How to install and start Visum

Visum is supplied with demo files, sample files, and documentation. You can find a detailed installation guide under ...\Program files\PTV Vision\PTV Visum 2022\Doc\Eng\Installation_PTV Visum 2022.pdf.

After you have installed Visum, several icons are available in the Visum program group (Start > Programs > PTV Visum 2022 > PTV Visum 2022):

Icon	Description
PTV Visum 2022	Starts Visum with an empty network.
PTV Vision Calculation server 2021	Starts the server for distributed computations on multiple computers.
PTV Vision calculation server for Visum with Visum Engine	Starts the server for distributed computations on multiple computers for the Visum Engine license variant Notes The Visum Engine can be installed in addition to Visum. It serves as compute node without the Visum user interface. You can select it as compute node during distributed calculations and manage it via the calculation server.
PTV Visum License Manager 2021	Opens the License Management - PTV Visum window
Diagnostics for PTV Visum 2022	Opens the window Diagnostics for PTV Visum 2022 (Opening Diagnostics)

Note: With one Visum license, you can start five Visum instances in parallel on your computer.