diff --git a/crpptbx/AUG/gdat_aug.m b/crpptbx/AUG/gdat_aug.m
index ed1322890dbb89fa02283479b8f2506d89d186af..988cfeccda01eef4c71c61c72517c07e03060fae 100644
--- a/crpptbx/AUG/gdat_aug.m
+++ b/crpptbx/AUG/gdat_aug.m
@@ -898,6 +898,10 @@ elseif strcmp(mapping_for_aug.method,'switchcase')
    case {'equil'}
     % get equil params and time array in gdat_data.t
     [gdat_data,exp_name_eff,DIAG,NTIME_Lpf,NTIME,Lpf1_t,Lpf_SOL,M_Rmesh,N_Zmesh] = get_EQ_params(gdat_data);
+    if isempty(Lpf1_t)
+      disp('Lpf1_t is empty, probably no data, return')
+      return
+    end
     % since Lpf depends on time, need to load all first and then loop over time for easier mapping
     [qpsi,e]=rdaAUG_eff(shot,DIAG,'Qpsi',exp_name_eff,[],gdat_data.gdat_params.extra_arg_sf2sig);
     ndimrho = size(qpsi.data,2);
@@ -2304,6 +2308,16 @@ function [gdat_data,exp_name_eff,DIAG,NTIME_Lpf,NTIME,Lpf1_t,Lpf_SOL,M_Rmesh,N_Z
 % get basic params to be able to read results in EQ-like shotfiles
 % M_Rmesh,N_Zmesh only needed for equil when 2D quantities are required
 %
+
+exp_name_eff = gdat_data.gdat_params.exp_name;
+DIAG = [];
+NTIME_Lpf = [];
+NTIME = [];
+Lpf1_t = [];
+Lpf_SOL = [];
+M_Rmesh = [];
+N_Zmesh = [];
+
 extra_arg_sf2sig_eff_string = '';
 if ~strcmp(gdat_data.gdat_params.extra_arg_sf2sig,'[]')
   extra_arg_sf2sig_eff_string = [',' gdat_data.gdat_params.extra_arg_sf2sig];
@@ -2328,12 +2342,16 @@ Lpf_par = rdaAUG_eff(shot,DIAG,'Lpf',exp_name_eff,[],gdat_data.gdat_params.extra
 % since June, nb of time points in EQ results is not consistent with NTIME and time
 % It seems the first NTIME points are correct, so use this explicitely
 NTIME_Lpf = length(Lpf_par.value);
-if (NTIME < NTIME_Lpf)
+if ~isempty(NTIME) && ~isempty(NTIME_Lpf) && isnumeric(NTIME) && isnumeric(NTIME_Lpf) && (NTIME < NTIME_Lpf)
   if gdat_data.gdat_params.nverbose>=3; disp('WARNING: nb of times points smaller then equil results, use first NTIME points'); end
-elseif (NTIME > NTIME_Lpf)
+elseif ischar(NTIME) || ischar(NTIME_Lpf) || (NTIME > NTIME_Lpf)
   if gdat_data.gdat_params.nverbose >= 1
-    disp('ERROR: nb of times points LARGER then equil results')
-    disp('this is unexpected, so stop there and ask Olivier.Sauter@epfl.ch')
+    if ischar(NTIME) || ischar(NTIME_Lpf)
+      disp(['probably no data, NTIME_Lpf = ' NTIME_Lpf])
+    else
+      disp('ERROR: nb of times points LARGER then equil results')
+      disp('this is unexpected, so stop there and ask Olivier.Sauter@epfl.ch')
+    end
   end
   return
 end
diff --git a/crpptbx/AUG/rdaAUG_eff.m b/crpptbx/AUG/rdaAUG_eff.m
index c3343ccf8d8d9ecb6a322830b22b4889722ad10c..96998cd4758b709d7892a9792555b48587492b1d 100644
--- a/crpptbx/AUG/rdaAUG_eff.m
+++ b/crpptbx/AUG/rdaAUG_eff.m
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ if usemdsplus
   nb_surfaces_m1 = 40;
   nb_xpoints_m1 = 4;
   if strcmp(sigtype,'Lpf')
-    if (min(adata.data)<100000+3 && min(adata.data)~=0) || max(adata.data)>100000*20
+    if (min(adata.data)<0*100000+3 && min(adata.data)~=0) || max(adata.data)>100000*20
       keyboard
       disp(['seems to be a problem with Lpf assume 1 sol point and ' num2str(nb_surfaces_m1+1) ' surfaces'])
       adata.data(:) = 100000 + nb_surfaces_m1;
diff --git a/crpptbx/gdat_plot.m b/crpptbx/gdat_plot.m
index 58546d0cf6aa54bf05ad007ffac91e5a75d8a9a2..5b16e5f268ab956a5d015d838cd37f8dd8bf0789 100644
--- a/crpptbx/gdat_plot.m
+++ b/crpptbx/gdat_plot.m
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ if all(isfield(gdat_data,{'data','t'})) && ~isempty(gdat_data.data) && ~isempty(
     if ~isfield(gdat_data,'shot'); return; end % allows to plot if just .t and .data exist
     title([gdat_data.gdat_params.machine ' #' num2str(gdat_data.shot)]);
     if isfield(gdat_data,'mapping_for')
-      xlabel(['time [' gdat_data.dimunits{gdat_data.mapping_for.(gdat_data.gdat_params.machine).gdat_timedim} ']']);
+      dimunits_x = gdat_data.dimunits{gdat_data.mapping_for.(gdat_data.gdat_params.machine).gdat_timedim};
+      if ischar(dimunits_x)
+        xlabel(['time [' dimunits_x ']']);
+      else
+        xlabel(['time']);
+      end
     else
       xlabel(['time']);
     end
diff --git a/crpptbx/test_all_requestnames.m b/crpptbx/test_all_requestnames.m
index 0c53ba39add0a30a26b70bb71ad61cccbbaec75e..ad8db3efe8d3c4b70f424f7b90c30c035c0bb0fd 100644
--- a/crpptbx/test_all_requestnames.m
+++ b/crpptbx/test_all_requestnames.m
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ for ireq = 1:Nreq
 
   if ~ismember(myrequest,skip)
     % build request string
-    gdat_call{ireq} = sprintf(['gdat_' machine '(%d,''%s'',''doplot'',%d)'],shot,myrequest,doplot);
+    if strcmp(myrequest,'transp')
+      shotfile_user='PUETTI';
+      gdat_call{ireq} = sprintf(['gdat_' machine '(%d,''%s'',''doplot'',%d,''exp_name'',''%s'')'],shot,myrequest,doplot,shotfile_user);
+    else
+      gdat_call{ireq} = sprintf(['gdat_' machine '(%d,''%s'',''doplot'',%d)'],shot,myrequest,doplot);
+    end
 
     % eval call
     [err(ireq),telaps(ireq),gdat_results{ireq}] = do_gdat_call(gdat_call{ireq},nverbose);