This page details the revision history of Cable Pro Web Edition. Each release is detailed with a list of the new features and fixes.
Latest Version – 2.5.0.0 and 2.5.1.0 (August 2020)
New cable size report for AS and BS calculations.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0235 | Improvement | Brand new cable size report. | |
| 0241 | Corrective | Cable Calc (AU and BS) - The maximum limit of thermal setting of Custom protective device is now set as its rating. | |
| 0242 | Corrective | Cable Calc (BS) - Fix the calculation error when the value of Watts is small. | |
| 0243 | Corrective | Cable Calc (AU and BS) - Fix the error that the Custom load group does not work in Maximum Demand calculation. | HIMEC |
| 0244 | Improvement | Cable Calc (BS) - Improve the visualization of BS installation icons. | |
| 0246 | Improvement | Remove certain Free Trial Restrictions. | |
| 0248 | Improvement | Cable Calc (AU and BS) - Show derating wizard results even if the inputs are left as default. | |
| 0253 | Corrective | Cable Calc (BS) - Fix the error that correction factor details are not printed when printing multiple reports. | |
| 0254 | Improvement | Brand New Report Settings pop up which allows showing or hidding Project name and Calculation name in the report. | |
| 0261 | Corrective | Hide custom fields in the Report according to the Settings. | |
| 0262 | Corrective | Cable Size Reports - If maximum allowed impedance is not able to be calculated because protective device is not selected the fault loop impedance cannot be checked if it is pass or fail. | |
| 0263 | Corrective | Cable Calc (BS) - In the new calculation, there should not be an error when changing correction factor manually before using Correction Wizard. | |
| 0264 | Corrective | Cable Calc (BS) - Correction Wizard the calculated overall correction factor was not correct. |
Version 2 Revision History
New Voltage Rise Reports.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Improvement | New voltage Rise Report (Professional Edition) | |
| 0231 | Cable Calc report (AU) – The insulation in the AU report prints insulation of BS version. | PAC Automation | |
| 0232 | Cable Calc report (AU) – In AU report, the row of “Armour” should be removed. | Best Forsyth | |
| 0233 | Cable Calc report (AU) – Wind speed (for aerial conductors) control value being incorrectly displayed for other insulation types. | ||
| 0234 | Maximum Demand – Blue phase result not showing for Living Units load type. | Arkeda |
Featured Improvements: MRPR #0219 & #0227
- New Auto Maximum Demand module.
- New Auto Maximum Demand report.
Featured Improvements: MRPR #0181, #0186 & #0185
- Installation icons depicting graphically each of the conditions in the BS7671 Standard and making selection of the most suitable installation easy.
- Cable Scheduling reports (direct to Excel) are available for Full and Professional Plan users. Select the Print Reports button from within a Project.
- Conduit size now displayed for Base Plan users.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0081 | Corrective | Cable Calculator – default (min.) value for new calculation. Power factor should be 0.9. | |
| 0135 | Corrective | New project window change button text from Close to Cancel. | |
| 0142 | Corrective | Max Demand – Add load Phases and Units dropdowns cannot see the selections. | |
| 0144 | Corrective | Max Demand – Editing the calculation and changing the Electrical Installation type is not updating in the calculation. | |
| 0153 | Corrective | Derating Wizard (AU and NZ) – Air ambient temperature update label to “Normal use maximum temperature”. Update the summary output for Table 27(1). | |
| 0154 | Corrective | Details results (AU and NZ) – Voltage drop AS/NZS 3008 Resistance Table and Column references not correct under Details. | |
| 0155 | Corrective | Details results (AU and NZ) – Voltage drop AS/NZS 3008 Resistance Table and Column references not correct in Report. | |
| 0181 | Improvement | Cable Calc (BS) – Installation icons added. | |
| 0182 | Corrective | Cable Calc (AU and BS) – Protection Trip Multiplier for MCB devices was not being saved. | |
| 0183 | Corrective | Fixes for displaying on Safari browser. | |
| 0184 | Corrective | Ensure cable sizing Standard setting is being saved before allowing new users to create their first project. | |
| 0185 | Improvement | Cable Calc – show conduit size for Base Package. | |
| 0186 | Improvement | Direct to Excel Cable Schedule reports for Full Package. | |
| 0187 | Corrective | Settings – Custom Report Fields – selected item in the table requires highlighting. |
Featured Improvements: MRPR #0176, #0177 & #0178
Professional Package available
Benefits include unlimited projects storage.
