Pfaff CREATIVE VISION - UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS VPCV50-14278B-5002, CREATIVE VISION Instructions Manual

The update is available to all registered PFAFF®

creative visionTM sewing and embroidery

machine owners. You need the PFAFF®
Embroidery Machine Communication CD which
came with your PFAFF® creative vision

TM

sewing and embroidery machine, or 4DTM
Embroidery Software, version 8.1 and above.
The software must be installed on a personal
computer, running Windows® XP or Windows®
Vista.

Your machine must be registered using 4DTM
Configure on the computer with the machine
connected. Internet updates for the machine can
only be received via the Smart Update feature in
4DTM Configure.

If you need assistance registering your machine,
full instructions are found in the Internet FAQs.
Open 4DTM Organizer. From the Help menu,
select Internet FAQs. Enter “HC020” in the
Search box and choose “all FAQ” for the Search.

How to download

1. Connect your creative visionTM sewing and
embroidery machine to the computer with the
USB Cable. Turn your machine on. Make sure
the embroidery machine communication icon
at the bottom right of your computer screen

is active (active , not active ).

If you don’t find the Embroidery

Machine tray icon

Open 4DTM Configure. Click on the

Send 1 tab and click on the ”Embroidery
Machine Communication” button.

If you only have an inactive

Embroidery Machine tray icon

Make sure your machine is turned on and

connected to your computer.

Please Note: You must use the same USB

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update instructions

port as when you activated the Embroidery
Machine Communication at installation.

2. Connect your computer to the Internet.

3. Open the program 4DTM Configure
(Go to Start/All Programs/4D Embroidery
System/4D Configure).

4. Click on “Smart Update”. You may be asked
if your system has a dongle. Answer No.

5. The program starts searching for the latest
update version for your machine and a list
with suggested downloads is presented.

6. Click on ”Download” and save the download
to your computer. Note the location saved in.

Since it is highly recommended to “restore the

machine to default factory embroidery disk”
in order to get full access to all new features,
the user should save all personal files and
embroideries before performing the update as
described below. Personal Files not saved will
be lost.

Saving Personal Files and
Embroideries on your creative
vision™ sewing and embroidery
machine

1. Open the Selection Menu

2. Select Files and Folders in the selection bar at
the bottom of the screen

3. Use the Folder Structure Arrow Down and
select Personal Files

4. Touch each of the files you wish to save

5. Touch Copy

6. Ensure you have inserted your USB

Version: pcv50_14278b_5002_bundleupdate

Embroidery Stick into your machine. Use the
Folder Structure Arrow Down and select USB
Embroidery Stick

7. Click Paste. A menu with an hour glass
and bars opens. This may take some time
depending on how many files you have
copied. Your files will appear on your screen
and are now copied to your stick.

Update

Download the creative visionTM update

pcv50_14278b_5002_bundleupdate.exe

1. Click the Boot and firmware update program
“pcv50_14278b_5002_bundleupdate.exe”.

2. Follow the described Boot update quick start
guide instructions:

a. Connect the sewing machine to the computer

with the USB cable. Make sure the machine is
switched off.

b. To start updating, hold the stitch restart and

needle down button, on the front of your
machine, simultaneously as switching the
machine on. Then click on the Start update
button on your computer.

c. When the first part of the boot update is

completed, press OK to confirm that the
sewing machine has restarted in boot update

mode (displayed as headline on the sewing
machine screen).

d. When the second (last) part of the boot

update is completed, verify that the sewing
machine has restarted in firmware update
mode (on sewing machine screen).

e. Close the Boot update application window.

3. The software update program is started
automatically when the boot update
application is closed. Follow the described
software update quick start guide, i.e.

a. Select advanced options and select restore

to default factory embroidery disk. This is
important for performance reasons and in
order to get full access to all new features

(cut jump stitches).