We’re pleased to announce the release of our new version: PIRform Beta 6. This is available now from our download page. The exciting news is that this is the last beta version before we release PIRform for sale.
The new version will expire on the 11th July 2010 and it is very close now to how it will be will be when it’s available for sale. Read on to see what’s changed:
Important Licensing Changes
After you download PIRform, a licence serial code will be sent in an email the email address registered against your web site account. When you start PIRform it will now ask you to enter the licence code before you can continue. This will be how the full version will work. Every time you buy or renew your licence, we will email you a code that you can enter into PIRform. You can also get this code from your own private account area in the PIRform website (see next section).
Website Changes
We’ve updated our website to add a new account area where you can access details associated with your account. From here you can change your details and password. You also have access to all your licence codes, so if you do not have access to your email for some reason, you can still get to your licence codes.
Visual Condition Report
We have added the Visual Condition Report, which gives you the full four reports available in PIRform Lite Edition. Remember that each report covers domestic, commercial, industrial and any other flavour you like (like a Fixed Caravan Periodic Inspection)!
Archived Certificates and the PIRform Recycle Bin
In the above picture you can see sections called Archived and PIRform Recycle Bin. When you delete a certificate it does not get deleted immediately but goes to the PIRform Recycle Bin. From there you can either restore it again or you can delete it permanently.
The archived section is similar, it’s an area that you can use to store older reports so that they do not clutter up the main sections that you use every day. You can also restore any certificate that is in the archived area and it will move back to where it came from.
Natural Order of Boards
Boards now stay in the order in which you enter them and do not reorder when renamed.
When we are ready for sale you will be able to move boards up and down.
Supplied Boards Always Visible
PIRform has always shown you the names of the boards that a circuit supplies in the circuit designation.
We now show this in both circuit and board designation. This will appear wherever you see the board or circuit. In the screen shot below we are selecting the supply for DB2. You can see that DB2 supplies DB3 from the Circuits and Test Results page. For each board and circuit in the Supply Selector you can see which boards they are supplying as you make your selection.
Lookup List Improvements
All lookup lists now have a blank value at the top so that you can clear any selection. You can also use delete or backspace on the keyboard to clear the selected value.
We have improved the way the lookup lists respond to the keyboard too: The tab key will select the current value and move you to the next field; the Enter key will select the current value and keep you in the same field. Try using the tab key to select values when working in the circuit grid.
Tip: press the Alt key together with the down arrow to open up a lookup list. (This is the standard key combination to do this in Windows.)
Circuit Charts Now Print Separate to Certificate
You can now access the circuit chart separately from the main certificate. To do this, click on the app menu button at the top left of a certificate, then select Print Preview Circuit Chart from under the Print menu. This will open the Print Preview page showing the circuit chart for the current certificate.
Note that this is the only way to access circuit charts – they no longer print along with the main certificate.
Various Other Changes
As usual there have been a number of other smaller tweaks and fixes.
Change: insulation resistance fields can take the value LIM.
Change: added an Open Certificate button to the home screen ribbon.
Change: renamed a title in Minor Works to CPC CSA.
Change: minor changes to the printed reports (like margin sizes).
Change: polarity check text now uppercase in Minor Works.
Fix: prevented board and circuit intelligence value changes being changed while the intelligence is still in force.
Fix: YES was printing as PASS in reports.
Fix: application would crash when circuit lookup selections modified and then reapplied an existing intelligence statement.
Fix: insulation resistance was not greyed on Visual Condition.
Fix: changes to engineer’s default instruments were not saving.
Fix: number and type of live conductors fields lost its value when changing a means of earthing value.
Tell Us What You Think
We welcome your feedback and want to hear what you think about PIRform and about the features that are important to you. You can get in touch with us in a number of ways: you can put a comment on the blog, use our forums, or find us on Facebook and Twitter, or use our contact details on the website.