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Bevchristof
Jul 01, 2024Aspirant
Is it possible to link a sewing machine with wifi to my Orbi network?
Hi I have the above Orbi system. Is it possible to add a sewing machine with wifi to my Orbi devices? At the moment I can only transfer designs to my machine by logging out of Orbi, downloading th...
- Jul 02, 2024
Never in a day would I have thought that a sewing machine would get technical and get WiFi abilities. My grandmother would be amazed if she was still around. She had a peddle machine back in the day. đ
CrimpOn
Jul 01, 2024Guru - Experienced User
The place to start is with the User Guide to the sewing machine.
Bevchristof
Jul 01, 2024Aspirant
Hi, Thank you, There is no mention of this in the user manual.
- CrimpOnJul 01, 2024Guru - Experienced User
The specific model of sewing machine?
(or, a link to an on-line version of the User Manual)
- BevchristofJul 01, 2024AspirantHi
It is a Janome S9. I can join it to our wifi but Orbi does not recognise it so I have to log out of Orbi every time I want to send a design to the sewing machine.
Thank you for your help.
https://www.janome.com/siteassets/support/manuals/embroidery-models/inst-book-sks9.pdf- CrimpOnJul 01, 2024Guru - Experienced User
Thanks for the information. This video seems pretty self-explanatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2VVQuaM2ts
The key appears to be running their Embroidery application on the computer/tablet and selecting the sewing machine from the list of devices.
Once the machine has been connected to the router, the Attached Devices screen, or Device Manager on the Orbi 'app' should display the same information that the machine does in terms of IP address.
Where does the process break down?