Patent ID: 9224283
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G05B,G08B

Abstract:
1. A substrate processing apparatus equipped with a plurality of modules, comprising: a detection unit that detects a factor for which interlock is applied to one or more of the plurality of modules, and that outputs a detection signal; interlock means that, based on the detection signal output from the detection unit, applies interlock to the module to be interlocked where the factor has occurred; and an alarm management unit that determines a parent-child relationship between a parent alarm and a child alarm or alarms, and that causes a display unit to display in a grouped manner the parent alarm and the child alarm or alarms having the parent-child relationship, the parent alarm indicating that the factor for which the interlock is applied has been detected, while the child alarm indicating that the interlock has been applied to the module, wherein the alarm management unit has a batch recovery function of collectively recovering the parent and child alarms in the parent-child relationship displayed in the grouped manner.