BS 7671 18th Edition and BS 5389-1:2017 Pre-release
We are pleased to announce the availability of a pre-release version of the new electrical and fire alarm forms.
We are pleased to announce the availability of a pre-release version of the new electrical and fire alarm forms.
The Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems are no longer supported by Microsoft. This means that it is not safe or secure to use as it will not receive any more security patches from Microsoft. You can read more on Mocrosoft's website here:
The Windows Vista operating system is no longer supported by Microsoft. This means that it is not safe or secure to use as it will not receive any more security patches from Microsoft. You can read more on Mocrosoft's website here:
The IET have now released a list of the changes coming along in the lastest version of BS 7671. Read about these and download a document of the changes from the IET website here:
https://electrical.theiet.org/wiring-regulations/18th-changes.cfm
This release brings the ability exclude boards from the PDF and introduces the ability customers to integrate Pirform with their own IT systems and use Pirform as part of their automated engineer workflows.
This release contains a few fixes and a number of internal changes. The internal changes are not visible and are there to enable work to continue on features that will be released later in the year.
The Draft for Public Comment (DPC) for BS 7671:2018 is now available. Have your say and influence the proposed content of the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations.
This release brings two big changes to Pirform: Windows 10 tablet mode and the new emergency lighting forms to BS 5266-1:2016. Along with these there are a other exciting new features such as adding your own OPD devices and RDC currents, changing the company address for individual circuits, printing observations in order of severity, improvements to the circuit reordering and the ability to turn off drag and drop. All this along with some fixes.
A new version of Pirform was released on 18th February, 2017. Changes in this version include the ability to add comments against an item in the schedule.
A new version of Pirform was released on 12th November, 2016. Changes in this version include new features to allow copying of circuits to other boards and enhancements to the board manager to make it easier to adjust the board engineers. The fire alarm and minor works certificates have been adjusted, along with R1+R2 and R2 fields being brought back into the minor works. Medical facility disconnection times have been added along with enhancements to automatically repair faults found in certificates that would previously have caused the program to show an error. The program also now has a new splash screen.