摘要 |
When a step is delayed, an operator can be rapidly informed of the delay. A substrate processing apparatus comprises a process system configured to process a substrate, a control unit configured to control the process system for performing a plurality of steps, and a manipulation unit configured to monitor progresses of the steps. While the control unit waits for completion of a predetermined one of the steps after the control unit controls the process system to start the predetermined step, if a time elapsing from the start of the predetermined step exceeds an allowable time previously allocated to each of the steps, the control unit transmits an alarm message to the manipulation unit so as to report that the allowable time is exceeded.
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