Note: This guideline does not aim to replace the official installation steps provided by Spectral Sciences, Inc. We therefore not take any warranty of the correct performance of MODTRAN. For any questions about its installation, it is recommended to contact Spectral Sciences, Inc.
The following instructions are directly extracted and adapted from:
A. Berk, G.P. Anderson, P.K. Acharya, & E.P. Shettle (May 2011), "MODTRAN® 5.2.1 User's Manual document (Appendix C)", Spectral Sciences, Inc.
MODTRAN®5.2.1 is delivered as a single DVD. The DVD contains a PC distribution containing both 32-bit and 64-bit machine installation files.
Installation instructions for PC systems are provided below. or additional installation or technical questions, please email either Spectral Sciences, Inc. (SSI) at modtran@spectral.com or AFRL at Gail.Anderson@hanscom.af.mil.
The PC version of MODTRAN® is delivered ready to run. Enter the Mod5.2.1 sub-directory appropriate for your machine [pc_32bit/ or pc_64bit/ and double click the installation file modtran5.2.1.msi or modtran5.2.1(x64).msi, respectively]. This will install MODTRAN® v5.2.1 in the appropriate folder within your Windows system, e.g.:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Spectral Sciences, Inc\MODTRAN(R)\5.2.1
Icons will be set-up for MODTRAN® executables, Mod5.2.1qwin.exe or Mod5.2.1cons.exe. The only difference between these two executables is that the QWin version retains the standard output window upon completion of the MODTRAN® run(s), while the Console version closes the window. This will run all the test cases. On most modern PC's, all the test cases should run in less than 30 minutes. The newly generated output (located in the TEST/ directory) can be compared to the files in TEST/COMPARE/ sub-directory.