CALSoft 6 stores any projects you create using the Process Calculation, CUT/Vent Establishment, or Deviation Evaluation sections in a database referred to as the "ProCAL Database". There are three parts (tables) to the ProCAL database depending on the section of CALSoft you are working in. This article will address the records in the ProCAL database created in the Process Calculation section of CALSoft
(** see This Article to learn more about the ProCAL database)
NOTE: CALSoft 5 users, see this Article for information on how to convert/merge your CALSoft 5 ProCAL database to the new CALSoft 6 format.
CREATING A ProCAL RECORD:
To create a new ProCAL Record, go to the Process Calculation section in CALSoft and click NEW.....
You will see the ProCAL# is assigned.....
You must then assign the HP files to this ProCAL record by clicking the ADD FILES button. Then PLOT the files to get BALL FORMULA HEATING FACTORS. And finally choose the heating factors and CALCULATE the process using the selected heating factors.
OPEN AN EXISTING PROCAL RECORD:
You can open an existing ProCAL Record by clicking OPEN on the Process Calculation section...
This will display a list of ProCAL Records in your ProCAL Database. Use the Filter feature to search by processor, product, container.. or by ProCAL Record # or the CALSoft File used to establish the process. Once you find the exact ProCAL Record you are looking for, choose the record you want to open, then click "EDIT RECORD".
ProCAL RECORD # ON REPORTS:
The ProCAL Record # shows on the following reports located in the Process Calculation section of CALSoft:
PROCAL DATABASE STRUCTURE:
The following information is stored in the ProCAL Database under each record number:
- ProCAL Record # (ID)
- Date process set/completed
- Processor Name
- Location
- Product
- Container Type
- Container Diameter
- Container Information
- Retort Type
- Other Information/Notes
- Temperature Type
- HP File names and File Locations loaded into this ProCAL Record
- HP File Used to Set Process (Candidate File)
- Lead # Used to Set Process (Candidate File TC#)
- jh
- fh
- f2
- xbh
- Product Type (LACF, Acidified, or Other)
- Target Lethality (F)
- Z value
- TRef value
- m+g value
- Come Up Time used for Come Up Time Credit
- Process Correction %
- Thermocouple Correction factor
- Low IT
- High IT
- IT Interval
- Low RT
- High RT
- RT Interval
- Process Time Extension
- Process Time Extension Reason