7. Writing Field-developed Applications

The most significant change that can be made to a CA MICS
system is the addition of a field-developed application
(FDA).  Implementing a field-developed application involves a
thorough knowledge of how CA MICS products are structured and
considerations of input integrity, reliability, and
maintainability that accompany a product's implementation.

This section contains the following topics:

7.1 Development Steps

7.2 Deciding What the Application Must Do

7.3 Writing the Code

7.4 Testing, Documenting and Deploying the FDA

7.5 MSI Definition Notes

7.6 MSI Unit Level Parameters