COMTRADE records in the DR60 are comprised by the “.cfg” and “.dat” files described in
the standard.
6.2 Record Naming
Records are named using the COMNAME methodology, according to IEEE C37.232-
2011, Common Format for Naming Time Sequence Data Files (COMNAME).
Fault, Disturbance, Steady-state, and Sequence of Events records are named as follows:
STARTDATE,STARTTIME,TIMECODE,STATIONID,DEVICEID,COMPANY,DURATION.CFG
STARTDATE,STARTTIME,TIMECODE,STATIONID,DEVICEID,COMPANY,DURATION.DAT
The table below describe each parameter in the file name.
Indication of timezone offset
(the last three characters are
included only when fractional hours
are in use)