INFICON SID-242 Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 35)

Chapter 3 SQS-242 Software
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3.3 File Menu
Note: The current process must be stopped for the File menu to be available.
Process: Used to select a process from a list of all processes in the database. If the
process selected is different than the current process, you are prompted to confirm the
change.
Open Database: Selects a process database to be used for deposition. Remember, a
single process database may contain an unlimited number of processes, films, and
materials.
Save Database As: Saves the current process database to disk under a different name.
This is useful for saving the process database to floppy disk (for backup!), or for making
trial changes without affecting your working database.
Once again, a pop-up keyboard may appear. If you want to browse or type in the
database name, just select Cancel from the pop-up keyboard. Process databases are
saved in Microsoft Access format.
Data Logging: Saves deposition data to a .LOG text file. If an option other than “None”
is selected in the Log File section, data logging is activated. When the Start SoftKey is
pushed, process data is saved in a .LOG file in the SQS-242 installation directory
(typically: \Program Files\Sigma Instruments\SQS-242).
There are three options for file naming and logging. If “Overwrite” is selected, only the
last run of the process is saved as ProcessName.LOG. Subsequent runs overwrite the
log file. If “Append” is selected, each run is appended to ProcessName.LOG. If “Run#”
is selected, each run of the process is saved as a separate file under the format
ProcessName_Run#.LOG.