Description
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pyComtrade is a python module that provides you a transparent way for reading and writing oscillographic files stored in IEEE Comtrade format.

Comtrade stands for COMmon format for Transient Data Exchange for power systems. It is a file format standardised by the IEEE that is used to store transient signals from Digital Fault Recorders, Oscillographs or Digital Protective Relays.

pyContrade was created by Miguel Moreto at Federal Technological University of Parana - Brazil


Feel free to use the module in your program. Don't forget that pyComtrade is licensed under the GNU version 3 license. For more info about this read the *COPYING.txt*.

Install
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Binaries
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Use the executables (win32 or win64). The binaries was generated for Python 2.7. If you have different version, install from source.

From source (windows and linux)
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Extract the source .zip file.

Run::

    python.exe setup.py install

Usage
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Se **example1.py** at the source file.

Thanks for using pyComtrade module.


