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Carolyn
there is a Yahoo Group for the Sew what Pro Program and the other programs that Sands Computing has.
You can join it and there is lots of information in the File section on the group.
You can also ask any questions you may have about the Sew What Pro program or how to do something in the program on the group too and get answers.
Link Below.
7969Your 5D software will not work with out the Dongle.
Do you use the 5D software to write to the card for your machine through your Reader Writer box?
Or does the Reader Writer box have it own software to write to the D Card for your machine?
The Sew what Pro Program can not write to your machine card but you can use it for editing, sizing, combining and converting designs etc.
EastWitch2
7969Carolyn
The Little Max Reader Writer Box and Card by amazing Designs will not work with the Designer II machine.
They just emailed me with this informartion
Your Designer II machine uses a D card.
So it looks like the only software that will work for your machine is the Husqvarna/Viking software with a Dongle to write designs to the D Card for your machine.
It is too bad as the #1plus machine uses a D card and the Little Max and the Ultimate Boxes and cards work for writing designs on the cards and they fit the #1plus machine and you don't need a dongles.
Go figure!!
EastWitch2
7969Oh Carolyn hope you find this creepy little dongle.
My sister has send a card to Anna with the words: I would like to google my room when I search something :o) Most of the time I am Anna's google for her room *lol*
Greetings, Bettina
33986Noah I have a way of finding things that i have missplaced , perhaps it will work for you
simply look up and say please to the angels. then close your eyes and see what is shown. mentaly go around the rooms till something feels right. open your eyes and look . It works for me about 90% of the time so i hope it will work for you
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19452Definately dont buy again; for as soon as you do you will find that missing dongle!
720Oh no - I had a friend whose dog ate her dongle for one of her sets. She was ready to kill him. Maybe it will show up - it has to be there somewhere. I never remove mine, and have actually moved it to the back of my tower so that it does not get bumped. It would make me want to try something different. Bless your heart.
44813Hi Carolyn, I hope by now you have found your dongle. Is it a big piece that you are looking for ?
In my family -if something gets lots, or someone does not find his/her things, we always blame it on "Blacky" . This is our virtual dog who is living for years with us and always seems to put things at a different location. :-)
146883Carolyn
The Ultimate Reader Writer box and card will not work for the Designer II machine.
They just sent me an email saying this.
I am still trying to fing out about the Little Max Box by Amazing Designs for you.
EastWitch
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211078Oh dear Carolyn, So sorry that you have not as yet found your dongel. I will send a prayer for you. Hugs Yvonne xx
132773Carolyn
Which 5D program do you have - the full program or 5D Extra that came with the Dongle?
You could look at the Little Max Reader Writer box and Card at Amazing Designs. It will work with your Designer 2 machine. It writes to a card that fits in the machine.
Anothe Reader Writer Box and card is the Ultimate Box with Card by Vikant that will work for your machine.
Did your 5D program have editing for designs?
You could buy the Sew What Pro Program for editing and combining etc and it doesn't require a dongle.
These are alternatives for you to compare prices to the 5D program.
EastWitch2
by eastwitch2
16 May 2012
What design format does the Designer II machine take - Hus or SHV?
I wrote to Vikant to see if the Ultimate box and card are compatable with your machine. I know it works for the #1 Plus machine that takes a card in the machine.
by eastwitch2
16 May 2012
I will check to see if the Little Max box by amazing Designs will work with your Designer II machine. It does work for the #1Plus machine so it may work for the Designer II.
by mops
16 May 2012
The dongle for the full program, 5D Pro, is far more expensive, it costs €1599 here.
by noah
16 May 2012
I have Designer2 sewing machine and i have a box/carder reader for it .
I brought up the picture in 5dthen transfered it to the card reader then put the card in my machine.
Last night i downloaded a 30 day tryout of SEW WHAT PRO.I been fooling with it to see if i can understand it .I did one towel last night and Devon helped me with the other 2
7969I will be saying a prayer so you can find it, maybe if you don't look for it, it will show up...I know I usually find things that way instead of tearing my mind to pieces...GOOD LUCK!!!
21590Oh no...so sorry to hear that you didn't find your dongle...I'm still hoping it will turn up....Hugs!
314363Carolyn, I know you're frustrated by not being able to locate your dongle. When I lose something my favorite prayer is "Dear St. Anthony,please come around for something is lost and has to be found." I learned that as a little girl and used it many times. It often helps me locate what I'm missing. St. Anthony is the patron saint of missing things, or so I was told. I DO hope you find it so you don't have to spend the money to replace it. I'll be praying for you.
