INFICON IC/5 Thin Film Deposition Controller - Manual (Page 146)

7 - 4
IP
N 07
4-
23
7A
E
IC/5 Operating Manual
7.3 Error Messages in
Remote Communications Configuration
Illegal Baud Rate
The value you are attempting to enter is not one of the valid baud rates for serial
communications. Valid rates are 2400, 4800, 9600 or 19200.
Illegal Input - Value Too Large
Illegal Input - Value Too Small
The value that you are attempting to enter is out of range. Allowable values will
vary according to your unit’s configuration or the parameter being defined.
Press the Clear key to delete the value and enter again.
Port Conflict
This error message indicates you are trying to send two different outputs to the
same path.
7.4 Remote Communications Overview
This instrument may be remotely controlled, programmed or interrogated. This is
accomplished through remote communications and the use of a remote command
set. The instrument will respond to messages that contain these commands. It will
accept and operate on messages one at a time. It will respond to each command
by carrying out valid operations and/or returning a message to the sender.
A host/server relationship is established in remote communications. The
instrument, as server, responds to the remote host’s commands. The
responsiveness of this interaction may be affected by the instrument’s operational
state. It will be similar to that experienced by a user at the front panel.
NOTE: There are special commands which may be executed to establish a faster
response time than is possible when operating normally. Specifically: 1)
Screen lock; 2) battery backed RAM lock; and 3) service requests for
IEEE488.
7.5 Physical Connections
You may choose to use one of two types of data communications hardware ports.
Standard equipment includes a bit serial RS-232C port. Optionally, an IEEE488
parallel port may be added.
Selection and set-up of some general port and communication characteristics are
handled in
section 7.1 , section 7.2 and section 7.3 . Generally speaking, both the
host and server must have the same form of communications equipment and
complementary set-up. For serial communications, baud rates must match and so
must the data word format.