Patent ID: 7524378

Claim:
A maintenance system of a substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a remote operation unit for operating said substrate processing apparatus from a remote place by transmitting a remote operation information to a side of said substrate processing apparatus through a communication network and providing said remote operation information to said substrate processing apparatus; a communication control unit for receiving said remote operation information transmitted to the side of said substrate processing apparatus and providing said remote operation information to said substrate processing apparatus; an allow setting section for performing the allow setting of the remote operation; and a communication allow setting section for performing the allow setting of an information communication performed through said communication network, wherein said allow setting section and said communication allow setting section are provided only to the side of said substrate processing apparatus of said communication network, wherein said communication control unit provides said remote operation information to said substrate processing apparatus only when there is an allow setting for a remote operation by a worker in the side of said substrate processing apparatus, an information communication performed through said communication network is enabled only when there is an allow setting for a communication, the allow setting of the remote operation is divided into plural stages, an allow setting of the remote operation accompanying a driving of said substrate processing apparatus and an allow setting of the remote operation not accompanying the driving of said substrate processing apparatus are included in separate stages, the remote operation accompanying the driving of said substrate processing apparatus includes a position adjustment for a substrate carrier arm, a resist solution discharge nozzle in a resist coating unit and a developing solution discharge nozzle in a developing unit in said substrate processing apparatus, and a movement confirmation of the substrate carrier arm, the resist solution discharge nozzle and the developing solution discharge nozzle, and the remote operation not accompanying the driving of said substrate processing apparatus includes a setting change for a discharge amount of the resist solution, a discharge pressure of the resist solution, a turning speed of a substrate, an atmospheric temperature and an atmospheric humidity in the resist coating unit, a setting change for a discharge amount of the developing solution, a discharge pressure of the developing solution, an atmospheric temperature and an atmospheric humidity in the developing unit, and a setting change for a heating temperature and a heating time of the substrate in a heating unit.