PCM 3.5.0
Palladio Component Model tool version 3.5.0. PCM 3.5.0 is the latest Palladio-Bench release (release date 2014-01-30).
Further installation instructions can be found at PCM Installation. For other revisions, see PCM Revisions
What's new / Release Notes
- Migrated to Eclipse 3.5 Kepler
- Improved PCM Build structure
- When installed from Eclipse Marketplace two icons are missing in the run dialog
- Fixed a bug where sensors for external calls in BranchActions were missing
- Does NOT work with Eclipse Mars
Known Bugs
- Calculation of failure mode probability in a RecoveryBlockBehaviour can be wrong (see [1])
- Utilization of Multicore CPUs with Processor Sharing cannot be examined
Installation
Eclipse Marketplace (Recommended)
To install the Palladio tooling via Eclipse Marketplace, visit http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/palladio-35-eclipse-43-kepler and drag the Install button to a running Eclipse 4.3 SR1 (Kepler) Standard Edition instance.
Release Update Site
Use Eclipse 4.3 SR1 (Kepler) Standard Edition as base Eclipse installation.
The Palladio tooling is available at the eclipse update site http://sdqweb.ipd.kit.edu/eclipse/palladio/releases/3.5.0/ .
All-in-one "Drop"
PCM, Version 3.5.0, Win 64bit
PCM, Version 3.5.0, Mac OSX 64bit
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 Java SE Platform (JDK) 6 or higher in order to run Palladio-Bench.
For LQN support install LQN Solvers/Simulation(342 MB, 2012-05-08), for further data visualization and analysis in conjunction with the statistics tool R see R Statistics for PCM.
Examples
Palladio comes with a Palladio Project Wizard providing templates for models to start with.
- Additional example projects can be downloaded at http://sdqweb.ipd.kit.edu/eclipse/palladio/examples/releases/3.5.0/
- In order to view an example unzip the archive and import the projects into your eclipse workspace.
- The PCM 3.5.0 release drop comes with an example workspace
- General information on the examples is available at Palladio Examples.
Troubleshooting
If you get a compile error for the simulated code related to the source level (such as "Syntax error, parameterized types are only available if source level is 1.5 or greater", make sure to set the compiler compliance level to 1.5 in your Eclipse (Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Compiler).