Installing and Unleashing Unicenter Automation Point

Summary:
This course is designed to help you design, install, and implement the Unicenter 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.

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 Unicenter 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 Unicenter APIs
• The Automation Point Voice Interface
• Notification Manager
• Using the OPS/MVS <-> Automation Point Interface (optional Topic)
• Using the Automation Point HMC Interfaces

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).