The present invention provides a surgical footswitch that includes a base, a pedal, an encoder assembly, a wireless interface, and an internal power generator. To ensure system security, after receiving a request from a user to run a tool on a set of target nodes, an SCM security manager may need to check whether the user is authorized to run the tool on the target nodes. A plurality of flame breakers is disposed inside of the reaction chamber of the process atmosphere incinerator.