Teams projects
Collaborate on projects by sharing access with other users.
Cable scheduling
Produce direct to Excel cable schedules.
Inside the Project press the Print Reports button.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0166 | Corrective | Upload logo “Company” text fix spelling. | |
| 0176 | Improvement | Team sharing of projects (Teams tab). | |
| 0177 | Improvement | Cable schedule report direct to Excel file. | |
| 0178 | Improvement | Professional package release. | |
| 0179 | Improvement | Remove dialog warning when Copy calculation option is selected. | |
| 0180 | Improvement | Show total price for annual plans. |
Featured Improvements: MRPR #0159 & #0160
The Derating Wizard is now smarter
We removed the need to specify the installation conditions as In Air or Buried or specify the cable cores.
Save inputs of the Derating Wizard with the calculations
Saves your wizard inputs along with the cable calculation. No need to re-enter the selections, saving you time.
Thanks to the following users for their contribution:
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0142 | Corrective | Max Demand – Add load Phases and Units dropdowns cannot see the selections. | |
| 0144 | Corrective | Max Demand – Editing the calculation and changing the Electrical Installation type is not updating in the calculation. See images attached. | |
| 0152 | Corrective | Derating Wizard – Error with values given for Tables 23 and 24. See tab. | UGL Limited |
| 0157 | Improvement | Show popup of new release features only to users with the applicable standard. | |
| 0158 | Corrective | Correction Factor Wizard for BS – Wrong screen shown for In Air installation. | |
| 0159 | Improvement | Derating Wizard – Removed the need to specify installation conditions as In Air or Buried or specify cable cores. | |
| 0160 | Improvement | Derating Wizard – Saves the wizard inputs along with the cable calculation. No need to re-enter the selections, saving you time. |
New correction factors wizard to the British Standard
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0151 | Improvement | Cable Calc – New Correction Factors Wizard to Standard BS7671. |
Corrections to saving of protection inputs
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0116 | Corrective | Cable Calc – Protection thermal setting is not being saved. | Bega |
| 0138 | Corrective | Cable Calc – Protection inputs are not being saved. Thermal setting after it’s changed from default is not being saved. | Bega |
| 0139 | Improvement | Cable Calc – Voltage drop result displays (% and V) show to 2 decimal places. | Onsite Electrical |
| 0143 | Corrective | Edit Calculation – Window title should be “Edit Calculation”. | |
| 0146 | Corrective | Cable Calc – Protection Custom device rating, thermal setting and description values not being saved. | |
| 0147 | Corrective | Cable Calc – Earth cable size units squared display alignment fixed. |
New online technical Help manual
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0029 | Improvement | New online technical Help manual |
Voltage rise calculations, new voltage input and print all reports.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0105 | Corrective | Cable Calc reports – Both the input Derating Factor value and the Wizard overall value or the Results value can both be different. | |
| 0116 | Corrective | Cable size calculator (AS and BS) – Protection thermal setting was not being saved. | |
| 0117 | Corrective | Derating Wizard – Ambient air and soil temperature disable custom value control when Use default boolean is selected. | |
| 0119 | Improvement | Ability to print all reports in a single click. | |
| 0125 | Improvement | Settings -> Default voltages. Update default DC voltage to 1500 V and update Max and Min input value ranges. | |
| 0130 | Corrective | Cable Calculations – Add Voltage (V) control to Supply. | |
| 0131 | Improvement | Trial/Plan expired – Allow log in, show popup indicating plan must be purchased and take directly to payment page. | |
| 0132 | Improvement | Popup for New Version – list of new features shown to a user upon login. | |
| 0133 | Improvement | Settings – Set min. and max. values for default voltages. | |
| 0134 | Improvement | Cable Calcs – Voltage rise selection. |
Version 1 Revision History
Copy Calculations.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0096 | Improvement | Ability to Copy Cable Size and Max Demand Calculations. | Engenuity Solutions |
| 0121 | Corrective | Not allowing the same calculations name between different projects. | Electair |
| 0129 | Corrective | Subscription plan details displayed in user profile menu. |
Monthly and Annual Payments.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0126 | Corrective | Max Demand – company logo not being shown in PDF report. | BME Energy |
