Patent ID: 8452455

Claim:
A control device of a plasma processing system, which transfers a plurality of carriers to a plurality of plasma processing devices and performs plasma processing of substrates inserted in each carrier in the plasma processing devices, the control device comprising: a communication unit, configured to receive processing information related to a first carrier having substrates therein; a determination unit, configured to determine whether the processing information received by the communication unit includes pre-treatment information related to at least one of the plurality of plasma processing devices; a generation unit, configured to determine whether a desired condition of transferring of the first carrier is satisfied and to generate an object command in response to a determination that the desired condition is satisfied; and a process executing control unit, configured to start a pre-treatment process in the at least one of the plurality of plasma processing devices in preparation for substrates of the first carrier without any notification that the first carrier has reached a plasma processing destination if the determination unit has determined the processing information includes pre-treatment information and the generation unit has generated the object command, wherein the plasma processing destination is a location at which the first carrier is positioned for withdrawal of substrates therefrom for processing of said substrates in the at least one of the plurality of plasma processing devices.