Machine control system

A method of controlling manufacturing equipment, the method comprising:

• communicating with a manufacturing execution system (MES) to determine whether a new recipe is to be used;
• receiving a first set of parameters relating to the new recipe from the manufacturing execution system (MES);
• controlling a piece of manufacturing equipment according to a first set of instructions;
• encountering an instruction in the first set of instructions that is related to the new recipe;
• linking to a component object model module to transfer the first set of parameters to the component object model module;
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• waiting until computation by the component object model module of a second set of parameters is complete, where the second set of parameters is calculated from the first set of parameters and can be directly used by the manufacturing equipment.

A method for controlling the processing path of a computer instruction, the method comprising:

• receiving an instruction from a TAP module that specifies execution of a function remote from an access module in which the TAP module executes, where the TAP module controls the processing of a piece of manufacturing equipment;
• inspecting the instruction for a corresponding parameter that specifies a processing path for the remote execution;
• linking to a component object model module that has executable code for the function and providing the component object model module with corresponding information when the parameter specifies a processing path from the TAP module to the component object model;
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• linking to the component object model module that has executable code for the function, providing the component object model module with corresponding information, waiting for the component object model module to complete calculation of the function, linking to the access module that executes code from the TAP module when the component object model module is ready to provide data, and providing results of the calculation when the parameter specifies a processing path that flows from the TAP module, proceeds to the component object model module, and returns to the TAP module.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

• receiving an instruction from a TAP module that specifies execution of a function remote from an access module in which the TAP module executes, where the TAP module controls the processing of a piece of manufacturing equipment;
• inspecting the instruction for a corresponding parameter that specifies a processing path for the remote execution;
• linking to a component object model module that has executable code for the function and providing the component object model module with corresponding information when the parameter specifies a processing path from the TAP module to the component object model;
• and
• linking to the component object model module that has executable code for the function, providing the component object model module with corresponding information, waiting for the component object model module to complete calculation of the function, linking to the access module that executes code from the TAP module when the component object model module is ready to provide data, and providing results of the calculation when the parameter specifies a processing path that flows from the TAP module, proceeds to the component object model module, and returns to the TAP module.