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Library corruption mystery

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I recently upgraded from 5.x to 6.4.0 and when the libraries came across there were some errors.

 

Since the libraries are XML it was pretty easy to find the errors and edit them.  However, editing the library does not seem to fix the problem.

 

Example:

 

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>Loading T:/Engineering/Electrical Eng/Eagle/lbr/DougM-XXXX-Wiring-Diagram.rpt.lbr ...

>

>Error:

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>line 2753, column 43: invalid/missing attribute 'pin' in tag <connect>

 

So I open the library in Notepad++, find the offending line:

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> <connect gate="G$1" pin="" pad="P$1"/>

>

 

and I edit it to put some information in:

 

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><connect gate="G$1" pin="0_XXX" pad="P$1"/>

>

 

Then I save the library, exit Eagle, restart Eagle and try to open the library again but I get the same error! 

 

So I edit the library again and check the line.  It is correct:

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><connect gate="G$1" pin="0_XXX" pad="P$1"/>

>

 

So my question is how can it be that I edit a file and eagle does not open the file I edited?  Does eagle cache the files somewhere? 

 

It might be worth mentioning that the lbr files are on a file server.  Also, I tried shutting down and restarting my computer thinking that maybe the OS had cached it somewhere.

 

Thank you for your insight,

 

DougM

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    On 07/12/2013 12:29 PM, doug metzler wrote:

    I recently upgraded from 5.x to 6.4.0 and when the libraries came across

    there were some errors.

    ...

    So I open the library in Notepad++, find the offending line:

    <connect gate="G$1" pin="" pad="P$1"/>

     

    and I edit it to put some information in:

     

    <connect gate="G$1" pin="0_XXX" pad="P$1"/>

     

    Doug,

     

    What may be happening is that the text you provide for the pin refers to

    a non-existent pin.  I would suggest that you use a text editor to find

    the device and variant containing the error.  Then use the library

    editor to reconnect the pin.

     

    HTH,

        - Chuck

     

     

  • 0 in reply to dukepro

    This is a really old question, by I ran into it with a Raspberry Pi Zero W library that wouldn't load. It appears the eagle.dtd has changed so the format of the xml in Raspberry_Pi_Zero_W(v1.3).lbr is no longer valid. I fixed it by doing the following:

     

    1. Open the library file with an editor.

    2. Starting at line 66, change "pad name="1" to "pad name="P$1" and so on to line 109.

    3. Starting at line 214, change "pad="1" to "pad=P$1" and so on to line 257.

    4. Save the file and load it.

     

    The same fix should work for other libraries.