi Rea PI FEE XI this counter resets see timeout on pg 6 ie ie ZEE EIFE hina ee e Vertical lock Will lock your machine REE Sete eee vertically so you can only move it horizontally note if your time out is set to 100 seconds it will only stay locked for 100 seconds when the machine 1s Version 2
23. l options for copying the file to your jump drive Ll aino Wirdons kxplee e When you re jump drive is inserted into your computer it should imos do the selecting action automatically open giving you the option to Open Folder to oc Gwen view files o lfit does not open you will need to manually open the window Go to the start select my computer and find your USB jump drive in the list e To copy the file to the jump drive you can o Drag the files from the open un zipped window into the open USB window o You can right click the un zipped file and copy it directly into the USB jump drive Updating and copying files to my remote Q I have tried updating my system from my jump drive but it is not working A If you are having issues updating your remote or robot it is most likely an easy fix 1 Make sure the file has been un zipped 2 Make sure you are opening the folder and selecting the file to update with 3 Make sure that you have all the correct files on the jump drive Plug your jump drive into your computer and remember how the files are named Notice which files are in folders and which aren t If the file you are trying to copy to the remote is in a folder you will have to open the folder double click the name on the remote in order to copy the correct file The system can only copy files it can not copy folders Version 2 00 22 NOTE When updating your Program be sure to not remove the USB drive
24. move that by placing your machine at the place you want it to start and pressing retrieve start point e Next to the retrieve start point is a check box for move all When you retrieve the start point this 1s going to move your pattern you have the option of just moving the first pattern or by checking move all all the patterns will move in relation to the first pattern Width amp Height You can set the exact size of your pattern using these keys Touch the box and a key pad will appear and type the desired size When running a pattern e When you touch the green light to run a pattern you have 3 options e O Cancel because you didn t want to run the pattern Ok to run the pattern from the start Set start If your pattern is only V finished and you needed to re start at a specific place touch the set start button and move your machine to that point where you want it to start and the machine will start from that point Once you press ok the machine will move to the start point and stitch once if stitching is activated see needle with thread pg 13 You may then move your machine and pull up your bobbin thread When you press ok the machine will automatically move back to the start point and do your selected lock stitch see pg 8 for lock stitches After doing the lock stitches it will run the pattern Local Start X A000 Local Start Y 0 862 Actual X 2 000 Actual 2 862 Retrieve
25. ree Motion Setup Set Quilt Area Pattern Box Demo Select Pattern gt Add pattern Opens the pattern selection screen and allows you to add a pattern You W 7Q Patterns can have as many patterns as you like in b Geometric j each pattern box al qcc o Touch the arrow by each category to open the category o Touch the pattern you want to see and the preview will open on the right of the screen Celtic design qcc Select Pattern Circl Clam qcc wn adi Version 2 00 6 o Touch select pattern to place into your pattern View o Once select pattern is pressed your design will automatically be added to your pattern view screen and the pattern view screen will automatically open File Manager Used to import patterns onto the remote System will use a QLI or DXF pattern for instructions on using a USB jump drive see troubleshooting section 2 57 vo Source Internal Filename No File Selected o Plug in your jump drive into the base ER p of your remote into the USB port Spy Ts peur v o Ensure the source is set to USB o Touch the square by the select pattern line and a new screen will open o Select the pattern you want to save to your system and touch ok o Setthe copy to where you want it saved o Touch copy o You may use this same method to delete a pattern as well Free motion Able to record your machine movements and
26. s 1 Goto home and select Set Quilt Area You will ERREN j now be prompted to set your quilt area Please refer to page LAE eo 9 to see how this 1s done Setup 2 As you will notice after you set the quilt area a pattern a Area Mu box appeared on the screen This 1s a default box which SP is the size of your quilt area you will need to adjust this amp box to fit your stitch area m 3 Goto home and select Pattern box a 77 Q w A 4 Select Adjust Current to set up your pattern box see page 9 under setting Pattern box Pattern View 1 OF k 4 Add Pattem File Manager Free Motion Setup SetQuilt Area Pattern Bo Box Adjust C Current _ Circle Test Add Pattern Box BITTE ng Remove Current l mu 5 Move your machine to the center of your quilt frame 6 Starting at the center of your quilt frame move your Lilo t M 4 4 L 100 machine approx 10 to the front left and touch the for point 1 7 Now move the machine 20 to the right and touch the for point 2 You will see horizontal red line drawn on the screen If there is no line you are outside of your extents and need to cancel out and start the pattern box over ensuring to keep the line inside your quilt area TQ c 8 After you have set point 2 move your machine to the back right approx 10 and touch the to set point 3 9 Move to
