FIBERWORKS 4.

2 SILVER PLUS

How to Weave
on your
Computer Assisted Loom

For ARM, AVL,

Leclerc, Louet,
Macomber, Noble, Toika

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the printed invoice sent to you by Fiberworks, and on the program CD if the software was delivered on CD.
Keep this number accessible: it may be required if you need technical help, for future upgrades or if you
transfer ownership.
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refund of the purchase price only in event of dissatisfaction with the performance of the software.
3) You may install the software on any and all computers that you own, and use the software for your
personal use only. Use of the software installed on computers that you own by another individual on an
occasional and non-lasting basis is also accepted under these terms.
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Please abide by the spirit of good craftsmanship and do not copy this program. We work very hard to give
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Bob Keates and Ingrid Boesel Fiberworks PCW

PO Box 649, Ganges
Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2W2
Canada
Email: info@[Link]
Website:[Link]
Manual creation date: 2010/03/15
Revised 2014/01/08

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Table of Contents

Validating 4.2 Silver Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 5

Designing to Weave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 6

Weaving Window Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 7
Simulated weaving with No Loom selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 8
Changing the Size of Weaving Window Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 9
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving the current weaving state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Navigating by Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Navigating by Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Editing by Keyboard, Editing by Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Insert Pick, Delete Pick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Horizontal Scroll bar, Vertical Scroll bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Loom and Ports Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
COM numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Drivers for USB-Serial adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Troubleshooting Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cloth Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sequence Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Endless Loop, Autoreverse, Halt at End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Set Beeps, Set Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-20
Pattern only, Autotabby, Tabby only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reverse Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Unweave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Solenoids power off, Release All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Diagnostics menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Table of Contents
Looms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AVL CompuDobby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AVL Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Louet Magic, Octado, Megado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
LeClerc Diana, Weavebird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Macomber and Dobbytron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Toika . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Arm Patronic ....................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Portchecker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Troubleshooting with Portchecker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using Windows Device Manager to explore your Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Validation of 4.2 Silver Plus

For installation of the PCW4.2 Silver Plus program, see the main Silver Manual

Validation dialog for activating loom functions

This validation dialog may appear
when you choose File>Weave in
a copy of Fiberworks that was
previously validated as Silver
rather than Silver Plus. It may
also appear in Silver Plus if you
select an AVL loom in Loom
Setup, but your original validation
did not include AVL.
It allows you to upgrade your
current Silver version to Silver
Plus or Silver Plus with AVL
without having to reinstall the
program.
If you originallly installed and
validated as Silver Plus or Silver
Plus with AVL, you should not
encounter this dialog.
Copy the program ID numbers from your own computer screen. The numbers in the
illustration above are just an example. This is not your program ID!
Follow the instructions on the dialog and email the program ID to us at:
info@[Link]
In addition to the program ID, please identify yourself with name, program purchase
registration number or invoice number or date of purchase, and indicate if you are
validating regular Silver Plus or Silver Plus with AVL.
We will send back the Validation code by email as soon as possible, often the same day.
Enter the validation code into the 4 white boxes, without leading zeros, and without
leading or trailing spaces. You can navigate from box to box with the Tab key, or by
mouse.
Use the activate button to complete the validation process. Until you validate you can’t
access the weaving features described in this manual
Validation for AVL includes all other looms.
If you have different looms connected to different computers, each computer generates a
unique Program ID (even if they were all installed from the same CD) and each needs its
own validation code. There are no extra charges for a reasonable number of replacement
codes.
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Designing to Weave
Before opening the weaving window, create a design or open an existing file in the
normal drawdown window. Shown below is a variation of [Link], one of the sample
designs included with the 4.2 Silver Plus program.

The design may have a conventional tieup and treadling or it can be a liftplan as shown.
Number of shafts should not exceed the capacity of your loom.
To proceed to the Weave function go to File>Weave in the main menu.
If the Weave item on the File menu is grayed out, check that there is a weaving design
open in the drawdown window, with at least one pick. If it’s still grayed out, you may
need to validate the program to activate the weave functions. If the entire program has
not been validated, Save and Print items in the File menu will also be greyed out. See
your Fiberworks Silver manual for information on how to validate.
When you first enter the Weaving window, the title bar will say no loom selected. While
the program is in this state, you can simulate loom action by pressing the spacebar.
One press is equivalent to opening the shed, and a second press is equivalent to
throwing the shuttle and closing the shed. The simulation will allow you to explore the
weaving window functions before getting involved with the loom itself.

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Weaving Window Layout:

The weaving window shows
your design in three different
views.
The upper left panel shows
a color view of the cloth.
The upper right panel
shows a structure view of
the same portion of your
design, which may be a
warp drawdown or a weft
drawdown according to your
preferences. In a warp
drawdown, warp over weft is
represented by black
squares.
The pick order is bottom
up, which is inverted from
the drawdown design
window, but will show the
cloth the way it should
appear as you weave.
The lower edge of these
panels shows one pick
detached. This represents
the pick you are about to
weave. Everything above
this line is a preview of what you are about to weave
The bottom part of the window is occupied by the lag chain. Each row represents one
pick, and lists the shafts that will be lifted. Pick number is in the leftmost column, and the
rightmost column shows the color for that pick according to your weaving draft. Pick
number 1 is highlit in light blue. This indicates that it is the next pick to be woven.

The bottom right corner of the main Fiberworks window frame contains status
information. From left to right this is: magnification of the cloth views, the number of
picks woven, the number of warp ends visible in the cloth views, and the weaving
status, currently STARTUP.

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Press the spacebar. In the No loom selected state, this simulates the action of the loom.
The first press changes the weaving status from STARTUP to READY. Press spacebar
again; the second press changes the status to OPEN. On a real loom this means that the
shed is open and you can throw the shuttle. Press a third time to close the shed; status
becomes READY, the blue bar advances to pick 2,
and the detached thread drops to the bottom of the
cloth windows, indicating that it is now beaten in at
the fell. Press the spacebar several more times.

As simulated weaving progresses, the blue bar marking the current pick moves up. By
current pick, we mean the pick about to be woven in the shed closed state (status
READY) and the pick being lifted in the shed open state. When the blue bar reaches the
middle of the lag chain, the lag chain will start to scroll down so that the current pick
remains centered.
The detached thread in the cloth panels also represents the current pick. When you
close the shed, this drops down and adds to the fell, and the next thread detaches from
the preview to become the current pick From the fell downwards represents a history of
what has been woven already. Everything above the fell is a preview of what you are
about to weave. When the current pick reaches the middle of the cloth panels, the cloth
drawdowns scroll downwards as well so that the current pick remains centered.

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Changing the Size of the Weaving Window Panels
The relative size of the
different panels in the
weaving window can be
easily changed by using the
mouse. Rest the mouse
cursor on the border. The
cursor will change into a
double headed arrow when
you hit the exact boundary.

Drag the border in direction

needed to resize the panel.
In the example on the right,
the weaver has chosen to
see more interlacement
than structure drawdown,
and more cloth than lag
chain. You can make either
the cloth color or structure
panels disappear
altogether. The lag chain
can be reduced to just the
current pick if you so
choose.
If you decrease the width of the entire weaving window, the numbers of the shafts in the
bottom, lag frame become smaller and more crowded.
At extremely small frame sizes, the highest numbers can no longer be displayed. This
varies with resolution and font settings on the display controls for your monitor and video
card and the number of shafts on your weaving design. When weaving with 32 or 40
shafts, you may have to use a maximized Fiberworks window and a maximized weaving
window.

Liftplan and Lag Chain

The term Lag refers to the wooden or metal bars used to select shafts on a mechanical
dobby loom. Pegs screwed into the bars determine which shafts are lifted on each pick.
The lag chain is series of lags linked together in sequence. In Fiberworks, the lag chain
represents the sequence of picks which determine the weaving. There’s a subtle
difference from the liftplan: the lag chain may take specific sections of the liftplan (p.20),
may repeat (p.21) or may reverse the pick order of the liftplan (p.22); picks from the
liftplan can alternate with tabby that is omitted from the original liftplan (p.21).

