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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1998
Kiyokazu Sekine, Mie-ken, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a sewing machine, which is operable in a simulation manner as if the control system is connected to the sewing machine. When a sewing-machine control system starts a main control process, a status of its connection to a sewing machine is detected. If the connection is established, a connection flag is set. If it is not established, a connection flag is reset. A display device displays a menu select screen having a list of items, and a desired item is selected from the list. When the selected item is 'Sewing process', the sewing-machine control device operates in the following manner. If the sewing-machine control device is not connected to the embroidering sewing machine, a virtual sewing-machine control program is executed to set 'in-sewing' data for the pseudo status information, '0' as the initial value for a pseudo number-of-stitches; and '1800' for a pseudo rotation speed signal. The display device displays a pseudo sewing screen, constructed with those items of information.