A fictional Physical Vapor Deposition tool wired end-to-end.
examples/pvd_tool/ is the template a real customer should fork.
Files:
- equipment.yaml: 32 SVIDs (chamber pressure, temperature, source
power, gas flows, cooling water, wafer counters, recipe step
state, EPT name, 4 load ports), 5 DVIDs, 7 ECIDs (setpoints
+ T_CRA/T_DELAY + cleaning interval + retry count), 17 CEIDs
(control state, alarms, process lifecycle, material movement,
EPT), 12 alarms with realistic categories (safety, error,
warning, attention), 3 multi-step recipes (Al / Ti / Cu),
9 host commands.
- main.cpp (~860 lines): the vendor-side application:
§1 helpers + constants
§2 sensor simulator — 4 sensors at 10 Hz + 1 Hz cadences,
random-walk around step-targeted setpoints, asio::post-on-strand
thread-safety pattern
§3 recipe runner — parses recipe body (STEP NAME duration=120s
power=2500W gas=Argon flow=50sccm), walks each step at 1s
per declared-second, fires step-started/completed CEIDs,
drives PJ FSM through ProcessComplete
§4 alarm threshold monitor — chamber-pressure-over-setpoint and
cleaning-interval logic, continuous evaluation, set/clear
emission gated on alarm-enable
§5 EPT cycler — Standby ↔ Productive ↔ UnscheduledDowntime
based on PJ activity + safety alarms
§6 Prometheus exporter on :9090 (pvd_messages_total,
pvd_chamber_pressure_torr, pvd_spool_depth, pvd_events_total,
pvd_alarm_set_total)
§7 Router handlers — full E30 set (~40 handlers) so a host can
do real work
§8 main() — YAML validation, model construction, server wiring,
periodic gauge updates
- README.md: section-by-section walkthrough, what's the same as
apps/secs_server.cpp, what this adds (simulator + recipe runner
+ alarm monitor + EPT cycler + metrics), what's not here
(persistence + E84 + real I/O), and what to change for your tool.
Verification: 47/47 conformance harness checks PASS against the
PVD tool — same as the demo server.
CMakeLists.txt adds the pvd_tool target.
README's documentation map points at examples/pvd_tool/.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
ACME-PVD-3000 — worked vendor example
A fictional Physical Vapor Deposition tool, end-to-end. This is what a real tool integrator's deployment looks like:
equipment.yaml— the tool's data dictionary (32 SVIDs, 5 DVIDs, 7 ECIDs, 17 CEIDs, 12 alarms, 3 recipes, 9 host commands)main.cpp— the vendor application: sensor simulator, recipe runner, alarm threshold monitor, EPT cycling, metrics exporter, Router handlers wiring it all to the wire.
If you're starting a real integration, fork these two files and customize. They're written to be a template, not an abstract demo.
What it demonstrates
| Section in main.cpp | What it shows you how to do |
|---|---|
| §1 Helpers + constants | The few kSvidX / kCeidX constants worth pinning at file scope |
| §2 Sensor simulator | Multi-cadence sensor poll loops (10 Hz pressure, 1 Hz temps), with the asio::post-onto-strand thread-safety pattern |
| §3 Recipe runner | Driving a PJ through SettingUp → Processing → ProcessComplete by walking the recipe body, with per-step CEID emission |
| §4 Alarm threshold monitor | Continuous threshold-based alarm logic (chamber pressure, cleaning interval) with set/clear emission |
| §5 EPT cycling | E116 state transitions driven by PJ state + safety alarms |
| §6 Metrics | Prometheus exporter on :9090 with per-CEID counters and gauge updates |
| §7 Router handlers | Every SECS/GEM message a host might send to a PVD tool, ~40 handlers in ~200 lines |
| §8 main() | Loading YAML → validating → composing → running |
Running it
From repo root:
# Validate the configs (this is what your CI should do).
docker compose run --rm builder /app/build/secs_server --validate-config \
--config /app/examples/pvd_tool/equipment.yaml \
--state-table /app/data/control_state.yaml \
--pj-state-table /app/data/process_job_state.yaml \
--cj-state-table /app/data/control_job_state.yaml
# Start the tool.
docker compose run --rm builder /app/build/pvd_tool \
/app/examples/pvd_tool/equipment.yaml \
/app/data/control_state.yaml \
5000 \
9090
# In another shell, drive it with the conformance harness or a real host.
docker compose run --rm builder /app/build/secs_conformance \
--host 127.0.0.1 --port 5000 --device 0
# 47 / 47 checks passed
Or via Docker Compose if you'd rather wire it as a service.