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File Menu (weaving window)

Open keyboard: Ctrl + O toolbar
This opens dtx or wif files the weaving Window. A new
weaving will start at pick 1. A design that was woven
and saved previously as a dtx file will resume at the
last woven pick if the design was saved on the previous
exit.
Close
This closes the weaving window. If the design is also
open in a drawdown window, the drawdown window remains open, otherwise you may be
prompted to save the file.
Save keyboard: Ctrl + S toolbar
Save As
These save the currently active design. If you save as a dtx file, the last pick woven and
current weaving state will be included in the file, so that you can resume exactly where
you left off when you reopen the file. Wif files do not include weaving information. Use
Save As to change the filename or folder location when you save, so that you do not
overwrite the original. For a design originally opened as a wif file, you may wish to use
Save As to save a dtx version of the file so that the current weaving state is recorded.
Note: The program assumes that if you open a shed, you also threw the shuttle, so the
last open shed counts as the last pick woven. If you open the shed, and quit without
throwing the shuttle, you will be one pick too far ahead when you resume. See Unweave
(p.23) and Navigating in the lag chain (p.11-12) to see how to correct this situation.

Drawdown keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+D

This brings the drawdown window for your current design to the front and activates that
window. If the current design is not open in a drawdown window, a new window is
opened. Use this menu item if you need to make major adjustments to the design.
See also: Sequence>Reset Chain, p.18.
Exit
This closes the whole Fiberworks program, including the weaving window, any other
open drawdown windows and any sketchpad windows. For each unsaved design, a
prompt will appear asking if you wish to save before the program finally closes down.
Choose Close (see above) rather than Exit to leave the Weaving Window while
remaining in the Fiberworks program.

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Edit menu (weaving window)

The Edit menu contains important items relating to editing
and navigating the lag chain.

Undo keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Ztoolbar

This menu item reverses any editing function you may have
carried out. To correct a weaving action, see Unweave in the
Sequence menu, (p.23).

Edit Lag Chain keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+D toolbar inactive

active
This menu items puts directional arrow keys in Navigating mode when it is inactive.
This is the normal safe setting that limits unintended modification of your design while
you are weaving. There is no check mark next to the menu item and the toolbar button
appears popped out. Click the button or select the menu item to permit active editing: a
check mark should appear next to the menu item and the toolbar button will appear to be
pushed in.
Navigating by keyboard
The up arrow key 
advances the Preview portion
of the lag chain. The down
arrow key  lets you move
back up.
PgUp and PgDn jump in steps
of 20 picks. The woven
portion won’t move - what’s
already woven is woven and
won’t change just because you move to a new part of the lag chain. If the shed is still
closed, the current pick is considered to be part of the preview. If shed is already open,
the shaft selection can’t change and the current pick won’t move. For most looms, it’s
recommended to navigate and make adjustments when shed is closed.
If you open and close a shed without throwing the shuttle, the pattern advances because
the computer can’t tell that no weft was inserted. You can use the down arrow key to
back up to the missed pick.
Left and right arrow keys shift the portion of the threading that is used to draw the cloth
panels in the upper part of the weaving window. This does not affect the lag chain or
anything that you weave, just what you see in the cloth panels. Home and end jump 20
warp threads right or left respectively.
See also Sequence > Go to Lag, p.19.

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Navigating by mouse
If you move the mouse cursor over the
preview section, either in the upper
cloth panels (upper panels) or in the pick
number column of the lag chain, the
pointer or pencil cursor changes into a
hand. Click and drag: the hand points its
index finger at the selected pick. You
can drag this pick up or down to reposition the lag chain. The woven part of the cloth
and chain panels will not change: they represent a history of what is already woven. In
the cloth preview, you can drag from side to side as well as up and down. This brings
different parts of the threading into the preview.
If the shed is closed (status is READY), the current pick is still part of the preview.
When shed is open, the current pick is now fixed in place. For most looms it’s good
practice only to move the lag chain when shed is closed.
See also View > Vertical Scrollbar, p.15.
Editing by keyboard
Click the Edit Lag Chain toolbar button or select
the menu item to make editing active.
Your design must be a liftplan, not a tieup and
treadling, for editing to work properly.
A blinking horizontal bar appears in one of the picks
in the preview part of the lag chain; this indicates
the active insertion point. The woven part of the
lag chain is grayed out, indicating that it can’t be
edited. The cursor arrow keys let you move the
insertion point within the editable area and to scroll
to other parts of the lag chain.
Type + at the insertion point to make that shaft lift.
Type  on a shaft number at the insertion point to
stop that shaft from lifting.
Type any number. This is entered into the pick containing the insertion point. If a shaft is
already marked as lifted, typing that number erases it. If the shaft is not marked, typing
the number marks it to be lifted, so it toggles that shaft number on and off.
Editing by mouse
The mouse cursor takes the form of a pencil when it is
in the preview area of the lag chain. Click on a dash
symbol to make the corresponding shaft lift. Double
click on a shaft number to stop it from lifting. You can
also click new colors into the weft color column.

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The mouse cursor is a pointer in the area already woven, indicating that you can’t edit.
The remaining two menu items require an insertion point, so they are inactive when
Edit Lag Chain is inactive. To get an insertion point in the intended pick:
 Either select Edit Lag Chain, then when the insertion point appears, use the cursor
arrow keys to move it to the right spot.
 Or simply click the mouse pencil cursor on a shaft in the intended pick that’s already
marked as being lifted.
Remember you can only edit the preview region, not the woven part of the lag chain.

Insert Pick keyboard shortcut: Ins

toolbar:
This and the next item are only active in Edit Lag Chain mode. This menu item,
keystroke or toolbar click inserts a blank pick at the insertion point. The blank pick can
then be edited as you please. Use this to add extra picks to your liftplan “on the fly” so
that you can add extra features in your weaving such as inlay or pickup.

Delete Pick keyboard shortcut: Del

toolbar:
This menu item, keystroke or toolbar click deletes the pick at the insertion point.
When you have finished editing, click Edit Lag Chain back to inactive again to protect
your liftplan from unintended modification and restore normal navigation.

View Menu (weaving window)

These menu items control various aspects of the
appearance of the weaving window.

Zoom in shortcut: Alt +

toolbar:

Zoom out shortcut: Alt -

toolbar:
These items control the magnification of the color and
structure views of the cloth in the upper panels. They do not
affect the magnification of the lag chain. If you resize the
whole weaving window smaller, the shaft numbers squeeze
together and eventually switch to a smaller font size.
See p. 9 for how to change the amount of space given to lag chain and cloth views.

Flip Warp
This option lets you set left to right or right to left threading order for the cloth views.
It’s up to you to ensure that the threading on the loom and the display match.
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Change Face
Use this menu item to weave with the opposite face of the
cloth upwards. When you select Change Face, shafts that
were previously unlifted are now lifted and vice versa.
If your original design was unbalanced and was set to lift
more than half the shafts, you can use Change Face so that
you lift fewer shafts while weaving. You can also use
Change Face if one face of your cloth is susceptible to
damage such abrasion of floats, and would be better protected the other way up.
Be careful about using change face if your design has asymmetric elements that
should not be reversed. You can Flip Warp on the screen, but that won’t correct anything
if your loom is already threaded.

Back View
This menu item lets you inspect the back face of the cloth on the computer screen
without changing the way you actually weave it. Strictly speaking, what you see is the
mirror image of the back of the cloth unless you also flip the warp.

Horizontal Scroll Bar, Vertical Scroll Bar

The horizontal scroll bar menu item lets you put a scroll bar across the bottom of the
weaving window. This lets you scroll to different parts of the threading into view in the
cloth display panels and does not affect the weaving sequence. The vertical scroll bar
menu item puts a scroll bar on the right side of the weaving window. This lets you scroll
quickly to different points in the liftplan, altering the preview portion of the cloth panels
and lag chain. Use this cautiously, since it changes the sequence of picks to be woven.

Toolbar
This menu item lets you hide or show (default) the toolbar.

