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It is important to note that according to Section 4.1.9¹,

Originally Posted by FRC Game Manual

R56
One (1) D-Link wireless bridge (P/N: DAP-1522), hardware revision B, is the only permitted device for communicating to and from the ROBOT during the MATCH.

R61
All signals must originate from the OPERATOR CONSOLE and be transmitted to the ROBOT via the ARENA network.

R62
No form of wireless communication shall be used to communicate to, from, or within the ROBOT, except those required per R56 and R61 (e.g. radio modems from previous FIRST competitions and Bluetooth devices are not permitted on the ROBOT during competition).

wireless cameras may not be used. However, you may use a standard ethernet-based camera, provided that you can configure it to operate in one of the allowed ports, and that it can be set to operate within the bandwidth limit, as per R59 of Section 4.1.9¹,

Originally Posted by FRC Game Manual

R59
Communication between the ROBOT and the OPERATOR CONSOLE is restricted as follows:

Network Ports:
TCP 1180: This port is typically used for camera data from the cRIO to the Driver Station (DS) when the camera is connected to port 2 on the 8-slot cRIO (P/N: cRIO-FRC). This port is bidirectional.
TCP 1735: SmartDashboard, bidirectional
UDP 1130: Dashboard-to-ROBOT control data, directional
UDP 1140: ROBOT-to-Dashboard status data, directional
HTTP 80: Camera connected via switch on the ROBOT, bidirectional
HTTP 443: Camera connected via switch on the ROBOT, bidirectional


Teams may use these ports as they wish if they do not employ them as outlined above (i.e. TCP 1180 can be used to pass data back and forth between the ROBOT and the DS if the Team chooses not to use the camera on port 2).

Bandwidth: 7 Mbits/second

The FMS Whitepaper has more details on how to check and optimize bandwidth usage.

and provided that the camera follows the rest of the Robot Rules outlined in Section ⁴.