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If you need assistance with using Scheer PAS BRIDGE, don't be desperate: We are happy to help you!
  1. First of all you can consult our complete technical documentation.
    The documentation is divided into several guides:

    You can search the complete documentation using the search box in the top right. You can search a dedicated guide using the search box on the left, on top of the content tree.

  2. If you can't solve your problem with help of the documentation, you can have a look into our BRIDGE Forum at http://forum.e2ebridge.com.
    Maybe, someone had a similar problem. Otherwise, you are invited to post a question there. BRIDGE developers or fellow BRIDGE users will help you.
  3. Last but not least, you can file a ticket to our support team at support@e2ebridge.com.
    All mails to our support mailbox will open a ticket in our service desk.
    Optionally, you may use our service desk portal. There, you can manage your tickets and raise new support requests. Using the portal requires you to register your email address, which will not take much time.

What Information to Include into a Support Request?

To help you with your problem, our support team needs some information on your software and environment.

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Installation Problems

Problem with Bridge Installation

If you have got a problem with installing Scheer PAS BRIDGE, refer to Troubleshooting the BRIDGE Installation in our online documentation.

If this does not help, and you want to create a support ticket, please provide us with

  • the name of the Bridge installer file, e.g. BridgeInstaller-win32-64-7.1.0.jar
  • the installation log file you can find at <user home>\.e2ebuilder\console.install.log

Double click the text block below to copy&paste the information template to your support request:

BRIDGE Installer:
Operating System:
Problem Description:
Attached File: console.install.log
Problem with Builder Installation

If you have got a problem with installing the Scheer PAS BUILDER, please provide us with

  • the name of the Builder plug-in file, e.g. BuilderPlugin18.0-7.2.0.x64.zip
  • the MagicDraw version you tried to install the BUILDER to

If you have got problems installing MagicDraw, please refer to the MagicDraw documentation and NoMagic support.

Double click the text block below to copy&paste the information template to your support request:

BUILDER Plugin:
MagicDraw Version:
Operating System:
Problem Description:
Problem with Analyzer Installation

If you have got a problem with installing the Scheer PAS ANALYZER, please provide us with

  • the name of the Analyzer installer file, e.g. AnalyzerInstaller-7.2.0.x64.exe
  • the operating system you tried to install the ANALYZER on
  • On Windows systems: Open a Command Prompt and start the installer with AnalyzerInstaller-7.x.x.x64.exe >install.log.
    This will route all error messages of the installer to a separate log file. Attach this log file to your support request.

Double click the text block below to copy&paste the information template to your support request:

ANALYZER Installer:
Operating System:
Problem Description:
Attached File: install.log

General Problem with BRIDGE Operating

If you have got BRIDGE operating problems like e.g. with creating users or groups, proxy management, uploading the firmware, etc. continue reading to find a list of information we need to work on your problem.
If you have got service related problems, refer to BRIDGE Support further below.

Double click the text block below to copy&paste the information template to your support request:

BRIDGE Installer Version:
Operating System:
Problem Description:
Attached File(s): console logs, start logs
  • the version number of the BRIDGE installer

Open the BRIDGE administration console, go to the BRIDGE node and copy&paste the text displayed on the Runtime tab (see also Managing a Bridge Node Instance).

  • the operating system the BRIDGE is running on

  • the log files listed below of the day, the error occurred
For each day, the BRIDGE creates a new log file. Each part of the BRIDGE writes his own log file, so you have to collect the files named <error date>.log from the following directories:
  • <bridge data directory>\servlets\logs\admin
  • <bridge data directory>\servlets\logs\bridge
  • <bridge data directory>\servlets\logs\console
  • <bridge data directory>\servlets\logs\domain
  • <bridge data directory>\servlets\logs\proxy

If you can reproduce the problem, then

  1. Activate log level Debug.
    For information on how to set the log level of a service, refer to Bridge Log Level  .
  2. Reproduce the problem.
  3. Reset the log level to Info.

Collect the log files after you have done this.

  • If the BRIDGE does not start at all, ...
... send the log files from <bridge data directory>/servlets/logs/start*.log

xUML Service Problem

If you have got problems with one or more xUML services, find below a list of information we need to work on your request.

