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All you need to know about the first steps with EA-PSM

It's more than easy to setup our program!

Just follow these 4 simple steps

1 Locate and download an .exe file

EA-PSM Energy System Calculations software

2 Locate and double-click the .exe file. (It will usualy be in your downloads folder.)

EA-PSM Energy System Calculations software

3 A dialog box will appear. Follow the instructions to install the software.

EA-PSM Energy System Calculations software

4 After the installation process is done you can now use EA-PSM!

EA-PSM Energy System Calculations software

Tips for finding software in your computer

In our experience, the easiest way to find the installed software is to use the search function on Windows 10,8 or 7. If an additional shortcut was created then the software can be found on your desktop

EA-PSM Energy System Calculations software

Frequently Asked Questions

General

EA-PSM is power system modelling software for designing, analyzing, and calculating electric power systems and their parameters.

Electrical engineers, contractors, electricians, and power plant personnel will all save considerable amount of time and increase their productivity by using EA-PSM.

Our firm – Energy Advice offers system studies and online engineering support, using the latest online meeting tool that basically allows you to look over our shoulder as we work on your specific project.

Yes, they are available for companies, to get a discount for your business contact us.

In EA-PSM “Bus” element shows that there is a junction point between two or more elements. Therefore, user should add bus if he wants to represent cable joint, busbar, transformer terminals or other junction point between two elements.

Voltage harmonics limits in EA-PSM are defined according to IEC61000-2-2 standard.

Current harmonic limits are defined according to IEEE 519 standard.

These are the types of short circuits:

K3 – three-phase short circuit;

K2 – phase-to-phase short circuit;

K1 – phase-to-earth short circuit;

K1,1 – two-phase-to-earth short circuit.

There are no voltage limits. Several voltage levels can be used in the same scheme

Yes, relay protection can be added, like overcurrent non directional and directional, voltage, ground fault, MCCB, MCB, motor circuit breakers, fuses and other.

Yes, EA PSM software includes automatic functionality for tripping analysis, it is also possible to draw and analyse tripping curves.

EA PSM uses accelerated Gauss-seidel method for load flows analysis.

Yes you can, we have tested EA PSM with networks that have more than 1000 buses.

Yes, it is possible to carry out both studies

Yes, user can model schemes in both directions

Yes, users can model different scenarios on the same scheme by going to snapshots and adding multiple scenarios

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Download and Installation

EA-PSM is free to use, but you only get 15 buses to use. More buses can be acquired by getting a license.

SYSTEM REQUIRMENTS

MINIMUM:

OS: 64bit OS - Windows 10

Processor: Intel i3 or AMD R3 series or better

Memory*:  Depends on the number of buses in the scheme:

  • 50 buses – 1GB RAM
  • 100 buses – 2GB RAM
  • 300 buses – 3.5GB RAM
  • ≥1000 buses – not supported

Graphics: 2 GB of GPU VRAM with supported OpenCL

Storage: 3GB available space

RECOMMENDED:

OS: 64bit OS – Windows 10

Processor: Intel i5 or AMD R5 series or better

Memory*:  Depends on the number of buses in the scheme:

  • 50 buses – 4GB RAM
  • 100 buses – 8GB RAM
  • 300 buses – 12GB RAM
  • ≥1000 buses – 32GB RAM

Graphics: 2 GB of GPU VRAM with supported OpenCL

Storage: 3GB available space

*EA-PSM will work with less available memory, but the calculations will take a lot more time to be carried out and there may be some issues with saving calculation results

file/EA-PSM or C:/Users/username/EA-PSM

No, once you install another version of EA-PSM on the same machine, the previously installed version will be automatically uninstalled.

You can download the latest version by clicking on the download button found in the header or by going to the blog post about the newest version.

You can access older EA-PSM versions here or by going to https://www.energyadvice.lt/en/versioning/

  • In Windows 10: Uninstall the program from the Windows Control Panel.
  • In older versions of Windows: Select the Windows Start button, then Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then select EA-PSM and press the Remove button.
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Courses

There are no prerequisites. All the needed requirements are listed in detail in the courses page. Also, we recommend users to have an advanced understanding of English (B2)

To access your acquired course, you must:

  1. Login to your user account and open the courses page
  2. Copy the license key that was sent to your email
  3. In the courses page press the “Activate courses” button and input the given license key

Additional equipment is not needed but we highly recommend using EA-PSM and follow the course steps in it.

If you are eligible for a refund, you can get it here

  • Online courses consist of prerecorded video and text material that you can revise at your own pace at any given moment and some courses include interactive content that will help you learn better.
  • Online group courses are held in real time on online platforms such as (zoom, MS teams, google meets). When partaking in these courses participants can ask questions freely.

You can apply unlimited number of coupons to the courses in your cart.

Yes, all acquired courses can be revisited at any given moment.

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Billing information

  • In most cases, credit card declines are easily fixed by re-entering your billing information and making sure the billing address matches exactly with what your card issuer has on file.

 

  • If your payment method is rejected and you are using a valid credit card from Mastercard, Visa, or American Express, then please contact your bank for assistance

currently accepts payments in USD, CAD, GBP, EUR, INR, and AUD for web subscriptions.

You can pay with a credit card (visa, master card, American Express), PayPal. You can also make a payment through Google pay

To view your invoice / billing history within EA psm, start by going to Eapsm.net/account and on the left press the purchase history tab that will allow you to easily see all your previous payments.

Finding a copy of your invoice is easy, you simply click on the invoice button to the far right of your payment. Also, we send an invoice to your billing contact’s email address after the transaction is successfully completed

No, you are not charged after the selected plan has ended. To renew your license the same purchase steps must be repeated

We keep payment information, and it is linked with your account to provide a refund.

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Urgent assitance

Yes, you are eligible for a refund if you cancel before appointed consultation.

 

Time until appointed consultation

Refund size

3 workdays or more

100%

More than 2 but less than 3 workdays

50%

Less than 2 workdays

0%

After the consultation

0%

We usually use zoom, but if you would prefer another platform inform us about it and we’ll try to arrange it

Yes, contact us and we will arrange a fitting time for both of us

Yes, but you must contact us to get an individual offer

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