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The Brother KH970 electronic knitting machine consists of two major parts: the CB-1 Controller Box and the needle bed + carriages. The CB-1 (or DB-1 for the KnitKing KH970) is connected with the knitting machine via the KM cord.
We have developed the CB-2, Control Box 2, and software that provides the knitting functionality of the CB-1 for Brother KH970 electronic knitting machines. With the CB-2 you can knit existing patterns without the need of any additional software. All inbuilt patterns of all Brother electronic knitting machines are inbuilt in the CB-2. You can create your own patterns with a graphics package of your choice.
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| Control Box 2 models |
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| CB-2 | Control Box 2 |
| DK Link option | optional communication link between DesignaKnit and CB-2 |
| CB-2 + DK Link option | Control Box 2 + DesignaKnit Link option |
| Knitting Machine | Needles | Extra Carriages |
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| KH970 | 200 | Lace, G-carriage |
| External Device | Port | Cable | Note |
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| FB100 | FB port | FB100 flat cable | |
| FB100 Emulator | FB port | BL1/5 USB | |
| DesignaKnit download | CB-2 port C | USB A/B | Requires DK option |
| DesignaKnit IK | CB-2 port C | USB A/B | Requires DK option |
| DesignaKnit IK | no port | BL1/5 USB | any magnetic switch link |
| Inbuilt Patterns |
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| KH970 | KH965 | KH930/KH940 | KH270 | KH900 | KH910 | KRC1100M | SWX |
| 683 | 675 | 615 | 292 | 50 | 39 | 10 | 63 |
| Pattern formats for above machines |
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| PAT | DesignaKnit |
BPT | Brother |
BMP | Windows BitMaP |
CST | CompuStrick |
| CUT | Passap Creation |
PCX | System 90 INTO SHAPE |
STC | Stitch Painter pattern |
STB | Stitch Painter brush |
| DAT | Silver Reed PC10 |
STP | DesignaKnit |
TXT | Notepad |
NIT | KnitPad |
| PBM | Portable Bit Map |
PGM | Portable Gray Map |
PPM | Portable Pixel Map |
KSW | Knit Styler pattern |
| KSL | Knitt Styler lib |
QPA | DesignaKnit bitmap |
MT | Singer 9000 pattern |
MTF | System 90 INTO SHAPE |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
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| Digitised Mylar sheets included with software |
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| SK550/SK560 | SK580 | EC1 | Lace | AG50 |
| Patterns included with software |
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| Memo II | Light Scanner | Peg Board | MT924 | Singer 9000 |
| Variations |
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| Normal |
Double Rows |
Double Stitches |
Upside Down |
| Negative |
Reversed |
Spaced |
Exchange |
| Mirror Horizontal |
Mirror Vertical |
Chevron |
Reflection |
| Birdseye Left |
Birdseye Right |
Odd stitch left |
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| Center |
Repeat |
Wrap |
Carriage left |
| End Needles |
Width |
Margins |
Pattern Indicators |
| Jacquard |
| Skip Stitch |
Skip Stitch with Ribber |
Fairisle Rib |
| Jacquard PC10 method |
Jacquard PC10 method with Ribber |
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| Most variations above can be combined |
| Lace |
| Simple Lace |
Fashion Lace |
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| 32 bit Operating Systems |
| Windows 2003 | Windows XP | Windows Vista | Windows 2008 | Windows 7 | Windows 8 & 8.1 | Windows 10 |
| 64 bit Operating Systems |
| Windows XP x64 | Windows Vista x64 | Windows 7 x64 | Windows 8 & 8.1 x64 | Windows 10 x64 | Windows 11 | |
| Windows 2003 x64 | Windows 2008 x64 | Windows 2008 R2 x64 | Windows 2012 & 2012 R2 x64 | Windows 2016 x64 | Windows 2019 x64 | Windows 2022 |
| Model | PC Connectivity | Cable | Power |
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| CB-2 | Series A USB connector | USB | External 100-240 V power supply |
| Model | Diagnostics |
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| CB-2 | LED Green | Power is applied to CB-2 |
| | LED Red/Green | flashes red and green at startup. |
| Design Software | Manufacturer | Comment |
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| DesignaKnit 9 | Soft Byte | DK option needed for pattern transfer |
| DesignaKnit 8 | Soft Byte | DK option needed for pattern transfer |
| DesignaKnit 7 | Soft Byte | DK option needed for pattern transfer |
| DesignaKnit 6 | Soft Byte | DK option needed for pattern transfer |
| Stitch Painter | Cochenille | |
| Journal Six | Jennifer L Schmidt | |
| Win_Crea | Chris Dixon | |
| Img2Track | DaviWorks | |
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