PCM 3.2

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Palladio-Bench 3.2. PCM 3.2 is a stable release of Palladio (released 2011-03-06). It is available from an Eclipse update site and as an "all-in-one drop". This page includes an installation guide for the PCM 3.2 tools. See PCM Releases for the latest release.

Features of Palladio 3.2

What's new / Release Notes

Supports / Requires Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo), do not use 3.6 (until it is explicitly supported and required, which is planned for 2011)
New graphical editor for the resource environment
Support of reliability analysis
New scheduler (Linux, Windows) with improved precision
Multi-core CPU support
Simplified launch configuration (model file selection)
Increased control over random number generation
Automated design optimisation for performance, reliability, costs
Integration of the new probe specification framework
New Palladio Workflow Engine with extended configurability
Various PCM meta-model refinements
Stabilisation, numerous bug fixes, dozens of further new features
Note: Due to meta-model changes, models created with earlier versions of the PCM (e.g. 3.1) cannot be opened with PCM 3.2. The PCM Changelog gives insights into the PCM meta-model's changes. Automated migration: [1].

All-in-one "Drop"

PCM, Version 3.2, Win32 PCM, Version 3.2, Mac64, including example workspace; for LQN support install LQN Solvers/Simulation (461 MB, 2011-03-06)

The drop is password-protected, but feel free to contact us if you are interested in it. To install a drop, simply unzip it. Please don't use the built-in ZIP functionality of Windows OS - it is known to cause problems with Eclipse ZIP files. Instead, try 7zip or alternatives.

You need to have an installed Java SE Platform (JDK) 6 or higher in order to run Palladio-Bench.

Getting Started

We provide an example workspace for the PCM 3.2, which containts three different project examples. You can immediately start to analyse these three software models when using the example workspace.

Basic Eclipse Development Installaton

You can get an Eclipse base installation including all plugins needed for development at PCM_Installation/Revisions#Developer_Drops.

Installation through update site (Galileo)

The version 3.2 of the PCM tool suite is based on Eclipse 3.5 SR2 (Galileo) Modeling Edition. Execute the following steps to get started with the PCM tools:

Install Java SE JDK 6
Download Eclipse Modeling Tools 3.5 SR2 (including Incubating components, 371 MB) at the official Eclipse download site
Unzip to a folder of your choice
Start Eclipse, let it create a workspace folder.
Select Help -> Check for Updates
- Update the Eclipse Modeling tools features
Select Help -> Install new Software...
Click right-hand button "Add Site..."
- In the popup, enter URL "http://sdqweb.ipd.kit.edu/eclipse/revisions/2011-03-06_PCM_stable_3.2/" (PCM 3.2 release update site)
- Click OK. Do not install yet, you need other sites, too (see below). Proceed as described in the following.
Click "Available Software Sites..."
- Make sure the Galileo update site, the PCM, and the medini update sites are enabled.
  - The medini update site is available at http://www.ikv.de/qvt/update-site
- Test the connection here for each update site.
- Click OK
Back in the "Available Software" tab, install the features one by one
- Galileo
  - Galileo - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo > EclipseRT Target Platform Components > Equinox Project SDK
- PCM
  - http://sdqweb.ipd.kit.edu/eclipse/revisions/2011-03-06_PCM_stable_3.2/ > 'Palladio Component Model Feature' and 'Palladio Component Model Diagramming Feature'
  - If you do not see any items for the PCM update site, uncheck "Group items by category" and select the features manually. Either select all features or a subset (In the latter case, Eclipse will check for you whether all dependencies have been satisfied)
Click "Install..."
Click "Next", agree to the licenses, click "Finish".
The necessary packages should now be downloaded and installed automatically on your system.
Restart Eclipse when prompted

Detailed Installation Guide

Please find a detailed installation guide at PCM Installation. For other revisions see PCM Revisions.