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  for  Geniuses. 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.