Driver feedback device

[FRC173]

HP/COACH/DRIVER Over The STARTING LINE During AUTONOMOUS PERIOD - No team member may pass the STARTING LINE in the ALLIANCE ZONE until the conclusion of the AUTONOMOUS PERIOD (when the field timer displays zero seconds). Each violation will result in a 5- point penalty. Exceptions will be made in cases involving personal safety or the safety of the ROBOT controls.

If the driver is wearing a feedback device, powered through the joystick ports, may the device be plugged into the Operator Interface during autonomous mode?

In previous years, when teams had custom controllers, they had to keep them disconnected until autonomous was over. Does this also apply to devices that only provide feedback?

[GDC]

Team members may not be in contact with the robot controls (including feedback devices) during the autonomous period. If the robot controls include items that are worn by the operators, then they must be either donned after the end of the autonomous period or (if the item must be donned prior to the start of the match) be unplugged from the control system and not connected until the autonomous period ends.