Brother PR655C Operation Manual Addendum PDF

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Before using the machine, carefully read both this manual and the Operation Manual included with your machine.

Contents

Checking the Needle Drop Point with LED Pointer ....................................................................2

Turning the LED pointer ON or OFF .................................................................................2

Various Types of Embroidery Frame Selections ..........................................................................3

Embroidery frame holders .......................................................................................................3

When It Is Difficult to Reach the Embroidery Frame ..................................................................3

Changing the Embroidery Position Using Various Speed Keys ....................................................4

Moving the Needle on the Error Message Screen .......................................................................4

Information about Appliqu Display ..........................................................................................5

Indicating when the machine stops .........................................................................................5

A specific needle bar number for appliqu..............................................................................5

Adjusting the Brightness of the Screen Display...........................................................................5

Cancelling the Thread Color Settings for All Previously Stitched Designs.................................. 6

Moving Five Hundred Stitches Forward/Back.............................................................................7

Editing Patterns as a Group ........................................................................................................7

Sewing the repeated pattern without sorting colors .................................................................8

Sending Embroidery Patterns From a Computer to the Machine (Link Function) ...................... 9

Operations available with the Link function ............................................................................9

Embroidering using the Link function ....................................................................................10

Disabling the Link function ...................................................................................................13

Error messages in the Link function .......................................................................................13

Selecting the Thread Color Information for PES Format Data .............................................. 14

Checking the Length of Time until the Machines Next Stop ................................................... 14

Checking the Temporary Needle Bar Setting ............................................................................15

Cancelling the Temporary Needle Bar Setting .......................................................................15

New Character Patterns ...........................................................................................................16

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Checking the Needle Drop Point with LED Pointer

The LED pointer shows you the location of the needle penetration so that it is easier to adjust the embroidery position.

1 Needle drop point

The LED pointer turns on automatically while the embroidering screen appears, and it turns off when you start embroidering. You can set the LED pointer function on or off in the settings screen.

Note The LED pointer may not be available

depending on the type of embroidery frame attached.

With fabric that has a very uneven or textured surface, the position of the LED pointer may not be correctly aligned. In this case, the pointer indication should be used only as a reference.

Turning the LED pointer ON or OFF

1 Press .

2 Display page 4 of the settings screen.

3 Press to turn on the LED pointer to

check the needle drop point.

The key appears as when ON is

selected, and it appears as when

OFF is selected.

* Each touch of the key turns the setting either on or off.

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Various Types of Embroidery Frame Selections

Various types of embroidery frames can be used with this machine to suit your project by changing the embroidery frame holders.

Embroidery frame holders

Two types of embroidery frame holders (embroidery frame holder A and embroidery frame holder B) are included with this machine. Embroidery frame holder A is used with the four included embroidery frames. Embroidery frame holder B is used with the optional embroidery frames. In addition, if optional embroidery frame holder C is used, a frame from the optional round frame series can be installed. For details on which embroidery frame can be installed on each embroidery frame holder, refer to Embroidery frame types and applications listed in the Operation Manual.

1 Embroidery frame holder A 2 White corner covers 3 Embroidery frame holder B 4 Light gray corner covers 5 Magnet 6 Embroidery frame holder C (optional) 7 Dark gray corner covers

When It Is Difficult to Reach the Embroidery Frame

Depending on the position of the needle bars, it may be difficult to reach the embroidery frame. In that case, follow the procedure described below to move the embroidery frame.

1 Press .

The needle bar move screen appears.

2 Press .

The carriage automatically moves to a position where the embroidery frame can easily be reached/removed.

Touch to close the needle bar move screen and to move the carriage to the previous position.

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Changing the Embroidery Position Using Various Speed Keys

The embroidery position can be moved using the three variable speed keys.

1 Move the position by 0.1 mm 2 Move the position by 0.5 mm 3 Move the position at maximum speed.

Note Move the pattern in desired direction

using , after the speed is selected,

for maximum speed press and hold.

