INFICON MDC-360C Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 41)

MDC-360C DEPOSITION CONTROLLER
PROGRAMMING AND CONTROLLER SETUP 4-1
4. PROGRAMMING AND CONTROLLER SETUP
4.1 GENERAL
4.1.1 NAVIGATING THE MENU STRUCTURE
Before attempting to navigate the menu structure of the MDC-360C controller,
please refer to Section 2 which provides a brief summary of the front-panel
displays and key functions. A graphical menu structure is shown in Figure 16-2.
Note that first key press following power-on will bring up the display function
used when power was switched off, i.e. either a status display screen or a
programming screen.
This may be confusing until the full scope of the controller’s capabilities are
understood. However, as their names suggest, the Status, Graph and Program
keys select the display of status screens, graph screens and programming screens,
respectively. Also note that the last viewed screen for each type is remembered
and will be displayed the next time that display type is selected.
Figure 4-1 The Main Menu
Press the Program key to enter the programming mode. The programming
screens can be visualized as a two-dimensional menu format. The Main Menu is
visualized at the far left, with an increasing level of detail in the menus to the
right. The Left and Right-arrow keys are used to move between menus. The Up
and Down-arrow keys are used to scroll through a list of parameters or options in
each menu. To select a menu option, highlight it, then press either the Enter key
or the Right-arrow key. This will present the next screen associated with the
selected option. Please note that holding the Left arrow key will always bring
you back to the Main Menu screen no matter where you are in the menu
structure.
Each of the programming screens is described in detail later in this section.
4.1.2 ENTERING ALPHA CHARACTERS
To enter a name, press the key 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
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