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FalconView™ Systems Administration

Program ID: DEF 1014P
Program type: Short Courses (weekday)
CEUs: 1.5

Location/
(Accommodations)		 Program Administrator Start End Status Cost
Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
(Georgia Tech Hotel)		 Mr. Daniel Longhurst March 9, 2010 March 10, 2010 Register here $1,195.00
Section ID: 10295/220410436

IMPORTANT: This course is restricted to U.S. citizens and all attendees are required to fill out the Access Eligibility Form indicating they meet the attendance requirements.

    NOTES:
  • -- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
  • -- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.
  • -- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Tuesday, March 9, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Wednesday, March 10, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

Course Description

Explore maintenance of map data and system health on FalconView™ based systems. The recent growth in available geospatial data requires improved CONOPS for handing large data stores. Proper system maintenance can avoid many problems.

Who Should Attend

  • Unit-level users of PFPS and JMPS
  • Network administrators and base operations power users who manage networks for map and mission-planning data
  • Developers
  • IT personnel distributing and maintaining FalconView™ machines in the current security-enabled network environments

How You Will Benefit

Network administrators
  • Learn to install FalconView™ and set up user accounts and groups
  • Troubleshoot FalconView™ installations
  • Set up a distributed map data server
  • Maintain centralized data repositories
  • Manage and load data for users
  • Collaborate overlay ports and network needs
  • Use super splitter to support real-time data feeds
  • Create links to custom tools

Developers

  • Master the process used to update other system data

What You Will Cover

  • FalconView™ Installation
  • Troubleshooting FalconView™ Installations
    • Error Logs
    • SQL
    • Permissions
  • Distributed Map Data Server
  • Data Repositories
  • Network Loading
  • Managing Loading and Updating Data for Users
    • CSD/Map Data Update/Map Coverage
    • ECHUM/DAFIF/VVOD
    • Preferred Directory Structures
  • Collabration Overlay Ports and Network Needs
  • GPS Splitter Support (TCP/IP)
  • Sources of Data

Course Materials

Participants receive copies of course materials, FalconView™ API, documentation, and labs.

Participants should bring Portable Flight Planning System (PFPS)/FalconView™ installed on a laptop. Non-Department of Defense students can obtain a commercial release of FalconView™ through Georgia Tech Technology Licensing. Note: Route planning is not included in the commercial version). Developers need laptops with their preferred development environment installed.

Microsoft VS2005 will be used during the course for examples. Commonly supported languages are C++, C# .Net, VB, and VB .Net via COM and .Net interfaces.

Security Requirements

Participants must be employees of either U.S. Government agencies or their contractors as well as be U.S. citizens. To meet this requirement, you must submit the Access Eligibility Form.

Prerequisites

Attendees should take Introduction to FalconView™: Basic Operations before FalconView™ Systems Administration OR have a thorough understanding of the FalconView™ user interface (UI), preference controls, supported tools, and available data sets.

Instructor

Daniel Longhurst is a Senior Developer in the FalconView™ and JMPS mission planing programs joining the team in 2000. Daniel previously taught computer programing at the MS and BS level at Southern Polytechnic State University and Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Course Administrator

For more information about this course or an offering at your location, contact the course administrator:

Daniel Longhurst
404-407-6825
daniel.longhurst@gtri.gatech.edu

Course Location and Times

  • Atlanta, Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
    • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday

    On the first day of class, check in at least 30 minutes before class start time.

    Online Offering

    For online offerings of this course, check www.defense.gatech.edu/network-centric-operations.

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