Dashboard communication ports

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Most of your post seems based on a faulty memory of what the rules say. Please read the description of what ports are available in section 2.2.8 (as amended in Team Update #5).

Oh, I didn't see the update that said what the ports were actually for.

Originally Posted by Rules Update #5

All these ports are open on the playing field, so a team can use them 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).

Then I guess it's a contradiction. Since it's the newer rule, I'm glad they're allowing bypass of the driver station software