Manual Sending
Use a USB stick instead
Save a file, copy it to the root of a USB stick and load it on any machine. Keep it to 12 designs or fewer.
A USB stick always works. Use it when:
- your machine has no Wi-Fi,
- the Wi-Fi is not stable, or
- you are sewing at a place with no network.
Steps#
- Press Export.
- Choose the file format your machine reads. For Brother and Baby Lock, choose PES. Read Choosing a format.
- Press Save. Pick the USB stick as the place to save.
- Eject the stick safely. On Mac, drag it to the bin. On Windows, use Safely Remove Hardware.
- Put the stick in the machine and open it from the machine's screen.
Rules for the stick#
- Put the files at the root. That means the first screen of the stick, not inside a folder. Many machines do not look in folders.
- Keep to 12 designs or fewer. Many home machines show only the first 12 files. If you have more, make a second stick.
- Use a small stick formatted FAT32. A very large stick can fail to read.
- Use plain file names: letters and numbers, no accents or symbols.
If the machine does not show the file#
- Check the format. The machine only lists formats it can read.
- Check that the file is not in a folder.
- Count the files. Is it more than 12?
- Try another stick.