4-button servo controller instructions

[alex11]

Hello,

I just installed a direct drive servo motor on my Artisan 618, and I'm having trouble figuring out the menu system. The unit has 4 buttons, and I've only been able to find setup instructions for 2 button units. I've emailed the manufacturer, to no avail. I tried running the Chinese instructions through an online translator, but it didn't give useful results. I'm close to hiring a translator to translate the Chinese instructions, but there's no saying that the original instructions are even very comprehensive to begin with!

From my experience with 2-button units, it seems like most manufacturers and models have roughly the same user interface and menus. So even info about a different 4-button model might prove useful. However, I haven't been able to find much.

If anyone can provide information about what each menu might do, or any relevant documentation, or even a settings menu flowchart, I would very much appreciate it!

Thanks

 

Here's the control panel when it's idle. The left-most digit can be changed by pressing the left-most button; it has values [0-4], which represent different needle stop positions. The two right digits are a "spinner" animation.

 

Holding down the "SET" button brings me to this screen. The right-most digit can be incremented by pressing the "+" button; it has values [0-9,A], which I think each represents a different setting. I think that then pressing the "M" button cycles through potential values for that setting.

Edited October 4, 2018 by alex11

[shoepatcher]

Artisan should provide you with a set of English instructions for the motor.  If they do not, let everyone on this board know!  That is poor customer service.

glenn

[alex11]

19 hours ago, shoepatcher said:

Artisan should provide you with a set of English instructions for the motor.  If they do not, let everyone on this board know!  That is poor customer service.

glenn

Sorry for the confusion -- the machine itself is from Artisan, but I'm replacing the servo motor they supplied with a direct drive, needle-positioning aftermarket motor. 

[R8R]

33 minutes ago, alex11 said:

Sorry for the confusion -- the machine itself is from Artisan, but I'm replacing the servo motor they supplied with a direct drive, needle-positioning aftermarket motor. 

Who makes the new motor?

 

Looks like first button is "needle up" / "needle down" when positioning is enabled.

Second button is motor rotation, and also serves to adjust parameters. (probably doubles as minus button?)

Plus is....plus?

Set is set.

[alex11]

1 minute ago, R8R said:

Who makes the new motor?

 

Looks like first button is "needle up" / "needle down" when positioning is enabled.

Second button is motor rotation, and also serves to adjust parameters. (probably doubles as minus button?)

Plus is....plus?

Set is set.

The new motor is made by Yuma (http://www.yumamotor.com/EnIndex.Asp).

I'm more interested in what the 10 settings menus are -- values [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A] after holding down the SET button.

I imagine that other 4-button servo motors from other manufacturers probably have very similar interfaces, so I'm hoping someone can provide instructions for any 4-button servo motor.

[JJN]

See if this helps.

SV-71 REV1A.pdf

SV-71S & 1.2.pdf

[alex11]

Thanks for the info, JJN. Unfortunately I wasn't able to apply anything in those documents to my machine. I did end up having the Chinese documentation translated into English, but it was not helpful (it may even be for a different machine entirely!).

Here's what I've figured out so far. Hopefully someone can fill in the gaps, and maybe this will even be helpful to someone else in the future.

• Left-most button (with the 3 arrows on it): Press repeatedly to cycle through the stop positions (values 1-4). It seems that 1 and 3 are the same position, and 2 and 4 are the same position. I can use this to have the machine return to a needle-up or needle-down position after releasing the pedal.
• [M] button: Press repeatedly to cycle through startup speeds (values 1-7: 1 means start slowly; 7 means start quickly). Since I'm using the machine at very low speeds, using value 1 seems to be best. Using value 7 with a low max speed will result in overshooting the speed at first.
• [+] button: Press to change max speed (values 200-4000 rpm). After pressing this key once, use both the [+] and [SET] buttons to adjust the RPM value up and down.
• [SET] button: Press and hold to enter settings menu. Once in settings menu, press the [+] button to cycle through the available settings (values S.0-S.9,S.A on the right-most side of the display). Then press [SET] button to select a setting for modification (some settings seem to be disabled; maybe they are used in other machines with more features?) Then use the [+] and [SET] keys to modify the value of the chosen setting. Press the pedal to save the value, or wait 10sec.
  • S.0 - Disabled
  • S.1 - Values L.0-L.9 -- no idea what this does.
  • S.2 - Toggle between "P" and "E" (motor direction: forward and reverse)
  • S.3 - Disabled
  • S.4 - Disabled
  • S.5 - Values 1-5 -- no idea what this does.
  • S.6 - Disabled
  • S.7 - Disabled
  • S.8 - Disabled
  • S.9 - Disabled
  • S.A - Displays "P.F", but you can't change the value of setting.

 

[dikman]

I found, much to my annoyance, that many of the options/settings on my two-button servo were disabled. No idea why.

[alex11]

13 hours ago, dikman said:

I found, much to my annoyance, that many of the options/settings on my two-button servo were disabled. No idea why.

I bet all these cheap manufacturers use very similar code on the microcontrollers that run their products. Within one manufacturer, I can definitely see them developing one controller solution and sharing it among all their servo products, disabling features for some products. With how Shenzhen marketplaces work, I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of cheap manufacturers use literally the same pre-programmed microcontrollers!

One neat feature of this new servo I got is that it returns to needle-down position when you release the pedal, and going heel-down on the pedal will move the machine to needle-up position. Additionally, there's a button on the integrated LED light module which when clicked will perform 1 stitch. That could turn out to be very useful!

I'm still trying to figure out what these settings do. My guess is that one of them might be "braking level" or "braking power", but I haven't been able to notice any difference in behavior.

• S.1 - Values L.0-L.9
• S.5 - Values 1-5

[dikman]

My latest servo (overdue delivery but hopefully any day now) has a 4-button control unit. It's a long shot, but I'll try and see if there's any correlation to yours.