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Loom and Ports Menu

Use the Loom And Ports Menu to select the loom and the port
used for the connection.
Loom 1 Setup, Loom 2 Setup
Selecting up your Loom
Use the menu items Loom 1 Setup and Loom 2 Setup to select and configure one or
two looms connected to your computer. The looms supported are listed below:

COM numbers
Most looms communicate through a serial port, identified by a particular COM number. In
most cases, this remains true even if a USB cable is used to connect to the loom, and
theconnection must include a USB-serial adapter at some point. If your cable has USB at
the computer end and a 9-pin connector at the loom end, you have an external serial
adapter. If your cable has a USB connector that plugs into the dobby box, the adapter is
built-in to the dobby. All adapters need an additional driver installed so that Windows
can see the serial port. If Windows can’t see the port, neither can Fiberworks.
Once you have selected your loom, you will also need to set the Com
number for the port. Fiberworks scans for available ports, and lists
them. If you know the Com number, select it from the list. See also
pp.36-40, Portchecker.
True USB Interfaces
Some new dobbies may use a USB interface that dispenses with the need to select a
COM number. At time of writing, only Louet has a pure USB interface on dobby units
delivered in 2014 and onwards. The new Louet dobby will only list the single item USB in
the Port Type list. If you are using two different looms, one with the new USB and the
other with the older USB-serial adapter, you will need to unplug the new USB while you
are using an older USB-serial adapter in order to see its COM port.

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The program only detects ports that are physically connected to the computer. If
you run Loom Setup and the loom is not plugged in to the computer, the port will not be
detected. However, you can plug in the loom and then click the Scan Ports button to
find the necessary port.
The Scan Ports button also lets you identify the correct COM number for a USB-serial
adapter. Unplug the cable, click Scan Ports, and the corresponding COM number will
disappear. Plug the cable back in to the computer, click Scan Ports, and the matching
COM number will reappear in the list.
Finally set the maximum number of shafts for the loom.
Some looms have optional settings:e.g For ARM
For more information, see sections for each of the looms later in this manual (pp. 25-40).

Program AVL Cartridge

This loads the current design into the memory cartridge which is available as an option
for the AVL Compu-Dobby I or Compu-Dobby II (more information on p.30).

Reconnect
Use the Reconnect menu item to re-establish communications, if the connection was
broken by accidentally unplugging a cable, or if you change between two different looms.

Troubleshooting Ports
This section assumes that you have
 selected the right loom; the selected loom is
identified in the title bar of the weaving window.
 identified and selected the right port; this is reported
at the left end of the status bar.
 made sure that the dobby control box on the loom is switched on and the cable linking
it to the computer is connected. This may sound obvious, but sometimes the obvious
is missed!
Start by trying the response test (Diagnostics
menu). The message shown on the right indicates
a successful response test. The computer is
talking to the loom and the loom is replying.
If the Response Test Fails
If no reply is received, the message below right
shows at the left end of the status bar. This could
mean that there’s no communication in either
direction, or that the computer is talking to the
loom but no reply has been received.
Next try the solenoid test (p.24). If the solenoids respond as expected, the computer is
talking to the loom OK, but not receiving a reply.

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 Some antivirus software intercepts data entering the computer via serial ports, and
does not pass the data on quickly enough to allow you to weave. If you need virus
protection, McAfee, Trend Micro, and Avast are antivirus programs that don’t hinder
loom communication, but consider uninstalling all antivirus programs if the loom
computer is never connected to the internet.
 Try disconnecting and reconnecting the serial cable. This has been known to
rejuvenate a weak connection.
If the solenoid test does not work, there is no communication in either direction.
 Does the Com number you have selected belong to a modem, not a serial port?
 It’s possible that the socket on the computer that you plugged into is disabled.
See also the Portchecker, p.36-39.
Drivers for USB-Serial adapters
All USB-serial adapters need driver software in order for Windows to recognize their
COM port. The new Louet USB interface (2014 and later) does not create a COM port
and does not need an additional driver or a COM number.
Sources:
Built in adapter on AVL Compu-Dobby IV and Little Weaver:
[Link]
Built in adapter on Louet and Leclerc Looms
[Link]
Driver for Keyspan/Tripplite USA19HS USB serial adapter:
Http://[Link]/en/products/[Link]?txtModelID=3914
Driver software for Prolific Technologies:
Http://[Link]/US/[Link]?p_id=225&pcid=41
Many store-brand USB-serial adapters are manufactured by Prolific Technologies.

Cloth Menu (weaving window)

These menu items let you select the display modes for
the two cloth panels at the top of the weaving window.
The modes are similar to those in the Drawdown
window.
Interlacement is the most generally useful for weaving.
Although some of the other modes show particular
styles of weaving more accurately, they can be
confusing when you want to see how each thread is
placed.

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Sequence Menu
This menu controls how you progress through the lag chain
and other factors affecting events while weaving.

Endless Loop
Autoreverse toolbar

Halt at End
These three menu items determine what happens when
you reach the end of your liftplan, and one member of the
three is always selected, indicated by a check mark in the
menu and a pressed in look to the selected button.
The default is to make an endless loop. The last pick in
your liftplan is followed by the first pick and the entire
liftplan sequence repeats without limit. Watch out for
liftplans that have top to bottom symmetry: if the last pick
is identical to the first pick, there will be a pair of identical
picks at the transition point. Either delete the identical last
pick, or see Set Range for another way to deal with this.
Autoreverse means that when you reach the last pick in
the liftplan, the direction of weaving reverses, and you
work backwards through the chain. When you reach the
first pick of the lift plan, the direction of progress reverts to forwards again.
Halt at end puts blank picks (marked M:) after the last pick in your liftplan.

Reset Chain
This menu item clears out the past history of your
weaving session allowing you to start a fresh
session from scratch. It contains three options:
The first option resets the chain back to pick 1.
The second option resets the range of picks making
up the lag chain. The lag chain always has a designated start point and end point in your
liftplan. By default the start is pick 1 and the end is the last pick, but the Set Range
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Reset chain, continued

allows you to start and end using only part of your complete liftplan. Always use this
option if you insert or delete picks in the main drawdown window.
The weaving window automatically picks up minor edits of the liftplan done in the
drawdown window that alter the pattern but not the total number of picks. Major edits of
the liftplan done in the drawdown window that alter the total number of picks will
require Reset Chain so that the weaving window can use the altered liftplan properly.
If you add or remove a few picks using the Insert Pick and Delete Pick from the Edit
menu (p.10), the weaving window keeps track and does not need a reset.
The last option clears the history of what was already woven. In each weaving session,
Fiberworks records how many picks have been woven, your current position in the
liftplan, the current direction of progress and the pattern of the last 64 picks woven. This
information is used for Unweave (p.17) and is stored in your file if you save after ending
each weaving session. This allows you to resume where you left off in the next weaving
session.

Go To Lag keyboard Ctrl+G toolbar:

Use this menu item to move to a specific lag or pick
number the chain. If you have a very long chain, the
slider moves around quickly; for fine control, use the
spin buttons or just type a number in the box.

Set Beeps
Use this menu item to set visible
and audible marks in the lag
chain that you can use as alerts.
The default is every 20 picks.
For a visible alert, every
twentieth pick appears with red
rather than black text.
For an audible alert, you can set
one of the standard Windows
alerts to sound every 20 picks.
Click the Test button to listen to
the alert to see if it is suitable.
For this to work, your computer must have speakers and have sound enabled. Check the
Windows Control Panel > Sounds to ensure sounds are enabled.
Alternative prompt points include:
Beep whenever a particular color appears in the weft color sequence.
Beep on every color change (don’t use this if you are alternating colors every pick!)
Beep on markers that you can set in the lag chain. Click on the Set marker button.

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This dialog allows you to set specific markers in the liftplan to sound an alert when the
marked point is reached. The dialog shows drawdown on the left and liftplan on the
right. Marks are placed in the divider that separates drawdown and liftplan. Either click
with the mouse
to place a mark
(click again to
erase), or move
the blinking
insertion point
with the up and
down arrow keys
and type S to
set a mark and
U to unmark.
You can scroll to
mark other parts
of the liftplan
that are currently
off-screen.

Set Range

This dialog is
very similar to the
dialog above,
and allows you to
select a limited
part of the
liftplan to act as
the current lag
chain. You can
mark a start
point and an end
point anywhere
in the liftplan, and
these will be
used as the limits
for Endless
Loop or
Autoreverse.
The limits are marked by the red arrowheads in the divider that separates drawdown
and liftplan. The red line indicates the range that will be woven
When the mouse cursor rest on an arrowhead, it becomes a hand symbol. You can now
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Pattern Only keyboard Ctrl+P
Autotabby keyboard Ctrl+A
toolbar
Tabby only keyboard Ctrl+T
These three menu items determine the tabby content
of your lag chain. One member of the three is always
selected, and this is indicated by a check mark placed
next to the selected menu item, and a pushed in look
to the corresponding toolbar button.
In Pattern only mode, every pick in the lag chain
comes from successive picks in the liftplan, with no
tabby (unless there was tabby in the original liftplan).
In Autotabby mode, tabby picks alternate with
pattern picks taken from the liftplan. Tabby picks are
marked A: and B:. If tabby was included in the original
liftplan, both liftplan tabby and autotabby will
appear. Autotabby does not add tabby to the original
liftplan and you can’t remove tabby from the original
liftplan by switching from Autotabby back to Pattern;
instead use Weft > Remove Tabby in the Drawdown
window, and then do Reset Chain.
In Tabby only mode, only tabby picks are woven.