Meri
15572I have been believing you will find. My hubby one time was fixing this car part had tiny tiny o ring he dropped in grass. He cussed and I rolled eyes up and said Lord you can show him. Well......... he did. I bent over and found this little tiny 1/4 inch o ring. So I am in agreement this will work out.
86901I always keep my security dongle for Digitizer in it's original case which is as big as a DVD case -harder to lose at that size :)
23163Sorry to hear you lost your dongle, you may have luck buying a second hand programe on Ebay. I bought one so I could use my laptop for when I'm away. I bet it will turn up where you least expect it!
6831You have my prayers. Tried doing a search for you and after reading all the security details of this dongle feel your pain.
89895I have a lost external hard drive. I put it in a safe place when I went on holidays about 4 years ago. When I came home and went to get it it was not where I thought I had put it. I am still wondering where it could be. Shirley
52679So sorry you still have not found your dongle. I hope you didn't drop it in the rubbish bin and not noticed, and thrown it away. Hugs Shirley
52679I do hope you find the dongle! I would be lost without mine and would feel terrible if I had to replace something that expensive. Good luck. I too would wait a bit and look more before buying a new system.
62459I do hope you find it Carolyn. I hate it when i misplace things. It is very frustrating. So i will keep my fingers crossed for you. Susan
25510What about something like the Amazing Box writer? It's much cheaper--is that compatible with your machine?
11860Think positive! Debra found her rings--you might still find the dongle! It'll turn up in some odd-ball place that you wouldn't have ever considered.
11860I have a laptop upstairs by the sewing machine...and a desktop with a 22" screen downstairs in the office so if I am really working on a design I prefer the large screen. So I took my dongle out and set it down on a shiny colorful magazine and "lost it" by setting down another shiny magazine on top. I am also very near sighted so I didn't see it. But now I have a large bright green doo-dad attached to the dongle!
1686Sorry to hear that - hope you find it soon. I have mine in a usb hub and that's a little bigger to lose. I also don't have to remove the dongle itself, I take the whole thing out (which I rarely do). Guess I'm lucky as I got a laptop with my machine as a bonus and that's all it's used for, so the dongle can stay in it all the time (although sometimes I bring the laptop out to the livingroom and work on it, but at least the dongle still stays put).
Good luck and keep looking - it's gotta be there somewhere - you've probably overlooked it - done that kind of thing before - and sometimes it's in the only place you didn't look.
38558Carolyn, I pray that you find that little $425 dongle. So sad there isn't a way to get another.
I have a question for Carolyn and all who answered. Why would you remove the dongle from your computer? I don't remove mine so I am wondering what I am missing out on since all of you do remove the dongle at times. Is there something only I do not know about???
Marcelle
by designcrazy
15 May 2012
I do take mine out of my laptop when I'm putting it in the carrying bag to take somewhere or if letting someone else use my laptop.
by marcellelewis
15 May 2012
That certainly makes sense. I hadn't thought of using a laptop. Thank you. I thought sure I had missed something important about removing the dongle for some reason.
Marcelle
by clawton
15 May 2012
When traveling I take it out so it doesn't get damaged by placing the laptop in the carry case. My dongle came in a plastic case so I place it in that for protection and then it goes in the case pocket. I also purchase the extension cable. That would be a little harder to mis place but takes up more room for travel.
by marcellelewis
15 May 2012
Good point about the USB port too. We have so many things now that use USB ports it is easy to run out.
Marcelle
by noah
15 May 2012
I never remove it but i was to be taught a lesson in 5d cross atitch and i needed the darn thing so i put it somewhere?? and when i got to the course no dongel it could have fell out of my bag??hugs
by marcellelewis
16 May 2012
Wow, it could be anywhere. Have you checked inside your car and the path to your car? Also call the place where the lesson was held. Maybe dropped where you parked. Hope someone found it.
Marcelle
by mops
16 May 2012
I was told to remove the dongle only when absolutely necessary, therefore it is in one of those 4 hub things that also holds my printer cable and the external harddrive. So I can take the connection cable out when I take my laptop with me and leave the rest at home.
6340Hi Carolyn , there is a saying: The Devil keeps his hands over it. Just be patient it wil come out. Wil pray for you. Love Marie
11877Hope you find it, I have a dongle and get in a panic if I do not see it.So know how you feel, lot of money to find just to replace. Have a look on E-Bay if there is a second hand program for sale. Think if I lost mine would probably try embird too, instead of buying new from the same, just because of the dongle.
