Mistral EC
Mistral USA
Mistral Associates, established in 1984, supplies RAC Expert System Application Engineering Software to 140
countries. Representing over 92% of the world's population. Of the remaining 60 UN recognised sovereign states, home to around 8% of the
world's population, half do not have a reliable electricity supply and in some cases no electricity supply at all.
Mistral Expert System software - Corporate Licences comparison
| Corporate Licence - Multi-User, annual fee | Corporate Lite - Single User, Lifetime Licence |
| All programs 'Dynamically Error Trapped' | All programs 'Dynamically Error Trapped' |
| Networked program installations | Networked program installation not possible |
| Airwind A/C load calculation. Multi-room | Airwind A/C load calculation. Single room |
| Cellwind Beer & Wine Cellar load calculation | No Cellwind Beer & Wine Cellar load calculation |
| Coldwind Refrigeration load calculation. Multi-room | Coldwind Refrigeration load calculation. Single room |
| Cold room shelving databases | Cold room shelving databases |
| Miscellaneous heat load sources databases | Miscellaneous heat load sources databases |
| 'Grid Size' Quick Selections pre-engineered solutions | 'Grid Size' Quick Selections pre-engineered solutions |
| Unlimited number of walls and angles of walls on plan | Unlimited number of walls and angles of walls on plan |
| Pitched roof options | Pitched roof options |
| Ground floor or intermediate floor location | Ground floor or intermediate floor location |
| Variable construction and insulation materials within single design | Variable construction and insulation materials within single design |
| Graphical interface unlimited design & construction | Graphical interface unlimited design & construction |
| Interactive Product Thermal Properties databases | Interactive Product Thermal Properties databases |
| Switcheable external & internal room dimensions | Switcheable external & internal room dimensions |
| Prepwind Food Preparation Room load calculation | Prepwind Food Preparation Room load calculation |
| Pipewind Refrigerant Pipesizing. Multi-circuit | Linewind Refrigerant Pipesizing. Single circuit |
| Coolwind Unit Cooler Selection | Coolwind Unit Cooler Selection |
| Compwind Compressor Selection & pack design | Compwind Compressor Selection & pack design |
| Condwind Condenser & Condensing Unit selection | Condwind Condenser & Condensing Unit selection |
| Packwind Packaged Refrigeration Unit(s) selection | Packwind Packaged Refrigeration Unit(s) selection |
| Splitwind Packaged A/C Split System selection | Splitwind Packaged A/C Split System selection |
| Valvewind Refrigeration Expansion Valve selection | Valvewind Refrigeration Expansion Valve selection |
| Metwind Interactive World Meteorological Database | Metwind Interactive World Meteorological Database |
| Instant load Refrigerated Container selections | No Refrigerated Container selections |
| Refrigerated Eurotainer (for aircraft) selections | No Refrigerated Eurotainer (for aircraft) selections |
| Cold room Electrical Power Consumption calculator | No Cold room Electrical Power Consumption calculator |
| Interactive digital Psychrometrics calculator | No interactive digital Psychrometrics calculator |
| Dynamically linked & focused, illustrated Help pages | Dynamically linked & focused, illustrated Help pages |
| 24/7 Pre & Post installation support | 24/7 Pre & Post installation support |
| Special Feature Code program operation adjustment | No User program operational limits adjustment |
| Fully 'active' calculation recovery filing system | Fully 'active' calculation recovery filing system |
| Automatic Customer Quotation generation | Automatic Customer Quotation generation |
| Editable interactive databases (except proprietary) | User editable interactive databases - Partially |
| Ten Language switcheable post installation | Ten Language switcheable post installation |
| Real time Imperial to SI switcheable post installation | Real time Imperial to SI switcheable post installation |
| Standard, RTF and Adobe PDF results printouts | Standard, RTF and Adobe PDF results printouts |
| Free Upgrading & Updating. For Contract duration | Upgrading & Updating. Free for first 2 years only |
Note:
Lifetime Licence means exactly what it says. However, please be aware that if upgrades to a PC Operating System render a program installation inoperable, then Upgrades will only be supplied free of charge for 2 years following installation. All Mistral Expert System software is, quite uniquely, 'backwardly compatible, meaning results created by Mistral programs as far back as 30 years ago can still be opened, edited and re-saved if desired. However the opposite, that is 'forward compatibility' is of course technically impossible.
If the requirement to upgrade Mistral Expert System software is necessary in order to meet unexpected challenges presented by future Operating Systems (Microsoft Windows), although rare, is not unheard of. Mistral Lifetime Licensees will though be respected appropriately and upgrades supplied at the absolute minimum viable cost. This might reasonably be expected to be in the order of 50% discount or even more.