Talon SRX Motor Controller Problem

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Originally Posted by FTC Team CC

Why is daisy-chaining a better option than connecting the wires to a central "hub"? If one of the CAN cables in the daisy-chain stops functioning, don't the rest of speed controllers also stop receiving inputs?

Thanks for your help,
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Well for one, that's not FRC Legal. *Standard warning about 2016 rules may not apply to 2017* See rule R70:

Each Jaguar or Talon SRX must be controlled with signal inputs sourced from the roboRIO and passed via either a PWM (wired per R68) 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. If the CAN-bus configuration is used, the firmware on the device must be updated to at least the following versions:

You can only either directly connect to the roboRIO or daisy chain through another device.