INFICON MDC-360 Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 133)

MDC-360 DEPOSITION CONTROLLER
11-5 COMPUTER INTERFACE
36 Send Process Log Directory
37 Send Process Log Data
38 Initiate Remote Action Command
39 Send Individual Run-time Value Command
11.9 INSTRUCTION DESCRIPTIONS
#0)
This instruction initiates a MDC ard. T key
The following is a description of all the valid instructions along with an example
of how they are used. All the examples assume the controller address is 1.
1. Remote activation of controller (Code
key press of the -360’s keybo he valid
codes are shown in the following table:
Remote Activation Code Description
1 P ram key rog
2 M ual key an
4 Shutter y ke
8 Zero key
16 Reset key
32 Abort key
64 Start key
Format: Header, Instruction=1, Length=1, Key Code, Checksum
Example: To initiate a zero thickness instruction the computer would send:
ration (Code #1)
o the host computer.
Chr$(255)+Chr$(254)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(0)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(8)+Chr$(246)
2. Send controller hardware configu
Instructs the controller to send controller configuration data t
The following is a description of the configuration data:
Name Length (bytes) Message
Software Version 30 MDC-360 Software Version X.X
Source/Sensors 1 (2 or 4)
I/O Ports 1 (1 or 2)
Communication Port 1 (1=RS232, 2=RS-485, 3=IEEE488)
Real Time Clock 1 (0=No, 1=Yes)
Total 34 bytes
$(254)
2)
Example: To instruct the controller to send the hardware configuration data the
computer would send:
Chr$(255)+Chr$(254)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(0)+Chr
3. Send utility parameters (Code #
Instructs the controller to send the utility parameters to the host computer. A
description of the utility parameter list is as follows: