VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

3.4 The VISSIM Command Line Operations
The VISSIM Command Line Operations
VISSIM can also be controlled from the command line prompt. In order to get
results from an input file run in batch mode, the desired evaluations must be
specified in the VISSIM.INI file used by the VISSIM executable. The VISSIM
executable uses the VISSIM.INI file in the directory where it is called from.
Therefore the VISSIM.INI file you use must be stored in the same directory
as the batch file.
The following table shows the optional parameters and their functionality:
Loads the input file.
-b Loads a background bitmap and zooms in according to
the information contained in the *.INI file (only works in
conjunction with an input filename). An *.INI file can be
saved using VIEW – SAVE SETTINGS... in the main menu.
Example: VISSIM.EXE LUX567.INP -BLUX567.INI
-d
opens VISSIM with the network file LUX567.INP and
the options file LUX567.INI.
Sets the number of decimal places for the evaluation
files to . The following evaluations are regarded:
► Analyzer output
► Node evaluation
► Link evaluation
► Vehicle protocol
► Pedestrian protocol
-nopathfile Dyn. Assignment: Do not save path file.
-nocostfile Dyn. Assignment: Do not save cost file.
-nosearchpaths Dyn. Assignment: Do not perform short path search.
-regserver
-unregserver
Register/unregister VISSIM as COM server. The main
VISSIM window is briefly shown in case of successful
registration, otherwise a message box appears.
-s Starts and runs the simulation times. Any noncritical
runtime errors will not display a message box.
The status bar shows the number of the current run.
Refer to section 8.1.3 for another method of running
multiple simulation runs with VISSIM.
-threads
[2 ≤ n ≤ 8]
In the simulation kernel, VISSIM uses multithreading.
Thus a simulation can run much faster on multiprocessor
or multicore PCs using this option.
-v The volume flag is only used with Dynamic Assignment
(optional module) and the number following is the
percentage that - during each simulation run - is added
to the percentage specified in the Dynamic Assignment
window as Scale Total Volume to [%]. The volume will
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