Tabby Setup toolbar

This menu item and dialog gives you control over the tabby or ground weave structure,
and allows for more complex ground weave structures than simple plain weave. The grid
can be 2,3 or 4 picks deep, depending on the ground weave selected. Initially, the grid
contains two simple tabby picks, which are determined by analyzing your threading. You
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The lower half of the dialog lets you set colors and thicknesses for the tabby
threads, and to choose a sequence for inserting tabby and pattern in the
Autotabby mode. The default sequence for simple tabby is AxBx, where A
and B represent the two tabby picks and x represents pattern picks taken in
the order that they appear in the original liftplan.
If your ground weave is all one color and thickness, click the Set All button, otherwise
you need to set the color and thickness for each pick in the tabby sequence. The default
thickness of 4 units is the thickness of a normal thread in Fiberworks.

Step Tabby keyboard: Ctrl+B toolbar

Step tabby switches the positions of the A and B tabby picks in the Autotabby mode. If
you are using a three- or four-pick twill type ground weave, it steps through the pick
sequence of the ground weave.

Reverse Direction keyboard: Ctrl+R toolbar

Select this menu item or click its toolbar button to reverse the lag chain and progress
backwards through the liftplan sequence. If the liftplan sequence is already reversed,
the lag chain will revert to forward progression. Only the preview section of the lag
chain is rebuilt. This includes the current pick while shed is closed, but not if shed is
open. In the illustration, a red asterisk marks the turning point of the pattern. You
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Unweave keyboard: Ctrl+U toolbar
Select this menu item, or type Ctrl+U,
or click its toolbar button to work back
through the lag chain’s history of what
has been woven already, so that you
can correct an error in a previous
pick. Click the button or type Ctrl+U
again to revert to normal Weaving.
How Unweave differs from Reverse
If you select Unweave after weaving
pick 59, the current pick will be pick 59
again so you can remove the weft
If you select Reverse after weaving pick
59, the current pick will be pick 58. The
turning point of the pattern is not
repeated.
After you remove weft 59 and close the
shed in Unweave mode, the current
pick moves back down the list of picks
already woven so that you can remove
successive wefts until you reach the
error. The preview section does not
change direction.
When you Reverse direction, the
already woven section continues to
accumulate picks, and picks run in
descending in the preview section.
Compare the illustration on this page with p.16.

Solenoid power off keyboard: Enter toolbar

Release All (AVL CD III only)

Select Solenoid power off to rest the solenoids in your dobby head by turning power off
to the solenoids while leaving the dobby box itself powered up. Use this option whenever
you are taking more than a couple of minutes break to avoid any risk of overheating. For
most looms, you can also use this option when you want to lift nothing, e.g. for loom
maintenance.
Use Solenoid Power Off on the AVL Compu-Dobby III to rest the solenoids as
described above. However with solenoids off, the Compu-Dobby III lifts all shafts. For
the Compu-Dobby III and IV (negative dobby only), the additional menu item Release All
releases all shafts by sending power to all solenoids. Use this menu item sparingly to
avoid overheating and don’t leave it on for more than a few minutes.

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Diagnostic Menu
This menu allows you to check aspects of your loom’s function, in
particular, communication with the loom. Not all looms use all of
the functions in this menu, and specific details for each type of
loom are given in the Looms section.

Response Test
This menu item test two way communications. The computer
sends a query, and the loom sends a response. If the response is
detected, you will get the message
Loom X responding OK!
If this test fails, the left hand end of the status line will say
Switch Loom X on now if it’s not on yet!

Treadle Sensor Test

This test detects signals sent by the loom when the treadle is moved up and down. Run
this test if the pattern does not advance when you treadle the loom. For AVL looms, this
is a test of communication from loom to computer. Other looms use two way
communication.

Test Left Dobby Unit On a loom with two dobby control units, this sends
diagnostic tests to the left hand unit, otherwise tests go to the right hand unit.

Solenoid Test
This tests communication from computer to loom and checks that solenoids respond
properly. If the pattern is empty, click Fill Pattern to set all the odd-numbered solenoids.
Click Activate Solenoids to send the pattern to the loom and check that they respond.

If you click Fill Pattern again, it will invert the pattern to set all the even shafts, or you
can click or double-click individual squares in the grid to turn them on and off in any
pattern you like. Click Solenoids off when you are done.

Button Test, Alignment See the AVL section, p.27.

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Looms
AVL Compu-Dobby I, II and III series
Power on, Compu-Dobby I, II and III
If you switch power on to the AVL Compu-Dobby before
entering the weaving window, Fiberworks should detect
it immediately, assuming communications are
established. This is reported at the left end of the status bar.
If the AVL Compu-Dobby is not powered up
when you open the weaving window, you will
first see the reminder to switch on. When you
switch on the Compu-Dobby, it starts an internal test which activates each solenoid in
turn, and you should hear the regular clicking sound. At the end of the self test, it signals
the computer that it is ready, and it should then report that it is responding OK on the
status bar.

Important: On AVL Compu-Dobby I and Compu-Dobby II, do not press any buttons
on the control box until the computer has communicated with the loom by sending the
first pick to the solenoids, or by doing the Response Test or Solenoid test. If you
press a control box button before the computer has communicated with the loom, the
Compu-Dobby goes into Cartridge mode, and ignores all further signals from the
computer. To get out of cartridge mode, turn the power off to the Compu-Dobby, wait
five seconds, and turn it on again.

Starting to weave
Initially, the word STARTUP appears at the right end of the status bar. The computer is
waiting for an indication that you are ready to weave. On the Compu-Dobby I and II, do
this by pressing each treadle in turn. Nothing lifts on the first cycle, because solenoids
are still inactive. The next time the lifting treadle is down, you should hear the solenoids
click on. Push the release treadle to complete the cycle, and the next time you press the
lifting treadle, shafts will lift and open the shed. When you are into the weaving cycle,
solenoids should click each time the shed is fully open in readiness for the next pick.
You can follow the same procedure on the Compu-Dobby III, with the disadvantage that
with solenoids inactive, you have to lift all shafts. Do this if you can put up with the effort
required. The alternative is to press the Enter key to signal you are ready to weave; this
will make the computer send the first solenoid data to the loom. When you do loom setup
for the CD III, you can choose to have solenoids activate when shed is open (better for a
fast weaver) or when shed is closed (less heating of the solenoids).
If you leave the loom for any significant period of time, click the Solenoids Off button or
press the Enter key to rest the solenoids and avoid overheating. Use the startup
procedure described above or press Enter again to resume weaving.

