Errors on opening KiCAD files from Olimex

Started by vantop, April 25, 2020, 12:07:30 AM

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vantop

Hello,
I have downloaded the design files of the ESP32-POE from the folder https://github.com/OLIMEX/ESP32-POE/tree/master/HARDWARE/ESP32-PoE-hardware-revision-D, installed KiCad 5.1.5-3 version and when I open the project it gives me some errors. When I try to open the schematic or PCB file from the project tree it gives me also some errors. What am I doing wrong?

LubOlimex

Can you upload a screenshot of the errors that you receive and post link here? I will forward it to the designers.
Technical support and documentation manager at Olimex

vantop

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I have attached screenshots and also saved log file.
KiCAD Version
Screen capture 1
Screen capture 2
KiCAD Error log file

LubOlimex

This does not happen here and I use same version of KiCAD and same files that I just downloaded from GitHub. Tested with all recent revision C, C1, D - all work fine. You can see my test with revision C here: https://imgur.com/5Axv4BK

Try to get the whole repo, extract, and navigate inside. Get it from here:

https://github.com/OLIMEX/ESP32-POE/archive/master.zip

Try to place on on different path.



Technical support and documentation manager at Olimex

vantop

Thank you for this reply. I downloaded the zip from the previous post but still the same issue. I will try to find the solution in the KiCAD support because it is obvious it is not related to you.

vantop

Just to let you know, I reopened the KiCAD again with the files from the whole repo and this time there were no errors. Only a 4 warnings when opening the schematic but they are not a big issue. Most probably the solution is to download the whole repo, not single files like I did. Thank you for the support, everything works.

LubOlimex

Glad this got solved. This issue usually comes when downloading files one by one using the web interface they usually get re-assigned extensions - most of the unknown files get saved as *.txt.

The warnings can be safely ignored, if you look at them you would notice that several signals got renamed to *_0 - there is a naming convention requiring symbols to have a number. If you missed to do so, it gets renamed automatically and you get a warning on opening.
Technical support and documentation manager at Olimex