APS Control Community 1.7.2

APS Control Community 1.7.2 refines schematic scaling, window persistence and Process/System panel polish on top of 1.7.1.

What changed

• Schematic zoom, pan and sub-reference scaling: The System schematic supports cursor-anchored zoom (100%–250%), drag panning and an auto-hiding zoom HUD, with proportional scaling for stages, MFCs, pumps and labels on compact viewports, plus updated sensor and panel coordinates in the ADS and Cluster profiles.
• Window placement persistence: Both APS Control Community and APS Emulator Community save and restore main window bounds and maximized/normal state across launches.
• Process and power-supply panel fixes: DC current rows on the ADS and Sputter Process tabs now report mA; LanPsuPanel follows setpoints updated by a recipe or MCP command when idle; the main toolbar updates the active recipe name when started remotely; Cluster chamber cards clip long supply labels cleanly; and Emulator MFC columns are left-aligned.

See the 1.7.0 notes and 1.7.1 notes for earlier changes.

Requirements

Windows 10 or 11 (x64) and the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime. The installer does not include .NET.

Install

Download ControlCommunitySetup-<version>.exe and SHA256SUMS.txt, check the hash with Get-FileHash, and run the installer. It installs for the current user and does not need administrator rights. The installer is not code-signed; Windows SmartScreen can show a warning ("More info", then "Run anyway"). Upgrading keeps a backup of your profiles in Backups\ and resets the three shipped profiles to the new versions. First start, upgrade behaviour and agent access: see Install in the README.

Cite

If you use this software in research, cite the preprint in CITATION.cff (arXiv:2609.12796).

APS Control Community 1.7.1

APS Control Community 1.7.1 is a small fix on top of 1.7.0.

What changed

• The Sputter profile's Process tab now draws its two flanges instead of six. A profile declares how many flanges its chamber has with flanges="N" (1 to 6, default 6) on the root element of ProcessPanel.xml; ADS keeps six.

See the 1.7.0 notes for the Process tab itself.

Requirements

Windows 10 or 11 (x64) and the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime. The installer does not include .NET.

Install

Download ControlCommunitySetup-<version>.exe and SHA256SUMS.txt, check the hash with Get-FileHash, and run the installer. It installs for the current user and does not need administrator rights. The installer is not code-signed; Windows SmartScreen can show a warning ("More info", then "Run anyway"). Upgrading keeps a backup of your profiles in Backups\ and resets the three shipped profiles to the new versions. First start, upgrade behaviour and agent access: see Install in the README.

Cite

If you use this software in research, cite the preprint in CITATION.cff (arXiv:2609.12796).

APS Control Community 1.7.0

APS Control Community 1.7.0 adds a live Process tab to all three reference systems.

What is new

• Process tab for Sputter, ADS and Cluster. One screen shows the chamber, pressure and gas readings, power supplies, valves and drives, and the current recipe step.
  • ADS and Sputter: chamber schematic with flange sources, shutter and holder state, throttle and bias readings, valve groups.
  • Cluster: transfer module with the four process chambers and the load lock, per-chamber readings, sources and shutters, slit valves, pumps and robot position.
• Declarative panels. What each panel shows is set in a ProcessPanel.xml next to the profile's Panels.xml: reading rows (format, unit, log scale, colour), valve groups, drives. A new system needs no code. A bad entry is skipped and reported in the Events log, and the rest of the file still loads. Use Service, Reload GUI Config after editing.
• Fixes: after Reload GUI Config the Cluster panel keeps receiving data; Cluster tile numbers use . as the decimal separator on every system locale.

Requirements

Windows 10 or 11 (x64) and the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime. The installer does not include .NET.

Install

Download ControlCommunitySetup-<version>.exe and SHA256SUMS.txt, check the hash with Get-FileHash, and run the installer. It installs for the current user and does not need administrator rights. The installer is not code-signed; Windows SmartScreen can show a warning ("More info", then "Run anyway"). Upgrading keeps a backup of your profiles in Backups\ and resets the three shipped profiles to the new versions. First start, upgrade behaviour and agent access: see Install in the README.

Cite

If you use this software in research, cite the preprint in CITATION.cff (arXiv:2609.12796).

APS Control Community 1.6.3

First public release of APS Control Community: the open Control application, the Emulator and the MCP bridge for agent access, with three reference deposition systems.

Contents

• Control and Emulator (bin\) with the open hardware, GUI and worker plugins.
• Three profiles (Configs\): Sputter (single-chamber batch coater), ADS (main chamber with load lock, five sources, rotary holder and shutter), Cluster (transfer module, load lock and four process chambers). The Emulator simulates all devices over loopback TCP: no serial ports, no drivers, no licence file.
• MCP bridge (mcp\APS.Mcp.exe) and the opt-in script Enable agent access (Start menu). The agent server is off until you run the script.

Requirements

Windows 10 or 11 (x64) and the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime. The installer does not include .NET.

Install

Download ControlCommunitySetup-<version>.exe and SHA256SUMS.txt, check the hash with Get-FileHash, and run the installer. It installs for the current user and does not need administrator rights. The installer is not code-signed; Windows SmartScreen can show a warning ("More info", then "Run anyway"). First start, upgrade behaviour and agent access: see Install in the README.

Cite

If you use this software in research, cite the preprint in CITATION.cff (arXiv:2609.12796).