CPC D05B 19/10 (2013.01) [D05B 19/14 (2013.01); D05B 35/06 (2013.01); D05C 7/08 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. A controlling device for a sewing machine, the sewing machine being configured to sew a string-shaped material to a workpiece based on pre-programmed sewing data, the controlling device being configured to control a sewing operation of the sewing machine based on the sewing data,
the controlling device comprising:
a sewing data supply device that supplies the sewing data having pieces of operation mode information, indicative of different sewing operation modes, mixed therein; and
a processor configured to control, at a boundary between the different sewing operation modes and depending on a difference between the sewing operation modes immediately preceding and succeeding the boundary, whether to execute a process for shifting to the succeeding sewing operation mode while keeping a main shaft of the sewing machine rotating or to execute the process for shifting to the succeeding sewing operation mode after temporarily stopping the rotation of the main shaft.
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