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Implemented Demand Analysis Requests (DARs)

The following DARs have been implemented with this release of CA Automation Point:

13113783-1: 5250 terminal emulation
14755810-1: SUPPORT TN5250 EMULATION AS400
17294998 -2: Support AS/400 TN5250 device

Native 5250 terminal emulation has been added to CA Automation Point and now provides support for terminal emulation for IBM iSeries/AS400 systems.

For more information, see the appendix "TN3270 and TN5250 Considerations" in the Administrator Guide.

15158340-1: Publish configuration of the sessions via REXX stem variable
17397567-1: Enable reporting of disabled sessions, allow user to programmatically enable/disable sessions

The ADDRESS AXC SESSCNTL command now gives you runtime programmatic control over a session’s connection with remote host machines without disrupting other sessions actively running on the CA Automation Point desktop. The ADDRESS AXC commands SESSLIST and SESSCONFIG now provide runtime programmatic access to session attributes by returning their values using a REXX stem variable.

For more information, see the Command and Keyword Reference Guide.

15647370-1: Pause notification before escalation

The Notification Manager NMFIND command has added the ESCALATIONWAIT parameter. You can now specify a wait time before notification escalation occurs. This gives the notified user more time to react after all notification methods for the user are exhausted.

For more information see the Command and Keyword Reference Guide.

16118803-2: 3270 Console Setup

Documentation has been updated to include details about configuring a z/OS console to allow an CA Automation Point 3270 session to properly connect to it.

16439543-1: Produce support-requested diagnostic report without outage

You can now generate a full Diagnostic Report without disrupting service. You no longer need to stop CA Automation Point and all its services.

16439598-1: NM commit confirmation popup

After updating Notification Manager policy or contact data using the Notification Website, a warning dialog now displays with the option to continue or cancel the action if you try to navigate away from web page without committing the changes to the database.

16835031-2: Manage the out.deb file

Configuration Manager now includes a configuration dialog that specifies options for managing the CA Automation Point internal debugging facility. Configuration Manager also supports log file rolling for managing trace log files generated by the debugging facility.

17110130-1: Create new REXX log file

You can now start a new REXX log file by selecting New REXX Log from the Action menu on any session or function window defined to the CA Automation Point Desktop.

17280075-2: Trace all commands received from OPS/MVS

Each ADDRESS AP command that CA Automation Point receives through the CA OPS/MVS Interface is now logged in the out.deb file.

17395901-2: Escalate from notification website
17439666-2: Perform escalation on notifications sent from NM website

Notifications that are initiated from the Notification Website are now subject to the same notification policy for escalation that governs notification requests that are initiated programmatically through the NMFIND command.

17772749-1: Hardware under VMWare

CA Automation Point can communicate to serial devices over a TCP/IP network connection using third-party network-attached serial port expansion hardware and software. For details about the type of expansion hardware that has been verified, contact CA Technical Support.

18249893-2: Open Object REXX Support
18519575-1: Support Open Object REXX

CA Automation Point now supports the use of Open Object REXX (version 4.0 or higher) for interacting with all supported CA Automation Point REXX address environments.

18995711-1: iSeries Autosignon Capability

A sample file entitled "ChangeAutosignonCredentials" has been added to allow updates to the auto sign-on password from a REXX exec. This applies only to sessions using native 5250 terminal emulation that have been configured to use the Auto-Signon feature.

19093784-1: Control Placement AP List Popup

The APListen client program has been modified to display a text dialog instead of the Microsoft Agent character when executed on a platform that does not have the Microsoft Agent environment installed. When this dialog is displayed instead of the Microsoft Agent character, the window position coordinates used to place this dialog on the screen default to the last known window placement of this dialog from previous notification attempts.