LCS Mac

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If the LCS is currently running, stop it by executing the following script located at the LCS installation folder:
- lcs.sh stop
Manually delete the LCS installation folder.

Click on the appropriate LCS installer based on the processor used in your Mac system.
- "Mac Power PC" if your Mac system is built using the Power PC platform.
- "Mac Intel x86" if your Mac system is built using the Intel x86 platform.
Extract the contents of the tar.gz installer file and you should find the folder "ISAT_LCS_4_2".
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 *".

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 setting following the instructions on the Preferences screens.

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 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 users between 7:00 AM to 7:00PM
- Number of test parts finished in LCS and saved in central server
- Number of test parts finished in LCS and pending to be saved in central server
Learn more about LCS Monitoring Tool.

This section helps you troubleshoot whether the CAL and LCS applications are properly configured to administer ISAT tests.
Check whether CAL is able to connect to LCS. Open the CAL Preferences utility and run the troubleshoot. If CAL is configured properly to use LCS, the results will show that CAL is able to connect to LCS.
Check whether CAL 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.