VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

10 Output of Results
10.2 Runtime Messages
During a VISSIM session, messages and warnings are displayed on screen
to ease user interactions.
10.2.1 Protocol Window
In the protocol window, messages, error messages and warnings are listed.
There are two ways to call the protocol window:
► Click menu HELP – PROTOCOL WINDOW.
► Click CTRL+SHIFT+F10.
● Bring always to front: As soon as a new warning appears, the window
is displayed on top.
● CLEAR removes all entries from the list.
To delete a single entry, mark the row and press DEL.
● OPEN LOG FILE opens the protocol file VISSIM_MSGS.TXT in a text editor
on screen.
● Time: The moment in time when the message was generated.
● Type: Type of the network object (e.g. Node)
● ID: The ID of the network object
● Description: The message in detail.
If the Type and ID of a network object (e.g. nodes and links) are allocated to
a message, then you can zoom into this network section.
The consistency check which is automatically run prior to the start of a
simulation of pedestrian flows returns warnings and error messages in the
protocol window. Click one of the warnings which are listed in the protocol
window: VISSIM will switch to the appropriate editing mode and select the
particular element while zooming to the network position. This does not work
as long as the simulation is running.
The log file VISSIM_MSGS.TXT
During each VISSIM session, messages are logged to VISSIM_MSGS.TXT.
This log file is stored in automatically in \DOCUMENTSANDSETTINGS\
\LOCALSETTINGS\TEMP\VISSIM\VISSIM_MSGS.TXT.
It contains system messages which are generated when the VISSIM
program session is started, and - as a second data block - the individual
486 VISSIM 5.30-05 © PTV AG 2011