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PES2Card3/PES2Card3-SE - Information



  PES2Card3 bridges the gap between your embroidery machine and your PC. Easily transfer designs from the Internet, CD-ROM, floppy disk or hard drive to rewritable media for use in your embroidery machine.

PES2Card3-SE PES2Card2-SE
PES2Card3-SE PES2Card2-SE
PES2Card3 PES2Card
PES2Card3 PES2Card
PES2Card3-SE PES2Card2-SE PES2Card3 PES2Card
Machine Medium Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write
Brother card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Brother removable (0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Baby Lock card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Baby Lock removable (0) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simplicity card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bernina Deco card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bernina Deco 330 card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Bernina Deco 330 ATA card (1) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+)
White 3300 card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Viking 1+, Rose card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Viking Designer I floppy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pfaff 7570 card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Pfaff 2140 card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Bernina Artista card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Bernina Artista 200/730 ATA(1)+USB Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+)
Bernina Artista 630/640 USB Stick Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+) Yes (EXP+)
Janome 8000 card Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Janome SnS I card Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Janome 9000/5000 card Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Janome 1000x/11000 card Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Janome 1000x/11000 ATA card (1) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Janome 300E/9500 ATA card (1) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Elna 9006 card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Elna CE20/8006 card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Elna 8200/8600 card Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Kenmore 1900x card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Singer XL100 card (2) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Singer XL1000 card (2) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Singer XL5/6000 card (3) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Elna Xquisite card (3) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
(0) floppy, compact flash, direct USB are supported
(1) uses ATA slot of the PC
(2) requires adapter
(3) uses Smart Media slot of the PC

Read And Save To Disk Functions:
PES2Card3 will read and "SAVE TO HARD DISK" the contents of Baby Lock, Brother, Simplicity, Bernina Artista (including 200E) or Deco, Pfaff 7570 or 2140, Janome, Elna, New Home, Kenmore, Viking 1+, Rose, Iris and Singer compatible memory cards.
PES2Card3-SE will read, on top of what PES2Card3 reads, Janome 10000 cards and save the designs to your hard drive.
BBD cards that are copy protected will not be saved.

Write To Card Functions:
PES2Card3 writes most common embroidery formats directly to a card for use in Baby Lock, Brother, Bernina Artista or Deco, Simplicity, White, Pfaff 7570/7560, Elna CE20/8006/9006, Kenmore, Janome 8000/9000/5000, Singer XL 1000, Singer XL100, Viking 1+, Iris and Rose machines without conversion (PES, PEC, PHC, HUS, HUC, SHV, PCS, PCM, VIP, VP3, SEW, JEF, DST, DSB, EXP, XXX, FMC, FDR, DAT, EMD, THR, TAP, DSZ, Uxx.). It writes these different formats for your machine in the same programming cycle. No additional software is required.

Bernina Artista 200E/730 users:
PES2Card3 writes the same embroidery formats mentioned above directly to a Bernina Compatible ATA flash card using the ATA slot of your PC or to a USB stick. No additional software required.

Bernina Deco 330 users:
PES2Card3 writes the same embroidery formats mentioned above directly to a Bernina Compatible ATA flash card using the ATA slot of your PC. No additional software required.

Bernina Artista 630/640 users:
PES2Card3 writes the same embroidery formats mentioned above directly to a USB stick. No additional software required.

Janome 1000x/11000 users:
PES2Card3 writes the same embroidery formats mentioned above directly to a generic ATA flash card using the ATA slot of your PC. No additional software required.
PES2Card3-SE writes, on top of what PES2Card3 writes, the same embroidery formats mentioned above to a rewritable flash card for the Janome 10000.

Singer XL5000/XL6000, Elna Xquisite users:
PES2Card3 writes the same embroidery formats mentioned above directly to a generic Smart media card using the Smart media slot of your PC. No additional software required.

Write To Disk Functions:
PES2Card3 writes the same embroidery formats mentioned above directly to a floppy suitable for use in home embroidery machines with floppy drives. This includes the Viking Designer 1, Baby Lock Ellageo, Brother ULT200x and Galaxie 3000 machines. No additional software is required.

Card Compatibility:
PES2Card3 does not come with a rewritable memory card because it has the unique ability to rewrite cards that already have designs on them. You probably already own one of these rewritable cards, therefore you may not need a blank card. Basically BBD rewriteable cards come in three sizes. Large capacity rewritable cards will hold approx 450,000 stitches or 50 designs. Medium capacity rewritable cards will hold 250,000 stitches or about 20 designs. Small cards hold 50,000 stitches or 4-6 designs. PES2Card3 can read and write to all rewritable cards currently known. This includes both types of Brother blank cards, the Viking 1+ or Rose blank card, and the Amazing Box blank card and others. See our Card compatiblity list for details.

Connectivity:
PES2Card3 is available with a serial port connection. A USB model is available but costs a little more.
PES2Card3-SE has a USB port.

What comes with PES2Card3/PES2Card3-SE?

PES2Card3 comes with a Design Browsing Software which makes it easy even for first time users to view, read, select, and write designs for their embroidery machine. A reader/writer box, cable, power supply (PES2Card3 only), and easy to follow instructions are included with PES2Card3/PES2Card3-SE. Software updates are free via the Internet.

Operating Systems:
  • PES2Card3 Serial: Win 95, Win 98, Win ME, Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP, Win 2003, Win Vista, Win 2008, Win 7
  • PES2Card3 USB: Win 98, Win ME, Win 2000, Win XP, Win 2003, Win Vista, Win 2008, Win 7
  • PES2Card3 USB: Mac OS 9.0.4 with Virtual PC 3.0 or higher
Innovative?

PES2Card was the first manufacturer independent card reader writer on the market. First product shipping Feb 14, 2000.
PES2Card was the first card reader writer supprting USB connectivity.
PES2Card3 is released Feb 14, 2002.
PES2Card3-SE is released Feb 14, 2005. Coincidental?
PES2Card2-SE is released Aug 8, 2011.

 


Last Modification: Feb 4, 2012 (c) Copyright 2000-2012, Jos Timmermans