What the host sees
Once a host connects and SELECTs:
- S1F1 → S1F2 returns
MDLN="ACME-PVD-3000",SOFTREV="1.4.2". - S1F3 on the 32 SVIDs returns live sensor readings — chamber
pressure tracks the simulator's target (default 1e-7 Torr in
idle), wafer counter increments per processed PJ, EPT state
gauge says
Standby. - S2F33/F35/F37 binds dynamic event reports; CEIDs 300 / 301 / 310 / 311 fire on real PJ activity.
- S2F41 RCMD=START kicks the recipe runner: any PJ in WaitingForStart transitions to Processing and the simulator starts tracking the recipe's step targets. Sensor values change in real time. CEID 300 (ProcessStarted) emits, then per-step CEID 310/311, then CEID 301 (ProcessCompleted) on completion.
- S2F41 RCMD=FAULT sets alarm 4 → S5F1 emitted (if enabled via S5F3 first).
- S7F19 lists the 3 recipes; S7F5 returns the body (multi-line STEP definitions).
- S16F11 (PJ create) + S14F9 (CJ create) + S16F27 (CJSTART) drives the full E40/E94 lifecycle.
What's the same as the secs-gem demo server
apps/secs_server.cpp (used by docker compose up server) is the
canonical fully-loaded server. This example is structurally a
slimmer fork:
- Same Router pattern (
gem::Router+router.on(s, f, [...])) - Same event/alarm emission helpers (
deliver_or_spool,emit_event,emit_alarm_set) - Same control-state-change handler wiring
What this example adds that the demo doesn't:
- Sensor simulator with multi-cadence poll loops. The demo's SVID values stay at their YAML defaults; PVD's drift toward recipe-step targets.
- Recipe runner that parses the recipe body and drives the PJ FSM step-by-step. The demo's RCMD=START just emits the linked CEID; PVD actually walks the recipe.
- Alarm threshold monitor — continuous evaluation of sensor values against ECID setpoints. The demo only fires alarms when RCMD=FAULT is sent.
- EPT cycling — automatic Standby↔Productive↔UnscheduledDowntime based on PJ + alarm state. The demo doesn't cycle EPT.
- Prometheus metrics exporter on a second port. The demo logs but doesn't export.
If you want one of these patterns in your own tool, lift the code
from main.cpp directly — each section is independently usable.
What's not here
- Persistence. The demo server's
--spool-dirflag is the pattern to copy. Addmodel->spool.enable_persistence(...)etc. at startup before binding the port. See INTEGRATION.md §5. - E84 handshake timers. No load-port AMHS wiring; see
INTEGRATION.md §4.6 for the
E84AsioTimersadapter. - Real I/O bridges. Sensor values come from a random-walk
simulator. A real PVD tool would have a PLC/serial driver
module-bridge feeding
model->svids.set_value(...)from real hardware. - Production deployment hardening — SECURITY.md (nftables, stunnel, minisign signing) and INTEGRATION.md §7 (HA pattern).
What you'd change for your tool
- Replace
equipment.yamlwith your tool's actual SVIDs, ECIDs, alarms, recipes. Runsecs_server --validate-configafter every edit. - Replace the sensor simulator (
pvd::Simulator) with calls into your real hardware driver. Keep theasio::postpattern for cross-thread updates. - Replace the recipe runner with your real recipe engine
integration. The shape — fire
Start, walk steps, fireProcessComplete— is the contract; the implementation is yours. - Replace the alarm threshold monitor with your real
alarm sources (sensor interrupts, watchdog timers, hardware
fault lines). Same
emit_alarm_set / emit_alarm_clearAPI. - Keep most of the Router handler section — those are spec- defined and you'll need them all in production.
That's it. No framework, no DI container, no abstract base classes. ~700 lines of vendor code on top of the library.
Cross-references
- INTEGRATION.md — the conceptual tutorial this example concretizes
- ARCHITECTURE.md — how stores compose, how to extend
- BENCHMARKS.md — what the throughput envelope looks like
- SECURITY.md — production hardening configs
- apps/secs_server.cpp — the demo server's fully-loaded Router (every handler PVD inherits + a few more)