Moving the Needle on the Error Message Screen

Press to move the needle backward or forward to the correct position after correcting the error.

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Information about Appliqu Display

There is information about the appliqu display which helps your operation. Refer to Appliqu Sewing listed in the Operation Manual for the detailed instruction.

Indicating when the machine stops

If an appliqu pattern was selected, appears in the screen at places where the machine is stopped to create appliqu.

A specific needle bar number for appliqu

If an appliqu pattern was selected, APPLIQUE MATERIAL, APPLIQUE POSITION and APPLIQUE are all assigned to a specific needle bar number. Set the thread colors to be used for the appliqu to that specific needle bar.

Adjusting the Brightness of the Screen Display

If the LCD screen is too dark or too light, you can adjust the brightness of the screen display.

1 Press .

2 Display page 5 of the settings screen.

3 Press or to adjust the brightness of

the screen display.

* The screen will appear dimmer if the number on the settings screen decreases. The screen will appear brighter as the number increases.

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Cancelling the Thread Color Settings for All Previously Stitched Designs

Note The color settings will be completely

canceled even if the machine is in the middle of the embroidery.

1 Touch .

2 Touch .

The thread color setting is canceled.

3 Touch .

Thread colors are assigned by the machine again, regardless of the previous spool setting.

Note This function will not clear anchor settings

of any of the needles which have been assigned a thread color (Refer to Reserved Needle Bar Settings listed in the Operation Manual).

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Moving Five Hundred Stitches Forward/Back

and have been added to the stitch navigation screen. For details on moving forward or backward through the stitching, refer to Embroidering From the Beginning or Middle of the Pattern listed in the Operation Manual.

Each touch of this key moves five hundred stitches back through the stitching.

Each touch of this key moves five hundred stitches forward through the stitching.

Editing Patterns as a Group

Combined patterns can be grouped and can all be edited (rotated, resized, etc.) at the same time.

1 Touch so that it changes to .

All patterns displayed in the pattern display area are grouped.

* Touch to ungroup the patterns. If there are

multiple grouped patterns, the selected pattern group is ungrouped.

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Sewing the repeated pattern without sorting colors

With repeated patterns created using the border

function, pressing automatically changes

the sewing order of the colors so that the same color can be continuously sewn. You can edit the pattern according to the procedure below to sew the repeated pattern without sorting the colors.

1 Create the combined border embroidery pattern (Refer to Designing repeated patterns listed in the Operation Manual).

2 Touch so that it changes to .

The border function is canceled.

3 If necessary, touch so that the patterns are regrouped.

All patterns displayed in the pattern display area are grouped.

4 If necessary touch to sew the thread

mark, and then touch .

(Refer to Assigning thread marks listed in the Operation Manual)

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5 Touch , then .

Sending Embroidery Patterns From a Computer to the Machine (Link Function)

Operations available with the Link function

Send multiple embroidery patterns to connected embroidery machines

As many as 100 embroidery patterns can be transferred to an embroidery machine, and the embroidering status of the patterns being transferred can be viewed from the computer monitor. Use the included USB cable to connect the embroidery machine to a computer.

Check the sewing status of the embroidery machine (this model) from the computer (Example of multiple machines connected)

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Memo When connecting multiple embroidery

machines to the computer, use a commercially available USB hub. Please note that we recommend using a self-powered USB hub. Do not use USB extension cables or repeater cables. For details on using the USB hub, refer to its operating instructions.

Embroidering using the Link function

First, use the embroidery editing software to create the embroidery pattern to be sent to the embroidery machine.

Note Only embroidery data in the PES format

(.pes) can be embroidered using the Link function.

You cannot select .dst data to send from a computer using the Link function.

The Link function cannot be used with large-size (split) embroidery patterns.

Attach to the embroidery machine the embroidery frame for the size of the pattern to be sent.

1 Touch , and then touch or

to display page 5 of the machine settings

screen.

