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The DesignaKnit USB Brotherlink 1
What this link does
Uploading and downloading patterns between DesignaKnit and the KH930, KH940,
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KH950i, KH965i, and KH970 knitting machines.
Uploading and downloading between DesignaKnit and the PPD with cartridge III in the
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mode for the KH900. It is also suitable for use with the PPD + CK35 cartridge.
If used with a Knitlink arm, this cable link becomes a USB Brotherlink 5 and will therefore
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support interactive knitting in DesignaKnit with almost any knitting machine. In this case,
the instructions for the USB Brotherlink 5 should be referred to instead of this document -
see
https://softbyte.co.uk/cablelinkmanuals.htm
If used in conjunction with the DesignaKnit PPD Adapter, it is also suitable for use with
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the PPD in modes for KH270, KH930, KH940, KH950i, KH965, KH965i, and KH970, and
for uploading from the Stitch Pattern Extras Cartridge. When the PPD Adapter is added,
the USB Brotherlink 1 cable effectively becomes converted to a USB Brotherlink 3 cable,
when the instructions for the USB Brotherlink 3 should be referred to instead of this
document. See
https://softbyte.co.uk/cablelinkmanuals.htm
Part List
1. The DesignaKnit USB Cable.
For Brother electronic machines
https://softbyte.co.uk/cablelinksbrother.htm
for all our cable link manuals.
for the PPD Adaptor and
for all our cable link manuals.
Related Manuals for Brother DesignaKnit USB Brotherlink 1
Summary of Contents for Brother DesignaKnit USB Brotherlink 1
- Page 1 The DesignaKnit USB Brotherlink 1 For Brother electronic machines What this link does Uploading and downloading patterns between DesignaKnit and the KH930, KH940, • KH950i, KH965i, and KH970 knitting machines. Uploading and downloading between DesignaKnit and the PPD with cartridge III in the •...
- Page 2 2. CD with test program and USB drivers. Fitting the link to the knitting machine For uploading or downloading, connect the cable to the 8-way FB100 connector on the knitting machine or PPD. In the case of the KH970, the 8-way connector attaches to the FB100 connector on the CB-1.
- Page 3 Telling DesignaKnit 8 or 9 which cable & port number to use 1. Open Stitch Designer and select Transfer / Upload. 2. Select the required knitting machine from the Knitting Machine Selection list by left clicking it, then click the Setup button. 3.
- Page 4 After uploading the batch of patterns, DesignaKnit requests a filename for the batch, which is stored with the filename suffix .bro. If there are 900 series pattern numbers in the knitting machine that you want to keep and are not already in DesignaKnit, they can be uploaded and stored on the computer.
- Page 5 Downloading an Integrated Stitch Pattern An integrated stitch pattern is one which has been positioned on a garment piece, either by dragging the outline of the garment piece over the stitch pattern in Stitch Designer, or by dragging the stitch pattern over the garment piece in Original Pattern Drafting. The filename and position of a stitch pattern may be stored independently for each piece in a shape file.
- Page 6 Only points that are specific to this type of cable link and knitting machine are included in the present document. Whatever the model of Brother electronic knitting machine, it is necessary to select the pattern number on the knitting machine console. The downloaded pattern number will be in the range 901 to 998.
- Page 7 Note that in this example, the Progress window at the top right of the Interactive Knitting screen shows the carriage at the right hand side of the work. The instructions are saying to work the first preselect row starting with the carriage at the left - so that it will be at the right when starting to knit row 1.
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Page 8: Troubleshooting
1 therefore does not need a magnetic KnitLink arm to enable interactive knitting for these two models of knitting machine. (In order to do Interactive Knitting with other Brother machines it is necessary to attach a magnetic KnitLink Arm to the carriage.) These two machines produce the signal only if the KC setting is selected on the carriage.