Baby Lock Pro-Stitcher BLPS Technical manual

Table of Contents
2 Congratulations
Baby Lock Contact Infor-
mation
Baby Lock Crown Jewel
3 Parts List
4 X-Rack Installation
6 Y-Rack Installation
7 Setting up the New Carriage
10 Computer/Touch Screen
Monitor Assembly
13 Powering Up and Shutting
Down
Carriage Quick Release Levers
Getting Started
14 Setting Up the Pro-Stitcher
USB Flash Drive
Powering up the Pro-Stitcher
15 Navigating the Pro-Stitcher
Screens
Step-by-Step Instructions
16 1: Loading a Pattern
18 2: Viewing the Pattern &
Moving Machine
20 3: Setup Menu
22 4: Manipulating the Pattern
Quilt
Resize
Fit to Area
23 Keep Aspect Ratio
25 Rotate
26 Mirror
27 Two-Point Cropping
29 Repeat Pattern
31 Skew to Fit
Within Area
34 5: Positioning the Pattern
36 6: Quilting the Pattern
41 7: Functions Available While
Quilting
Additional Features/Functions
47 Art & Stitch
48 Close File
Copyright
Optimize
49 Saving Files
50 Capture
51 Library Screen
Load Patttern
File Options
52 Sort Folder Options
Move Options
Jog Speed
53 Continuous
Stitch
Uses for Move
54 Manual/Channel
Handlebar Control
Computer Control
Channel Locks
55 Freehand
Clear
Handlebar Control
Start Record
56 Pause Record
Channel Locks
Done
57 Help
Close/Cancel
Undo
Pro-Stitcher Advanced Features
58 Buzzer On
Buzzer Off
Full Step
Half Step
59 Needle Up
Stop Regulation
Needle Down
Connect
Go Key Regulation
Reset Head
60 Head Log
Touch Screen
File View/Edit
Close Pro-Stitcher
Log Off
61 Indicators & Information
Boxes
62 Troubleshooting Guide
65 Calibrating Touch-Screen
Monitor

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Congratulations on your Pro-Stitcher Purchase!
Baby Lock is proud to offer you user-friendly quilting machines and computer-guided machines with the lat-
est technology and the best value for your money. In addition, we provide inspiration and education to help
enhance your transition into computer-guided machine quilting.
Because the world of computer-guided quilting is constantly changing, we invite you to keep up with us by
checking our website frequently for news, software updates and tutorials.
Go to www.babylock.com for:
1. Updates to Pro-Stitcher (provided FREE as long as you own your machine)
2. A full-color version of this manual that can be downloaded and printed
3. Customer Support: www.babylock.com/support/

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Item
A. Blue X-axis Flexirack (10 feet)
B. X-axis Flexirack Clamps & Screws
C. 3/32” Drill Bit
D. Emergency Base Plate Repair Kit
E. Carriage Assembly
F. Computer Bracket
G. Y-Encoder Circuit Board (Pre-installed)
H. Y-axis Mounting Bracket Assembly
I. “Y” Power Cord (10 foot)
J. Adhesive Cable Mounting Clips
K. USB Flash Drive
L. Art & Stitch Software
M. USB Cable
N. Computer Power Cord
Pro-Stitcher Parts List for Baby Lock Crown Jewel
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Installation
Baby Lock Crown Jewel
Figure 1
Tools Required
Power drill
4mm Allen wrench
5mm Allen wrench
Slotted screwdriver (one large and one small)
Phillips screwdriver (one large and one small)
Knife and/or scissors
X-Rack Installation
NOTE: Owners of the Majestic Frame should also
have purchased a Pro-Stitcher shim kit (Item No.
(BLPS-GMFKIT) for the Majestic Frame. Please fol-
low instructions included in that kit for shimming
the track prior to installing the X-rack.
1. Remove the blue flexirack (Page 3, A) and the
Pro-Stitcher carriage (E) from the box. Cut the cable
ties from the front of the carriage (Figure 1).
2. Place the Pro-Stitcher carriage on the frame with
the white X-axis gear toward the front of the table.
The white X-axis gear drives the carriage left/right
across the table.
3. Starting at one end of the table, begin mount-
ing the blue flexirack to the table surface. Using the
X-axis engagement lever, drop the white X-axis gear
so it engages with the blue flexirack. With the blue
flexirack in position under the white gear, begin
peeling the pink protective layer from the back side
of the blue flexirack and pressing down on the blue
flexirack to stick it to the table surface (Figure 2).
Figure 2

