March 2026
New
- Support for importing Syscom ASCII files.
- Support for using mg (milli-g) units.
- Brazilian vibration compliance standard ‘NBR 9653’ added to compliance graph.
- Support for importing firing data from a wider range of EBS logger report file formats
- i-kon I Logger Report created in Manual or Delay modes
- i-kon II Logger Report created in Manual or Delay modes
- i-kon II Blast Report created in Manual mode
- i-kon II Detonator List created in Manual mode
- Blaster 3000 Blast Report containing data from one or more loggers
Improved
- Changed Kelunji Gecko (Miniseed) importer to use Orica-approved Java version (details in this KBA).
- Display Ring/Hole ID, delay and charge weight on separate lines in firing bar textboxes.
- Display cursor Y-label boxes at top of cursor rather than at curve intersection.
Fixed
- Inter-channel timestamp differences in Gecko files are now handled correctly.
- Non-data lines in headers of TWF-CSV files are now ignored.
- Airblast column name in Instantel Micromate files is now identified correctly.
- FileComment field in DataTrapII files is now treated as optional.
- Invalid timestamps in ShotTrack STV files are now ignored.
- New test for detecting read-only folders to avoid spurious results from OneDrive.
Removed
- Vector-sum envelope curve
- Airblast audio playback and export to .wav file
- ‘Sync with blast design’ (mechanism was last supported by SHOTPlus 5)
- Dynamic strain calculation (required the ‘Sync with blast design’ feature)
- NOTE: If a saved workspace contains dynamic strain results created by an earlier version of Cycad, the workspace can still be opened but the strain results can no longer be accessed.