INFICON SID-142 Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 29)

Chapter 3 SQS-142 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 to be run from a list of processes in the database. If
the process selected is different than the current process, you are prompted to confirm
the change.
Open Database: Selects the process database to be used for thin film deposition. 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 a process database to floppy disk, or for making trial changes
without affecting a reference 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, and begins saving
information in a .LOG file in the SQS-142 installation directory (typically: \Program
Files\Sigma Instruments\SQS-142).
There are three options for file naming and logging. If “Overwrite” is selected, only last
run of the process is saved, and it appears as ProcessName.LOG. Subsequent runs
overwrite the log file. If “Append” is selected, each subsequent run will be 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.