COst and Benefits to Accidents Light Touch Ireland Version

Instructions:
1. Check the following sources for the latest information:
PAG Unit 6.4 - Guidance on using COBALT
PAG Unit 6.5 - TUBA & COBALT Standard Input Files


2. If Excel shows a warning that a macro-enabled file is untrusted
Enable macros in the COBALT Excel files. (Right-click on the file -> Properties -> On the General tab, look for Security at the bottom. If you see "This file came from another computer and might be blocked", tick Unblock. Click Apply and OK.

3. Choose a method for running COBALT:
UF = enter the file paths interactively in the tool.
PF = file paths automatically read from Cobalt_run_files.txt.

3b. If using the PF method: update the file paths and names within Cobalt_run_files.txt

4. Open the UF or PF Excel file and follow prompts. When the tool has run successfully, an output file with extension .cbo will be created. This can be read in any text editor such as Notepad.
