# "Invisible node" causing error

**URL:** <https://forum.xod.io/t/invisible-node-causing-error/7183>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 21, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/invisible-node-causing-error/7183 "2025-10-21T05:48:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mpkennedy58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@mpkennedy58](https://forum.xod.io/u/mpkennedy58)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/invisible-node-causing-error/7183/1 "2025-10-21T05:48:11Z")

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The error message

Transpiling…  
Dead reference error  
Can’t find the Pin “Sk7EARu8-” in the patch with path “xod/common-hardware/mechanical-switch”

I cannot find this node in my code?

Please help!

I saw the link: [I broke XOD with help from my son](https://forum.xod.io/t/i-broke-xod-with-help-from-my-son/710)

I am unable to get a working version of…

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/xod/original/2X/f/f6191840ff1f95aad5a385c1b973a54066a46ae9.png)

Is there any way to get a good copy and install it?

I need this for keypad 4x4 node.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/xod/original/2X/c/c8282f90c8f4d948bbb1eb82c1f6005ce6300ba8.png)

Please help.

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**Author:** ![gweimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@gweimer](https://forum.xod.io/u/gweimer)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/invisible-node-causing-error/7183/2 "2025-10-21T16:26:22Z")

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Did you find the ` __lib__ `folder on your box & check for xod folder within? ‘mechanical-switch’ node does not produce this error for me, so I assume you have a modified version (or version from old XOD install). Removiing the ` __lib__ \xod` folder and restarting XOD would resolve that issue.

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**Author:** ![mpkennedy58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@mpkennedy58](https://forum.xod.io/u/mpkennedy58)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/invisible-node-causing-error/7183/3 "2025-10-26T02:01:15Z")

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Thank you for your help. I have decided to start again with a fresh download on a Win 11 machine. Some of the libraries I am downloading are showing in RED. Should I delete these or wait until I have downloaded all of the libraries I want ?

Thanks again.

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**Author:** ![gweimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@gweimer](https://forum.xod.io/u/gweimer)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/invisible-node-causing-error/7183/4 "2025-10-27T17:51:40Z")

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If you have a fresh install with no bad nodes in xod folders and a new library download is showing red, then there is a good chance the library is out-of-date & isn’t working with newest XOD release. You can try fixing it yourself or asking the original owner to make the required updates. Unfortunately, XOD development has stagnated since the start of the Ukraine war and embargoes cut off funding to the Russian developers ☹

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/xod/original/1X/eb7348baa04192c2ef932d1db54d44f09f8a7888.png) [@system](https://forum.xod.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/invisible-node-causing-error/7183/5 "2025-11-26T17:52:06Z")

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Closed on November 26, 2025, 5:52pm UTC

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