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Challenges                                 Solutions



                                                                                                                                      • Requires a secure solution that can process   Provides security and reliability as there is no data transfer
                                                                                                                                       KVM information and correctly identify       between the manufacturing machines and the KVM over IP
                                                                                                                                       production information feedback
                                                                                                                                                                                    Provides APIs for software integration applications while
                                                                                                                                      • Needs to integrate with MES and to facilitate   OCR solution directly captures the device display screen data
                                                                                                                                       data collection for analysis                 and collects the data for analysis

                                                                                                                                      • How to replace human operation              Provides APIs for HMI operation by software program for
                                                                                                                                                                                    automated actions
                                                                                                                                      • No impact to the production line utilization
                                                                                                                                                                                    Hardware architecture does not impact or reduce system
                                                                                                                                                                                    performance of the production line machines









                                                                                                                                       KN4116A                              CS231                        API
                                                                                                                                       16-Port Cat 5 KVM over IP Switch with Virtual Media  USB VGA Computer Sharing Device





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                  02           API for Automation



                               and Data Collection



                 Automated Semiconductor
                 Production Line, Taiwan












            API for Automation and Data Collection
            Production line automation faces many challenges, from data collection and checking data accuracy, to recipe automation and
            error detection. In many cases, it is not only difficult to identify production information feedback, but also to assess the type of
            system warning, while the manual selection of recipes are prone to human error. Before OCR automation, service operations had
            to be performed manually by operators who needed to suit up and enter the fab, and errors had to be confirmed by manual
            inspection. These situations require solutions that allow machine information data to be effectively identified in an automated
            process for analysis to be carried out, and errors to be processed automatically and immediately, while also improving equipment
            utilization rates and preventing human operation error.

            Automated Semiconductor Production Line, Taiwan
            A manufacturer wanted to install a new automated control solution that would integrate with its production line MES and perform
            checks and corrections for tests, emergency handling, automatic run recipes, data collection, and keep system logs. Its running
            production equipment does not support open Application Program Interfaces (APIs), while an installed software would use too
            much of the machine’s system resources and impact utilization rate. Even machine vendors do not  provide this kind of upgrade.


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