Elna Xchange INSTRUCTION MANUAL 1
Elna Xchange CONTENTS WARRANTY COLOR EDITOR Disclaimers .........................................3 Opening Color Editor ......................... 15 Limited Warranty .............................. 3-5 Navigation Bar .................................. 15 File Menu INSTALLATION Open ...................................... 15-16 Items included...................................... 6 Save ............................................ 16 Computer Requirements ...................... 6 Save As ..........
Elna Xchange WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS The Xchange Box will not read manufacturers' alphabet memory cards. All designs must fit inside the sewing hoop capabilities of your machine. Some designs may have stitches that cannot be read correctly into the Xchange Box. The Xchange Box cannot warrant the quality of third party digitizers. Any user of the Xchange Box should adhere to applicable license agreements of all third parties of the designs.
Elna Xchange WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 8. This warranty is in effect provided the Xchange Box is used only for normal household sewing purposes and not commercial use, and given reasonably good care.
Elna Xchange - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Important - About the Interface Cable This equipment has been certified to comply with FCC standards, which are applied to the U.S.A. only. A shielded interface cable should be used according to FCC 15.27 (C) Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer or local sales distributor could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Elna Xchange INSTALLATION INCLUDED WITH XCHANGE: 1 1 1 1 1 Xchange Box SmartMedia Card Instruction manual Xchange Box Software on CD-ROM - includes Color Editor USB Cable COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS Pentium II Processor 16 MB RAM 5MB hard drive space Windows 98 or above CD-ROM Drive Display 800 X 600 or better Mouse USB Port DRIVER INSTALLATION 1. Turn computer OFF. 2. Plug flat end of USB cable into USB port, found in the front, back or side of your computer. 3.
Elna Xchange SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 1. From the Windows desktop close all open programs. 2. Place the Xchange Box CD in the CD-ROM drive. 3. From the Windows desktop, click on the Start button. 4. Click on the Run button. 5. At the Run prompt, type the letter of your CD-ROM drive followed by Setup. (Ex: D:\SETUP or E:\SETUP). You may also press the Browse button and click on the CD-ROM drive and the setup.exe file. When the setup.exe file is highlighted, press Open.
Elna Xchange START PROGRAM To start the program, either double click the Xchange icon on the desktop OR: 1. Go to Start. 2. Click on Programs. 3. Click on Elna. 4. Click on Xchange Box. Xchange Box appears on your screen as shown below. Your Xchange Box and software is properly installed and ready to use. If you receive any errors when loading the Xchange Box software, call your designated technical support office.
Elna Xchange FILE FORMATS The Xchange Box will open these format extensions. EMD (*.emd) – an expanded file format that works with Elna Xpressive and the Elna Xpressway. JEF (*.jef) – an expanded file format associated with Elna 8600, Elna 8200 and later generations of Janome embroidery software. SEW (*.sew) – an expanded file format associated with Elna Envision Scan PC, Dream Vision, Janome Scan-n-Sew PC and Customizer 2000. GNC (*.gnc) – a scalable format used with Amazing Designs software. DST (*.
Elna Xchange XCHANGE BOX GENERAL OPERATION 1. Make sure your Xchange Box has power. To do this, simply verify that the green light on the front of the Xchange Box is on. 2. When you double click the icon to start the Xchange program, it takes a few seconds for the program to open. Make sure you have only opened the program one time. You must only have the program opened one time in order to set up communication between your computer and the Xchange Box.
Elna Xchange UNDERSTANDING THE XCHANGE BOX SLOTS FOR ELNA PRODUCTS Slot 2 Elna 8200 Xperience, Elna 8600 Xplore (PCMCIA Cards and .JEF files) Slot 3 Elna Xquisit and Xquisit II (SmartMedia Cards, .EMD files) Slot 4 Elna CE20, 8007, 8006 (Memory Cards, .SEW files) READ The Read function lets you select a design from a file. You can read designs from a floppy disk, CD, or your hard drive. The Xchange Box software is conversion software.
Elna Xchange LOAD The Load function enables you to take designs from most embroidery machine manufacturers’ memory cards into the software and write them back to a card for your embroidery machine. Not all pre-programmed memory cards are readable. Some manufacturers have disabled this function for their cards. 1. Insert the preprogrammed memory card into the slot and the Load button will highlight. 2. Click the Load button or Load on the navigation bar and type the number of the desired design.
Elna Xchange DELETE The Delete button is used to remove a design from any of the 6 squares on the Converter Box screen. Click the design you want to delete; click the Delete button and the design disappears. (Or click, Edit, Delete and select a design to delete.) *Also under Edit you'll find Transfer. This allows you to transfer designs to Color Editor (see page 15). OPTIONS Click the Options button or Options on the navigation bar to: pre-set the “Unknown” Write buttons to reflect your machine type.
Elna Xchange WRITE See Options (page 13) before attempting to write to a card. Insert a writable card into the slot in the box (see page 10). (Place only one card in the box at a time.) Be sure you have removed any card you've loaded designs from.) A "Write Card" button becomes active. You must have the appropriate writable card to be able to write designs for each format. Click the active "Write Card" button to save the designs to the card.
Elna Xchange COLOR EDITOR The Color Editor software is included with the Xchange Box so that you can use the “Color Bar” to recolor your designs. OPENING COLOR EDITOR To start the program, either double click the Color Editor icon on the desktop OR: 1. 2. 3. 4. Go to Start. Click on Programs. Click on Elna. Click on Color Editor.
Elna Xchange Viking VIP (*.vip) Viking Professional Embroidery System (*.shv) Zip archives (*.zip) Click the Open button to load the design or click the Cancel button to cancel the "Open" command. Once you have loaded a design, the file name will appear in the title bar at the top of the main screen. OR Double click on a design on the Converter Box screen to transfer it directly to Color Editor. You can also go to Edit, Transfer on the Converter Box screen to select a design to transfer.
Elna Xchange Click the Print button to print the instruction sheet to your printer. Click the Next Page button to display a template of the design. The Prev Page button will take you back to the previous page. Click the Zoom In button to zoom in or the Zoom Out button to zoom out. Click the Close button to close the "Print Preview" screen. Print Setup Click File, then Print Setup to bring up the print setup dialog box.
Elna Xchange The “Status Bar” provides information about four important items. - "Size" – displays the size of the design - "Pos" – displays the position of the design relative to the center of the hoop - "St" – displays the stitch count of the design - "Clrs" – displays the number of colors of the design OPTIONS MENU Hoop Size Click Options, then Hoop Size or shown below.
Elna Xchange HELP MENU About Color Editor Click Help, then About Color Editor or you are using. to display the version number of Color Editor COLOR BAR The “Color Bar” enables you to change the colors of the design on the screen in their stitching order. Click on any of the boxes to change the display color represented by that box. By clicking on the color you wish to change, the name of the color will appear in the “New Color / Change To” box Click OK to change the selected color to its new color.
