INFICON MDC-360C Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 147)

MDC-360C DEPOSITION CONTROLLER
COMPUTER INTERFACE 11-5
36 Send Process Log Directory
37 Send Process Log Data
38 Initiate Remote Action Command
39 Send Individual Run-time Value Command
40 Enable/Disable the front panel keyboard
11.9 INSTRUCTION DESCRIPTIONS
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 #0)
This instruction initiates a key press of the MDC-360C’s keyboard. The valid key
codes are shown in the following table:
Remote Activation Code Description
1 Program key
2 Manual key
4 Shutter key
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:
Chr$(255)+Chr$(254)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(0)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(8)+Chr$(246)
2. Send controller hardware configuration (Code #1)
Instructs the controller to send controller configuration data to the host computer.
The following is a description of the configuration data:
Name Length (bytes) Message
Software Version 30 MDC-360C Software Version X.X
Source/Sensors Cards 1 (1, 2 or 3)
I/O Ports 1 (1 or 2)
Communication Port 1 (1=RS232, 2=RS-485, 3=IEEE488)
Data Log Storage 1 (0=No, 1=Yes)
Total 34 bytes
Example: To instruct the controller to send the hardware configuration data the
computer would send:
Chr$(255)+Chr$(254)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(0)+Chr$(254)
3. Send utility parameters (Code #2)