KICAD replaces Reference with #J046 and does not export it to the netlist

[seppel]

Hello,

I’ve got a problem that KiCAD rplaces my Reference J100 with #J046 when executing an ERC or export to the netlist. I do not know what the problem is, nor how it can be resolved.

Can someone pleas help me?

Thank you very much,

Best Regards,

Seppel

Version is 4.0.5 .

[davidsrsb]

4.0.5 is very outdated. You should be on 4.0.7.

Is there another J100? A text editor search of the netlist file is worth trying

[Rene_Poschl]

References starting with ‘#’ are ignored by the netlist export. This is kicads way of implementing virtual components like power symbols.

[bobc]

@seppel

I do not know what the problem is, nor how it can be resolved.

Edit the symbol properties in the Component Editor and un-select “Define as Power Symbol”.

[paulvdh]

As Davidsrsb suggested, you can try directly editing your schematic (and/or project-cache.lib) in a text editor.

It also seems to be a custom symbol.
What happens if you remove it and replace it with (a different) default library symbol?
After a schematic is saved Kicad 4.0.7 (4.0.5 probably also) puts copies of the used default library symbols in the project-cache.lib file.
You can compare the text of your symbol with one from the default libraries, and look for the differences.
File formats of KiCad’s files are documented on the KiCad website.