Manual

Troubleshooting 6-1
6 Troubleshooting
6.1 Overview
If you have difficulty running your coating programs, use this section to identify a possible solution to the
problem. If you have difficulties not listed in this section, or the suggested solution does not correct the
problem, contact Asymtek Technical Support. This section covers the following topics:
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Event Monitor
•
Z-Axis Related Errors
•
Programming Errors
•
Fiducial Find Errors
•
GoTo Errors
•
Fan Width Control Errors
• Travel Limit Errors
6.2 Event Monitor
If an error occurs during routine production, production stops immediately at the point in the program
where the error occurs. A color-coded error or warning message, and a description of why the error
occurred, will be displayed on the Event Monitor on the Operator Screen. Error messages are displayed in
red text and warning messages are displayed in yellow. See Figure 6-1. Use the error messages for
troubleshooting purposes.
11:23:15.328
Production
Program Finished
11:23:42.184
Runtime
Pattern "" not found
11:23:50.889
Dispense
Pattern Width is less than Pass Width
15:47:39. 515
Runtime
X upper limit exceeded (Target = 685.
Figure 6-1 Event Monitor Error Messages
If the error message is longer than the screen is capable of showing, double-click on it and the full text of
the message will be displayed in a dialog box. See Figure 6-2.
Figure 6-2 Displaying Full Text of Error Message
6.3 Programming Errors
 NOTE Most errors usually take place during programming, with the exception of conveyor
errors and Fan Width Control errors.