2 Touch to enable the Link function.

When the following message appears,

touch .

3 Turn off the machine.

4 Use the included USB cable to connect the embroidery machine to the computer.

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5 Turn on the machine.

6 Using embroidery editing software provided with the Link function, such as PE-DESIGN NEXT, or later, will allow you to send the embroidery pattern(s) to the machine in the Link mode from your computer.

7 When the following message appears, touch

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A message appears in the machines LCD while the machine is connecting to PC.

Note For details on using the embroidery editing

software, refer to the Instruction Manual included with the software.

* This Link dialog box is found in PE-DESIGN NEXT software.

If the following error message appears, the type of embroidery frame installed on the machine is not compatible with the size of the pattern. Replace the embroidery frame with one compatible with the size of the pattern.

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8 After the embroidery pattern has been opened by the machine, the embroidering screen appears.

The opened embroidery pattern appears in the pattern display area with the icon for the Link function.

1 Icon for Link function 2 10-digit machine ID 3 Number of the pattern in the queue

Touch to delete the pattern.

Memo While the embroidery machine is

connected to the computer, the machines status can be displayed by using a function of the embroidery editing software. If multiple embroidery machines are connected at the same time, check the status of the machines using the 10-digit machine ID that appears in the machines screen.

9 To change the embroidery settings for the

opened embroidery pattern, touch .

Touch when the following message

appears. Touch to return to the embroidering screen.

The embroidery settings screen appears.

0 After the desired settings have been

specified, touch to return to the

embroidering screen.

a Touch , and then press the start/ stop button to start embroidering.

When embroidering is finished, the following message appears.

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b To open another pattern sent from the

computer, touch , and then repeat the

procedure starting from step 8 to continue

embroidering.

To stop embroidering or to embroider the

same pattern again, touch .

Note The embroidering screen settings specified

in step 0 are saved even if was touched to continue sewing after embroidering is finished.

Memo If the embroidery machine is turned off

while it is embroidering, the resume operation can be used the next time it is turned on.

Disabling the Link function

1 Touch , and then touch or

to display page 5 of the machine settings

screen.

2 Touch to disable the Link function.

When the following message appears,

touch .

3 Turn off the machine.

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Error messages in the Link function

Machine cannot receive any data from the PC in the Link mode. Turn off the machine, and check the USB connection. After connecting the USB cord securely, turn on the machine again.

Machine failed to communicate with the PC in the Link mode. Turn the machine off, and then turn the machine on again.

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Selecting the Thread Color Information for PES Format Data

You can display the thread color for PES format data according to the machine setting, or setting from the PE-DESIGN, PE-DESIGN Lite or PED-Basic (embroidery editing software). (Refer to Changing the thread color information listed in the Operation Manual for the machine setting of thread color.) The PES Thread Code can be selected from page 1 of the settings screen.

ON: The thread color information will be displayed according to the PE-DESIGN, PE-DESIGN Lite or PED-Basic (embroidery editing software) settings. OFF: The thread color information displayed will be according to the machine setting.

When the machine is purchased, ON is selected.

Checking the Length of Time until the Machines Next Stop

The length of time until the embroidery machines next stop can be viewed in the embroidering screen. The machine stops when a spool change is required, or when the machine is set to be stopped by other settings. If the spool change indicator appears, the machine will require a spool change. When the time is indicated in red, this signals the last color to be embroidered before the machine stops.

1 Time until the machine stops

Note The displayed information differs from that

described in the Operation Manual.

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Checking the Temporary Needle Bar Setting

The needle bar with the temporary needle bar setting applied can be viewed in the embroidering screen. For details on the temporary needle bar setting, refer to the Operation Manual.

1 The needle bar number changes and appears to indicate the selected needle bar.

Cancelling the Temporary Needle Bar Setting

1 Press to cancel the temporary needle bar setting.

The needle bar settings return to the original setting.

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New Character Patterns

Alphabet patterns

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Sample at actual size

1 25.0 mm

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