By mlathem1998 on
Nov. 04, 2011
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Does anyone know if it is possible to connect a RS-232 USB adapter to the machine and pull designs from a USB stick rather than the floppy drive? I am sick of the floppy drive and not paying someone a chunk of money for a floppy converter made for an embroidery machine.
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United States
Re: Inbro RS-232 port to USB?
What model is your machine? Do you have to format the floppy drives to 720 kb to make the machine read it?
Dennis Wilson
Embroidery Machine Technician
ajstitch.com Dennis@ajstitch.com
Re: Inbro RS-232 port to USB?
1201 I think. I have only had the machine for a month now, so haven't had to format a floppy yet.
Re: Inbro RS-232 port to USB?
I have done a little research on converting a floppy drive driven machine to USB. I am pretty sure you will need a Floppy Drive Emmulator to read the thumbdrive. You cannot just connect a usb to the serial port and have the machhine read it.
As far as I know Inbro uses a normally formatted floppy disk so you shouldn't need any special programming to format the disk. If it is a real old machine you may need to brush up on formatting a 720 kb sssd disk.
I hope this helps. I would like to know if you are abe to find a definate answer.
Dennis Wilson
Embroidery Machine Technician
ajstitch.com Dennis@ajstitch.com