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Ethernet port on robot

Ok, so my electrical peeps have posed a question and before I say ok I would like to know if anyone else has tried this.

They want to mount an Ethernet port on the bot. The Ethernet cable on the backside would lead to a port on the cRio and be 'permanently' connected (i.e. there would be no need to plug and unplug this cable from the cRio).

The idea is that when the coders needed to upload code they would do so through this port instead of having to, 'reach inside the bot where there are sharp pointy things that can poke and scratch the coders' sensitive hands.'

I have searched CD and have not seen where anyone has done this and according to the peeps interpretation of the rules this would fall under a 'custom circuit'.

I have told them that I was first going to check CD and then post in Q&A before I would consent to their experiment.

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Re: Ethernet port on robot

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Ok, so my electrical peeps have posed a question and before I say ok I would like to know if anyone else has tried this.

They want to mount an Ethernet port on the bot. The Ethernet cable on the backside would lead to a port on the cRio and be 'permanently' connected (i.e. there would be no need to plug and unplug this cable from the cRio).

The idea is that when the coders needed to upload code they would do so through this port instead of having to, 'reach inside the bot where there are sharp pointy things that can poke and scratch the coders' sensitive hands.'

I have searched CD and have not seen where anyone has done this and according to the peeps interpretation of the rules this would fall under a 'custom circuit'.

I have told them that I was first going to check CD and then post in Q&A before I would consent to their experiment.

Thoughts?
Not sure if this is what you mean, but last year we ran an Ethernet "pigtail" (male to female) from our radio to an easily accessible spot for ease of access to a port. Worked quite well at competition.
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Re: Ethernet port on robot

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Ethernet "pigtail" (male to female) from our radio to an easily accessible spot for ease of access to a port. Worked quite well at competition.
Maybe...ok, I see what you're talking about (thank you Google). What they are actually talking about is the wall-jack itself (like you see in a wall where you plug in your Ethernet cable. In their minds they would physically wire the jack themselves with the RJ-45 end plugged into the cRio and the port available for plugging in the computer.

What you guys implemented is makes more sense logically.
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Re: Ethernet port on robot

If you're concerned about it working properly: it should be fine. We've used similar setups for the same reason over the years, and they've worked well.

If you're concerned about rules: a) you won't be connecting from the ethernet port to a computer during competition unless you are changing code at competition. b) R56 says that the wireless bridge may be connected via a pigtail, which is what it sounds like you are using.

Either way, you should be fine.
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Re: Ethernet port on robot

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Re: Ethernet port on robot

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Maybe...ok, I see what you're talking about (thank you Google). What they are actually talking about is the wall-jack itself (like you see in a wall where you plug in your Ethernet cable. In their minds they would physically wire the jack themselves with the RJ-45 end plugged into the cRio and the port available for plugging in the computer.
How would the radio be connected to the cRIO in this scenario?
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Re: Ethernet port on robot

you can have a spot where the pigtail is out of the robot. Ie what spectrum did in their drive train during the off season. This allows for an easy remove/install for the cable. See http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=119581 they did what I think you are speaking of.
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Re: Ethernet port on robot

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How would the radio be connected to the cRIO in this scenario?
I would put the pigtail in the router if your using the crio II.
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Re: Ethernet port on robot

I would recommend doing this not only on your robot but your driver station as well. That port gets frequent use and my team had actually experienced the Ethernet port on the laptop fail causing us not to move in a match. Here is a company associated with FRC that sells the one that we now use https://www.estoprobotics.com/estore...d&productId=27
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I would recommend doing this not only on your robot but your driver station as well. That port gets frequent use and my team had actually experienced the Ethernet port on the laptop fail causing us not to move in a match. Here is a company associated with FRC that sells the one that we now use https://www.estoprobotics.com/estore...d&productId=27
Agreed. We beat up our Classmate ethernet pretty badly, so when we got a new laptop, we made sure to use a pigtail for the connection.

There are enough things that can go wrong without worrying about the ethernet port...
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Re: Ethernet port on robot

Can we have the radios on in the pits? I thought not but maybe that is an old rule. We always hook up a little 4-port bridge for pit access - that way we can hook up the cRIO, tether the DS and connect a code development laptop.
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Re: Ethernet port on robot

In 2012, we used one of these port savers to easily connect to the robot, since the ports all pointed down on the radio in a most-inconvenient way.

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Re: Ethernet port on robot

We've had an externally available port for a number of years. Typically we do it with a female-female connector designed to be mounted through a surface - just cut out an appropriate rectangle in one of the lexan shields, push it in until. It clicks in place, then hook it up permanently to the radio using a short Ethernet cable. The benefit of this over a wall jack is that you don't have to mess with the wiring - just use standard cables and it all works out. I hate cutting open an Ethernet cable and having to figure out where all 8 wires go!
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Can we have the radios on in the pits?
You can have the D-Link powered on in the pit, as long as you leave it in Bridge mode and don't try switching it to AP mode. You are encouraged and expected to leave everything connected on the robot, and plug in your programming computer and/or Driver Station using an available D-Link ethernet port.
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You are encouraged and expected to leave everything connected on the robot, and plug in your programming computer and/or Driver Station using an available D-Link ethernet port.
Which is what we have typically done. I am not sure where they are talking about burying the router that this is necessary (we have not fully discussed their reasoning yet as they proposed this close to time to go home last night). They just kept saying, 'but it would be soooo much safer'.

Thank you to everyone who responded and we will take your suggestions under advisement.
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