INFICON MDC-360C Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 166)

MDC-360C DEPOSITION CONTROLLER
COMPUTER INTERFACE 11-24
bit 4 = Halt Mode
bit 5 = Abort Mode
bit 6 = Power Control Mode
bit 7 = In Process
Controller Status 2 1 bit 0 = Resume Process
bit 1 = Simulate Mode
bit 5 = Material Time Setpoint
bit 6 = Backup Sensor Active
bit 7 = Last Layer Of Process
Total 163
bytes
All string values are in ASCII format including decimal points and colons where
needed.
Example: To instruct the controller to send the run-time value list the computer
would send:
Chr$(255)+Chr$(254)+Chr$(1)+Chr$(30)+Chr$(0)+Chr$(225)
32. Initiate Automatic Data Logging (Code #31)
This operation allows the computer to setup the MDC-360C to automatically
output selected run-time values to the computer port every 100 milliseconds. The
values sent are set by the message bytes sent to the controller to initiate data
logging. Each value can be selected to be sent by setting its corresponding bit =
1. All values with a bit setting = 0 will not be sent.
The run-time values available to be sent are the same as in the Send run-time
values instruction above. The difference is that this instruction allows you to
select which values to send and once selected, the values are sent automatically
until the next Initiate data logging instructions or the controller power is removed.