Can i buy rose embroidery cards - Husqvarna Rose

Hi there - have you had any joy yet setting up your Rose. I myself have a problem as I have relocated from South Africa to York UK and battling to set up my Rose Embroidery machine. Bought an external floppy disc drive and cant install software at all. Also converted the reader writer to usb and no go there either

I just bought a rose myself and am very new to all of this, but I don't think the Emerald is an embroidery machine?? The reader/writer would be for embroidery unless I'm completely mistaken...

The rose has been around a long time, I had one, $200 is a good deal, but I would recommend that you at least buy a designer, you'll be glad you did.

I ended up upgrading my designing software and it came with a new programmable card that is a different color. The old programmable cards don't work with the new program so... unless you buy a used card, you may be forking out for the new software...arrrgghhh, I hated doing it, but now I can use my machine!

If you want to piece quilts, I recommend a 1/4" piecing foot. Husqvarna make several different types that may be used on the Rose.
If you want a dual feed or walking foot, check out the new Interchangeable Dual Feed foot.
You only use card with the Rose for embroidery, which you can do on a quilt, but not necessary.

It's a reader/writer box, however, the boxes (all brands pertaining to embroidery) use specially sized cards specific to embroidery programs. They don't work any differently than any other type of reader/writer or flash card, it's just that the generic brand cards will not fit.

The Box for the Rose (or any other Husqvarna) is hard to find because they don't make them anymore. Also, it requires a serial port instead of the new USB connection. Sometimes you can find them on Ebay. I don't know if anyone makes a serial port device with a USB adapter on the other end, but might be worth looking into.

I would suggest that you purchase one of the newer boxes that will read and convert any designs you may want to download from the net. There are a few . .

The Ultimate Box by Vicant which is also backward compatible to Win 98, which is what your Rose actually reads.

(There is also Magic Box, but I don't know anything about that one.) There's another one, also, but it only comes with a full embroidery program. $$$$

The only drawback is that it will not read any of your Husqvarna embroidery cards because they are code protected.

I have an Ultimate Box Plus with conversion feature and it works fine for me, very easy to use. If you get the box, make sure you get one that comes with the card and that it's an updated version.

Here's a link for information. I actually bought my box somewhere else cheaper, but this site is chocked full of information.

http://www.secretsof.com/content/2509


Hope this helps.

QUESTIONS:
is the reader writer a USB or parallel cord? (they have both.
If it's USB you need the 256K card otherwise the regular card, and yes it can work you just have to have the right card for your reader writer.

Have a look at this website, if your machine is not listed email them and they will help track a manual down, it's not free but what is these days.
Rob

I am sorry to inform you that Husqvarna # 1 embroidery unit does not fit onto the Rose machine. The terminals on the Rose is upright, while on the H # 1 it is flat. If you want to do embroidery on the Rose, you will have to purchase the embroidery unit.

Sad but true

The Designer 1 technology is far more superior to the Rose. The Rose technology is so far behind that you can not update the software any more. The Designer 1 comes now with a USB stick, and you can download unlimited designs from the internet and transfer to your machine.

The Rose is a very good machine but you will be limited in the use of the machine.

If you can afford it buy the Designer 1