KABEL++
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A program to calculate cable sizes of electrical installations.
Cable sizes up to 240 mm2 or AWG MCM 500.
Modules optional are transformer and medium voltage calculation,
trunccable calculation and a module for calculating up to 1000
cables from a list and estimating the energybalance, heat losses
and room occupation.
Further the software is compiled in a light and an advanced version. The
mentioned modules apply only for the latter. Calculationfiles are inter-
cahngable between these.

The software package is delivered on CD-ROm only and burned per license. 
Licence is for 5 persons at one department and/or company.

Needs:
- Windows 95/98/NT/XP/Vista
- screen 1000x800 minimum, 800 x 600 pixels possible.


Setup:
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The program has a to be installed with the setup program. In the windows-
startmenu then appears a shortcut to launch the program. This setup doesn't 
copy any file in your Windows map or system! although during installation the 
extension .kbl is setup in your Windows system.
In the Windows-Registry some lines are added (hkey-user) for storing the last 
saved or opened calculation files.
To uninstall choose 'uninstall Kabel++' in the startmenu or launch 'Software' 
in the configurationwindow.


Optional parameters on the command-line:
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- filename. 
- /h indicating that help-hints don't appear. (after the optional filename)
- /R registry enties are skipped. (Sometimes registry-change is
  not allowed on company-networks and thus usefull.


Language:
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Three languages are available, English, German and Dutch, to be chosen
from the main menu or set in the default settings-file.


Default settings:
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In the file "KABEL.DEF" several default settings are set. The user can freely
change settings, taken care of the format.


Elekrotechnical remark:
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Special notice for the 5 sec rule for the time the shortcircuit-current
may last before shutoff by the safety switch. Default this is set to 5 seconds
and is adequate in most countries in industrial installations. In house-
holds etc. this must set tot off, meaning that a shortcircuit situation must 
be shutoff before a dangerous voltage is standing, or meant as "touch safe". 
Thechoice for touch safe can of course be set when using the programm, but if 
one is mostly working in household envirionment then set the corresponding 
setting in the file "KABEL.DEF".
In some countries however the setting must be set to touch safe in all circum-
stances, this applies for instance to Belgium.


Help texts:
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Kabel++ uses hints that come up for giving more information to the user.
In the file "HINTS.DEF" one can set the colors of the hints to any choice and 
set time behaviour settings.


Copyrights:
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In the file COPYRIGHT.TXT further in formation is given.
Don't throw away or modify the copyright- or this readme-file.


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J.W. Sandker, Leusden, The Netherlands
www.kabelberekening.com/www.cablecalculation.eu
info@kabelberekening.com/info@.cablecalculation.eu
1992/2008

