A Connection to Bentley Transmittal Server Could Not Be Established


 Product(s):Bentley Transmittal Connector for ProjectWise
 Version(s):01.00.01.135
 Original Author:Molly Watts, Bentley Technical Support Group

Error or Warning Message

 "A connection to Bentley Transmittal Server could not be established"

Explanation

Setting up a new BTS system, receiving this error when running the configuration wizard in ProjectWise administrator  The ProjectWise server was not 8.11.11.111 and the patch files provided with BTS were put on the ProjectWise server.

from the install.txt file provided with the patch:

"This file is supplied as a patch to resolve a known issue in the ProjectWise 8.11.11 Commercial Release. This patch should be applied only to the 8.11.11.111 release of the ProjectWise Integration Server product."

How to Avoid

  1. Stop the ProjectWise integration server service
  2. Delete the two patch files that were replaced in c:\program files\bentley\projectwise\bin 
    1. Bentley.ProjectWise.WCF.PWTransport.dll
    2. dmskrnl.exe.config
  3. Start the ProjectWise Integration Server service
  4. Run a repair on ProjectWise Integration Server software
  5. Re-run the Bentley Transmittals Services datasource configuration wizard (right click on datasource name in PW Admininstrator-All Tasks)