Ricoma RCM-1201PT User manual

RCM-1201PT
Operating Manual

Index
BECS-09 Singular-head Computerized Embroidery Machine I
INDEX
Part I Features....................................................................................................1
Part II Control and Basic Operations ................................................................5
2.1 CONTROL PANEL .................................................................................................5
2.2 MAIN SCREEN.....................................................................................................7
2.3 DEFINITION AND BASIC OPERATION OF KEYS ...................................................10
2.4 INDICATOR LIGHT OF MAIN SHAFT STOP POSITION ...........................................14
2.5 START AND STOP BUTTON .................................................................................14
Part III Basic Knowledge and Operation ........................................................15
3.1 WORK MODE,EMBROIDERY MODE AND WORK SEQUENCE ..............................15
3.2 DESIGN INPUT FROM THE DISK AND STARTING THE FIRST EMBROIDERY ...........18
3.3 SELECT MEMORY DESIGN FOR EMBROIDERY ....................................................24
Part IV Setting Parameters ....................................................................................28
4.1 PARAMETER MENU ...........................................................................................28
4.2 REAL TIME ROTATION AND SCALING UP/DOWN.................................................29
4.3 SETTING REPETITION EMBROIDERY ..................................................................34
4.4 OFFSET POINT...................................................................................................38
4.5 CYCLIC EMBROIDERY .......................................................................................40
4.6 WORK SEQUENCE .............................................................................................41
4.7 STANDARD EMBROIDERY DATA PARAMETER.....................................................44
4.8 STANDARD TRIM PARAMETERS .........................................................................47

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4.9 STANDARD MACHINE PARAMETERS .............................................................. 48
4.10 COMMON PARAMETERS............................................................................... 53
Part V Manual Operation ............................................................................ 55
5.1 ORIGIN BACK................................................................................................ 55
5.2 STOP BACK ................................................................................................... 55
5.3 MAIN SHAFT ORIGIN..................................................................................... 56
5.4 MANUAL TRIM .............................................................................................. 56
5.5 FRAME RANGE .............................................................................................. 56
5.6 EMBROIDER RANGE ...................................................................................... 58
5.7 EMBROIDER A LINE ....................................................................................... 59
5.8 FORWARD CODE FLOAT................................................................................. 60
5.9 BACKWARD CODE FLOAT.............................................................................. 61
5.10 FORWARD STI.FLOAT.................................................................................. 61
5.11 BACKWARD STI.FLOAT ............................................................................... 62
Part VI Disk Management........................................................................... 64
6.1 LIST FLOPPY/USB DISK DIRECTORY ............................................................ 64
6.2 DISK DESIGN INPUT ...................................................................................... 65
6.3 PC COM DESIGN INPUT ............................................................................... 69
6.4 DELETE USB/FLOPPY DISK DESIGN ............................................................. 69
6.5 DES.OUTPUT TO FLOPPY/USB DISK ............................................................ 70
6.6 FORMAT DISK................................................................................................ 72

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Part VII Memory Design Operation...........................................................74
7.1 ENTER THE MEMORY DESIGN OPERATION MENU..............................................74
7.2 SELECT DESIGN FOR EMBROIDERY ...................................................................75
7.3 SHOW MEMORY DESIGN ...................................................................................77
7.4 DISK INPUT .......................................................................................................79
7. 5DELETE MEMORY DESIGN................................................................................80
7. 6EDIT BAT C H DESIGN ........................................................................................81
7. 7COPY DESIGN...................................................................................................87
7. 8COMBINE DESIGN ............................................................................................89
7. 9DIVIDE DESIGN ................................................................................................92
7. 10 CLEAR ALL ....................................................................................................95
7. 11 CHECK DESIGN ..............................................................................................96
7. 12 RENAME FILE.................................................................................................97
7. 13 EXPAND SATI N ...............................................................................................98
7.14 DESIGN LETTER PATTERN ................................................................................99
Part VIII Assistant Function ................................................................................102
8.1 SET SOFT LIMIT...............................................................................................102
8.2 FRAME RESTORE.............................................................................................104
8.3 DEFAULT SETUP ..............................................................................................104
8.4 SWITCH TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .............................................................105
8.5 SET FRAME ORIGIN.........................................................................................105

