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HAPPYJapan’s unending efforts to improve their product is one of the brand’s greatest strengths: Long after the machines are released for sale, the company continues innovate and test, as well as take suggestions from the field, and respond with updates that are immediately made available for existing owners. While this is a natural process for […]
View PDF Guide If Your New PC Won’t talk to your Happy MachineThis is a common request: If you changed your PC to Windows 7 and you don’t have a newer model Voyager and can’t figure out why you can’t set up the USB connection, read this PDF file to help understand the steps […]
Happy Voyager: Jammed Main Shaft caused by Presser Foot Boss Jam On occasions when the main shaft rotation is blocked at some point, a common cause is a jammed presser foot boss. On this page is an explanation of how to troubleshoot for this issue and remedy. Normal Operation (shown, left) View your machine from […]
Diagram of Voyager’s presser foot guide system If the presser foot seems to be unusually loose (a lot of sideways movement and swiveling), even if the presser foot is tightly secured onto the shaft, the small c-shaped guide may be bent or broken. Newer model Voyagers have heavier duty, silver-colored guide that helps prevent this. […]
Voyager: Manually Extending and retracting the Catcher (for testing purposes) 1. Power the machine on. 2. Lower the presser foot using the P.FOOT button. 3. Find the gap, shown below, under the fixed head, and with a screwdriver, extend the catcher as shown in the animation to check that it extends cleanly between the thread […]
Thread Cut Test To find out if the moving and fixed knife are able to cut thread, you can perform the test shown in the animation on the right. Remove the needle plate, hold the moving knife open as shown, and loop 2 strands of thread over the inside crook of the knife. Allow the […]
Firmware 2.17 is posted for all current touch screen model HAPPY machines, including single-head models HCD2-1501, HCS2-1201 Voyager and HCH-701 Journey, and all current touchscreen multi-head models. New Features in 2.17 from 2.16: Firmware 2.17 adds the following functions: Additional column for custom shortcuts: This option doubles the space that the operator has to put favorite shortcuts on […]
Firmware 2.16 is posted for all current touch screen model HAPPY machines, including single-head models HCD2-1501, HCS2-1201 Voyager and HCH-701 Journey, and all current touchscreen multi-head models. New Features in 2.16 from 2.14: Firmware 2.16 adds the following functions which can optionally be added to the shortcut buttons along the right edge of the drive screen: Job Interrupt […]