INFICON MDC-260 Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 79)

MDC-260 DEPOSITION CONTROLLER
OPERATING THE MDC-260 5-1
5. OPERATING THE MDC-260
5.1 SIGN-ON SCREEN
Upon a power-up, a series of tests are performed on the hardware, all of the
LED’s are illuminated, and a Sign-on screen is displayed on the LCD. The user
will be asked to press a key to continue.
Figure 5-1 Sign-on Screen
After pressing a key, the controller will be put into Abort mode. At this point,
only the red LED behind the Abort key will now be illuminated. The LCD screen
will return the screen that was being displayed when power was last removed.
Pressing the Reset key will put the controller into the Reset (Ready) state in
preparation for a process run.
5.2 STARTING A NEW PROCESS
Pressing the Start key while the controller is in the Reset (Ready) state will
present the screen shown below. A run number is provided to help correlate
process information with a specific process run. The run number can range from
1 to 9999, and is automatically incremented before each new process. At 10,000
the run number will roll over to 1.
Figure 5-2 Run Process Selection Screen
From this screen you can change the starting layer number or manually assign a
run number, if required. When ready, place the cursor on the desired process
name, which then becomes the ‘current’ process. To start the process, just press
the Start key again. The controller will then scan the total process definition and
INFICON MDC-260 Software Ver x.x
Deposition Controller
Serial Number xxxx
System Check... OK
INFICON
Press any key to continue.
Start Process 01 Sample ------
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Starting Layer: 001 03
Run Number : 0001 04
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Press Start to start 07
or Reset to cancel. 08