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If the Concept installation claims that the
carriage is going the wrong way please do the following.
1. Go to Interactive Knitting and press the Esc
key to remove the opening dialogue.
2. Hold down the Control and Shift keys, then
press the F7 key, then release Control and Shift.
3. A dialogue box will be shown, displaying the
state of the "Ignore RI" option. It should say that Ignore
RI is now ON.
Having done this, the option will stay at that
setting and won't need doing again unless Concept is reinstalled.
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| XP help
We have had quite a few helpline calls in relation to XP
with the Concept and DesignaKnit. In order to use the Silverlink without
mispatterning, it is necessary configure XP as follows.
Select Start / Run / (type msconfig) and select
Diagnostic Startup, then accept the option to restart the computer. After
the computer restarts, it is ready for knitting. If the computer is used
only for knitting, this configuration has to be done only once, and this
option can always be left selected.
(However, certain important features such as
antivirus software and power management are turned off by this
configuration. The user should be made aware of this. If they need to use
the computer for other purposes like internet which might expose them to
viruses, they should run msconfig again and select Normal Startup and then
reboot).
With Diagnostic Startup in place, the number of interruptions from Windows
is much reduced, and their duration is so brief that they do not interfere
with the knitting process.
In addition, the screen saver should be disabled, and no other
applications should be running at the same time as DesignaKnit.
With this in mind, we recommend that users of the
Silverlink cable do not upgrade to WinXP.
Win3.x, Win95, and Win98 are safer and do not require such
configuration.
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| TUCK STITCH
Tuck stitch patterns must be converted to colour patterns before Concept
can knit them. Use Palettes / Convert Stitch types.
From client:
I looked at my lace and slip patterns and
the cross is on the main yarn and they work fine. The tuck does not work
with the cross on the main yarn so I just tried it with the cross on the
contrast yarn and it works. |
Foss Plus:
Option -- Method of knitting = fairisle
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Remember this stitch from
EC1? Yes you can draw them in the stitch tool. |
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Main yarn is black for the
selecting needles |
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The system will ask to save new change, then you
should try it. |
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This should be the screen for your tuck ,slip or lace. |
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Maintenance
updates and Enhancements to DesignaKnit Concept
- Cosmetic changes.
- Interactive Knitting with Silver Reed and Windows XP or ME
Some users with Silver Reed machines were experiencing mispatterning
when knitting from a computer with Windows XP or ME operating system. This
is because Windows background processes were interfering with the signal
passed to the knitting machine. In most cases this can be cured by reducing
the rate at which the carriage passes across the needle bed, but there may
still be occasions when Windows will interrupt the pattern sending, shifting
the pattern by one stitch.
DesignaKnit will now warn the user if the carriage has not encountered the
expected number of needles when passing across the needle bed. If there is a
legitimate reason for this, such as one of the point cams was moved, then
the user can ignore the warning, but if the message is unexpected, then the
user has the opportunity to check the pattern and make any corrections
before moving on.
It should be noted, however that if, when knitting a swatch for example, the
number of needles used for the swatch has not been entered correctly in the
dialogue box, then this error will occur on every row.
- Cable and magnetic switch detection improved.
To download this update, click
here
- Click on the Download button on this page to take you to the Registration
page.
- Fill in the form with your name, address and licence number and press the
"Submit" button. (If you make a mistake registering, click
on the "Reset" button)
- You will then see an acknowledgement of receipt of your details - Click on
the Download button to go to the Download page.
- The Download page displays a list of update files and language packs (see
note above)
- Click on the filename of the correct program version
- A dialogue box will appear on the screen asking if you want to save the
file to your hard disk or to run it straight away. Choose the Save to
Disk option and, in the next dialogue, open the directory you want to save
it to - we suggest that you save it to C:\temp or C:\Windows\temp.
Make a note of the file name. Click OK.
- The file will now download to the designated directory.
- If you are downloading a language pack, click on the appropriate file name
and follow steps 6 and 7.
Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000 Users
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the directory in the left-hand pane to
which you saved the update file and click on it to open it.
- In the right-hand pane, double click on the update file name.
- A dialogue box will appear, asking you to which directory the update
should be installed. The default is C:\DK7, and if this is where your
DesignaKnit 7 program is, then click the Unzip button; if your program is
elsewhere, type in the correct path to the DesignaKnit directory on your
hard disk and then click the Unzip button.
- If you have downloaded a language pack, then repeat steps 1 - 3 with the
language file.
- The next time you run DesignaKnit 7, open the Help menu and click on About
- you will see that DesignaKnit now reports the updated version.
Windows 3.x Users
- Open File Manager and locate the directory in the left-hand pane to which
you saved the update file and double click on it to open it.
- In the right-hand pane, double click on the update file name.
- A dialogue box will appear, asking you to which directory the update
should be installed. The default is C:\DK7, and if this is where your
DesignaKnit 7 program is, then click the Unzip button; if your program is
elsewhere, type in the correct path to the DesignaKnit directory on your
hard disk and then click the Unzip button.
- If you have downloaded a language pack, then repeat steps 1 - 3 with the
language file.
- The next time you run DesignaKnit 7, open the Help menu and click on About
- you will see that DesignaKnit now reports the updated version.
To Skip instructions and go straight to the download page:
DesignaKnit Concept Click
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