4. USING CF CARDS

4. USING CF CARDS

4-1. Precautions when handling CF cards (commercially available)

•Use CF cards with a capacity of 32, 64, 128 or 256 MB.

•Do not attempt to disassemble or modify the CF cards.

•Do not forcibly bend, drop or scratch CF cards or place heavy objects on top of them.

•Do not allow them to come into contact with liquids such as water, oil, solvents or drinks.

•Use and store the cards in places that are free from strong magnetic fields and electronic interference.

•Do not use or store the cards in places which are subject to vibration, shocks, direct sunlight, dust from items such as thread scraps, high humidity, sudden changes in temperature, or strong magnetic fields from equipment such as speakers.

•Do not subject the memory cards to vibration or shocks or remove them from the sewing machine while data reading or writing is in progress.

•The data on the CF cards may become lost or corrupted due to some malfunction or accident. It is recommended that you make backups of important data.

•Be sure to turn off the power for the sewing machine before inserting and removing CF cards.

•CF cards are already formatted at the time of purchase, so do not reformat them.

•The recommended CF cards are commercially-available ones from SanDisk or HAGIWARA SYS-COM.CF cards from other manufacturers can be used, but different formatting methods may mean that loading from or writing to such cards may not be possible.

For more information, refer to the documentation provided with the CF card.

*This product is compatible with CF cards that have been formatted using the FAT16 method. Cards that have been formatted using the FAT32 method cannot be used.

*CFTM is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation.

*Company names and product names appearing in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners. However, no TM or other similar symbols appear in the main text of this manual.

4-2. Structure of a CF card folder

\BROTHER\ISM\ISMSYS\ISM04MN.MOT

: Control program

\BROTHER\ISM\ISMDD00\ISMMSW.SEW

: Memory switch data

\ISMHST.SEW

: Error log data

\ISMS0901.SEW

: Additional sewing data P No. = 91

\ISMS0902.SEW

: Additional sewing data P No. = 92

\ISMS0999.SEW

: Additional sewing data P No. = 99

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