Ricoma RCM-1201TC-7S User manual

2014
RiCOMA International
Version 2.2
[PTCS—7S OPERATION MANUAL]
RCM-1201TC-7S / RCM-1501TC-7S

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Table of Contents
PART 1 CONTROL SYSTEM........................................................................ 1
1.1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW .....................................................................................................1
1.2 PRECAUTIONS ..............................................................................................................1
1.3WORKING ENVIRONMENT............................................................................................2
1.4 SYSTEM POWER SUPPLYAND GROUNDING...................................................................2
1.5 OPERATION PANELAND KEY FUNCTION ......................................................................2
1.5-1 Key Function Introduction.....................................................................................................2
1.5-2 Icons Description of Touch Keys................................................................................................2
1.5-3 Function .......................................................................................................................................4
PART 2 EMBROIDERY DESIGN INPUT OPERATION.............................5
2.1 INPUT USB DRIVE DESIGN TO MEMORY......................................................................5
2.2 DELETE DESIGNS IN EMBROIDERY DESIGN MANAGEMENT .........................................6
PART 3 SELECTING DESIGN IN EMBROIDERY DESIGN
MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................7
3.1 SELECT EMBROIDERY DESIGN FOR EMBROIDERING....................................................7
3.2 DELETE SINGLE EMBROIDERY DESIGN........................................................................8
3.2 OUTPUT EMBROIDERY DESIGN TO USB DRIVE............................................................8
PART 4 EMBROIDERY DESIGN..................................................................9
4.1 EMBROIDERY STATUS MODE........................................................................................9
4.2 PREPARATION STATUS................................................................................................10
4.2-1 Set Embroidery Design Parameters.........................................................................................10
4.2-2 Switching Hoops........................................................................................................................11
4.3 OPERATION STATUS....................................................................................................12
4.3-1 Embroidery Design Origin Setting (Starting Point)...............................................................12
4.3-2 Offset Point Setting (Highest Point of Hoop Center) .............................................................12
4.3-3 Return to Origin (Starting Point) ............................................................................................12
4.3-4 Offset Operation........................................................................................................................13
4.3-5 Return to Stop Point .................................................................................................................13
4.3-6 Set Color Changing Setting ......................................................................................................13
4.3-6-1 Set Color Changing Sequence...............................................................................................14
4.3-6-2 Appliqué Offset, Low Speed Embroidering and Needle Bar Replacement.......................14
4.3-6-3 Sequin Design.........................................................................................................................15
4.3-7 Change Color Sequence Mode .................................................................................................15
4.3-8 Embroidering Float Mode Switching ......................................................................................16
4.3-9 Embroidery Design Trace Operation.......................................................................................17
4.3-10 Returning to Embroidery Origin Point after Power Failure...............................................17
4.4 EMBROIDERY OPERATION STATUS.............................................................................18

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4.5 EMBROIDERY START/STOP OPERATION .....................................................................18
4.6 SWITCH CONTROLAND INDICATORS OF SEQUIN MACHINE HEAD .............................18
PART 5 HOOP MOVING TO GENERATE EMBROIDERY FILE...........20
PART 6 LETTERS TO GENERATE EMBROIDERY FILE......................21
PART V7 MANUAL OPERATION FOR COLOR CHANGING ...............23
PART 8 MANUALTRIMMING...................................................................24
PART 9 HOOP ORIGIN OPERATION........................................................25
9.1 MANUAL HOOP ORIGIN SETTING...............................................................................25
9.2AUTOMATIC SEARCHING FOR ABSOLUTE ORIGIN OF HOOP.......................................25
9.3 SET SOFTWARE LIMITS..............................................................................................26
PART 10 HOOP SETTING ...........................................................................27
PART 11 PRODUCTION STATISTICS .......................................................28
PART 12 MAIN AXIS ORIGIN OPERATION............................................29
PART 13 LANGUAGE SWITCHING..........................................................30
PART 14 EMBROIDERY PARAMETERS SETTINGS..............................31
PART 15 MACHINE PARAMETERS SETTING........................................32
PART 16 USER MANAGEMENT................................................................ 33
PART 17 RESTRICTION RELEASING......................................................34
17.1 LOCK REMOVING.....................................................................................................34
PART 18 SYSTEM TEST..............................................................................35
18.1 INPUT TEST ..............................................................................................................35
18.2 OUTPUT TEST...........................................................................................................35
18.3 MAIN AXIS TEST ......................................................................................................36
18.4 MACHINE HEAD TEST..............................................................................................36
PART 19 SYSTEM INFORMATION ........................................................... 37
19.1 SYSTEM NUMBER AND VERSION INFORMATION CHECKING.....................................37
18.2 SYSTEM UPDATE ......................................................................................................37
PART 20 IP SETTING...................................................................................38
PART 21 SYSTEM INITIALIZATION........................................................39
PART 22 APPENDIX.....................................................................................40
22. 1PARAMETER TABLE................................................................................................. 40
22. 2SYSTEM ERRORSAND COUNTERMEASURES LIST ....................................................43

