R712       *Control PWM controllers from the roboRIO. Every relay module (per R503-B), servo controller, and PWM motor controller shall be connected to a corresponding port (relays to Relay ports, servo controllers and PWM controllers to PWM ports) on the roboRIO (either directly or through a WCP Spartan Sensor Board) or via a legal MXP connection (per R713). They shall not be controlled by signals from any other source, with the exception of the Nidec Dynamo motor controller which must also be connected to the roboRIO Digital I/O.

R717       *Don’t alter the CAN bus. No device that interferes with, alters, or blocks communications among the roboRIO and the PDP/PDH, PCMs/PHs, and/or CAN motor controllers on the bus will be permitted.

R611       *The Robot frame is not a wire. All wiring and electrical devices shall be electrically isolated from the Robot frame. The Robot frame must not be used to carry electrical current.

R701       *Control the robot with a roboRIO. Robots must be controlled via 1 programmable NI roboRIO or roboRIO 2.0 (P/N am3000 or am3000a, both versions referred to throughout this manual as “roboRIO”), with image version 2023_v3.1 or later.