Installation:

• You need to un-install previous versions of KCA LCS before installing the latest LCS.
• Click on the appropriate LCS installer based on the processor used in your Mac system.
• • "LCS Mac Power PC Download" if your Mac system is built using Power PC  platform.
  • "LCS Mac Intel Download" if your Mac system is built using Intel x86 platform.
• Extract the contents of the tar.gz installer file and you should find the folder "KCA_LCS_4_5".
• You can copy this folder to any location on your system. This location will be your LCS installation folder. Make sure the LCS has permissions to write files in the installation folder and that there is a minimum of 512MB of disk space available.
• Change the permissions of LCS Installation folder by running the chmod command, "chmod -R 775 *".

Configuration:

LCS Preferences utility provides an easy-to-use interface to configure various options available with Local Caching Server.

Start the Preferences utility by running "LCS_Preferences.sh" script, available as part of the LCS installation folder, in the system console and it opens a GUI application. Configure the LCS following the instructions on the Preferences screens.

Running LCS:

• You can start and stop the LCS using the "lcs.sh" script available as part of the LCS installation folder.
• Use the following command to start the LCS,
  "<LCS-Installation-folder>/lcs.sh    start"
• Use the following command to stop the LCS,
  "<LCS-Installation-folder>/lcs.sh   stop"

LCS Monitoring Tool:

KCA LCS provides a web based monitoring tool that helps you to track the daily activity in the LCS. You can use the monitoring tool to track

• Number of practice tests taken
• A graph displaying the number of active testers
• Number of test parts finished in LCS and saved to the KCA central servers
• Number of test parts finished in LCS but pending to be saved to the KCA central servers

Learn more about the LCS Monitoring Tool.

Troubleshoot KCA and LCS:

This section helps you troubleshoot whether the KCA and LCS applications are properly configured to administer the Kansas Computerized Assessments.

Check whether KCA is able to connect to LCS. Open the KCA Preferences utility and run the troubleshoot. If KCA is configured properly to use LCS, the results will show that KCA is able to connect to LCS.

Check whether KCA is able to take a practice test using LCS. Open the LCS monitoring tool to view the number of practice tests taken per subject. Once you take a practice test the information displayed will update. The LCS monitoring tool currently updates every 2 minutes, so wait for 2 minutes for the practice tests to be updated.