LCS Windows

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Go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services, ISAT Local Caching Server 4.0 to stop the LCS service from the Windows Services panel.
Uninstall the LCS 4.0 Windows Service by running the following script located at the LCS installation folder:
- Uninstall_LCS_Service.bat
Manually delete the LCS installation folder.

Click on "Download LCS Now!" located on the right side of your screen to download the installer.
The name of the installer file is ISAT_LCS_4_2_win.zip.
Extract the contents of the zip file and 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 to the installation folder and that there is a minimum of 512MB of disk space available.
Install the LCS as a Windows Service by running the script "Install_LCS_Service.bat" available as part of the LCS Installation folder.

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.bat" script, available as part of LCS Installation folder. Configure the LCS setting following the instructions on the Preferences screens.

Once the LCS is installed as a Windows service, you can start or stop the LCS using the Windows Services panel by going to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services, ISAT Local Caching Server 4.2.
The LCS service is configured to automatically start when your system is rebooted. If you want to manually start the LCS, change the LCS service properties in the Windows Services panel.

LCS provides a web based monitoring tool that helps you track the daily activity in the LCS. You can use the monitoring tool to track:
- Number of practice tests taken
- Number of active testers
- Number of test parts finished in LCS and saved to the CAL central servers
- Number of test parts finished in LCS but pending to be saved to the CAL central servers
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 two minutes, so wait for two minutes for the practice tests to be updated.