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So first off, this may be a user error, but I'm putting it here for posterity to describe the possible ways I've contributed to this error. For now, I'm not looking for any support (although thoughts/suggestions are welcome), I'm just documenting so when I figure out what's causing this I can record that here for future users to find in searches.

Bug Description

When generating BOM, the LCSC Part # column has a header, but none of the component rows have values for that column.

Possible Causes

I originally added a Fieldname Template of LCSC Part, and used that to fill in values. I discovered after the first time generating the BOM, that it added a 2nd identically named field to each component, with no value.

I figured that was why things were empty, so I manually removed BOTH of those fields, and added a new field of lcsc_pn, (taking from the source code), and entered those for each component.

Still blank values...

I haven't tried things on a fresh project yet, and I suspect it will work fine on a fresh project.

Possible fixes/enhancements?

• could add a check that total number of values of LCSC columns matches the total number of rows, and if not, exit 1

KiCad Version Info

Application: Eeschema
Version: 5.1.7-a382d34a8~88~ubuntu20.04.1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1f zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 libidn2/2.3.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.41.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
    Boost: 1.71.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.68.0
    Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 with C++ ABI 1013
Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Running the BOM script on my Mac OS 10.14 system (KiCad 5.1.6) I get:

Run command:
python “/private/var/folders/rh/ctp5glvj01s12dnfctv6j4_c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/7C9B6EA2-A66C-4A48-9BB1-DD8449EA8C9E/d/kicad.app/Contents/SharedSupport/plugins/bom_csv_jlcpcb.py” “/Users/ned/src/fluke-884x-display/fluke_display/fluke_display.xml” “/Users/ned/src/fluke-884x-display/fluke_display/fluke_display”

Command error. Return code 1
Error messages:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File “/private/var/folders/rh/ctp5glvj01s12dnfctv6j4_c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/7C9B6EA2-A66C-4A48-9BB1-DD8449EA8C9E/d/kicad.app/Contents/SharedSupport/plugins/bom_csv_jlcpcb.py”, line 29, in <module>
    with open(sys.argv[2], ‘w’, newline=‘’) as f:
TypeError: ‘newline’ is an invalid keyword argument for this function

Removing the newline='' from that line fixed the problem.

I think this is because the Python that is packaged with KiCad is version 2.7.

I'm on Kicad7 - if I fill out the LCSC Part # field and generate the production output, the caps and res LCSC Part # field is empty. Is it supposed to be this way?

I get the following error:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kicad_netlist_reader'

Hi, thanks for your work! Unfortunately, I get an error message when I try to execute the script in Eeschema. What is kicad_netlist_reader and how do I get it?

Greetings
h8

Command:

python "/usr/share/kicad/scripting/plugins/bom_csv_jlcpcb.py" "%I" "%O"

Error:

Run command:
python "/usr/share/kicad/scripting/plugins/bom_csv_jlcpcb.py" "/home/hesse/Dokumente/KiCad/Projekte/Privat/MateLightScrewCap/MateLightScrewCap.xml" "/home/hesse/Dokumente/KiCad/Projekte/Privat/MateLightScrewCap/MateLightScrewCap.csv"

Command error. Return code 1
Error messages:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/kicad/scripting/plugins/bom_csv_jlcpcb.py", line 23, in <module>
    import kicad_netlist_reader
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kicad_netlist_reader'

sol:
Had to rewrite line 29
open(sys.argv[2], 'w', newline ='') as f:
to:
open(sys.argv[2], 'wb') as f:

When running the BOM script I get the error:

Command error. Return code 1
Error messages:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File “/private/var/folders/4r/0wdgxsd94j5bq4nywh48q9bh0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/7B6115DA-01DD-4A95-BA1E-A6283AC1F807/d/kicad.app/Contents/SharedSupport/scripting/bom_csv_jlcpcb.py”, line 23, in <module>
    import kicad_netlist_reader
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘kicad_netlist_reader’

I have tried installing this module with pip but to no avail. I can import the module in a python session.

Platform: macOS
KiCAD: 5.1.9
Python: 3.9.0

I'm currently using Kicad v5.1.7 and I'm getting the following error message:

Command error. Return code 1
Error messages:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\KiCad\bin\scripting\plugins/bom_csv_jlcpcb.py", line 29, in
with open(sys.argv[2], 'w', newline='') as f:
TypeError: 'newline' is an invalid keyword argument for this function

Nice program, thanks. Looks like I have to rotate all capacitors and resistors, so pattern matching (like C*) in overrides.json would be convenient. It's too bad that rotation information is stored in a separate file and not tied to a specific part - preferable would be to store rotation information in a field in the schematic/part (which can be available as a BOM field).

Getting this error whenever I try to use this plugin.

I am on Windows 10 using KiCad 5.1.10

This is the Command I am using:

python3 "C:\Program Files\KiCad\bin\scripting\plugins/bom_csv_jlcpcb.py" "%I" "%O.csv"

Error:

Error messages:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\KiCad\bin\scripting\plugins\bom_csv_jlcpcb.py", line 48, in <module>
    out.writerow([c.getValue() + " " + c.getDescription(), ",".join(refs), c.getFootprint().split(':')[1],
IndexError: list index out of range

The read me suggests you are convering a xxx.pos file using kicad_pos_to_cpl.py, but the instructions actually seem to ask one to set up to actaully generate a xxx-pos.csv file. So which is it? Given the settings, and a scan of the code, I would say the guidance needs rewording?

The settings are also set to create a top and a bottom file, I can only assume if the top of the board has the components then whatever conversion is against only the top file? Makes sense, since I also understand JCLPCB only place components on top. So, a little more clarity in the guidance maybe?

Python3 compatibility would be rather nice :)