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 DEVIATION EVALUATION section of CALSoft. Those records are referred to as "DevCAL Records".
(** 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 DevCAL RECORD:
To create a new DevCAL Record, go to the Deviation Evaluation section in CALSoft and click NEW.....
You will see the DevCAL# is assigned.....
You must then enter the information about the deviation, and then you can calculate lethality using Ball Formula. A printout of the deviation Evaluation Report is also available.
OPEN AN EXISTING TDCAL RECORD:
You can open an existing TDCAL Record by clicking OPEN on the CUT/VENT Establishment section...
This will display a list of DevCAL Records from your ProCAL Database. Use the Filter feature to search by processor, retort, product, container.. or by DevCAL Record #. Once you find the exact DevCAL Record you are looking for, choose the record you want to open, then click "EDIT RECORD".
DevCAL RECORD # ON REPORTS:
The DevCAL Record # shows on the following reports located in the Deviation Evaluation section of CALSoft:
TDCAL DATABASE STRUCTURE:
The following information is stored in the ProCAL Database under each record number:
- DevCAL Record # (ID)
- ProCAL Record # (ID)
- Processor Name
- Location
- Product
- Retort Description
- Container Description
- Other information/Notes
- Deviation Dates
- Deviation Codes
- Quantity
- Hold Number
- Temperature Type
- Product Type (LACF, Acidified, or Other)
- jh
- fh
- f2
- xbh
- Tref value
- Z value
- m+g value
- Actual IT
- Actual RT
- Actual CUT
- Actual Cook Time
- Target Commercial Sterility
- Target Minimum Health
- IT Low
- IT High
- IT Interval
- RT Low
- RT High
- RT Interval
- Evaluated By
- Evaluated Date
- Product Disposition