INFICON MDC-360 Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 34)

MDC-360 DEPOSITION CONTROLLER
4-2 PROGRAMMING AND CONTROLLER SETUP
key to go back to the Main Menu. Each of the programming screens is described
ey that contains the letter or character you wish to
enter. Next, press the Alpha key to change the number to the first letter of that
e to get the desired letter. Its upper/lower case
r a space.
rogramming a
a ‘material’
up when a layer is deleted.
process will be copied to the new location with the
same name. If there is already a process name at the new location, it will be
uld be given a new name to avoid
ushed
ting
ve the cursor to the item and press the 0 key.
A message will pop up asking for verification of the deletion, press 1 to confirm
to
in detail later in this section.
4.1.2 ENTERING ALPHA CHARACTERS
To enter a name, press the k
key. K ep pressing the Alpha key
can be toggled by pressing the Shift key. Once the desired letter is achieved,
repeat the above procedure and enter the remainder of the name. Note, the
number 9 key contains characters Y, Z, and ‘space’. Use this key to ente
4.1.3 ENTERING TIME PARAMETERS
The MDC-360 expresses time in 24-hour h:mm:ss format. In p
time parameter, the Decimal ‘.’ key is used to separate hour, minute and second.
Hence, 1:45:23 would be entered as “1.45.23” and 0:00:35 entered as “..35”,
followed by the Enter key.
4.1.4 COPYING AND DELETING
A ‘process’ is defined by one or more ‘layers’, and a layer requires
and a thickness definition. The MDC-360 has the capability of copying and
deleting processes, layers, and materials. Except when copying a layer,
procedures for copying and deleting a process, a layer and a material are the same.
The difference when copying a layer is that layers are pushed-down to make
space for the new layer, and move
To copy a process, position the cursor at the process to be copied, then press the
number 1 key. Next, move the cursor to the location where the process is to be
copied and press Enter. The
overwritten. The copied process sho
confusion. The same procedure applies when copying a material.
When copying a layer, the copied data will be positioned at the selected layer
number. The data of the selected layer, and all following layers, will be p
down one layer. Example, if a layer is copied onto Layer #4 location, the exis
data in Layer #4 will be pushed to Layer #5, Layer #5 to Layer #6, etc., while the
copied data is placed in Layer #4.
To delete a process or a material, mo
and 0 to cancel the deletion.
4.1.5 PASSWORD PROTECTION
Each Process has a View/Run password and an Edit password. Each Material has
an Edit password. The three passwords protect against unauthorized operations.
The passwords default to 0000, or no password protection, at the time of
shipment. Refer to the descriptions below to set each password. Note: The
password protection is only meant to deter unsophisticated users. Be sure