Conversion Agent Service Error

Hi I have tried to Install the CA engine, deployed the *.SCA files, Copied the Services SubDirectories onto ServicesDB of XI Server which is on Windows 32bit.I am able to run the 'CM_Console' and 'CM_Console testCME' tests with sucess.However when I use the channel to parse a pdf from a Mail Attachment the mail is picked & read however the payload is blank,the Comm Channel Monitor shows a error ,,
Error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: can't parse argument number Mehod:callConversionAgent ,
the services related to this interface are in the ServicesDB folder,and this service used to be running before on a previous UNIX server,Any Idea what needs to be changed while deploying the same Service on a Windows Server..?

Have you used Conversion Agent Module in Sender File Adapter --> Module, properly ?
Also check this module using CM_Console <Module Name>.
& check the result of your Conversion Agent Module there.

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