| Feature |
PES2Card |
Amazing Box* |
PE Design |
Customizer |
PED Basic/PTS |
| Digitising software required? |
No |
No |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
No |
| Interface |
RS232 and/or USB |
RS232 or USB |
RS232 or USB |
Parallel |
USB |
| PES file level |
6.0 |
? |
6.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
| Save Brother designs to disk? |
Yes |
No? |
Yes |
Not supported |
No? |
| Save Viking designs to disk? |
Yes |
No? |
Not supported |
Yes |
No? |
| Multi position designs |
Brother+Viking |
No |
Brother |
Viking |
Brother |
| Max stitches per Brother card (write) |
450.000 |
200.000? |
55.000/200.000 |
Not supported |
200.000? |
| Max designs per Brother card (write) |
Not limited |
6 |
24/Not limited |
Not supported |
Not limited? |
| Max stitches per Brother card (read) |
450.000 |
55.000? |
450.000 |
Not supported |
Not Supported |
| Max designs per Brother card (read) |
Not limited |
6 |
Not limited |
Not supported |
Not supported |
| Max stitches per Viking card (write) |
260.000 |
110.000? |
Not supported |
130.000 |
Not supported |
| Max designs per Viking card (write) |
102** |
6 |
Not supported |
35 |
Not supported |
| Max stitches per Viking card (read) |
260.000 |
55.000? |
Not supported |
130.000 |
Not supported |
| Max designs per Viking card (read) |
Not Limited |
6 |
Not supported |
256K limit |
Not supported |
| Max card size Brother |
1024K (1M) |
512K |
128K/512K |
Not supported |
512K |
| Max card size Viking |
1024K (1M)*** |
512K |
Not supported |
256K |
Not supported |
| Brother blank card(s) |
read/write |
Not supported |
read/write |
Not supported |
write |
| Viking blank card |
read/write |
Not supported |
Not supported |
read/write |
Not supported |
| Amazing Box blank card |
read/write |
read/write |
read Brother |
read Viking |
not usable |
| Read protected cards like #34 |
No |
Yes |
No |
Not supported |
No |
| Write protected Brother flash cards |
Yes |
No |
No |
Not supported |
No |
| Copyright on the BBD card |
Yours |
Great Notions |
Brother |
Not supported |
Brother |
| Re use preprogrammed flash cards |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Janome (1000x/300E) ATA |
read/write (4) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Janome/Elna/New Home (9000) |
read/write (3) |
read/write |
No |
No |
No |
| Janome/Elna/New Home (8000) |
read/write (3) |
read/write |
No |
No |
No |
| Janome/Elna/New Home (SnSI) |
read/write (3) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Pfaff 7570 |
read/write (3) |
read/write |
No |
No |
No |
| Pfaff 2140/2144 |
read/write (3) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Artista (incl 200E) |
read/write (3) |
read/write |
No |
No |
No |
| Artista 200E ATA EXP |
read/write (4) |
read |
read |
No |
No |
| Singer XL100 |
read/write (3,5) |
read/write |
No |
No |
No |
| Singer XL1000 |
read/write (3,5) |
read/write |
No |
No |
No |
| Singer XL5000/XL6000 |
read/write (6) |
read |
No |
No |
No |
| Elna Xquisite |
read/write (6) |
read |
No |
No |
No |
| PES format |
6.0 |
2.0? |
6.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
| PEC format |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| PHB format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| PHC format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| PHD format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| HUS format |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| HUC format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SHV format |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| GNC format |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| SEW format |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| JEF format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| PTN format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| DST format |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| DSB format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| EXP format |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| PCS format |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| PCM format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| XXX format |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| FMC, FDR, DAT format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| VIP format |
Yes |
No |
No |
VIP version |
No |
| VP3 format |
Yes |
No |
No |
VIP version |
No |
| EMD format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| THR format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| TAP format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| DSZ format |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