| 0127 | Improvement | Plans – Base and Full with automated monthly or annual payments available. | |
| 0128 | Corrective | Email reports not working. |
Major framework upgrade.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0114 | Improvement | Upgrade to framework packages for improved performance and added features |
Cable Pro Web is more than 10x Faster.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0110 | Improvement | ‘Calculation report default file name format changed to “Cable_Pro_Report_[Project Name]_[Calculation Name].pdf” | |
| 0111 | Improvement | Loading speed improvements for Projects and All Calculations. |
Times and dates in the PDF detailed reports are corrected.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0091 | Corrective | Adding load with low power (W) rating results in calculation error. | Laser Electrical |
| 0099 | Improvement | Cable Calc AU – Change Derating Wizard button text to make it more visible and intuitive. | |
| 0100 | Improvement | Various Delete buttons displayed with Red colour background. Delete Project, Calculation and Max Demand Loads Reset and Load Delete. | |
| 0107 | Corrective | Projects and Report file header timestamp to match the user time zone. | M-Tech |
| 0108 | Corrective | Cable Calc – Error with Ph-e fault level (too high) for earth conductor short-circuit performance. | |
| 0109 | Corrective | Cable Calc AU and BS – various UI fixes including to Protection area. | |
| 0110 | Improvement | ‘Calculation report default file name format changed to “Cable Size Report_[Project Name]_[Calculation Name].pdf” |
New Standard BS 7671:2018 compliance for cable sizing
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0094 | Corrective | Cable Calculator – Power factor control is hidden for narrow screen width. | Engenuity Solutions |
| 0095 | Improvement | Increase Project and Calculation icons clickable area to larger than the icon itself. | Engenuity Solutions |
| 0098 | Corrective | Settings – Company logo file format check needs to be made. Importing incorrect file type causes report generation function to fail. | |
| 0101 | Improvement | Cable Calculator to the latest BS 7671 Standard. | |
| 0102 | Preventative | Limit number of projects in Trial mode. | |
| 0103 | Improvement | Add icons for cable size and max demand new calculations dialog. | |
| 0104 | Improvement | Archive projects feature. |
New calculation icon images.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0086 | Corrective | New icons for Project, Cable Size and Maximum Demand Calculations. | |
| 0087 | Corrective | Cable Calculation – Error “no entity Calculation with id = 982!” | Insync Electrical |
| 0088 | Corrective | Max Demand – Description of Industrial -> Socket-outlets exceeding 10 A. is incorrect. | Cable Wise |
| 0089 | Corrective | Cable size – Fault level calculations updated for multiple parallel active and neutral conductors. | |
| 0090 | Corrective | Year of compliance added to Cable Pro page title and homepage link added to ELEK logo. |
Remember login improved including auto-redirect to Projects page whenever logged in. Buy Now button displayed for trial users.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0067 | Improvement | Database Export function improvement. | |
| 0077 | Improvement | Cable Calc – change Supply->Length(m) control label text to “Length of run (m)”. | |
| 0078 | Improvement | Replace the Electrotechnik logo with a colour copy image of the same size. | |
| 0080 | Improvement | User Profile framework dialog – option rogue text letter “r” is displayed. | |
| 0082 | Improvement | Purchase Paid account as a Trial user via a Buy Now button. | |
| 0083 | Improvement | Extend trial registration page to include Company and Phone No. | |
| 0084 | Improvement | Remember login is 14 days. | |
| 0085 | Improvement | Once user is logged in, auto-redirect to Projects page. |
Significant UI and usability improvements. Add new calculation buttons from inside projects. Fault loop impedance calculations and displayed results updated. Bug fixes made and stability improvements.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0058 | Improvement | Cable sizing – Incorrect current rating table value for Table 14, Column 3, cable size = 6 mm2. | Xylem Inc. |
| 0063 | Improvement | Max Demand – mobile view. Fix the “Points per phase R, W, B” should be only “Points R, W, B” and left justified. | |
| 0064 | Improvement | Email report show verification of Sent dialog. | |
| 0065 | Improvement | Max Demand – hide horizontal slide bar below load details table. | |
| 0066 | Improvement | New Calculation – Calculation Type (Cable size or Max Demand) Radio button not shown. To reproduce, I had previously Edited and renamed the Project and then opened it to create a New Calculation. | |
