ZSK T8 User manual

Quick Reference Guide
T8 control unit
Version 1.2
Published by:
ZSK Stickmaschinen GmbH
- Dokumentation -
D-47800 Krefeld-Gartenstadt
Magdeburger Str. 38 - 40 © ’07 by ZSK, Printed in Germany

Subject to change © ’07 by ZSK, Printed in Germany

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Basic information – T8 control unit 1 - 1
Operating elements and connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 1
Operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 1
Menu keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 2
Cursor pad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 3
Machine control keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 4
Left side activated (pantograph movement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 4
Right side activated (start/stop mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 4
Operating lever functions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 5
Menu components and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 6
Menu dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 6
Machine setup submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 7
Setup dialogs with number inputs and options . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 8
Selecting and deselecting options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 9
Number inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 9
Entering text in setup dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 10
Dialogs with lists/tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 11
Displaying help text for symbol buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 12
Activating help text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 12
Interfaces and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 13
disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 13
Back panel of the T8 control unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 13
Inserting USB memory devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 14
Switching on – basic screen 2 - 1
Basic screen structure and status displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 2
Symbols used in the mode display and their meaning . . . . . . 2 - 3
Embroidering with the F head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 4
Embroidering with the W head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 4

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Embroidering with the K head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 5
Display area for current machine operations and faults . . . . . 2 - 6
Green background: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 6
Normal embroidery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 6
Yellow background: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 6
Typical special machine situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 6
Red background: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 6
Fault situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 6
Overview of functions and menus in basic screen . . . . . . . . . 2 - 7
Right menu keys [R1] to [R7] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 7
Bottom menu keys [U1] to [U0] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 8
Left menu keys [L1] - [L7] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 10
Additional menu keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 11
Changing language in basic screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 12
Work procedures 3 - 1
Embroidering a design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 1
Step 1:
Selecting medium from which design is to be loaded . . 3 - 1
Step 2: Checking pantograph configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 3
Step 3:
Selecting a design in the directory of the inserted disk . 3 - 4
Step 4: Selecting number for saving design in memory . . . . 3 - 5
Step 4: Selecting optimization method when
design is loaded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 6
Step 6: Selecting modification method when
design is loaded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 8
Step 7: Confirming acceptance of loaded and,
if applicable, optimized/modified design . . . . . . . . 3 - 10
Step 8: Assigning needles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 11
Step 9: Setting up embroidery frame and checking
position with design range function . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 13
Step 10: Embroidering loaded design, speed changes,
repairing thread breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 16
Adjusting the embroidery speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 16

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Machine setup 4 - 1
General settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 1
General explanation of recurrent key functions and
dialog options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
Key functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
[L7] Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
[L8] Confirm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
[R8] Previous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
Activating/deactivating tools and options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3
Number inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 4
Operating modes setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 7
Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 7
Appliqué travel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 8
Positioning .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Example - positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 10
Snap in back stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 10
Start needle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 11
Example - start needle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 11
Pantograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 13
Axis override procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 16
Modifying axis override parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 17
Override value height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 18
"For stitches up to" dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 18
Override value width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 18
"For stitches up to" dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 19
Machine setup for F heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 20
Speeds setup (F heads). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 22
Needle specific speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 24
Constant speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 25
Tools setup (F heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 26
Thread break setup (F heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 28
Simulating a thread break to exclude an
embroidery head from selective embroidery . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 29

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Example - thread break response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 30
Trimming setup (F heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 31
Sequins (F heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 32
Ribbon device (F heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 33
Machine setup for W embroidery heads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 35
Speeds setup (W heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 37
Tools setup (W heads). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 39
Thread break setup (W heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 40
Trimming setup (W heads). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 42
Cord/tape stitch type (W heads). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 44
Coiling stitch type (W heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 45
Pressure height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 46
Additional (offset) angle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 46
Coiling ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 46
Zigzag stitch type (W heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 48
Zigzag design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 49
Embroidery stitch type (W heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 50
Machine setup for K heads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 51
Tools setup (K heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 52
Thread break setup (K heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 53
Chain stitch type (K heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 55
Checking the mechanical setting
without embroidery material: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 56
Moss stitch type (K heads). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 57
Checking the mechanical setting
without embroidery material: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 58
Recovery disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 59
Create recovery disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 59
Saving recovery data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 61
Loading recovery data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 62
Index I - 1

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Primary assignment menu keys of
machine basic screen MT - 1
Menu keys Uxx Select machine design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Menu keys Uxx Needle change 1-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Menu keys Uxx Pantograph configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Menu keys Uxx Needle change 9-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Menu keys Uxx More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Menu keys Uxx Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Machine setup submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Machine setup extended submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Service submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Extended service submenu for ZSK engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
ZSK engineer service submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 1
Primary assignment menu keys of
machine basic screen MT - 2
Menu, design manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 2
Menu, design repetition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 2
Menu, software/hardware settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 2
Primary assignment menu keys
editor basic screen - table MT - 3
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - move in design . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 3
Alternative key assignment for
[L4] - [L7] if [R5] Edit stitch was previously selected. . . . . . . . . MT - 3
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - Edit stitch level 1a . . . . . . . . . . MT - 3
Primary assignment menu keys
editor basic screen - design graphic MT - 3

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Alternative key assignment for
[L4] - [L7] if [R5] Edit stitch was previously selected.. . . . . . . . MT - 3
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - Edit stitch level 1b . . . . . . . . . . MT - 3
Primary assignment submenu keys -
edit design MT - 3
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - Edit stitch level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 3
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - Edit stitch level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 3
Primary assignment menu keys of
machine basic screen MT - 5
Menu keys Uxx Select machine design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
Menu keys Uxx Needle change 1-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
Menu keys Uxx Color change 1-6 (if K head active) . . . . . . . . MT - 5
Menu keys Uxx Pantograph configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
Menu keys Uxx Needle change 9-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
Menu keys Uxx More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
Menu keys Uxx Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
U8-U9-U0 - primary assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
Machines with combination of at
least 2 head types / F-W-K / F-W / F-K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
W head machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
K head machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
Menu keys head type changeover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 5
Menu keys stitch type changeover (with activated W heads) MT - 5
Menu keys stitch type changeover (with activated K heads). MT - 5
Primary assignment menu keys of
machine basic screen MT - 6
Submenu machine setup (F heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MT - 6

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Submenu machine setup (W heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 6
Submenu machine setup (K heads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 6
Service submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 6
Extended service submenu for ZSK engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 6
ZSK engineer service submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 6
Primary assignment menu keys of
machine basic screen MT - 7
Design manager submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 7
Design repetition submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 7
Software/hardware settings submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 7
Primary assignment menu keys
editor basic screen - table MT - 8
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - move in design . . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 8
Alternative key assignment for
[L4] - [L7] if [R5] Edit stitch was previously selected. . . . . . . . . MT - 8
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - Edit stitch level 1a . . . . . . . . . . MT - 8
Primary assignment menu keys
editor basic screen - design graphic MT - 8
Alternative key assignment for
[L4] - [L7] if [R5] Edit stitch was previously selected. . . . . . . . . MT - 8
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - Edit stitch level 1b . . . . . . . . . . MT - 8
Primary assignment submenu keys -
edit design MT - 8
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - Edit stitch level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 8
Menu keys Uxx basic screen - Edit stitch level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . MT - 8

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