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Pirform Release 2011.2

We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of Pirform is now available from our download area.

The main new feature of this release is the ability to import and export your certificates and reports. Please note that certificate import and export is available as a paid addition to the Lite Edition licence. You can add this “bolt on” to your Lite Licence using our website store.

Ring Circuit Intelligence

To tell Pirform that a circuit is a ring final circuit, just enter the word ring into the Circuit Description field.

Pirform looks at 5 separate aspects to determine whether the over current protective device you have selected is appropriate to the cable size in use. These are:

  • Wiring type
  • Reference method of installation
  • Cable size
  • Protective device rating
  • Whether the circuit is a ring final circuit (Pirform assumes all circuits are radials until you tell it otherwise).

Pirform Release 2011.1

We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of Pirform Lite is now available from our download area. This version has been a long time coming, but it’s certainly worth the wait. here are a lot of improvements and new features along with fixes to a number of issues in the previous version. I recommend you all update to the new version as soon as possible. The big improvements in this release are:

  • Three Phase Circuit Handling
  • Google-Style Find Facility
  • More Performance Improvements
  • Drop-down List Manager
  • Integrated Data Backup

Read on for more details of these and other improvements in this new version.

Improvements since 2010.2

In our last release, along with new features we also fixed a problem that caused the database file to grow larger than it needed to be. Pirform checks its database after it opens and updates it if needed and the last release contained an update that had quite a lot of work to do and which could take a minute or more even on a powerful PC. When this update was run on a database file that had grown too large, some user’s machines were unable to complete the upgrade and failed showing the standard Windows error reporting dialog.

Pirform Release 2010.2

We are pleased to announce the release of a new update of Pirform Lite is now available from our download area. This version contains a lot of changes and fixes a number of issues in the previous version and I recommend you all update to the new version. In this release we have improved the overall performance of Pirform, introduced a spell checker and added a the new Pirform Start Page to keep you up to date with us when Pirform starts. We hope you like the new version, read on for more details of what’s changed.

Pirform Lite Available

We are very happy to announce that Pirform is now available for purchase from our website store.

It has been nearly two years since we announced Pirform and seven months since we made the first beta version available. We'd like to say a big thanks to all of you who have given us feedback during this time. We always love to hear from our user community and we love that you help to shape the way Pirform is today.