Player

The Player runs remote CICS/IMS screens in the browser. There is no local converted-program execution — sessions talk to the host over MQ or IMS Connect.

1. Select an operation in the sidebar.
2. Check the readiness list (CICS: CICS/MQ configured, AQ00 started on CICS, Descriptors; IMS: IMS Connect configured, Descriptors available, Entry MID).
3. On IMS, pick Play start when more than one MID is available.
4. Click Play.
5. Fill input fields and press an AID key (Enter, PF3, PF12, and so on).
6. Click Close session to end the session. Refresh or closing the tab also ends it.

While a session is open, Record captures interactions. Stop finishes the recording (it does not close the remote session). The recording appears under Screen APIs.

One session per process. If Play returns busy (HTTP 409), use Close session or wait for idle release (15 minutes of inactivity). Start the target CICS transaction (for example AQ00) on the mainframe before Play.