27. save them NOTE in order to see what you are recording your movements need to be within your set quilt area ALSO NOTE You do not have to stitch in order to record your movements To Free Motion o Touch start o Move your machine how you want o When finished touch stop o If you like what you see touch save and it will save your design to the bottom of your list in the Add Pattern screen Setup System settings and updates will be done here o Updates o When an update is released you will load it onto your jump drive touch update program or update robot and follow the on screen steps see pg 21 Copy x Delete Touch here to open patterns in selected source 8 7 0 X 0 00 Y 0 00 4 a7Q B Updates Parameters Constants Test Restrictec Update Program System Info Update Robot Set Motor Rev Calibrate Screen Rollback V VLODIWVIIEP amp UU I o Calibrate screen If the calibration is off touch this button and follow the on screen steps to re calibrate o System info Will tell you the current software versions o Motors Rev This will set your system to be mounted on the rear of the carriage Motors Fwd will set the motor box to be mounted to the front side If your motor box is mounted on the front you want it to read Motors Fwd o Parameters o Length is deactivated because it is controlled by your respective stitch regulation o Speed is the speed at which the robot moves This is
28. the back left approx 20 1f any of your lines don t look straight that is ok and touch the check mark 10 You will see your pattern box on the screen and we need to select a pattern to place in the box Go to home Me and touch add pattern see page 6 Add Pattern 11 Open the geometric category and touch 4 leaf clover 12 The preview of the clover will appear to the right Under the preview touch Select Pattern 13 Your clover will be too small for your pattern box this is ok Version 2 00 4 14 15 16 17 18 19 Adjust both your handle bar knobs on your machine to 12 O clock position Touch the green light to the right of the magnifying glass and your machine will trace through the pattern see page 17 under when running a pattern Did you have any errors come up If so go to page 20 and go through the trouble shooting steps If no errors go to step 17 If no errors occurred we now want to activate stitching Touch the needle with thread at the top right of the screen If it comes back with an error go to the trouble shooting page under Junction Box If it turns green you are ready to go Unthread your needle and run the pattern just as you had before Your pattern should run through exactly the same as last time but should be stitching now If no errors come up then your system is ready to go load different pattern boxes and become familiar with how
29. the horizontal or vertical axis o Move Similar to the move all button you will be able to move the pattern that 1s 1n the green box by holding down on the screen and dragging to a new place Again once you move it the move function turns off you will need to N j2 Next Repeat fest PBF Autofill Ta ee i Miror gt Des sum es ti TEX TA LII EIFE dr ea OPEN S ee ese gt L La EIL seale Ee ee PRUIPE M EN td llllllll d Properties EUER EN ERE EQUERT EI ERU ESIESIBUIS 3E IE ES GS ESSI BR FREIE RE ERI I Fere eR 1 0 0 nsi u Down Spacing Down 1 0 0 m Across Spacing Across OK Cancel Ddpe PBSOFO Autofill ISAAK LI Minor gt Batre ae a ESSE x Remove L Rotate gt SRM UE Pe See Properties RECEDES ERE ERE RE exse Era rape eee en Next Repeat open the move function again to move the pattern If you have a pattern on the screen repeated several times and you only want to move 1 of the patterns not all of them you will need to take a different approach When you repeat a pattern the original pattern and the repeats become all one pattern so it s not possible to move just one of the portions of the repeat because it 1s all one pattern You will need to insert the pattern several times in order to move just one individual pattern o Remove Will remove the curr
30. ttern box I keep getting an error that pattern box lines can not cross A Your pattern box will automatically draw a line from your last point to your first point for you you do not have to close the box Make sure you are not moving the machine and setting points on lines that have already been created if you see a line on the screen you can not go over the top of that line Secondly Junction Box Trouble Shooting Q When I turn on my machine none of my handle bar functions work A Ensure all your cables are plugged in securely Next with the Tin Lizzie machine on unplug the 9 pin cable that is connected to your Tin Lizzie Power box Then plug this back in Does your junction box beep Can you use your handle bar functions now Does the light on the junction box turn on If not unplug all cables from the junction box except for the cable plugged into the junction box running to the Tin Lizzie machine Cycle the Tin Lizzie power off then on Does Version 2 00 20 your junction box beep Does the light on the junction box activate If it does not beep you will need to contact customer support If the box does beep plug in the front handle bar cable to the front handle bar port Cycle the machine power again Does the junction box beep If you push needle up does it do one rotation of the needle If not it may be a handle bar issue and contact customer support If it does work plug in the encoder wires Cycle the Tin Lizzie pow
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