ACM

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGIATE PROGRAMMING CONTEST

California State University, Sacramento's

PC²

Version 8.5

Contest Administrator's

Installation and Configuration Guide

<Last Update: 2003-07-29>

Table of Contents

1. Overview.. 1

2. PC² Startup Checklist forGeniuses. 2

3. Instructions For The Rest Of Us. 3

3.1. Installation.. 3

3.2. Uninstall 4

4. PC² Initialization Files. 5

4.1. sitelist.ini file. 5

4.2. pc2v8.ini file. 6

4.3. reject.ini file. 8

5. PC² Startup Procedure. 9

5.1. Built-in Commands. 9

5.2. Server Startup.. 10

5.3. Starting Clients. 11

6. Configuring the Contest in PC² 12

6.1. Administrator Login.. 12

6.2. User Accounts. 13

6.2.1. Account Creation. 13

6.2.2. Account Names and Passwords. 14

6.2.3. Loading Account Data. 15

6.2.4. Importing ICPC Data. 16

6.2.5. Reconnecting Account Logins. 17

6.3. Contest Problems. 18

6.4. Contest Languages. 21

6.4.1. Defining a Language. 21

6.4.2. Command Parameter Substitutions. 23

6.4.3. Language Definition Examples. 23

6.4.4. Language Definitions In Multi-Site Contests. 25

6.5. Options. 27

6.5.1. General Options. 27

6.5.2. Balloon Options. 28

6.6. Sites. 29

7. Starting the Contest 30

7.1. Clock Control 30

7.2. Contest Length.. 32

7.3. Multi-Site Clock Control 33

7.4. Practice Sessions: Resetting A Contest 35

8. Monitoring Contest Status