Brother BES-962BC - Manual (Page 19)

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Chapter 1 An Introduction of Embroidery Machine
2. Software
2-1 Necessary Systems
The following systems are needed for installing the software.
• Personal computer with a CPU of Intel Pentium 133 MHz or above
(150 MHz or above is recommended.)
• Memory of 16 MB or above (32 MB or above is recommended.)
• Free space of 100 MB or above in the hard disk
• 3.5 floppy disk drive
• CD-ROM drive
• Video card of 1024 x 768 resolution in 256 colors
(1280 x 1024 in 65000 colors is recommended.)
• Windows 95
2-2 Configuration of Software
This software is mainly composed of the following four programs. The software is
provided on CD-R.
(1) Embroidery Machine Controller
(2) Embroidery Data Explorer
(3) Embroidery Data Editor
(4) Production Report
Program Functions
(1) Machine Controller
This program controls embroidering operation of the machine.
A embroidering status can be displayed on the screen in real time, and data for
operating the machine can be set.
(2) Embroidery Data Explorer
This program handles files of embroidery data on patterns.
Transmission of embroidery data to the machine, as well as copy, move and
retrieval of a file are available by means of this program. Embroidery data can
be converted from the paper tape or floppy disk.
(3) Embroidery Data Editor
This program allows editing of data on embroidering operation including scaling,
rotation, color change, etc.
(4) Production Report
This program is for collecting data on actual embroidering operation and
calculating output, etc.