PCSETUP1                PC Configuration for Automation Systems

 Class Type               Engineering

 System                     PC Hardware/Software                    

 Duration                   4.5 Days

 Class Audience        Maintenance Personnel responsible for maintaining/Configuring

                                   PC Equipment for any Honeywell PC Based HVAC Automation

                                   Systems.

 Offered At                Customer site or St Paul

 # of Students            Minimum 4 Maximum 8

 Cost                        $2110 per person at site, $1827 per person St Paul

 Brief                       The course first identifies PC architecture via a block diagram.  PC

                                operation is then discussed using an extensive discussion of DOS

                                commands.  PC diagnostics and Debug are then discussed.  This

                                part of the class assumes a minimal configuration on the PC such as

                                DOS or a version of windows other than Windows XP.  This gives

                                the students enough maturity to deal with the next challenge of

                                working with a blank PC or reconfiguring one that already came

                                setup with a suite of software and other utilities.  The goal is to gain

                                control of your PC no matter who made it and what was loaded on

                                it.

                                This next part of the class discusses the objectives that you may

                                have from your PC.  After this discussion the instructor shows how

                                to set up the PC to deliver the objectives with ease and without any

                                awkward hardware/software rigging.  Mr. Hussain discusses his

                                own and CITS Proprietary PC Setup System.  This highly versatile

                                system of PC setup requires that you have available all devices

                                drivers that came with your PC.  The system then allows you to

                                setup your PC in such a way that you can boot your PC to any

                                operating system that you may need without any hard disk

                                swapping and elaborate batch files. This setup involves some

                                intensive discussion of disk partitioning Schemes.  Mr. Hussain

                                shows how to bypass the DOS system fdisk utility altogether and

                                using what is called a Primary Disk Partitioning system that requires

                                no use of extended disk partitions (which are not bootable

                                anyway!).

                                The next part of the class shows how to setup and work with any

                                network.  The emphasis is on network hardware and software

                                setup and not on network administration. (You may want to consult

                                other classes in this bulletin for that.)  This is because in this day and

                                age you are going to have to deal with networks at some point or

                                other. This part prepares you to work with any network hardware

                                or software problem. This part is quite intense as well.  Again Mr.

                                Hussain will take the hype out of the networks and show you what

                                they are really about. You will see that networks are simple to

                                setup, maintain and trouble-shoot but hard to manage.

                                After an ideal system setup has been achieved the class shows that

                                backing up your PC data files is a snap.  A variety of back up

                                strategies are discussed including the CITS preferred one.  This

                                technique uses simple tools to back up your system files on your

                                network. The class then shows how you can restore your data files

                                without any problems. The class also discusses PC imaging and

                                disk cloning using different software tools.

Objectives            Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:

·         Identify all components of an IBM compatible PC

·         Use a basic but critical set of DOS commands

·         Run and Interpret any standard Diagnostics program on a PC  including check-it 

·         Setup and configure a PC for the purpose in hand

·         Re-configure a pre-configured PC

·         Partition a hard disk system to boot any operating system whatsoever

·         Setup primary partitions as opposed to extended partitions

·         Set up a network of any description excluding the use and administration of the same

·         Configure a Database Backup system for any PC that needs backing up

Topics                   

                        ·         PC Architecture

                        ·         DOS commands and Windows Configuration Operation

                        ·         PC Diagnostics Programs

                        ·         PC Setup and Configuration

                        ·         Backup Strategies

                        ·         Network configuration