57801I have been in your shoes. Lost sleep over it...cried...finally bought another 4DPro Viking program (would you believe $1000??) and then a year later I found the original...between some sewing magazines. (sneaky dongle!!) So now I have a spare program but it is FOUR D not 5 and almost obsolete. I do think the companies overdo the cost. But now I guard the new dongle!!
1686If it comes to a new one, I would dump the program and get one like Embird that is far less costly and doesn't use a dongle. I did so several years ago and have been happier ever since. I think it is very poor customer support to require the cost of the entire program to a registered user. And, I hate the idea of the dongle anyway! Would never again purchase their software when others are available.
1203so sorry - I know from losing things myself that a flashlight frequently helps you spot something way under the sofa or in the rails of the recliner. Between layers of fabric or stabilizer is also a frequent place. You will have a complete inventory of your house by the time you find it. Best luck to you.
2179so sad to hear that is it not back, do you keep some usb sticks - have you checked that place, sometimes when I go back to square one, suddenly the missing is where it belongs altought I have checked there 100x times, good luck with finding xox Sue
20463I leave mine in the BACK port of my computer. I only use one computer with it, so can do that. But I also put it into a "connector" like thing so if something should happen, it would only damage the connector not the dongle, as if I were to take it in & out. It's a shame we can't buy replacements, I do understand but really!! I have 3D & it's not even anywhere to be talked about!! Praying you find it soon!!
35675I am sure you will find it...but if you have to buy a new one first...isn't there a cheaper additional program that requires the dongle (and so it would come with one) like a cross-stitch or photo-stitch program? Hey a girl can hope --right? Good luck! I will be praying you find it SOON!
57620Maybe you can find a used dongle on ebay?
by hightechgrammy
15 May 2012
bummer. keep looking :-) When you find it, we'll be happy to see Eurika!
59617I lost my new mobile phone, searched every where I looked down the back of the chairs a dozen times,6 months later cleaning yes cleaning I found it.most artist's have there best idea's when still.so sit quietly and think of finding it.
7314Oh Carolyn I so hope you can find it! My dongle is on a leash, a camera strap to be precise, which I hope will prevent it getting lost in my sewing cave.
145196Now........I'm going to tie a big colorful bow on mine! Thank you!
9536OH I WILL KEEP PRAYING THAT YOU WILL FIND IT, HUGS LORALYE
29955759617I was hoping you found it. Can you return the new one, the next day when your original shows up?
173584Oh, Carolyn, that is so unfair and I am so sorry to hear that!! Did you check every nook & cranny in the car where you had your machine, if it dropped in the car you know how things roll & get wedged!!
Good luck, my dear friend!!!
261161I have to pray to find things, too. And narrow down where it is by saying where it isn't...not the backyard, not the garage, not the bathroom. And what was I also doing that day when I last saw it! You are finding it!
9536Future solution. Make a small zippered ITH purse, Big enough only for the dongle Keep it next to machine tied by a ribbon. Or just tie ribbon to dongle.
15981Oh my! I have Viking 4D and I watch that dongle as if it is a 2yr old waiting to walk out the front door without mommy! I know it doesn't cost much to manufacturer that itty bitty thing, but they sure get you when you need it! Even the CD with the program costs pennies to press out, but they do value their products! I hope you find it...retrace your steps (I know you already did, do it again!) and look in unlikely places, because if it was easy you would have found it already! Or maybe it is staring at you, wondering why you have left it alone all this time! White light to you for your search. Linda
by mops
15 May 2012
You can get a replacement dongle fairly cheap when you've got a damaged one, but not if it is lost or stolen. That's their way of preventing copying the program from someone else.
Having said that you can't get a dongle at all for 3D or 4D only for the current 5D.
by noah
15 May 2012
were i can't find one anywhere it is a husqvarna 5d program??If possible PLEASE TELL ME HOW ??hugs carolyn
by muflotex
15 May 2012
only found this one, not of any help UK, but could be good for new search in your area http://www.pfaffmachines.co.uk/pf...
3099I'll pray, and you know, I can't tell you how many times just after praying, the general location pops into my head! I find lots of my lost things between layers of fabric I've been using, or under the cutting table, in between the couch cushions where I do my work, inside the recliner ON the steel rails, in a pocket - don't wash the dongle! You will find it, don't plunk down your money ... YET! I'm saying a little prayer right ...... now.....amen.
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