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This tutorial covers how to talk to a knitting machine! Once the interface cable is made, we can create cool custom patterns and load them from a computer!
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Brother KH-930e knitting machine
Adventures in communicating with the Brother KH-930e knitting machine!
Much of this tutorial is directly adapted from Steve Conklin's totally awesome knitting machine wiki page!
Becky "Lady Becky" Stern and her Electroknit did the knitting machine tutorial part - go Becky!
Troubleshooting
- If the RAM data has been corrupted, the screen will flash "888" and the machine will seem unresponsive. Hold down INPUT and STEP at the same time, and when the display should change. Perform a memory reset by hitting CE, 888, STEP.
Outside resources
- KH-930e manual - fill out a CAPTCHA to download the PDF manual
- Python pitfalls - helped spot a bug
- Troubleshooting Brother machines - includes how to do an 888 reset of memory
- Good forum post- includes what to do when all the machine will do is flash "888"
- Newton's Yarns - in Anaheim, CA, claims to carry Brother machines/accessories incl. KE-100 motor drive
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