Using The Lower Thread Counter - Brother BAS-311H Instruction Manual

5. USING THE OPERATION PANEL (BASIC OPERATIONS)

5-2-2. Using the lower thread counter

If you use the lower thread counter to set the number of articles which can be sewn with the amount of lower thread available,
you can stop the lower thread running out in the middle of sewing a pattern.
<Initial value setting>
Change the mode to lower thread counter setting
1
mode.
TEST indicator and COUNTER indicator flash
2 Change the initial value.
3
Ending setting mode
<Lower thread counter operation>
If the initial value is set to other than "0", the lower thread counter will operate. (It operates even if the lower thread counter
display is not active.)
If you press the SELECT key so that the COUNTER indicator illuminates, the current counter value will be displayed in the
menu display (1).
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Previous initial value
If you press the ENTER key during setting mode, the initial value for the program number
which was displayed before switching to setting mode will be memorized, and you can set the
lower thread counter separately for each program number.
TEST indicator switches off
While pressing the TEST key, press the
• The initial value which was set previously will appear in
the menu display.
Press the
• The initial value can be set from 1 ("0001") to 9999
("9999").
• If the initial value is set to "0000", the lower thread
counter will not operate.
•
If you press the RESET key, the setting will become
"0000".
•
If the value is changed, the display will change to
flashing.
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Press the TEST key.
•
The initial value will be memorized.
1. Each time the sewing of a single article is completed, the
value shown in the menu display (1) is reduced by 1.
2. If the lower thread counter becomes "0000", the menu
display (1) and the COUNTER indicator (2) will flash and
a buzzer will sound. The sewing machine will not operate
during this time, even if the foot switch is depressed.
3. When you press the RESET key (3), the initial value for
the lower thread counter will appear in the menu display
(1) and sewing will be possible.
* You can press the
thread counter to the desired value. However, this value
will not be memorized as the initial value.
* If you press the RESET key (3) for 2 seconds or more,
you can return the lower thread counter to its initial value
even if the current value is not "0000".
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or key (1) to set the initial value.
or key (4) to set the lower
key.
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