| 0068 | Improvement | Cable Calculation – Fault loop impedance calculation fix to problem resulting in oversized earth cables. | |
| 0069 | Improvement | New Calculation button for Cable Calc and Max Demand. | |
| 0070 | Improvement | Max Demand – Add Load dialog opens automatically when new Max Demand calculation is created. | |
| 0071 | Corrective | Cable Calculation – Custom No. of circuits control not displayed when Opening calculation file. | |
| 0072 | Corrective | Cable Calculation – Display of contols such as Power factor are not responsive for different displays. | |
| 0073 | Corrective | Settings – Company logo preview not displaying correctly. | |
| 0074 | Corrective | New Project dialog limit number of characters – 120 char for Project Name and 250 char for Project Description. | |
| 0075 | Improvement | Make Project listing page mobile responsive. | |
| 0076 | Corrective | Login problem – usernames containing capital letters are failing to log in. | Golden Bay Cement |
Maximum Demand calculator released.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | Improvement | Maximum Demand Calculator | |
| 0061 | Corrective | Cable calculator – selecting a manual Active size of either 1.5 mm2 or 2.5 mm2 gives the wrong result. 1.5 mm2 selects the values for 1 mm2 while 2.5 mm2 selects no cable size. | Coffs Harbour City Council |
| 0062 | Corrective | Cable calculation – selecting Single phase after Three phase results in Neutral conductor setting changing to Manual and being locked. |
New features include email reports and fault loop impedance added to Details.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0019 | Improvement | User login tokens added to database. | |
| 0022 | Improvement | Secure web page https auto-redirect. | |
| 0050 | Improvement | Email report feature. | Autm8 Solutions |
| 0053 | Improvement | Details results – fault loop impedance results added. | |
| 0057 | Improvement | Report – change to a PDF download from new window/pop-up. |
New Derating Wizard.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0020 | Improvement | Derating Wizard – calculate derating factors according to the Standards. | |
| 0021 | Improvement | XML file versions tracking. | |
| 0047 | Improvement | Conduit sizing – calculation revised to consider inner diameter of conduit for internal area calculation by including wall thicknesses of standard conduit sizes. And 125 mm conduit size added. | |
| 0048 | Correction | Fault loop impedance – calculation corrected to consider the source impedance Zext and combine this with Zint to properly Zs total. | |
| 0054 | Improvement | Details results tree font size increase. | |
| 0055 | Improvement | Main page links to Privacy Policy and Terms of Use links in footer updated. | |
| 0056 | Improvement | New Report button moved for mobile devices to avoid blocking calculations breadcrumbs. |
This major version update includes 21 significant changes.
| MRPR No. | Purpose | Description | User Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0001 | Improvement | Protection – user warning when Rating or Thermal Setting of protective device is less than load current. | |
| 0002 | Improvement | Cable size results – Display actual voltage drop in Volts. | |
| 0003 | Improvement | Login page changed. | |
| 0004 | Corrective | App colour scheme. | |
| 0005 | Improvement | Email validation and Password change emails updated. | |
| 0006 | Corrective | Projects and Calculations last updated time corrected. | |
| 0007 | Corrective | Cable size default values. | |
| 0008 | Corrective | User visual settings set. | |
| 0009 | Corrective | Report – trial period sample PDF report provided. | |
| 0010 | Improvement | Version history webpage created. | |
| 0011 | Corrective | Main website to display licence “per year / per user”. | |
| 0013 | Corrective | Projects – adding new project name matching previously deleted project caused an error. | |
| 0014 | Corrective | Report – product version was corrected and made dynamic. | |
| 0024 | Improvement | Sign up page – allow username to be both a custom value or email address. | |
| 0033 | Improvement | Main web – header text updated and included footnote links to article: https://elek.com/articles/save-time-and-costs-using-elek-software/ | |
| 0034 | Corrective | Report – Supply table Voltage (V) row value fixed to use “(ph-ph)” and “(ph-n)” based on Phases input. | |
| 0037 | Improvement | User accounts – unused user menu options disabled. | |
| 0040 | Improvement | Trial period extended to 14 days. | |
| 0041 | Corrective | Protection – Custom device – label change. | |
| 0042 & 0043 | Corrective | Cable size – manually selected conductor size not displayed correctly after loading a calculation. | |
| 0047 | Corrective | Verification email – some customers receiving links to example.com and not the login page. |
Official product version released to web.