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Navigating the lag chain
It is recommended that you do all adjustments of position or direction of the liftplan in the
shed closed position. If you change position in the liftplan with cursor arrow keys or by
scrolling or dragging the mouse in the weaving window (p.8-9), solenoids will click in
rapid succession. This can be avoided by selecting Solenoids Off while doing major
adjustments. Follow the start up procedures described previously to resume weaving.
Diagnostics
Response test checks communication. If the
loom receives the test, solenoids will start
clicking one by one. The Compu-Dobby also
clicks its solenoids when you first turn on power
to the unit. Do the Response test after you
power up the Compu-Dobby and it has
completed its self-test so you can be sure that
the Compu-Dobby is responding to the
computer. When the solenoids finish clicking,
the Compu-Dobby signals to the computer, and
the message above right should display.
Treadle Sensor test detects the signals that
the Compu-Dobby sends to the computer when
the arm that picks the shafts reaches its upper
position (shed fully closed, release treadle
down) and when it reaches the lower position
(shed fully open, lifting treadle down).
Normally the lifting treadle is on the right and
the release treadle is on the left, but treadles
can be connected either way without affecting
how the loom performs.
The dialog that appears when you select Treadle Sensor test from the diagnostics menu
indicates when these signals are received by putting checkmarks in the boxes. Push
each treadle a few times until the box labelled test has passed shows a check mark.
If the test reports arm up when it’s actually down and arm down when it’s actually up,
click the switch positions button to correct this. The loom will seem to function with the
wrong orientation, but may occasionally skip a shaft or two because of the bad timing.
Sensor error detected indicates a possible electronics fault. Ignore it if it occurs once in
a blue moon, but you may need to consult AVL if errors are detected frequently.
The Compu-Dobby I uses optical sensors embedded in a plywood square bolted on
just below the dobby box. These need steady ambient light to work properly. A bright light
directly overhead from the sensors can cause them either to not detect the arm
movement, or to detect both positions simultaneously, which triggers the sensor error
response. Extraneous shadows, bright sunlight or reflections passing over the
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Solenoid test (p.24) tests communication from computer to loom. If this test succeeds
and the response test does not, it indicates that there’s something stopping the computer
from receiving signals from the loom, but otherwise the Com number of the selected port
is correct.
You can use the Solenoid test to check individual solenoids. Click the Clear Pattern
button, then set solenoids on one at a time by clicking into the grid pattern. Treadle the
loom to see that the selected shaft picks up and releases cleanly.
Button Test checks the response of the AVL button
controls. These are found on Compu-Dobby I on a box at
the end of an extension cable. On the Compu-Dobby II,
they are on the control unit that is mounted in the middle of
the loom. The Compu-Dobby III does not have button
controls. Button controls are designed primarily to operate
the Compu-Dobby with the memory cartridge, but weaving
programs can also respond to them. To test, press each
button once to put check marks in each box and repeat to
uncheck each box. Watch out for check marks that flicker
on and off as you press the button.
In weaving mode (rather than button test mode) the buttons do the following
1) Skip advances the pattern by one pick (similar to the cursor up arrow key).
2) Reverse switches the liftplan direction of progression (similar to Sequence>Reverse).
3) Pattern selects Pattern Only mode (p.21).
4) Tabby selects Tabby only mode (p.21).
5) Save stores the current weaving position in when weaving from the memory
Cartridge. When weaving in Fiberworks, it sets unweave mode.
6) Resume restarts a weaving session from the memory Cartridge. When weaving from
Fiberworks, it turns solenoids off to rest them and turns them back on to resume.
Don’t use Resume to start a session with Fiberworks before the first Pick has been
sent to the Compu-Dobby. Doing so will put the Compu-Dobby into Cartridge mode
and block communication from the computer (p.30).
Alignment activates your first and last solenoids (assuming you have selected the right
number of shafts in Loom Setup). Use Alignment when you mount the Compu-Dobby I or
Compu-Dobby II solenoid box on the loom. Refer to the AVL manual for assembling the
Compu-Dobby on the loom for instructions on how to set the alignment correctly.
Alignment should be a two person job. Your assistant should hold the box in place so
it does not crash to the floor. Loosen the bolts that mount the Compu-Dobby solenoid
unit on the side of the loom (on the Compu-Dobby II, not the control unit in the middle of
the loom). Position the unit so the extended solenoids displace the shaft wires enough to
push them into the slots in the arm mechanism, but not so tight that the “piano keys”
resist the extended solenoid tips. Now tighten the bolts. Check bolts periodically to
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AVL Compu- Dobby IV (including Little Weaver).
AVL Compu-Dobby IV is supported in Silver Plus v.[Link] and later.
Connection
If you have a serial port on the computer, a standard serial cable can be plugged into the
Serial port connector on the loom.
or
If you have no serial port on the computer, you may use an external USB-serial adapter,
and plug the USB end into the computer, and the serial cable into the loom.
or
Use a USB cable to connect from computer to the USB port on the loom. Fiberworks will
then activate the internal serial adapter in the Compu-Dobby IV.
Currently Fiberworks does not support direct USB or Ethernet connection.
All USB serial adapters require a driver to be installed so that Windows can recognize the
adapter. Drivers are provided by the manufacturer of the adapter. In the case of the
internal adapter in the Compu-Dobby IV, the VCP driver can be downloaded from
[Link]
Make sure that you download a driver that matches your Windows version.
Installing the USB driver software
When installing the driver, the adapter must be plugged in to the computer so that
Windows can identify it. If you use the internal adapter, the Compu-Dobby IV must be
connected to the computer and be powered on so that Windows can communicate with
the chip in the Compu-Dobby.
Setting up and selecting the Com number
Select the Compu-Dobby IV from the list in the Loom
Setup panel, and select the appropriate Com number
(see p. 15-16 and p.36.). The Loom must be connected
for its Com number to be listed. For the internal
adapter, the Compu-Dobby must be powered on for
Windows to see the port and to list the Com number.
Starting up
The Compu-Dobby IV may be
switched on before or after
entering the weaving window. This
prompt acts as a reminder. You
must switch on before you click
the OK button or press Enter.

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Troubleshooting Compu-Dobbies
If the Compu-Dobby does not lift all the shafts selected
 Make sure the shaft cables have not slipped off a pulley in the castle
 If you use the air-assist, make sure the piston is adjusted to bring the arm back to the
topmost position.
 On the Compu-Dobby III, the solenoid tips have little stirrups to guide the shaft
cables. Check to see that cables have not slipped out of the stirrups.
 Check the how the shaft cables line up with the slots in the arm. If you live in a region
with large seasonal changes in humidity, the mounting strut (CD I and II) may shift.

If the Compu-Dobby continues to lift shafts that were selected on the previous pick
 Although it seems that you can close the shed by releasing the lifting treadle and
relying on gravity alone, a distinct push on the release treadle is needed to ensure
that the arm rises to the topmost position so that the shaft cables can slip out of the
slots on the arm. If you don’t do this, some cables may stick in place.
 If you have set solenoids to activate when shed is closed on the Compu-Dobby III, go
to loom setup and set it to activate solenoids when shed is open.
If the treadle needs excessive force to open the shed
 The cable from the lifting treadle should wind around a snail-shaped cam. Check that
the cable has not slipped off this cam.
 Check the tension on the shaft-balancing springs.
If one of the solenoids does not activate
 Your Compu-Dobby box may need to go on a California vacation. Consult AVL.

Do make sure that lint does not accumulate around the cooling fan and louvres.
Do not ever use lubricant on the solenoids.
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Programming the AVL Cartridge on the Compu Dobby I and II
This option on the File menu allows you to put designs into the AVL cartridge to allow you
to continue to weave with the computer disconnected. You can load the design that’s
currently in the weaving window into the cartridge. When you Select this menu item, the
contents of the cartridge are uploaded to the computer, which takes about a minute.
A) shows the name of
the current design and
the number of lags used.
Click Add to cartridge
to store the Fiberworks
design in the cartridge.
Click Autotabby to add
tabby insert tabby into
the design to be loaded.
There are no autotabby
controls on the cartridge,
so tabby must be
preloaded.
B) Current tabby picks.
C) Preview of the liftplan.
D) Summary of space used and space available in the cartridge
E) List of designs in the cartridge
F) Button controls
Undo All undoes any changes you have made in this session.
Clear All empties the current contents of the cartridge
View item puts an item in the cartridge into the preview window C.
Delete item deletes a single item in the cartridge.
Retrieve item brings a liftplan from the cartridge into the weaving window. This is not
recommended as an alternative to saving designs as files on your computer, but you can
retrieve to do minor editing if needed. The cartridge does not store threadings or colors,
so a retrieved liftplan may not match the current threading in the weaving window.
Click OK when done. It takes about a minute to download the revised contents back to
the cartridge.
Note: CompuDobby I cartridges run off an internal rechargeable battery which over time
loses the ability to hold a charge. If the battery won’t charge, then the cartridge
forgets everything as soon as the power is turned off. If the battery has leaked
and corroded the electronics, the cartridge may be a lost cause.

