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09/01/13
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IMPORT
ANT
: It is not necessar
y to po
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o inst
all or remov
e the USB ash
drive, but t
ak
e car
e not to r
emove the ash driv
e while the sy
st
em is saving t
o or loading from the
drive.
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Plug the USB ash drive
into one of the USB
ports on the le side of
the black box moun
ted
behind the Pro-Stcher
computer
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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
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How to Use this Manual
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Table of Contents
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Important Safety Instructions
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Www.handiquilter.com 09/01/13 Table of Contents |
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1 Table of Conents
9
3 Installation Instructions
11
Congratulations on Your HQ Pro-Stitcher® Purchase
11
Grounding
12
Parts List
12
Installation (HQ Fusion & HQ Avanté)
15
Installation of the X-Rack and Y-Rack
15
To Install the X-Rack
15
To Install the Y-Rack
17
Y-Encoder Circuit Board Replacement
18
To Replace the Y-Encoder
18
To Set up the HQ Pro-Stitcher Carriage
20
To Attach the Tablet Computer
23
Installation (HQ Sixteen and HQ Avanté with 4-Wheel Carriage)
26
Set Frame Height
26
If You Have a Portable Professional Frame
26
If You Have an HQ Studio Frame
27
Installation of the X-Rack and Y-Rack
27
To Install the X-Rack
27
To Install the Y-Rack
29
Y-Encoder Assembly Installation (HQ Sixteen Only)
30
Install the Power Cord Retaining Clamp (HQ Sixteen Only)
31
C-Pod Replacement (HQ Sixteen Only)
32
Set up the New Carriage
33
To Turn on and Shut down HQ Pro-Stitcher
40
To Turn on HQ Pro-Stitcher
40
To Shut down HQ Pro-Stitcher
40
Getting Started with HQ Pro-Stitcher
41
To Move the Quilting Machine after the Software Has Been Loaded
41
To Use the USB Flash Drive
41
4 HQ Pro-Stitcher® Overview
43
Handlebar Control
43
Enable or Disable the Carriage Motors
44
Overview of the HQ Pro-Stitcher Screen
44
Menu Options
44
Panel Buttons
45
Work Area
45
Selected Vs. Non-Selected Buttons
46
Gray Buttons
46
Top Toolbar Buttons
46
To Get On-Screen Help
47
To Cycle the Needle up or down to Form a Half Stitch
47
To Cycle the Needle to the up Position
47
To Display the On-Screen Grid
47
To Quickly Position the Design and Crosshairs on the Screen
48
To Move the On-Screen View
48
To View the Design Larger or Smaller
48
To Move the Design on the Screen
48
To Select One or more Designs
49
To Select a Single Design
49
To Choose and Group Multiple Designs
49
To Name a Group
50
To Change the Stitch Order of Multiple Designs
50
To Measure Distances in a Design or on the Quilt
50
Crosshairs
51
5 Design Menu
53
Design History
53
Baseline
54
To Baseline a Design
54
To Work with Design Files
56
Open, Close, Save, and Duplicate Design Files
56
To Access Recently Used Designs
56
To Load a Design from the Design Library
56
To Save a Design
57
To Save a Group as a Design or a Project
57
To Save Designs or Projects to a New Folder
58
To Duplicate a Design
58
To View Design Information
58
To Load a Pro-Stitcher Software Update
59
To Return a Design to Its Original Settings
59
Create and Use Areas
60
To Clear an Area
60
To Create a Rectangular Area Using 2 Corner
60
To Override the Width or Height of an Area
61
Multi-Point
62
To Create an Area with Multiple Points
62
To Keep Track of How Many Points You Have Marked
62
Rotate Designs
63
2-Point Rotation
64
To Rotate a Design According to an Angle on the Quilt
64
To Fine Tune the Angle of Rotation
65
Rotation of Repeated Designs
66
To Rotate Repeated Designs Individually
66
To Rotate Repeated Designs as a Group
66
Crop Menu
67
Treatment of Loose Ends
67
To Perform a Tieoff at Jump Points
67
To Stitch between Jump Points
67
Crop Designs Based on Areas or Start and End Points
68
To Crop Everything Outside the Defined Area
68
To Crop Everything Inside the Defined Area
68
To Isolate and Crop a Portion of a Design
68
Repeat Menu
70
Repeat Main
70
To Repeat a Design
70
To Change the Size of the Gap between Repeated Designs
70
To Stretch a Design to Fill an Area
71
To Calculate the Optimal Number of Repeats for an Area
71
Point 2 Point
71
To Join Horizontally Repeated Designs
71
To Join Vertically Repeated Designs
72
Repeat Wrapping
72
To Wrap Rows
73
To Wrap Columns
73
To Horizontally Wrap the Design Window
74
