COMTRADE reader

Reads a COMTRADE file into the workspace

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Decodes a COMTRADE file, used throughout the power industry, applying the scaling and offsets to analogue signals.

Cite As

Brian Kirby (2026). COMTRADE reader (https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/15619-comtrade-reader), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: Comtrade Files ASCII and BINARY

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General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0

Added a pop-up menu to decide what graphs to plot, if any. Now also handles non-alphanumeric characters in the channel labels - replaced with 'x for first char and '_' for all others.