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Louet Magic Dobby, Megado and Octado series

Ports
If you connect the Louet Dobby via the USB cable on pre-2014 dobbies, this links to a
built in USB to serial adapter. Driver software for built in or external USB to serial
adapters is not included in any version of Windows (unlike memory sticks, cameras and
MP3 players). Post-2014 dobbies use direct USB and do not need an additional driver.
To use the built in USB-serial adapter, you need to install a driver indicated by Louet
(more info on their website) so that Windows can identify the port. If you use an external
adapter to link to the serial port, you need to use a driver from the manufacturer of the
adapter, usually provided on a CD when you purchase the adapter, but sometimes
downloaded from the manufacturer’s website. You should ensure that the driver is
compatible with your version of Windows. Don’t bother upgrading to Windows 7 in the
hope that the drivers are finally included - they are not. Keep any CD with this driver
software on hand in case you have to reinstall or if you transfer to a new computer.
Power on
If you switch power on to the Louet Dobby before
entering the weaving window, Fiberworks should detect it
immediately, assuming that communications are
established. The response is reported at the left end of the status bar.
If the Louet Dobby is not powered up when you
open the weaving window, you will first see the
reminder to switch on. When you switch on the
Louet Dobby, it sends a sign-on message to the computer to indicate that it is ready, and
the computer should then report that Louet loom is responding OK.

Starting to weave
Initially, the word STARTUP appears at the right end of the status bar. The computer is
waiting for an indication that you are ready to weave. On most Louet looms, you can do
this by pressing the treadle gently and returning to the rest position. It’s not
necessary to press all the way down. On the Magic Dobby without a treadle, push the
handle down a few inches and then return. The solenoids should activate when you
return to the rest position of the treadle or handle. In a few cases, this may not work and
you should push the Enter key to fire the solenoids for the first pick.
Weaving Cycle
Solenoids are normally activated just as the shed closes, and deactivated as the shed
reaches the fully open position. If you leave the treadle in the rest position for any length
of time, the solenoids remain under power and risk overheating. It’s a good idea to use
the Solenoids off menu item or toolbar button (Sequence menu) whenever you intend to
take a break. Resume weaving as described for Starting to weave.

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Timed out
To prevent overheating, the
solenoids in the Louet
dobbies turn themselves off if the shed is not opened within about 60 seconds of the
solenoid being activated. If this happens, the computer may beep and the Status bar
indicates TIMED OUT in the Weaving Status section. Resume weaving after being
TIMED OUT as described for Starting to weave.
Navigating the lag chain
If you can reach your computer easily from the weaving position, you can do adjustments
of position or editing in the liftplan in the shed open position while solenoids are normally
off. Changes will affect the next pick. If solenoids do not automatically activate when you
close the shed, press Enter to resume weaving.
If it’s hard to keep the treadles pressed while working at the computer, you can also do
adjustments of position or editing in the liftplan in the shed closed position. If you
change position in the liftplan with cursor arrow keys or by scrolling or dragging the
mouse in the weaving window (p.11-12), changes affect the current pick and solenoids
will click in rapid succession. This can be avoided by selecting Solenoids Off while
doing major adjustments. Follow the start up procedures described previously to resume
weaving. Minor adjustments (one or two steps) such as reversing the sequence or
switching to tabby can be done in the shed closed position with solenoids on.
Diagnostics
Response test checks two way communication
between computer and loom. The computer
sends a query and waits for a response. When
this is received the message on the right should
display. If no response is received, the reminder
message below remains displayed at the left
end of the status bar.
Treadle Sensor test detects the signals that
the Louet Megado or Octado send to the
computer as the knife moves from its upper
position (shed fully closed, treadle up) and as
the shed is halfway open. Louet looms use a
magnet on the knife and two sensor switches
mounted on a wooden strut that projects from
the dobby box. The upper switch is placed so
the magnet triggers it at or near the shed
closed position. The lower switch is roughly
midway between shed closed and shed fully
open positions, so the magnet passes by the
switch very briefly. To do the treadle sensor
test, it’s advisable to move the treadle steadily and relatively slowly rather than a normal
weaving treadle action, so as to catch the instant when the magnet is next to the lower
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Treadle sensor test on the Magic Dobby: On the Magic Dobby, the knife that picks the
shafts raises shafts instead of pulling down on cords, but otherwise the principle is the
same.
Switch 1 should respond when the handle is almost all the way down, shafts raised
Switch 2 should respond when the handle is all the way up, shafts down.

Solenoid test (p.24) tests communication from computer to loom. If this test succeeds
and the response test does not, it indicates that there’s something stopping the computer
from receiving signals from the loom, but otherwise the Com number of the selected port
is correct. You can use the Solenoid test to check individual solenoids. Click the Clear
Pattern button, then set solenoids on one at a time by clicking into the grid pattern.
Treadle the loom to see that the selected shaft picks up and releases cleanly.
There are no button controls to test on the Louet dobby units, and no Alignment test.
If the Louet Dobby does not lift the shafts selected
 If the weaver dithers or presses the treadle tentatively, the solenoids may release
before the knife has caught all the “piano keys” that lift the shafts. Typically, this
causes lower numbered shafts to be missed. To prevent this, the weave needs to
treadle more briskly.
 If the magnet is set too high or the knife set too low, solenoids may release too early
and miss lower numbered shafts.
 If the cord to the treadle is too tight so the knife is too low, or the magnet is set too
high, the knife may pass higher numbered shafts before it can pick them up.
If shafts from the previous pick are lifted when they are not selected
 Check for sticky shafts that don’t drop back to their proper unlifted position. When
this happens, the “piano keys” that the solenoids push out don’t return to their unlifted
position, and stick in a pushed out position (see step 4 above). When the knife
descends for the next pick, it catches the piano key even when the corresponding
solenoid is not activated.

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What makes shafts stick?
 Insufficient tension on the warp. Increase warp tension as
much as reasonable, and use weighted shaft bars (available
from Louet) rather than plain wooden shaft bars.
 Shaft cords have slipped out of the slots at the end of the
wooden shaft bars - see cord 2 in the illustration on the right.
 Bowed shaft bars. The metal reinforcement in the weighted
shaft bars corrects this.
 Heddles too crowded and bunched together, especially
bunches of unused heddles Spread your heddles as much as
possible, and stagger the placement of unused heddles at the
ends of shafts.

If the treadle needs excessive force to open the shed

 Check that cords have not slipped of their pulleys, in particular the large wooden
pulleys below the dobby head.
 Check that lint and stray thread have not accumulated on the pulley bearings, in
particular, the wooden pulleys below the dobby head.
If one of the solenoids does not activate when it should
 Use Solenoid Test to check the dobby unit when it’s dismounted from the loom.
Consult Louet if a solenoid appears not to respond properly.
 On the Magic Dobby, make sure that the plastic “piano keys” line up with the solenoid
tips and a solenoid is not pushing between “keys”.

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Leclerc Diana, Weavebird and Voyageur series looms

Power on
If you switch power on to the Leclerc Dobby before entering the weaving window,
Fiberworks should detect it immediately, assuming that communications are established.
The response is reported at the left end of the status bar.
If the Leclerc Dobby is not powered up when you
open the weaving window, you will first see the
reminder to switch on. When you switch on the
Leclerc Dobby, it sends a sign-on message to the computer to indicate that it is ready,
and the computer should then report that it is responding OK.

Starting to weave
Initially, the word STARTUP appears at the right end of the status bar. The computer is
waiting for an indication that you are ready to weave. Press Enter to fire the solenoids for
the first pick.

Weaving Cycle
Solenoids normally activate just as the shed closes, and deactivate as the shed reaches
fully open. If you leave the treadle in the closed position for any length of time, solenoids
remain under power and risk overheating. Use the Solenoids off menu item or toolbar
button (Sequence menu) whenever you intend to take a break. Resume weaving by
pressing the Enter key.
Timed out
To prevent overheating, the solenoids in the Leclerc dobbies turn themselves off if the
shed is not opened within about 60 seconds of the solenoid being activated. If this
happens, the computer may beep and the Status bar shows TIMED OUT in the Weaving
Status section. Resume weaving after being TIMED OUT by pressing the Enter key.
Navigating the lag chain
If you can reach your computer easily from the weaving position, you can do adjustments
of position or editing in the liftplan in the shed open position while solenoids are normally
off. Changes will affect the next pick. If solenoids do not automatically activate when you
close the shed, press Enter to resume weaving. If it’s hard to keep the treadles pressed
while working at the computer, you can also do adjustments of position or editing in the
liftplan in the shed closed position. If you change position in the liftplan with cursor
arrow keys or by scrolling or dragging the mouse in the weaving window (p.8-9), changes
affect the current pick and solenoids will click in rapid succession. This can be avoided
by selecting Solenoids Off while doing major adjustments. Press Enter to resume
weaving. Minor adjustments (one or two steps) such as reversing the sequence or
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Diagnostics
Response test checks two way communication
between computer and loom. The computer
sends a query and waits for a response. When
this is received the message on the right should
display. If no response is received, the reminder
to switch on remains displayed at the left end of
the status bar.
Solenoid test (p.18) tests communication from computer to loom. If this test succeeds
and the response test does not, it indicates that there’s something stopping the computer
from receiving signals from the loom, but otherwise the Com number of the selected port
is correct. You can use the Solenoid test to check individual solenoids. Click the Clear
Pattern button, then set solenoids on one at a time by clicking into the grid pattern.
Treadle the loom to see that the selected shaft picks up and releases cleanly.
Treadle Sensor test detects the signals that
the Leclerc Weavebird or Diana and related
Leclerc dobby looms send to the computer as
the treadle is moved from shed closed, treadle
up to shed open position. To do the treadle
sensor test, it’s best to move the treadle
steadily and relatively slowly rather than a
normal weaving treadle action, so as to catch
the instant when the magnet is next to each
sensor.

