Are the embroidery cards the same for the bernette 600 and the bernina artista embroidery units?

Make sure the design cards are going into the machine's card slot correctly. The system might not be able to recognize the card's designs if it is inserted incorrectly.

Unfortunately, the Bernina Artista 180 has no firmware. The available support is here: https://www.bernina.com/en-US/Support-US/Machines/BERNINA-artista/BERNINA-artista-180 . Other Bernina sewing machines have firmware available on their respective support sites.

On other brands of embroidery sewing machines, the embroidery modules from different machines are not compatible with other generation embroidery machines. This may be true with the Bernina machines, as well, since the brand names are often made by the same company.

I wish that I had better news for you.

Cindy Wells
(I helped a neighbor who had two Viking embroidery machines fix the non-working embroidery unit by realizing she'd switched the modules. Then I labeled them modules to ensure that they stayed with their respective machines.)

Manuals are a wonderful thing.
http://homeappliance.manualsonline.com/support/bernina/sewing-machine/users-manual-for-bernette-deco-600-5741176

Good luck!
Cheers,
Embroidery Services
San Diego, CA

Yes, The BERNINA Artista 180 and the BERNINA Artista 170 do in fact use the same Embroidery Module.

contact bernina customer service about the ped card

Yes, I need a manual for the Bernia Bernette Deco 600. Following the death of my daughter, My grand daughter said she did not want any of her mom's sewing equipment. I kept them for her and now she feels she would like to have the embroidery machine. However, we were unable to locate the manual for the deco 600. I am unable to locate one on line...only good reason...due to my inexperience at the computer I am unable to locate a manual for her. Any assistance you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely Nana Helen

You can still find many Bernina Artista cards on Ebay but also on the web, some online sellers still sell them.

Not sure if you found anything out, but Deco 600 uses PES format only.
If you have the software (Deco Wizard) sometimes you can change it to PES and save the design.
Good luck

Try a diffrent card?

It could be that there is a loose piece of thread, or some fluff which is obstructing the tension gauge. Try blowing around the theading area (or even run the hoover pipe near it to see if you can **** it out). I cleared mine by folding a piece of non fluffy material and rubbing gently between the tension dial and machine.

Good luck