User's Guide

2.1
Chapter 2
Installing Your APS3
This chapter describes the procedures you need to perform to install your APS system and get
it ready for use. For best results, perform the procedures in the order they are presented in this
chapter:
• Installing the ParticleSpectrum software
• Installing the wireless link on the USB port
• Checking communications between the link and the APS wafer
• Registering your APS device
• Running the ParticleSpectrum application
Caution
Dropping the APS3 or hitting it against a hard object can bend, break, or chip the
housing; damage the internal components; or knock the APS3 out of calibration. While it
is not as fragile as an actual silicon wafer, handle the APS3 with care, as you would any
precision instrument. If the APS3 is damaged or in need of calibration, see Chapter 5,
“Maintaining Your APS3” Chapter 5, “Maintaining Your APS3.”
Caution
The APS3 is thicker than a standard silicon wafer so use extreme care to assure that the
wafer has proper clearances when being transported through the tool. For example, when
you use the device in a tool for the first time, move the APS3 through the tool in manual
mode, visually verifying all clearances. Even when clearances are sufficient for safe APS3
pass-through, if the robot end-effector is taught too high, you risk crashing and damaging
the APS device.
The Intake blower and exhaust filter are fragile. Do not direct compressed air or gas into
either the intake or the exhaust of the APS3. Damage to the unit may result.