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Orcad Capture Netlist error

Hi everyone,

I got the following error ':' not found on line 841 when trying to make a netlist so I look at the netlist log file and see the following error:

Scanning netlist files ...

Loading... D:\AMT_KR\EFI\SCHEMATIC BY ME/pstchip.dat

Loading... D:\AMT_KR\EFI\SCHEMATIC BY ME/pstxprt.dat
#38 WARNING(SPCODD-38): Terminating character ':' not found on line 841.
ERROR(SPCODD-47): Packaging can not complete because the file D:\AMT_KR\EFI\SCHEMATIC/pstxprt.dat could not be
loaded. There might be syntax errors in this file. Ensure that the syntax is correct before proceeding.
ERROR(SPCODD-382): Error at line 841 in file D:\AMT_KR\EFI\SCHEMATIC/pstxprt.dat. Error loading the parts list file

#6 ERROR(ORCAP-36026): Unable to read logical netlist data.

Exiting... "D:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\capture\pstswp.exe" -pst -d "d:\amt_kr\efi\schematic\schematic design.dsn" -n "D:\AMT_KR\EFI\SCHEMATIC" -c "D:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\capture\allegro.cfg" -v 3 -l 31 -s "" -j "PCB Footprint" -hpath "HPathForCollision"
INFO(ORCAP-32005): *** Done ***

I don't understand what was the error and did not get any details about this.

Any help is greatly appreciated

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oldmouldy over 10 years ago

The problem is an illegal character in a Property Value used in the netlist. The illegal character, probably not something from A-Z, 0-9 or Underscore, is causing an issue at, or about, line 841 in the pstxprt.dat so, open the pstxprt.dat file with a text editor that displays line numbers and go looking at line 841, or in that region, compare the entries in that region with previous entries in the netlist to determine the issue and then go back to the schematic and correct the Property Value in the schematic.
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oldmouldy over 10 years ago

The problem is an illegal character in a Property Value used in the netlist. The illegal character, probably not something from A-Z, 0-9 or Underscore, is causing an issue at, or about, line 841 in the pstxprt.dat so, open the pstxprt.dat file with a text editor that displays line numbers and go looking at line 841, or in that region, compare the entries in that region with previous entries in the netlist to determine the issue and then go back to the schematic and correct the Property Value in the schematic.
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