Installing and Unleashing CA-Automation Point

Summary

This course is designed to help you design, install, and implement the CA-Automation Point product. It is designed to give a complete understanding of the product essentials in a single course.
This enables the attendee to configure Automation Point and develop automation applications on the Windows platform. Quizzes, reviews, and hands-on labs are used to reinforce presented topics.

Prerequisites

Students entering this course should have end user knowledge of Windows, and REXX programming experience (as covered in ProTech's Multiplatform REXX Programming course).

Duration

5 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience

This course is designed for operations personnel, automation analysts, and systems programmers.

Topics

Introduction to CA-Automation Point

• Automation Point Project Planning

• Windows Overview, including concepts, device drivers, services, networking, and install

• Host Connections and Adapter Cards (Terminal emulation, 3270, HLLAPI, and asynch)

• Installing Automation Point Automation Point

• Configuring Automation Point Parameters

• Configuring Keyboard mapping and Scan code files

• Configuring Asynchronous Terminal Sessions

• Using Automation Point Script files

• Automation Point Migration (optional Topic)

• Operating CA-Automation Point

• Using Remote Operations

• Coding Automation Point Rules

• Using REXX with Automation Point

• Using AXC Command Processors

• Designing High Availability, low maintenance automation

• Using Program to Program Queues (PPQ)

• Installation and use of the global variable environment (GLV)

• Editing Automation Point Menus

• Using the Automation Point APIs

• The Automation Point Voice Interface

• Notification Manager

• Using the OPS/MVS <-> Automation Point Interface (optional Topic)

• Using the Automation Point HMC Interfaces

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