The stop button stops the machine operation but does not disconnect electrical supply to the motors and electronics.
Multihead Synchronized Mode - Pressing the Stop button on any machine in a multihead synchronized cluster will stop all machines in the cluster.
Flex Mode - Pressing the Hoop button, then the Stop button on any machine in a Flex cluster will stop all machines in a Flex cluster. Pressing the Stop button only on one machine will stop that machine.
Sleep Mode - Press the stop button for 3 seconds to put a machine (whether it is a singlehead, or part of multihead synchronized cluster or Flex cluster) in sleep mode (pause machine). Press the Stop key for 8 seconds to a put a multihead synchronized cluster to sleep. You cannot put an entire Flex cluster to sleep from one machine.
Do not confuse this button with the Emergency Stop button.
The machine can still start if there is a machine fault somewhere. The stop button does not disconnect power from the motors or internal components.