INFICON MDC-360 Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 33)

MDC-360 DEPOSITION CONTROLLER
4-1 PROGRAMMING AND CONTROLLER SETUP
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-360 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 15-1.
Note that following power-on, and acknowledgment of the Sign-on screen by
making any key depression, e.g. Reset, the LCD display will return to the display
function being used at the last power-off, i.e. either a status display screen or a
programming function screen.
This may be confusing until the full scope of the controller’s capabilities are
understood. However, as their names suggest, the Status and Program keys select
the display of status information and the display of programming information,
respectively.
So, for example, if having chosen the programming functions with a Program key
depression there is any doubt about the point in the menu system that is then
being displayed, holding down the left-arrow key will eventually display the Main
Menu from which point the desired option can be chosen by selective use of the
Up-arrow and Down-arrow keys to move the cursors to point to an option, and the
Right-arrow key or the Enter key to select the option.
Figure 4-1 The Main Menu
Main Menu
>View/Edit Process <
View/Edit Material
View Results
Edit System Setup
Press the Program key to enter the programming mode. The programming
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associated with the selected option. You can always hold down the Left-arrow
screens can be visualized as a two dimensional menu format. The Main Menu
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 option
each menu. To select a menu option, align the cursors with the option, then
either the Enter key or the Right-arrow key. This will present the next screen