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Part 1 Control System
1.1 System Overview
Before using the machine, please read the operation manual carefully to ensure correct usage
of the system.
Please keep the operation manual readily available for easy reference.
As configuration varies, some machines might not have all listed functions in the manual.
1.2 Precautions
Only Qualified technicians should be doing repair and trouble-shooting on the mechanical
and electrical systems, doing otherwise may reduce the safety of the equipment, and yourself by
increasing the potential for accident, or even cause personnel injury and property loss.
Some parts in the case may have high voltage on them. After powering on the system, please
don’t open the case cover to avoid accidental injury.
The power switch of this product has an over-current protection function. If over-current
protection switch is activated, it will reset again after 3 minutes.
Please don’t pile up debris around the control box during operation. Clean the surface of
control box and vents regularly to ensure good ventilation and proper cooling of the machine.
Without authorization from the company, please do not modify this product. Otherwise, the
company undertakes no liability for any damages and your warranty could be voided.
Warning
Do not open the case cover and touch any electrical part, unless under the guidance of
professional personnel and after the power has been turned off for over 5 minutes.
Prohibition
When the machine is in operation, do not touch any moving part or open any control boxes.
Otherwise, it may cause personal injury or cause abnormal operation of the machine.
Do not operate electrical equipment in working environment with moisture, dust, corrosive
gases and flammable and explosive gases. Otherwise, it may cause electric shock or fire.

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1.3 Working Environment
Good ventilation, healthy environment, less dust;
Working space temperature: 5-40 °C; 41-104 °F
Working Space Relative Humidity: 30% - 90% non-condensing.
1.4 System Power Supply and Grounding
The electric control system can use the following power:
Single phase AC100-220V/50-60HZ
Depending on the machines configurations, power consumption is between 0.1-0.4KW.
To prevent electrical equipment from causing electric shock or fire accidents due to
electric leakage, over-current or insulation and other causes, please ground the electrical
control system.
Grounding resistance shall be less than 100 ohm, wire length shall be within 20 m and wire
cross-section shall be greater than 1.0 mm2.
1.5 Operation Panel and Key Function
1.5-1 Key Function Introduction
Manual trimming key: You can do manual trimming in operation status and
preparation status.
Main shaft origin key: Press the key and main shaft returns to 100 degree.
1.5-2 Icons Description of Touch Keys
Frame speed key: Used to select hoop movement speed, from fast to slow.
Directional keys: Move hoops in operation status and preparation
status.
Main axis speed key: - key for deceleration, and + key for acceleration.

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Set start point and trace design, also changes the preparation status to operation status.
Origin point key.
Offset point key.
Color changing mode key (automatic color changing, semi-automatic, and manual)
Manual color changing key, left side displays current needle position and right side
displays main axis degree.
Color order key, left side displays current color needle bar and additional settings, and
right side displays next needle bar and additional settings.
Embroidery mode key (normally embroidery)
Embroidery status key (operation mode)
Returning to stop point key.
Back key.
Select design and input design.
Set design related parameters, and it can only be operated under embroidery
preparation status i.e. Design Set.
Embroidery parameter settings i.e. Emb Param.
Machine parameter setting i.e. Menu.
Connected network Disconnected network
AX/AY: Display relative origin coordinates of embroidery design.
PX/PY: Display absolute origin coordinates of embroidery design.

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1.5-3 Function
The system has a friendly HMI operation mode that is easy to operate and learn. The system
has powerful functions and is convenient for user operation.
With multilingual support, it can switch the operation system language based on the user’s
needs at any time.
With a large memory capacity, the system can store 20 million stitches. With multiple
embroidery design input paths, you can choose input methods, such as USB, network (PC
software required).
The system support multiple embroidery design file formats and can identify Tajima DST
and Barudan DSB and so on.
The powerful parameter adjustment function can adjust various parameters according to the
customer’s requirements in order to meet the required system control performance.
Automatic embroidery recovery function in case of power failure can recover to the previous
several stitches and continue embroidering automatically after there is a sudden power failure in
embroidering process without having to worry about displacement of the embroidery design.
The equipment’s self-test function can make testing of the state of electrical equipment and
parameters easy for convenient adjustment and maintenance.
With the main axis stop position adjustment function, the user can make system parameter
adjustments according to the features of the respective embroidery machine to achieve an
accurate stop position.
The automatic embroidery design parameter memory function will automatically save the
preset embroidery parameters or related data of embroidered designs, including color changing,
origin, offset point, embroidery parameter, repetition, and other information when using the same
embroidery design.
The appliqué offset function can set any color changing bar and take appliqué out of frame
for convenient appliqué operation.
The accurate design surrounding embroidery function can meet the requirements of design
positioning embroidery.

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Part 2 Embroidery Design Input Operation
The embroidery design management interface is to input embroidery designs from the USB
drive into memory. It can be operated in both the embroidery preparation status and operation
status.
The system supports reading both Tajima DST and Barudan DSB formats of embroidery
design files.
Before reading the embroidery design, insert the USB device into the USB interface.
2.1 Input USB Drive Design to Memory
After USB drive is inserted, press key to enter into embroidery design
management interface. It will read the contents in USB drive, as in the following Fig. 1.
Figure 1
Select the embroidery design to input. Multi-option is available (which requires software
support.) Design stitch number (ST), number of color change (CO), size (+X,-X, +Y,-Y) and
other related information and thumbnail are displayed on the right side. Press
key to save into the memory of the machine. A text box that reads “Loading”pops up
automatically. After input is completed, it returns to design management interface automatically
and it can continue taking input operation.
Once it enters into subdirectory of input operation, press key to return to

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previous interface.
Press key to return to main interface.
2.2 Delete Designs in Embroidery Design Management
In embroidery design management operation interface, click the embroidery design to delete.
Press key to delete design.