Double click the text block below to copy&paste the information template to your support request:

xUML Runtime Version:
Operating System:
Problem Description (Step-By-Step):
Attached File(s): bridgeserver log, Builder project ZIP, start.log, dump information
  • the version  number of the xUML Runtime

If you do not know your Runtime version number, open the BRIDGE administration console, go to the Bridge node and look at the Runtime tab (see also Managing a Bridge Node Instance).

  • the operating system the BRIDGE is running on

  • the bridgeserver log file of the day the error occurred

For each day, the BRIDGE creates a new log file in the following directory: <bridge data directory>\bridge_<name of the service>\logs\bridgeserver_<date>.log

You can collect the log file from this location or download it directly from the Bridge (see Logging of xUML Services).

  • If your problem touches specific functionality, please prepare a minimal project that reproduces the problem and attach it to your support request.

We need: the XML model file, the compiled repository, test case(s)

Providing us with a model that requires additional backends slows down the work significantly! 

If you cannot reduce your project, send the complete BRIDGE project including model, compiled repository and test cases.

  • Provide us with a detailed, step-by-step description of how to reproduce the problem.
Add information on the problem, e.g. if it occurs always or sometimes only.

Specific Problems

If you have a specific problem, we may need additional information:

  • If an xUML service does not start, we need the start log of the service.

The BRIDGE logs startup information to a file in the following directory: <bridge data directory>\bridge_<name of the service>\logs\start.log

You can collect the log file from this location or download it directly from the Bridge (see Logging of xUML Services).

  • If an xUML service crashes ( sign in the BRIDGE), we need the start log (see above) and the BRIDGE project including model, compiled repository and test cases.
    If you can not reproduce the error ...
If the Java adapter is used in the service, send file <bridge data directory>\bridge_<name of the service>\hs_err_pid<process_number>.log.

On Windows, enable full user-mode dumps in Windows Error Reporting and install the symbol xUML Runtime packages for the dump file to be created next time the service crashes. You can request the symbol packages from our support.

On Unix, enable core dumps. You have got two possibilities to do this:

  • Log in as Bridge user and manually start the xUML service using the command:

    <bridge data directory>/bridge_<name of the service>/bin/start.sh <bridge prog directory>
  • Enable core dumps on the BRIDGE by editing file <bridge prog directory>/bin/e2e_console.sh.
    Find the line

    echo ulimit -S -c 0 >> $TOMCAT_SCRIPT

    add a #-sign in front of the line (to comment this line out) it and restart the BRIDGE.

Compile Problems With the BUILDER

If you have got problems with compiling a model with the BUILDER, find below a list of information we need to work on your request.

Double click the text block below to copy&paste the information template to your support request:

BUILDER Version:
MagicDraw Version:
Operating System:
Problem Description:
Attached File(s): md.log or magicdraw.log, Builder project ZIP
  • the BUILDER version

The version numbers can easily be copied to the clipboard by going to the Builder > About menu.

There you can copy the whole version information by clicking Copy to Clipboard.

  • If exceptions occurred, send the MagicDraw log file too.
MagicDraw VersionLog File
16.9 or 17.0 <user home>\.magicdraw\<version number>\md.log
18.0 <user home>\AppData\Local\.magicdraw\<version number>\magicdraw.log
  • If possible send the whole project or all involved UML files and all required resources.
Don't forget the XMI files in the import-directory.
  • If it is not possible to send the sources, send us the bxmi.wi file.

To find this file:

  1. Go into the .$work directory in your Bridge project.

  2. Open the .xmi.id file and search for the UML file causing the issues. Copy the content of the id attribute (e.g. 950939989).

  3. In .$work, open the directory having the same name as the id attribute found in the previous step.

  4. Look for file <id attribute>.bxmi.wi.

  5. Zip this file and send it to our support.

Problems with the ANALYZER

If you have got problems with the ANALYZER, find below a list of information we need to work on your request.

Double click the text block below to copy&paste the information template to your support request:

ANALYZER Version:
Operating System:
Problem Description:
Attached File(s): Builder project ZIP
  • the ANALYZER version

The version numbers can easily be copied to the clipboard by going to the Help > About menu.

There you can copy the whole version information by clicking Copy to Clipboard.

  • If possible send the whole project or all involved repositories and all required resources.

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