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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.
.pes - A stitch-based file format used by Brother and Babylock embroidery home sewing machines. .pec - A stitch-based file format used by Brother and Babylock embroidery home sewing machines. .hus - The stitch-based file format used by Husqvarna/Viking embroidery home sewing machines.
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The .exp format is a commercial format while .art is a BERNINA-specific embroidery format. Embroidery designs in .art format keep their fancy fill effects even after rescaling the designs whereas the effects may be lost when editing .exp format files on the machine.
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Perhaps you have a needle plate that is not suitable for what you are doing. Mine showed the presser foot with the feed dogs which meant the feed dogs needed to be dropped.
Here are two other possibilities other than electrical problems with your Bernina. There are embroidery design cards that were made for the 200 & 730 that simply do not work in a 180. There is nothing marked on the card or the packaging that will tell you what model machine the card will work in. I sold a bunch of my design cards on eBay last winter and I tested all of them in both a 730 and a 180 before making the ad discription. I found that most of the design cards worked in the 180 & 730, but there were a few that only worked in the 730. So if your design card is one of those that won't work in a 180, that could be your problem. You did not say if you have other design cards that do work or there is only one you tried. Possibly the card itself is bad. A static shock to the card could possibly damage it. So if you take your machine to a dealer to have it looked at, take your design card along. The 180's memory for storing designs is located in the embroidery module, not the machine itself. If that memory is filled up with other designs this can cause a problem. So your problem is most likely with the design card or with the embroidery module. Should you need to get another embroidery module, that module needs to be the same version number as your machine or it will not work. I have a. video posted on YouTube that shows you how to check the version number of your machine and module. That information is in my "Bernina check hours 165, 170, 180, 185" video. Put that in the YouTube search box and you will find my video. Plus I have other helpful Bernina videos posted.
According to the manual for the Bernette Deco 340, the machine only reads .EXP+ files. ART files need to be converted to the EXP file type using the Bernina Embroider Software. (Even the designs on the Studio Bernina CD need the ART files converted to EXP.)
How did you try to transfer the ART design to your 180? It needs Artlink by Bernina to do so or the Bernina Designer program. There are different ART versions and as I know, only the Designer can convert it to the version that your model can handle. I also own some CDs and never had any problem transferring any to a Personal Design card or stitching them out with my Bernina 165.
A dongle is a flash drive, but in Bernina's case it is a programed security device that prevents using their software other than with their products.
Once you get software with this device, take very good care of it as the replacement is expensive.
Other brands of software do not use this device.
Another issue with Bernina is the embroidery format. If it is Art you are stuck with Bernina software and designs as other formats cannot be converted to this particular format.
Bernina makes fine sewing machines, but the embroidery machines and software are not easy on the purse.
For the price of the software, you could buy a Brother embroidery machine that is user friendly and uses a format is is very popular and easy to find. No roadblocks when using software with this brand.
Yes you can use V4.0 artlink it is available in some markets upto V5 it just depends what version the designs were done in. If it was higher than V4.0 you may still have an issue. Have a look at some of the programs like Embird for more cost effective ways to edit designs but you will still need Artlink to load designs onto the machine.
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