Answered: Remote mounting of a VEXnet key

[Wingus_or_Dingus]

R7 j. A USB extension cable may be used for the sole purpose of remote mounting of a VEXnet key.
The key must be mounted in the following manner. (See the below image for reference)
i. The VEXnet key must be mounted such that no metal is touching the key above the
VEXnet logo.
ii. No metal may be within 2” of the top of the VEXnet key.

Will this rule be enforced at the World Championship?
I understand why it’s good to keep metal away from the VEXnet key antenna but once you mount it in a decent place surely it would be better than being stuck in the cortex module buried in the robot with metal likely to be closer than 2" anyway?
Maybe this should be a recommendation rather than a rule? After all if a team remote mounts their VEXnet key and covers it in metal surely that’s their problem anyway as they could just as easily do this with a Cortex mounted VEXnet key.

[Karthik]

Will this rule be enforced at the World Championship?
I understand why it’s good to keep metal away from the VEXnet key antenna but once you mount it in a decent place surely it would be better than being stuck in the cortex module buried in the robot with metal likely to be closer than 2" anyway?
Maybe this should be a recommendation rather than a rule? After all if a team remote mounts their VEXnet key and covers it in metal surely that’s their problem anyway as they could just as easily do this with a Cortex mounted VEXnet key.

Yes, this rule will be enforced at VEX Worlds.