Macomber and Dobbytron series Looms

Power on
It is recommended that you should switch on
power to the Dobbytron or Macomber after
entering the weaving window. When the
Macomber is detected, a prompt appears.
Starting to weave
Initially, the word STARTUP appears at the right end of the status bar. The computer is
waiting for an indication that you are ready to weave. Press Enter to fire the solenoids for
the first pick.

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Weaving Cycle
Solenoids are normally activated just as the shed closes, and deactivated as the shed
reaches the fully open position. If you leave the treadle in the rest position for any length
of time, the solenoids remain under power and risk overheating. It’s a good idea to use
the Solenoids off menu item or toolbar button (Sequence menu) whenever you intend to
take a break. Resume weaving by pressing the Enter key.
Navigating the lag chain
Do adjustments of position or editing in the liftplan in the shed closed position. If you
change position in the liftplan with cursor arrow keys or by scrolling or dragging the
mouse in the weaving window (p.11-12), changes affect the current pick and solenoids
will click in rapid succession. This can be avoided by selecting Solenoids Off while
doing major adjustments. Press Enter to resume weaving. Minor adjustments (one or
two steps) such as reversing the sequence or switching to tabby can be done in the shed
closed position with solenoids on.

Diagnostics
Response test checks two way communication between computer and loom. The
computer sends a query and waits for a response (see Power On).
Solenoid test (p.24) tests communication from computer to loom. If this test succeeds
and the response test does not, it indicates that there’s something stopping the computer
from receiving signals from the loom, but otherwise the Com number of the selected port
is correct. You can use the Solenoid test to check individual solenoids. Click the Clear
Pattern button, then set solenoids on one at a time by clicking into the grid pattern.
Treadle the loom to see that the selected shaft picks up and releases cleanly.
There is no Treadle sensor test for the Macomber.

Toika
Power on and Starting to Weave
You can switch power on to the Toika
before or after entering the weaving
Window. However, Fiberworks can’t detect
whether the Toika is powered up. Instead a
prompt box appears.
Click the OK button only when the Toika
is connected and switched on. Your
response will start the weaving cycle by
sending the first pick to the loom.

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Shaft order on the Toika
By default, the Toika uses Scandinavian shaft order,
that is Shaft 1 is at the back of the loom. When
you do Loom Setup and select the Toika, you can
choose whether to place Shaft 1 in front (leave the
checkbox unmarked) or adhere to the
Scandinavian convention and keep shaft 1 at the
back (click on the checkbox to place a tick mark in
it). Always thread the loom according to the
convention you have chosen. The Debounce option
stops the loom from skipping picks when the sensor
that detects shed action does not close cleanly, and
sends two “advance” signals in quick succession.
Weaving cycle
Solenoids are normally activated just as the shed closes, and deactivated as the shed
reaches the fully open position. If you leave the treadle in the rest position for any length
of time, the solenoids remain under power and risk overheating. It’s a good idea to use
the Solenoids off menu item or toolbar button (Sequence menu) whenever you intend to
take a break. Resume weaving by pressing the Enter key.

Diagnostics Use Solenoid and Treadle Sensor tests in place of a Response Test.
Solenoid test (p.24) checks communication from computer to loom. If the test succeeds
and the treadles sensor test does not, this means that there’s something stopping the
computer from receiving signals from the loom, but otherwise the Com number of the
selected port is correct. You can use the Solenoid test to check individual solenoids. Click
the Clear Pattern button, then set solenoids one at a time by clicking into the grid
pattern. Treadle the loom to see that the selected shaft picks up and releases cleanly.
Treadle Sensor Test checks communication from loom to computer, in particular the
signal that tells the computer to advance the pattern. A switch on the control box of the
loom determines whether to progress though the liftplan forwards or in reverse. If
communications are good, when you treadle the loom, one of the following messages is
posted, depending on the position of this switch.

The reverse switch on the loom duplicates the action of the Reverse Direction menu
item and toolbar button. The computer can track changes in switch setting on the loom,
but the loom does not know when you use the toolbar Reverse button. To avoid
confusion, be consistent in which method you use. Sometimes the Reverse switch
behaves erratically, in which case choose the Ignore Reverse option above.
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Arm Patronic
Power on
You can switch power on to the ARM
Selectronic before or after entering the
weaving Window. Only click the OK in the
reminder box after power is switched on to
the loom control unit. Fiberworks then sends
the loom a message to activate the computer
controlled mode.
Starting to Weave
To signal that you are ready, push the treadles in turn. The first cycle may be a blank
pick, but solenoids should activate the next time shed is closed. When you hear the
solenoids click, open the shed without delay.

Time out
To prevent overheating, the solenoids in the Arm dobby head turn themselves off if the
shed is not opened within five second of the solenoids being activated. If this happens,
the computer may beep and the Status bar shows TIMED OUT in the Weaving Status
section. Resume weaving after being TIMED OUT by pushing treadles in turn until the
solenoids reactivate.
Diagnostics
Response test: A message should appear indicating that the ARM is responding. If The
loom seems to stop clicking solenoids at any time, for example after a time-out or after
the treadle sensor test, and does not respond to pushing the treadles, doing the response
test will reactivate the computer controlled mode.
There is no solenoid test for the ARM. To test solenoids, make up a simple pattern that
lifts one shaft at a time as well as any other pattern you need to check such as tabby, and
open the pattern in the weaving window.
Treadle Sensor Test checks communication
from loom to computer, in particular the signal
that tells the computer to advance the pattern.
After doing this test, push the treadles in turn to
resume weaving.

Schacht Combby and J-Comp

Fiberworks can no longer include software support for these looms. Instead a electronic
modification that allows these looms to run as a Macomber from a standard COM port is
available from [Link] or contact jcacord@[Link].

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Portchecker
Portchecker is an accessory program installed with Fiberworks that allows you to check
and monitor communication with your loom. You can find Portchecker in the Start Menu:
go to Programs>Fiberworks>Fiberworks Silver Plus 4228>Portchecker. Portchecker
helps you identify the correct port and lets you see the messages that pass between
loom and computer.

Step 1: Portchecker scans for available ports up to Com9; the scan can distinguish
between normal serial ports and modems, so Com3 is identified as a modem.
To identify the Com number of a USB-serial adapter, remove the
adapter and click Scan Again. One of the Active ports should
become NOT available. Plug the adapter back in, wait 20 seconds
and scan again. The same port should become an Active port once
again. Use this Com number when you do Loom Setup in Fiberworks (p.15).
For Louet looms with a built-in USB adapter, connect the cable and turn on power to
the dobby. Scan and note down Active ports, unplug the cable, and scan again to see
which port becomes NOT available. Use this Com number for the Louet loom.

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Step 2: Select the port by clicking a dot into the button in front of the
Com number. Select the loom from the list, and turn on the power to
the loom. For looms that do a self-test, wait until it settles
down, then click Check Loom.
If the port was correctly selected, a response should appear in
Data Received and Message Received boxes. To get a
response from the Toika, you must treadle the loom.
Data received shows the actual codes sent back by the
dobby unit. Message received translates this data into
English. For the AVL Compu-Dobby, Check loom will initiate
a self-test that causes solenoids to click in turn. If the self test
starts after doing Check Loom, but no response is received,
something is interfering with data arriving at the computer
from the loom.

Step 3: Set a pattern to test solenoid activation. The default is all odd shafts, but you can
create other patterns by clicking check marks on or off in the boxes. There are only 16
boxes, so shafts 17-32 echo the setting for shafts 1-16, and likewise for shafts 33-40.
Click Solenoids off before quitting.

