jlamere

Is there a place to download the software so I can see what is on the usb and to add and remove the designs?

lwbuchholz

I have the designer diamond and I think the website had that info although I haven't tried it.

eparys

Ok - I do not know how much help this will be because I am reaching back into the cobwebs of my mind here!! Hopefully someone with a D1 will chime in here!!

I was working for Viking (2006/2007) when they changed the D1 to usb from a disk. I can not remember the format of the usb and remember at that time there was something odd about the format - it was specific to the D1 only. If you plug the usb into you computer can you see the actual file extensions? ie - .vp3 , .hus? If so, then any available software that will read that format will be fine. There was a 4D (5D and 6D) embroidery disk called "Organizer" that came with some of those machines. They also sold bigger Embroidery Software packages but that package requireda dongle and will not work without that dongle. Embird (another embroidery software program) had a tutorial that I just saw about writing to a D1 usb but you would need to purchase the program to do that.

I also think if you put your embroidery unit actually on your machine and plug in the usb into the sewing machine, you may be able to "see" the designs through the machine.

If all of that fails, I would suggest trying to join a Viking Sewing machine group (Facebook??) or see if there is a Viking dealer that you could call via phone that might help you.

Sorry that I do not have a definitive answer for you but hopefully it helps you gets you in the right direction!!

Edit to add link to Embird article on writing a D1 usb
https://www.embird.net/sw/embird/tut...u/vikdesu1.htm

jlamere

Thank you so much! I will try this.

eparys

Just another thought - Viking/Pfaff/Singer created an online program that was called MySewNet - that is now called Creative. It also may allow you to write a D1 usb. There is a "free" basic membership that says that you can save designs - this may allow you to do what you want to do.

https://mysewnet.com/

Snooze2978

I'm still amazed yours is still running. I bought mine in 2000 when they first came out and in 2015, after having it serviced, I went to a class for the Epic 1, not expecting to order one but just for fun. I did trade my D1 in for the Epic 1 and then a couple weeks later I went back to buy it back when they told me the screen went out on it. I don't know if the screen really did go out as I'd never had issues with it but realized I could have been sewing on it while the Epic was embroidering. Oh well, it was and is a great machine.

ZooAnimals

There is software called Sew What Pro 64 which will enable you to read the files from a USB stick ,I use it all the time .It's also very usefull for reading applique as you progress through the file pattern while sewing out tile.