PCS (Pfaff home) Design format
Explanation of Abbreviations :
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= hexadecimal = decimal = Most significant Bit = Least significant Bit = Value varies or unknown |
Design data starts at 46 HEX = Byte 70 DEC, with first Byte in file numbered 0 (zero)
Nine Bytes per stitch
first Byte of a color change record gives new color No. , last byte = 03 marks record as color change
Up to version 2.0 of PCS designer color change records didn´t hold movement data, from version 2.1 they may hold movement data!
stitch coordinates are absolute, not relative!
first record in file is a color change to black!
File structure :
| Byte (hex) | Value (hex) | Explanation |
| 0000 | 32 | lead-in character for PCS-file |
| 0001 | 02 or 03 | hoop size. 02 = small , 03 = large |
| 0002-0003 | 10 00 | No. of colors (always 16) |
| 0004-0043 | NN NN NN NN | 16 x 4 Byte color definition |
| 0044-0045 | NN NN | No. of stitches in file , LSB first, max 65536 stitches, does NOT include color changes |
| 0046+MMMM | MMMM = (stitch count + No. of color changes) x 9 Bitmap filename used as pattern for digitizing, 12 characters, 00 terminated ( 13 bytes) |
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| 0046+DDDD | DDDD = MMMM + 13 File description, 00 terminated |
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Examples :
| Adress: | Hex values: | Explanation (Dec.) | ||||||||
| NNNN | 00 | XX | XX | XX | 00 | YY | YY | YY | 00 | x and y coordinates, LSB first |
| NNNN | 00 | XX | XX | XX | 00 | YY | YY | YY | 02 | as above |
| NNNN | 02 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 03 | Version 2.0 color change to color two |
| NNNN | 05 | 06 | 01 | 00 | 00 | 08 | 00 | 00 | 03 | Version 2.1 + color change to color 05 |