V5 Cables

VEX V5 General Discussion General Forum
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still nothing here - we ordered in june/july

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Is it tools/cable stock that you are missing? If so contact vex support; I ordered mine in August and they shipped in a day or two.

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Bundles and motors.

as for contacting VEX support you can not via email because they do not have timeā€¦

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We are missing tools and cable stock, but it said it would ship in 8 weeks from our order. It is still processing but should ship next week. To be fair, we did have a large order of stock so I understand not getting it very fast.

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Has anyone received an e-mail response from VEX sales lately? Its been a couple weeks for me.

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Got an email yesterday saying they needed more information about my order - I gave them the info - have not heard back from them. So, pretty much waiting game.ā€™

In the email they indicated that they were hoping to get more systems out this coming week.

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Does anyone know what gauge wire is used in the v5 smart cables? It appears to be 24 awg from @jpearman 's picture, but Iā€™d like to be sureā€¦

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To be clear, you may not make your own cables for competition. VEX Cable stock is labeled with V5 logo, so it can spotted during inspection.

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Speaking of this, what if you use official V5 cable and there is no V5 logo? Since Iā€™ve thought about it, Iā€™m going to make sure any really short pieces are cut to put the V5 logo in the middle. And they did put a logo every 4 1/8", which is pretty often. But if there are 4" or fewer (not often, obviously) between the two connectors, it is possible for the logo not to show, even if infrequently.

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In phone cables the wires on the edge are twisted opposite of their original position (ex: cords 1, 2, 3, and 4 become 4, 2, 3, and 1 from one end to another.)
I think Vex made this change from original phone cords to prevent them being used, but kept the heads the same because they are probably already made and/or are easy to manufacture.

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The 4P4C connectors used on V5 smart cables are not the same as the RJ11/RJ12 connectors used on phone cables.

Also, not all phone cables are crossover cables; some are actually wired straight-through.

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Ok,thank you. We were a little confused about why the motors didnā€™t even register.

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The rule is <R16> c)i)