Step 4: Try pushing the treadles: the example here is for AVL Compu-Dobby. For Louet
and Leclerc, you need to set solenoids before pushing the treadle.

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Troubleshooting with Portchecker

The port you want to use is reported as NOT available

Ports can’t be shared between two programs open at the same time. Other software
may have claimed the port. Examples:
 The software for linking a person digital assistant such as a Palm Pilot.
 The driver that comes with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). This driver is
designed to shut down an unattended computer when power is lost. If your computer
is not routinely unattended, you do not need to install this driver.
 A driver for a serial mouse, never uninstalled when the mouse died.
 Fiberworks: close down all weaving windows while you are using Portchecker. Close
down Portchecker when you try to weave with Fiberworks.
Although a socket exists for the port, it may not be connected internally, or the port
may be disabled in the computer’s BIOS settings. If you are not familiar with adjusting
your BIOS Setup, this may be something to leave to an outside expert, or buy a
USB-serial adapter, which is probably less expensive than hiring outside help.
Do not mistake a printer port (a socket with 25 holes to fit a cable with 25 pins) for a
serial port .
The USB-serial adapter keeps changing its Com number
This may happen if the USB adapter is sometimes plugged in when you turn on power to
the computer, and sometimes plugged in after Windows is up and running. The adapter is
being identified at different stages of Windows start up. Be consistent:: either always
plug in before turning power on or always plug in after Windows is up.

No new Active port appears when the USB adapter is plugged in

Make sure that the driver that comes with the adapter is properly installed.
Make sure that the supplied driver is compatible with your version of Windows, in
particular Vista, 7 and 8. If you can identify the manufacturer of the adapter, go to their
website and see if there’s a driver available to download.
There’s no response from the loom
 If it’s an AVL Compu-Dobby I or Compu-Dobby II, did you touched any buttons on the
control unit after turning the power on? The Compu-Dobby may be in cartridge
mode and not listening to the computer. Turn the Compu-Dobby off, wait five
seconds, and turn it on again. Wait until solenoids stop clicking before trying to
communicate again using the Check loom button.
 Uninstall or disable Norton Antivirus if you have it on your computer.
 Make sure you are not plugged into a parallel or printer port.

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No response from loom, continued
Cable problems
Serial cables come in two flavours, but only one is suitable for connecting a loom.
A standard RS-232 serial cable is intended to link a computer to an external device such
as a camera, a modem, a printer or a loom dobby unit.
A null modem cable is designed to link two computers together.
Two computers have their serial sockets wired the
same way. If a standard cable is used to connect
two computers together other, the pins that talk on
each computer connect to each other, and likewise
the pins that listen connect. The result is no
communication. The null modem cable corrects
this by crossing the wires in between. Now the
left talker connects to the right listener and the right
talker connects to the left listener.
External devices such as dobby units wire their
sockets the opposite way to computers, so a
standard cable connects talk to listen in both
directions. In this case, a null modem cable
connects talk to talk and listen to listen - hence
no communication.
A typical null modem cable has identical connecters
at each end while a standard cable usually has male at one end and female at the other.
Inspect your cable. If the cable itself has identical connecters at each end but is made to
fit the loom with an extra adapter, it may be the wrong type.
Using Windows Device Manager to explore your ports
Find Device Manager by opening the Control panel (Start > Settings > Control Panel).
Click on the System Icon, and then select Device Manager.

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Using Windows Device Manager (continued)

Device manager (left) lists all the hardware on your computer. Expand Ports COM &
LPT to show the list of Com ports. Modems, if present, are listed separately. Click open
the Com Port you wish to inspect to show its Properties dialog. The General Tab will
indicate if a Port is disabled. There is no need to change Port settings such as baud rate
here: Fiberworks automatically makes the right Port Settings for a given loom.
Click on the Advanced Button. The Advanced setting dialog lets you change the Com
number of a port. Do this if a modem and a usable Com port conflict with each other.
Try putting a lower setting on the Receive buffer if you are having erratic reception of
signals from the loom.

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Index
Alignment (AVL) 24,27 Edit Lag Chain 11,12
ARM Patronic 39 By keyboard 12
Diagnostics 39 By mouse 12
Loom setup options 16 Delete Pick 13
Power on 39 Insert Pick 13
Starting to Weave 39 Undo 11
Time out 39 Endless loop 18
Autoreverse 18
Autotabby 21 File Menu (Weaving window) 10
AVL 25-30 Close 10
Alignment 24,27 Drawdown 10
Button test 24,27 Exit 10
Cartridge 16,30 Open 10
Diagnostics 26 Save 10
Loom setup options 16 Save As 10
Optical sensors on CD I 26 File>Weave 6
Power on 25 Finding your Com number 16,40
Program Cartridge 16,30 Finding ports 16,40
Response test 26 Flip Warp 13
Solenoid test 27 Go to lag 19
Starting to Weave 25 Halt at end 18
Treadle sensor test 26 Horizontal scroll bar 14
Troubleshooting 29 Insert Pick 13
Back View 14 Lag chain 7,9
Beeps (alerts) 19 LeClerc looms 35,36
Button test 24,27 Diagnostics 36
Cartridge, AVL 16,30 Navigating the lag chain 35
Change Face 14 Power on 35
Chain direction 22 Starting to weave 35
Check communications 24 Timed out 35
Cloth menu 17 Weaving Cycle 35
COM number 15,16,44 Liftplan 9
Color View Panel 7 Loom setup 15
Delete Pick 13 Louet Looms 31-34
Device Manager 43,44 Diagnostics 32
Diagnostic menu 24 Navigating the lag chain 32
Alignment 24,27 Ports 31
Button test 24,27 Power on 31
Response test 24 Response test 32
Solenoid test 24 Solenoid test 33
Treadle sensor test 24 Starting to Weave 31
Direction 22 Timed out 32
Dobbytron 36-37 Treadle sensor test 32,33
Diagnostics 37 Troubleshooting 33,34
Power on 36 USB 15,31
Starting to Weave 36 Weaving cycle 31
Weaving Cycle 37
Drawdown window 6,9 Macomber 36-37
Edit Menu (Weaving window) 11 Diagnostics 37

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Power on 36 Status information 7

Starting to Weave 36 Step tabby 22
Weaving Cycle 37 Structure Panel 7
Megado 31-34 Tabby only 21
Navigating Tabby setup 21
By keyboard 11 Timed out 32,35,39
By mouse 12 Toika 37-38
No loom selected 6,8 Diagnostics 38
Null Modem Cable 43 Loom setup options 38
Octado 31-34 Power on and starting to weave 37
Open File 10 Response in Portchecker 41
Pattern Only 21 Response test 38
Port Properties and Advanced Settings 44 Reverse switch 38
Portchecker 40-42 Shaft order 38
Troubleshooting with 42 Solenoid test 38
Ports, Finding 16,40 Treadle sensor test 38
Ports, in Device Manager 44 Troubleshooting ports 16,42
Ports, Troubleshooting 16,42 Undo 11
Program ID 5 Unweave 23
Program AVL Cartridge 16,30 Upgrade to Plus level 5
Range, set 20 USB-serial adapters 15,16,42
Release All 23 Drivers 16,42
Reset chain 18 Troubleshooting 42
Response Test 24 View Menu 13
If it fails 27 Back View 14
Reverse direction 22 Change Face 14
On Toika 38 Flip Warp 13
Save file 10 Scroll bars 14
Save weaving information 10 Toolbar 14
Selecting your loom 15 Zoom in 13
Sequence Menu 18 Zoom out 13
Autoreverse 18 Validation 5
Autotabby 21 Vertical Scroll bar 14
Endless Loop 18 Warp Drawdown 17
Go to lag 19 Weaving status 7
Halt at end 18 OPEN 8
Pattern only 21 READY 9
Release all 23 STARTUP 7
Reset chain 18 TIMED OUT 32,35,39
Reverse direction 22 Weft Drawdown 17
Set Beeps 19 Weaving Window 7
Set Range 20 Resizing panels 9
Solenoid power off 23 Windows
Step tabby 22 Control Panel 43
Tabby Only 21 Device Manager 44
Tabby Setup 21 Zoom in 13
Unweave 23 Zoom out 13
Simulated weaving with spacebar 6,8
Solenoids Power off 23
Solenoid test 24

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