My team would like to use a partner joystick, and although we have one, we do not have a VEX partner cable. I have heard that a regular phone cable can connect a partner joystick to a main joystick if the plastic is filed a bit. Would that still be legal to use in competition?
Functionally, it would be identical to a partner joystick cable, so would <R7b.> apply here?
In addition, the product page for the partner joystick also states that a standard telephone cable can connect two joysticks
However, since we need to file the plastic for the phone cable to fit into the controllers, I don’t know if using one to connect joysticks would violate <R15a.>
You are correct, the partner cable is just a regular telephone cable. Furthermore a regular phone cable can be used without having to make any modifications; the connector will fit in the partner cable port as is. Thus a telephone cable of the same length as the VEX Coiled Handset Cable would be legal for use in VEX Skyrise.
First off, my team tried using a phone cable (I think it is an RJ11), but it worked only after being filed down to size. However, a handset cable (I think this is RJ9) fit the controller properly, so I guess this is what the coiled handset cable is (they both have the same pinout, but the phone cable just has more plastic)? Would it be legal to use a filed phone cable, or must we use an unmodified handset cable?
Secondly, does our cable need to be coiled as well, or can it be 12’ long (the length of a partner cable) without being coiled?
Finally, is there any tolerance on the length of the cable we can use, or must it be exactly 12’?