rebuilt laptop rejects the fr5 query before connecting

YasminCarter0963 · 7 Apr 2026, 09:05 UTC

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YasminCarter0963
The old laptop still runs our read-only FR5 inspection query. The rebuilt one stops at an argument error before any controller connection, with the same script. We have three folders called SDK and a suggestion to update the controller. I would like to establish which bits the laptop is actually using before anyone goes near that suggestion.

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WillBarnes0574
Replying to YasminCarter0963

Compare the imported module path on both machines. The folder you open in Explorer may not be the one Python loads.

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YasminCarter0963
Replying to WillBarnes0574

The rebuilt shortcut imports from an old training folder. The working laptop imports from the maintenance folder. Finally something we can actually compare.

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JonasArcher0372
Replying to YasminCarter0963

Note the Python executable as well. A replacement shortcut that only changes the folder can still leave the next person using a different environment.

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PavelCarter0962
Replying to YasminCarter0963

Does the argument list in the imported training copy match the maintenance copy? That will tell your maintainer whether this error follows the local interface difference before considering any controller-side explanation.

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WillBarnes0574
Replying to PavelCarter0962

Yasmin, did the maintainer find that difference?

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YasminCarter0963
Replying to WillBarnes0574

Yes. The training copy has a different call signature. The maintainer compared the actual imported files, not the folder dates, and reproduced the argument failure without a controller connection. We have selected the working environment for this script and are fixing the normal shortcut to use it.

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JonasArcher0372
Replying to YasminCarter0963

Run it from the handed-over shortcut after a fresh sign-in. That's what the person covering you will use, not the terminal where the maintainer has everything set up.

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PavelCarter0962
Replying to JonasArcher0372

And retain the selected SDK identity alongside that executable path. Identical directory names are doing rather more work here than they deserve.

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YasminCarter0963
Replying to JonasArcher0372

Fresh sign-in, normal shortcut, expected imported copy. The read-only query now returns the fixture identity we expected. Nothing changed on the controller. Thank you, Will, that first path check saved us a pointless round of hardware explanations.

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WillBarnes0574
Replying to YasminCarter0963

Good to hear. The shortcut check makes that a usable handover.

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