ERROR :Unable to read MAT-file. Not a binary MAT-file. Try load -ASCII to read as text.

Hello, i've downloaded the following https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/32246-dual-clutch-transmission-model-in-simulink for my project.

when i try to run the simulation i get the following error : Error using load Unable to read MAT-file C:\Users\....\UrbanCycle1.mat. Not a binary MAT-file. Try load -ASCII to read as text.

The matfile "UrbanCycle1.mat" is one of the data scripts to run the simulation properly. Could you help me with this?

[Nicolas Schmit]

Did you run startup_DCT_Model.m before opening the Simulink model?

[tupac1971ful]

Yes of course. I did run it but maybe would that error mean that some files are.corrupted. could I somehow retrieve them and make it work ?

[Nicolas Schmit]

1. Please tell which version of MATLAB you are using.
2. Try to re-download the file exchange package files and see if the problem still occurs.

[tupac1971ful]

Hello, I'm running Matlab 2017a. I did try to redownload the file package and still getting the same error as shown in the picture.

I also got the error that i was mentioning above when i was trying to run the gear change simulation.

[Nicolas Schmit]

Try to manually load the mat files by double clicking on the UrbanCycle1.mat~UrbanCycle8.mat files in the Scripts_Data folder.

[Naren Doraiswamy]

I am facing the same problem too. I have saved my data from the scipy.io's savemat function and when i try to open it in matlab, i am confronted with this particular error. Any suggestions regarding solving the issue?

Thank you.

[Alok Virkar]

Hi were you able to resolve this issue? Im having a similar one interfacing python and matlab. When I download my mat file from python it has less memory than when I download it directly.

[ali foroutannia]

Hi firends,

You can read it with the

dlmread('your .mat file')

command.

[demos serghiou]

Hi Any solution to this problem? None of the above work. I am trying to open a .mat figure that used to open perfectly fine before reactivating matlab licence file

[Joohyun Lee]

Sometimes, if you are using a NAS or cloud server to load your file, it may prompt out that error when the computer is not connected to it (e.g., re-verify credentials, log-in, etc.) I signed out of my cloud and logged back in, and it worked.

Answer 1

[Faisal Khan]

use addpath('your folder name') which contains the .mat files and then use load() function to call the mat file