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R718       *USB to CAN adapter permitted. Additional CAN bus connections may be added to the roboRIO using the CTR Electronics CANivoreTM P/N 21-678682 USB-to-CAN adapter.

Any additional CAN bus added in this manner satisfies the requirements of R714 (i.e. you may connect motor controllers to this additional bus).

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Rule R717
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.
Rule R714
R714       *Control CAN motor controllers from the roboRIO. Each CAN motor controller must be controlled with signal inputs sourced from the roboRIO and passed via either a PWM (wired per R713) or CAN bus (either directly or daisy-chained via another CAN bus device) signal, but both shall not be wired simultaneously on the same device.
Rule R716
R716       *Connect the PDP/PDH to the roboRIO CAN bus. The PDP/PDH CAN interface must be connected to the built-in CAN bus on the roboRIO (either directly or daisy-chained via another CAN bus device).
Rule R701
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.