INFICON MDC-260 Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 37)

MDC-260 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-260 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 following a power-on (“cold” or “warm”), the LCD will begin at the last
screen the unit was displaying when it was turned off.
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 and
columns. 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
key. Keep pressing the Alpha key to get the desired letter. Upper/lower case 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 that the 9 key
contains characters “Y”, “Z”, and “space”. Use this key to enter a space.
Main Menu
View/Edit Process ..
View/Edit Material
Edit System Setup