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Launching FCAS

Like Internet Services, FCAS must make a persistent connection to your FirstClass server and the executable must be launched.

Launch FCAS (Windows)

You can launch FCAS from the executable. There are two versions of FCAS installed. A 32 bit version and a 64 bit version. If you are going to be developing applications using the RAD development module, or if you are running applications that require a 32 ODBC driver, you must run the 32 bit version. If you do not have those requirements, you can launch the 64 bit executable. In both cases, you will see the FCAS monitor display a successfully connection.

Launch FCAS (Macintosh)

To start FCAS on a Macintosh, you need to open a terminal window.
The FCAS installation places an FCAS executable called fcasd in the FCAS folder. You can start fcasd directly using fcasd -d, but we recommend that you use the fcasctl shell script provided.
The fcasctl shell script lets you manually start, stop, and check the status of FCAS. To run fcasctl:

  1. Open a Terminal window.
  2. Type /usr/sbin/fcasctl start

The terminal window will indicate the startup process.

Server side verification (Mac and Windows)

If you log in to your server with the FirstClass Client and check out the Session Monitor, you will see that the FCAS gateway is connected.