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Starting Remote Operations

To access CA Automation Point from a remote workstation.

1. Ensure that the CA Automation Point host machine has been enabled for remote viewing using Configuration Manager.
2. Establish connectivity through TCP/IP or an internet provider.
3. Install the Remote Viewer component from the CA Automation Point client.
4. From Windows, click Start on the taskbar, and then choose Programs, CA, CA Automation Point, Remote Viewer. The AP Viewer Msg window displays.
5. To connect to a CA Automation Point machine, choose Open Remote Connection from the Action menu. The Connect to Automation Point dialog displays.
6. In the Host field, enter the name or host address of the CA Automation Point host machine that you want to connect to.

   You can use the optional :port operand to specify the port number to which you want to connect. If CA Automation Point has been enabled for remote viewing using a port other than the default, specify that port number.

7. In the Session field, specify the name of a CA Automation Point desktop window you want to view remotely. Guidelines for specifying different session types follow:
   • For terminal emulator sessions:

     Prefix the session name with Session. For example, to connect to a session named RCS2 in the session definition that is set, specify Session RCS2.

   • For function windows

     Enter the name or title of the function window as it appears on the CA Automation Point desktop. The default window names follow:

     • AP Msg Recall
     • Merged Msg
     • Action Msg Recall
     • Host Log
     • AP Log
     • Normal Msg Recall
     • AP Msg
     • Command
     • AP Notification Messages

   Notes:

   • The Session field is case-sensitive.
     • If you do not specify a value for the Session field, by default, CA Automation Point opens AP Msg Recall session.
8. If Single Sign-on is configured and you want to use a different user account set the Use Explicit Credentials checkbox.
9. Click Connect.

   If session-level security is configured, the Automation Point Login dialog displays.

10. Enter your user ID and password, if requested.
11. After you are connected to one CA Automation Point machine, you can connect to others from the AP Viewer Msg window by choosing Action, Open Remote Connection.

To start CA Automation Point remotely, click Startup. You can specify the optional parameter session definition set name in the Start field when you want to start CA Automation Point with a particular session definition set.

For example, to start CA Automation Point with the session definition set, SessDefSet, you would specify this name in the Start field of the Connect to Automation Point dialog.

Note: If you do not specify any session definition set in the Start field, the active session definition set is used to start CA Automation Point.

After you are connected to one CA Automation Point machine, the AP Message Recall window or the window specified in the Session field displays. You can view other session and function windows by choosing the Jump to the window option from the Window menu.