Brother BES-116 Instruction Manual page 29

When the machine is turned on:
If the machine is not ready to operate because the needle bars in the drive position are out of
the normal position, the message "Needle stop position error" appears. Follow the steps
below if this occurs.
Normal needle stop position
q
1. Set "100° (
POSITION."
2. Press
Note) Check if the needle bars are lowered. If so,
3. The message "Moving frame" appears and
a buzzer sounds four times. The X and Y
carriages move automatically so as to bring
the hoop center to the home position or to
the position where it was located at the end
of the previous operation.
4. The main menu appears.
Viewing the inside through the clearance,
needle bar is in the jump position at the top
(as shown in the figure) and needle bar
vertical piece q lowers to keep it from
w
contact with needle bar clamp w. (The
q
thread take-up lever is aligned with the
index mark.)
Note) When the power switch has been turned on
w
BES-116AC
Chapter 1 Preparation of Embroidery Machine
)" on the pulley to "STOP
.
STOP
return them to the normal stop position. (Re-
fer to "Normal needle stop position" on page
27.)
or when restarting embroidering while the
machine is stopped or suspended, be sure to
return the needles to the normal stop posi-
tion.
• Align thread take-up to the normal position.
• If the needle bar in the embroidering posi-
tion is lowered with needle bar vertical
piece q, separate them in the following
manner. For safety, insert a tool such as a
screwdriver into the clearance at the front
left side of the needle bar case and turn the
needle bar vertical piece w by pushing its
end. When the needle bar and the needle
bar vertical piece are separated, the needle
bar is raised to the top by the spring.
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