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8.6 MACHINE SELF-TEST AND TEST MACHINE PARTS ....................................... 106
Appendix.......................................................................................................... 108

Part I Features
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Part I Features
1. Equipped with LCD
This machine model uses LCD as monitor. Both words and icons are used
in the operation window to help fast learning and easy operation. The design
picture can be displayed simultaneously with embroidery.
2. Input and output of disk-stored designs
From the built-in floppy disk drive, the user can directly input the designs
data in the following formats into the memory: files in binary system (.dsb),
ternary system (.dst) and Z coding system (.dsz) from Tajima format disk, and
files in binary system, ternary system and Z coding system from Barudan
format disk. And it is also possible to output the design data of binary system
from the memory to Tajima format disk.
3. Storage capacity for design data
The built-in storage can keep 99 designs and the stored maximum stitches
are 1,000,000.
4. Rotating speed control
Press the keys to adjust the current rotating speed of the main shaft between
150 rpm and the highest speed, and the current value will show in the screen.
And the average highest rotating speed for flat embroidery is 1000 rpm.
5. Real time scaling up/down and design rotation
While embroidering the designs in memory, the user can scale up/down the
design 50% to 200% separately in vertical and horizontal directions.

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Meanwhile the user can rotate the design freely in a circle by choosing one of
the eight coordinate directions and adding an angle degree between 0° and 89°.
6. Thread break detecting
In parameter setting, the user can select thread break detecting or no thread
break detecting. When it’s effective, the machine will stop automatically and
show an icon in the screen when thread break happens.
7. Work sequence
The “work sequence” parameter decides how to deal with color change
codes.
8. Over-frame protection
It’s to prevent the frame from exceeding the normal scope to cause a
collision accident.
9. Auto origin return
With this function, the frame will return to the origin point upon
completion of embroidering.
10. Positioning idling
The frame can move fast forward or backward to the desired position by
setting a function code or a certain stitches to move without embroidering,
which will let the machine to start embroidery from anywhere.
11. Repetition embroidery function
There can be maximal 99 times of repetition for one design in each of
vertical and horizontal directions.
12. Periphery operation
This is to show or idle around the border of the design which has been
scaled up/down, rotated or repetition embroidered.

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13. Scaling up/down and rotating the design
It is to embroider the design after scaling up/down and/or rotate it.
14. Design operation
With this, the user can survey the memory directory and the information of
design files in the directory. And the user can delete, copy, combine or divide
the designs.
15. Disk management
It is to list the design files, input/output files and format the disk.
16. Error information
In case of wrong operations or machine malfunctions, the screen will show
words or icons to inform you.
17. Frame protection
When the frame has changed its position after power-off during
embroidering or after stopping the machine, it will be unable to continue the
former embroidery. If the frame protection has already been set as effective, the
user can restore the frame position to continue embroidery via the operation
“Frame restore”.
18. Adjusting the stop position (parameter “Set brake Para”)
It is to adjust the stop position of the main shaft to suit different machines.
The parameter is available to change, and the more its value is, the larger
additional degrees the main shaft will stop with.

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19. Returning and patching
When the thread breaks, the user can choose automatic return of a certain
stitches or press the stop button for manual return. When the machine arrives at
the start point for patching, press start button to patch.
The stitches of automatic return can be set.
20. Combining design
A new design can be created by combining several designs with their
different parameter setting. Thus the combined designs can be embroidered
together.
21. Cyclic embroidery
With this function the machine will automatically return to the origin point
to start again after embroidering one design.
22. Offset point
It’s to set an offset point anywhere away from the start point. This will
facilitate the operations such as fabric-changing and trimming.
23. Chinese-English switch
Choose the desired language to suit different customers.
24. Trimming
In embroidery the user can choose the automatic trimming according to the
function codes or stopping the machine to manual trim.

Part II Control and Basic Operations
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Part II Control and Basic Operations
2.1 Control Panel
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COL: 3
STI: 11791
PF
X: + 123.5
Y: + 201.1
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