EasyPower 9.8 Release Notes
EasyPower 9.8 SP1 New & Enhanced Feature Overview
Licensing: When you upgrade from a Demo license to a purchased license, the new license is automatically set as the active license. It also becomes the default license unless you have multiple licenses.
Arc Flash Labels: You now have the ability to include the text “ft” and “in” in the text for boundaries on the arc flash label. A new option is available in the template properties in the label designer to set the arc flash boundary unit as Feet Inches.
SKM Import: EasyPower now includes support for the custom mapping of panel rows when importing from SKM. For information on custom mapping, see Using Customized Mappings.
Schedule Variables: The schedule variable %SectionSpace% can now be shown in the schedule template grid for a switchgear, switchboard, and panelboard.
Arc Flash Labels: Arc flash labels now support displaying a “0” after the decimal place.
EasyPower 9.8 SP1 Fixes
LV Breaker Data: The ST PU range of values now shows the appropriate pickup amps when the sensor is 2000 or greater for AC PRO solid state trip units.
Media Gallery: The Media Gallery performance is improved with better mouse wheel control.
Power Flow: The Temporary Motor dialog box now shows the correct motor starting kW for metric motors.
Power Flow: The Apply button in the Power Flow Options dialog box now applies changes to the one-line.
Relay TCC Plots: Improvements to the combination TCC curve for independent time overcurrent, short time, and instantaneous trip functions.
SKM Import: Improvements have been made to circuit breaker data import.
EasyPower 9.8 New & Enhanced Feature Overview
OnSite™ Compatibility
EasyPower has been updated to be compatible with the new OnSite mobile app. This includes a Media Gallery, where you can attach pictures to your power system equipment, and Collected Data, which displays information imported from other sources, including EasyPower OnSite. See Media Gallery and Importing an OnSite Data File for more information.
Note: As a result of this change, the Imported Data tab has been removed from the data dialog boxes and is now replaced by the Collected Data tab.
IEEE 519-2014 Enhancements
EasyPower harmonics calculations have been updated to include changes detailed in IEEE 519-2014 standards. This includes:
- New voltage total harmonic distortion limit values for phase voltages at the point of common coupling (PCC) for voltage less than 1 kV
- Exclusion of the second harmonic from the current distortion limit tables for systems between 120V to 161 kV
- Exclusion of harmonic orders 51 or higher from total demand distortion (TDD)
T-ZSI Support
EasyPower now includes support for T-ZSI (threshold zone selective interlocking) for GE Entelliguard trip units.
New Transformer Cooling Classes
Transformer cooling classes have been added as per new ANSI C57 and IEC-60076 standards.
Transformer Impedance
There are now additional fields on the Impedance tab of the two-winding transformer's data dialog box. You can enter a user-specified MVA/kVA Base so you can describe impedance based on a self-cooled or forced-cooled rating. In addition, a Loss kW field has been added to obtain the X/R ratio based on data sheet specifications, and an X0/R0 Ratio field has also been added.
Schedule Enhancements
Enhancements have been made to schedules for panels, MCC and switchboards. New text styles allow for customization of font, size, and weight. New schedule variables have been added. There is a new Accessories tab in the data dialog boxes for buses, MCCs, and panels, where you can include additional accessory and meter data information. Metered data can be included in the schedules. User-defined abbreviations for the Demand (Code) Names are now supported. See Schedule Variables, Bus - Accessories Tab, and Abbreviations in Schedule Load Types for more information.
Export Short Circuit Reports as CSV
There is a new option in Short Circuit Options that enables you to export the short circuit and equipment duty reports to a CSV (comma separated value) file. The files are stored in the same folder as the DEZ file.
Functional Groups
EasyPower includes a new Functional Groups feature that enables you to combine specific equipment on the one-line. In this release, the first functional group available is a Relay Controlled Fuse Group. See Functional Groups and Relay Controlled Fuse Groups for more information.
User-Defined One-line Device
There is a new option available on the Arc Flash Hazard tab of a bus, under Trip Times for this Bus. With this option, you can specify which device you want to use for the TCC time, and the program will obtain the trip time automatically. You can select a device type (relay fuse, or low voltage breaker) and device ID. If you select a relay, you also select the relay function.
Transparent Fill
Transparent fill is now available as a default color on TCC plots for thermal magnetic breakers and solid state trips.
Licensing Improvements
The Manage License Keys window (available under Tools > Manage Licenses) now displays more information about each license, including the type of license, the number of buses, and the features available. A new link has been added to the window that enables you to easily open the Sentinel Admin Control Console for advanced network license management.
Start Page
EasyPower now opens with a new Start Page that is designed to help new or experienced users easily create or open one-lines and to find helpful resources such as videos and documentation.
In-Product Tutorials
Thirteen product tutorials are now available to help walk you through numerous procedures in EasyPower. You can follow along in the software as the tutorials walk you through basic and advanced features of EasyPower.
Note: Due to the type of activities in the MCC and panel tutorials, these two tutorials open in a separate browser window, which is different from the behavior of the other tutorials. You need to adjust your window sizes as described in the tutorials to view the MCC and panel tutorials side-by-side with EasyPower.
SafetyTracker™ Has Been Replaced with EasyPower
SafetyTracker has been discontinued and its features are now available through a modified version of EasyPower. SafetyTracker customers on current maintenance plans will receive a new Viewer license key for EasyPower. This EasyPower version has the same functionality that was previously offered in SafetyTracker.
Bug Fixes
The following are bug fixes included in the 9.8 release.
- Arc Flash: Fixed issue where the Threshold Incident Energy defined in Short Circuit Options was not correctly applied.
- Bus Data: Fixed issue where diversity was allowed to be entered in the Bus Data dialog box as 0, causing diversity calculations to be incorrect.
- Drawings: Fixed issue where default title block text did not appear in a new drawing that was created using the "Save as" command from an existing drawing.
- EasyControl: Fixed issue where text on a PDF printed from EasyControl was larger than the text on the one-line.
- Licensing: Fixed issue where authorizing EasyPower for a user whose name included braces would display an error 400 and fail.
- LV Breaker Data - ZSI tab: Fixed issue where the Upstream Breaker ID on the ZSI tab was lost on a copied and pasted bus.
- MCC Elevation: Fixed issue in MCC elevations where metric motors were reporting HP values instead of kW.
- Print Title Block: Fixed issue where title block data from an earlier version of EasyPower was not appearing in the print settings for a newer version.
- Scenario Comparison Reports: Fixed issue where running the Arc Flash Scenario Comparison Report without including the Base Case would cause EasyPower to stop responding.
- Smart PDC: Fixed issue where the Auto-Coordination Report did not provide feedback that data was missing for coordination.
- TCC: Fixed issue where white could not be used as a background color for notes.
- TCC: Fixed issue where the note format was not being stored on TCC plots.
- TCC: Fixed issue where breaker curves were not displayed in the TCC plot if one of the breakers had no data entered.
- TCC: Fixed issue where ground settings were missing the delay time when in the TCC the Motor Overload check box was selected. There is now a warning when needed data is missing.
