Open and Run a Saved Recipe

Open a Saved Recipe

1. Reopen the recipes Realtime view. Either open the your recipe from the File menu, or select Open & Run from the Launch menu:

2. Browse to your favorite saved recipe and select Open:

3. Whenever you open a saved recipe, the system asks if you would like to Re-Teach the Origin/Alignment node locations.

It is highly advisable that re-teach the Alignment / Origin positions every time you open a saved recipe. Not doing so runs the risk of either your tip/sample not being in focus, engaging on the wrong spot or crashing the tip into the sample. Because all sites are referenced to the location specified in the Alignment / Origin node, it is worth spending the extra minute to make sure the origin is in the proper location:

4. Because the XYZ coordinates of the Alignment / Origin have already been taught, selecting Move stage to above location should move the stage to the previous location:

5. The Professor will ask you to choose a coordinate system, Cartesian or Polar, and an alignment mode.
6. Select Origin Only and click Next.
7. The Professor then opens the Setup window. Align the Laser on the Probe tip. Proceed to focus on the tip. Align the tip with the cross hair in a consistent repeatable fashion.
8. After the tip is brought into focus and the cross hairs placed, click Next in the Configure Alignment/Origin Parameters (Professor) window to open the Navigate window.
9. When the sample is in focus and the origin location is in the cross hairs, click Next to close the Navigate window and then Finish complete the Alignment / Origin re-teach process:

Run the Recipe

The Run Current option under the Launch menu will initiate the Recipe Runner. All of the nodes of the recipe are listed in sequential order, with a status value for each node. Initially all nodes have a status of "incomplete," and as the recipe runs, one by one the nodes become "complete."

If any node fails during the recipe run, the run will abort and the log will indicate which node failed. The recipe must then be amended to fix the problem and the run restarted from the beginning.

The controls for the Recipe Runner look just like those on your DVD player. Press Play (the triangle) to initiate the recipe run process:

The progress of the recipe's run may be monitored in the Recipe Runner window. When the recipe reaches Measurement 1, the system will begin the engage process. Once engaged, the system will begin the capture process. When it completes the image capture, the system will withdraw and move on to the next node.

If, for any reason, the recipe does not appear to be running properly, press the Stop button, close the Recipe Runner, fix the recipe, and restart the recipe run.

When the recipe is complete, the log will indicate Recipe completed successfully. At this point, if desired, the log may be exported by clicking on the Export log button:

You have successfully created and ran your first recipe. The captured and exported images should be located in the capture directory at:

D:\Capture

An XML report (and a formatted HTML report) of the recipe run should have been created in the reports directory at:

D:\Reports

This can be opened with a web browser.

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