FlashTrax40GB My FlashTrax is not recoginised by the computer anymore, anybody got anysolutions? I can copy files from the CF card, but it won't display on the computer.

not sure what sewing machine your using but maybe this will help.
Getting That Embroidery Design To Your Janome Posted on August 21, 2010 by b.gottier
It never fails. When I sell a Janome embroidery machine, the customer always comes back and says they can't get their designs to their machine with their USB stick or CF card. Is something wrong with the USB stick or CF card? Is something wrong with the machine? No and no are always the answers to these questions. The real problem is that the customer is not placing the design files into the correct folder on the USB stick or CF card. I can't blame them for not knowing this, because the owner's manuals don't make it very clear. Unless the designs are placed into the right folder, the machine will not see that they are there, and you won't be able to use them.
Destination Folders For Designs Machine Destination Folder Media Type MB-4 EMBF folder in EMB folder USB stick & CF card MC11000 EMBF folder in EMB folder USB stick & CF card MC10001 9 folders ( EMBF5 thru EMBF16 ) CF card MC10000 EMB_FILE folder CF card MC9900 EMBF folder in EMB folder USB stick MC9700 EMBF5 folder CF card MC9500 EMBF5 folder CF card MC350E MyDesign folder in EMBF5 folder USB stick MC300E v1 EMBF5 folder CF Card MC300E v2 MyDesign folder in EMBF5 folder CF Card MC200E EMBF folder in EMB folder USB stick This tutorial is going to show you how to get your designs into the right folder on your USB stick or CF card. The designs will then be recognized by your embroidery machine, and you will spend more time embroidering and less time wondering what is wrong.

Preparing Your Storage Device

First, before doing anything else, stick your USB stick or CF card into your embroidery machine, then turn on the machine. By doing this, your machine will create a necessary folder system on the stick/card, into which you will place your designs. Normally you will see a message on the screen of your machine that tells you not to take the USB stick or CF card out for a little while. Once this message goes away, turn off the embroidery machine, and remove the card/stick.

Finding Your Storage Device On Your Computer

Now plug your USB stick into your computer, or insert your CF card into the CF card reader of your computer. We now want to open a new window and navigate through the computer to find the USB stick or CF card. I would normally access the stick/card through "My Computer", but you may also use Windows Explorer. If you are lost at this point, you may require a lesson or two in basic computer usage, but this is beyond the scope of this blog post.
When you have successfully navigated to the USB stick or CF card on your computer, you will notice the folders that your embroidery machine made. The destination folder for your designs is shown in fig.1. For example, if you have an MC11000 or MC11000SE, you will be looking for an folder named EMBF that is inside a folder named EMB.
Once you have the destination folder open, minimize that window by clicking the _ button in the upper right corner of the window. We will come back to it later.

Finding Your Designs On Your Computer

Open up another window, and this time navigate through your computer to find the designs you want to transfer. Sometimes the designs are on CDs, and sometimes the designs are downloaded from the internet. You will need to find your designs by navigating through your computer. I can't tell you where they are, because you were the one that put them there. I use Windows Explorer to browse through my computer, but you may also access your designs through "My Computer". Once you have found the location of your designs, typically files with a .jef file extension, proceed to the next step.

Copying Your Designs To Your Storage Device

Copy the design(s) you want to put on your stick/card by right clicking on them and clicking "copy".
To select more than one design to copy at a time, just hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and click multiple designs. With all the designs highlighted, right click on any part of the highlighted area and click "copy". Next, maximize the window of your destination folder, right click inside it, and click "paste". You will now see the design(s) you wanted to transfer in the destination window.
You can now pull the USB stick/CF card out of your computer, and insert it into your embroidery machine for stitch out. Your machine will recognize that the designs exist, because you put it in the right folder!
If you have followed my instructions, you should be ready to embroider

It's possible your CF card is full.
1. Connect the card to your computer as you have done. 2. Copy the files off it and save same them to a folder on your desktop.3. Right click only the Flash drive and navigate to "Properties" or "Get Info" if your a mac user.4. Take not of the file system it is currently using.5. Re-format the card with the same file system using your computer.6. Replace the card into your Roland SPD-S and Re-format using these steps: a. Select patch mode or wave mode. b. Press {SHIFT} and {SETUP} (CARD UTIL) c. Press the PAGE buttons to select "CARD FORMAT" then press {ENTER} d. A"[>] to format." indication appears. Press [>] e. A "format, sure?" indication is displayed. Press {ENTER} to start formatting.
7. Once formatted you can replace the card in your computers card reader and copy the files you backed up earlier onto it.8. Re-place the CF card in your Roland and it should work. If not then you may have a irreparable CF Card.

The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.


Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program such as Picasa.

check for bent CF pins. make sure there is room on the CF card.

busy is normal

Consider NOT connecting your camera to your computer.
The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.
Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program such as Picasa.

Consider NOT connecting your camera to your computer.
The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.
Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program such as Picasa.

In order to update your EKP you need a CF reader, you cannot update your CF without it.
First of all download and unzip the update files from our support section.
Enable the show of hidden files. Create on your Desktop the folder 'Old CF'
and copy in it all the files from the CF (is the backup folder if something goes wrong).
Omit to copy the 'CHARTS' folder. Create on your Desktop the folder 'New CF'
and copy in it the same files you copied in 'Old CF'. Replace the files format swx
in 'New CF' with the ones you downloaded from internet. Ovewrite the files in the cF
with the ones in 'New CF' (do not touch the CHART folder). Turn on the EKP and verify
if the procedure was correctly executed. If not, reinstall in the CF the files from
'Old CF' and repeat the procedure.
NOTE! : this procedure can delete all user marks from the RAM. Save them first in the CF
with File Manager.
NOTE! For the update of 21/oct/10 you will need to update the Jeppesen cycle to !

Hello

OK, i would firstly advice you to make sure that all the audio files you copy to the unit is actually .mp3 format. If the files is not in .mp3 format, the unit will sometimes give you this error message.

Kind regards
Andrea

as i was saying ..this might be from a slow usb port too

You'll need a CF reader/adaptor for your computer, and software such as this

http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/smartrecovery.html

 

Just type "recover CF card data" and you'll find a host of downloads.