Deciding which terminals to autoinstall

This section will help you to decide which terminal devices to autoinstall.

Automatic transaction initiation
If a BMS ROUTE message is sent to a terminal that has a TCT entry but is not logged on, CICS® saves the message for subsequent delivery.
The TCT user area (TCTUA)
The TCT user area is an optional extension to the TCT entry.
The terminal list table (TLT)
A terminal list table is a list of terminals, defined either by four-character CICS terminal names or by three-character CICS operator identifiers.
Transaction routing
An autoinstall request to a local system overrides an autoinstall request for the same definition shipped from a different system.
Autoinstall and output-only devices
Most of the benefits of autoinstall apply more to display devices than to printers.

Parent topic: Autoinstalling z/OS Communications Server terminals