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4. Make adjustments to the placement of the blue
flexirack as necessary to align the blue flexirack with
the front white gear on the Pro-Stitcher carriage
(Figure 3).
5. Trim the flexirack to length using a knife or wire
cutters if necessary (the blue flexirack does not nec-
essarily need to extend the full width of the table and
can actually be a couple of inches shorter on either
end, if desired).
6. At the ends of the blue flexirack, use the four
small metal clamps (Page 3, B) to hold the ends
firmly in place (Figure 4a). The clamps have a hole
through the center and a lip on one end. The lip
should be on the side opposite the blue flexirack.
Drill pilot holes using the 3/32” drill bit and then
attach the clamps as shown on either end of the blue
flexirack using a Phillips screwdriver.
NOTE: Do not use the larger drill bit included in the
emergency repair kit…this is the wrong size for the
X-rack clamps!
As an alternative, choose to use one clamp at each
end using the lip of the clamp to slide over the last
tooth of the blue rack. (Figure 4b)
Figure 4 b
Figure 4 a
Lip
Lip
Figure 3

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Figure 5
Y-Rack Installation
1. Carefully lay the quilting machine on its side
(Figure 6). Underneath the base plates, near the
wheels on the side of the machine facing up (the
side with the thread tensioner and guides) there will
be either two screws or two holes. If the screws are
there, use a large slotted (flat) screwdriver to remove
the screws (Figure 5).
2. Attach the Y-Rack as shown in Figure 6. The blue
flexirack should be toward the middle of the machine
while the bolt holes should be toward the outside.
Use the screws that were removed from the front and
rear base plates (or use the two smallest screws in
the Base Plate Repair Kit (Page 3, D) if your machine
had no screws here) to mount the Y-Rack to the bot-
tom of the front and rear base plates. Be careful not
to over-tighten the screws as the base plate holes will
strip easily. In case of accidentally cross-threading or
stripping one of the base plate holes, an emergency
repair kit (Page 3, D) has been provided.
3. If the screws in the base plates do not have slot-
ted heads and a nut driver cannot be fitted over the
screw head, please use one of the provided slotted
screws as a replacement (Page 3, D) and use a slotted
screwdriver to tighten the screws in place.
Figure 6
Y-Rack
Y-Encoder

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Y-Encoder
Figure 7
Setting up the New Carriage
1. With the Pro-Stitcher carriage set properly on
the frame system, untie the black twist ties that are
binding the black cables in a loop. Drape the black
cables over the back of the carriage as shown in
Figure 7.
2. Plug one branch of the new “Y” power cord
(Page 3, I) into the power supply located toward the
rear of the carriage (Figure 8). Route the power cord
as shown in Figure 7. It is also permissible to have
the power cord extend directly out the side of the
carriage rather than over the top of the carriage.
3. With the X-axis engagement lever shifted into the
lowest position, verify that the white gear at the front
of the carriage fully engages with the blue flexirack
that was previously installed.
a. If the white gear fails to lower enough with the
front disengagement lever in its lowest position, you
will need to adjust the black X-axis lever bracket to
allow the X-axis engagement lever to drop a little
lower. To do this, loosen the two 4mm Allen bolts
and pivot the bracket downward until the white gear
is pressing firmly on the blue flexirack, then re-tight-
en the two bolts (Figure 9).
Figure 8
Figure 9
Adjust only
if necessary
Plug
“Y” power cord
Back of Carriage

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4. Carefully lift the quilting machine and place it on
the carriage so the wheels engage the white carriage
tracks, making sure not to set the wheels on top of
the stitch regulator cable (this is easier to do with
two people – one at each end of the
quilting machine).
5. With one end of the stitch-regulator cable
plugged into the machine’s C-Pod and the middle
connector plugged into the quilting machine’s “Y”
encoder, plug the other end of the cable into the car-
riage “X” encoder (Figure 10).
6. The black cables attached to the Pro-Stitcher
carriage should be routed up between the rear han-
dles and the quilting machine, toward the right-hand
side of the machine (looking at the machine from the
back). Place the black cable clips (Page 3, J) as shown
in Figures 11a, b & c, and route the cable accord-
ingly.
Figure 10
Stitch
regulator
cable
Figure 11 a
Figure 11 b
Figure 11 c