To Vertically Wrap the Design Window
74
To Manually Wrap the Design Window
75
Treatment of Jump Points
75
Resize Menu
76
To Resize a Design
76
Skew / Align Menu
78
To Horizontally Align Blocks Within an Area
78
To Align a Triangle Design
79
To Skew a Design to Fit an Area
80
Freehand Menu
81
To Switch to Free-Motion Quilting
81
To Switch to Free-Motion Quilting
82
Record the Movements of Your Freehand Quilting
82
To Record Freehand Motion
82
To Mark and Record Straight Lines
83
To Add Jumps to Your Recorded Design
83
Reposition Menu
84
To Position a Design to the Intersection of the Crosshairs
84
To Reposition a Design Based on the Home Location
86
To Position a Design Based on the Center Point
86
To Position a Design's Start Point on the Quilt
86
To Position a Design's End Point on the Quilt
86
To Reposition a Design Up, Down, Left, or Right
87
6 Art & Stitch
89
To Pass a Design to Art & Stitch
89
Licensing
90
Using a Mouse or Keyboard
90
Updating Art & Stitch
90
7 Quilt Menu
93
To Choose between Stitching or Tracing the Design, Bounding Box, or Area Perimeter
93
To Immediately Stop the Machine from Quilting
93
Before You Stitch the Design on the Quilt
93
To Verify the Position of the Design's Bounding Box on the Quilt
94
To Verify the Position of the Defined Area on the Quilt
94
Move the Quilting Machine with Pro-Stitcher
95
To Change the Speed at Which the Machine Moves
95
To Move the Quilting Machine from Within Pro-Stitcher
95
To Stitch a Straight Line Using the Move Buttons
95
Pro-Stitcher as a Horizontal or Vertical Channel Lock
96
To Stitch a Horizontal or Vertical Line with the Channel Lock
96
Adjust Settings While Quilting
96
To Adjust Commonly Used Stitch Settings
97
To Adjust the Quilting Speed While Quilting
97
To Adjust the Auto Jump Threshold While Quilting
97
To Adjust Stitches Per Inch While Quilting
98
To Manage the Tieoff Settings While Quilting
98
To Change the Thread Pullup Settings While Quilting
99
To Change the Pause Delay Settings While Quilting
99
Adjust Settings While Quilting Is Paused
100
To Pause Quilting
100
To See How Far into a Design the Machine Has Stitched
101
Change the Start or End Point of a Design
101
To Begin Quilting from a Point Other than the Design's Start Point
102
To End Quilting at a Point Other than the Design's End Point
102
To Adjust Start and End Points with the Scroll Bars
102
To Set a Start or End Point to a Jump Point in the Design
102
8 Settings Menu
105
Control How Fast Pro-Stitcher Operates
105
To Set the Default Speed
105
Control How Pro-Stitcher Handles Jumps
105
To Set the Auto Jump Threshold
106
Control the Number of Stitches Per Inch
106
To Set the Stitches Per Inch
106
Control How Pro-Stitcher Performs Tie-Offs
107
To Have Pro-Stitcher Perform a Tie-Off at the Beginning of Stitching
107
To Have Pro-Stitcher Perform a Tie-Off at the End of Stitching
107
To Indicate How Many Tie-Off Stitches Pro-Stitcher will Perform
107
To Set the Length of each Tie-Off Stitch
107
To Select the Method of Tie-Off Stitch: Micro or Tack
108
Control How Pro-Stitcher Handles Bobbin-Thread Pullups
108
To Turn on Bobbin-Thread Pullups
108
To Turn on Automatic Bobbin-Thread Pullups
109
Control the Delay Following a Bobbin-Thread Pullup
109
To Set the Pause Delay
109
To Set Pause Delay in Seconds
109
To Set Pause Delay in Inches
109
Advanced Menu
110
General Options
110
To Turn on or off the Thread Break Sensor (HQ Fusion Machines Only)
110
To Verify Settings before Quilting
110
Communications Options
110
To Stop Communications between Pro-Stitcher and the Quilting Machine
110
To Reconnect Motors
111
To Reconnect the Machine
111
Calibrate Options
112
To Calibrate the Pro-Stitcher Computer Screen
112
Speed Profile
112
To Set Your Speed Profile
112
Logging Options
113
About
113
Shut down
113
To Shutdown All Software and Power down the Computer
113
To Shutdown the Software and Computer, and then Start up Again
113
To Exit Pro-Stitcher but Keep the Computer Running
113
To Restart the Pro-Stitcher Software from Windows
113
9 Troubleshooting
115
10 Warranty
121
HQ Pro-Stitcher Limited Warranty
121
Warranty Exclusions
121
Specific Exclusions
122
Exclusive Remedy
122
Warranty Claims
123
Shipping Cost
123
Product Service and Maintenance
123
Warranty Registration Card
125
Training Checklist
127
11 Handi Quilter Printouts
129
12 Tutorials
131
13 Designs
133
14 My Ideas
135
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Model
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Category
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Language
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