R903       *Connect FMS Ethernet directly to the OPERATOR CONSOLE. Devices hosting the Driver Station Software must only interface with the FMS via the Ethernet cable provided at the DRIVER STATION (e.g. not through a switch). Teams may connect the FMS Ethernet cable to the device running the Driver Station Software directly via an Ethernet pigtail, or with a single-port Ethernet converter (e.g. docking station, USB-Ethernet converter, Thunderbolt-Ethernet converter, etc.). The Ethernet port on the OPERATOR CONSOLE must be easily and quickly accessible.

R704       *Only use allowed ports and bandwidth to communicate with the ROBOT. Communication between the ROBOT and the OPERATOR CONSOLE may not exceed the following and is restricted to network ports listed in Table 8‑5:

R702       *Communicate with the ROBOT with the specified radio. 1 Vivid Hosting wireless bridge (P/N: VH-109), that has been configured with the appropriate encryption key for your team number at each event, is the only permitted device for communicating to and from the ROBOT during the MATCH. Events held in China and Chinese Taipei are the exceptions to this rule and must use an OpenMesh (P/N: OM5P-AN or OM5P-AC) radio.

R707       *Limited wireless allowed. The only forms of wireless communication that may be used to communicate to, from, or within the ROBOT, include: