MagnaTran 7.1 User’s Manual
Operation
MN-003-1600-00
Control/Display Module (CDM) Operation
Brooks Automation
Revision 2.2
6-81
Setting Up Stations
Setting up the stations involves assigning a station number to a particular device to be
serviced by the robot and specifying its unique values for Base Transfer Offset (BTO),
Theta position (T), Extended position (R), and Lower position. If the device has mul-
tiple slots, the operator must also establish the number of slots and the pitch between
slots.
Once the physical parameters are defined for a station, the sensors associated with
that station may be specified. Sensors may be specified at the extend and retract posi-
tions and may be specified as being either active high or active low.
The user sets station parameters using the Setup function. There are six setup func-
tions available; “ASSIGN LOCATION”, “LEARN R, T, BTO”, “LEARN LOWER”,
“SET RE WAF SEN”, “SET EX WAF SEN”, “SET SLOT VLV SEN”. Once the arm and
station have been specified the CDM will request selection of the parameters to be set
up with the following message:
SETUP STN _ ARM _
(1) ASSIGN LOCATION
(2) LEARN R, T, BTO
(3) LEARN LOWER>
(4) SET WAFER SENSOR>
(5) SET SLOT VLV SEN
(6) ARM RETRACT SEN>
(7) ARM EXTEND ENABLE
(8) SET VLV SEN>
NOTE:
In the preceding display presented on the CDM the “_” indicates that the
CDM will display the selected station and arm and the “>” indicates that
pressing the <CR> key will cause the next set of menu selections to be dis-
played.
Using Assign mode
If the actual coordinate values of the station parameters are known, the opera-
tor can use the Assign option to enter those values directly. The operator can
enter and automatically save, or change, one or more of the variables presented
by the CDM on the following display:
SET UP STN _ ARM _
(R)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
(T)
_ _ _ _ _ _
(BTO)
_ _ _ _ _
>
(L)
_ _ _ _ _
