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.
· 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