The Competition Instructions Page

Below are the instructions for setting up the PC^2 client for competing in the UI ACM's Biweekly coding competitions.

Start by requesting a username and password for competition. Put your request in an email, but please choose a non-important password, as it will show in clear text on the server. Next, download pc2-9.1.3.zip or pc2-9.1.3.tar (for Windows or Linux). Extract everything and run pc2team.bat or pc2team from the bin directory. Login using your team name and password. Once logged in, you can select the problem, language, and code file, then test and submit.

Off Campus?

If you are on Windows, download PuTTY (putty.exe). If you are on Linux, you will use OpenSSH. Run the following command, with the appropriate wormulon username, before starting PC².

prompt> [putty.exe | ssh] -N -L 50002:acm-pc2.cs.uidaho.edu:50002 wormulonUsername@wormulon.cs.uidaho.edu

A terminal will open on Windows, or remain open on Linux. After a bit, wormulon will ask for your CS account password. Enter it. If you are successful, a tunnel will be made between your computer and wormulon, and wormulon will route your PC² traffic to our competition server. The -L option on the command requests tunneling services. -N stops the terminal after a successful login.