I have gotten the message “minimum three waypoints” for a working area but never too many for a transport path. Let me go back to my machine (and owner’s manual) and see what I can find out.

Thanks for your video. I would be curious to know: when you use Google maps to measure distance, how far away from the reference station is the furthest point of your work area? Are there any trees etc. in the way? I'm trying to figure out if one would work 220m away from my house around a corner that has trees on it.

@momsmachines5476

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching the video and for the question. The furthest point I have the mower working from the reference station right now is about 140 m. (The area in the video is about 75 m.). I plan to add another work area with a maximum of 165m away from the reference station, so I hope it works!! I remember reading the maximum distance in the owner's manual, but can't remember it. As soon as I find the number, I'll let you know.

@momsmachines5476

9 ай бұрын

The manual says the max distance between the reference station and "product" is 1640 feet (or about 500 m). I do have some pine trees and it goes around a corner with pine trees. I also have some other trees that are big, but about 20 feet from each other.

For whatever reason, I’ve created too many transport paths to the same area. Do you know how to delete a transport path so I can try again?

@momsmachines5476

2 ай бұрын

That’s a great question! Go into the automower app, then into maps, and scroll down through all the work areas, stay out zones and the paths to the work areas. When you see the one you want to edit, click on that one. On the next screen, you can make it inactive or delete it. I hope that helps!

If i have a big working area and make 5 smaller work areas in it, can i then make only 1 transportpath that runs through all of the smaller workarea’s? Will that work?

@momsmachines5476

16 күн бұрын

That’s a great and new question!! From what I understand, you have to have a transport path to each working area, but I haven’t tried it with a bigger working area and smaller ones within that. My 550 will not go to an area unless it has a transport path to it. It will say something like “destination not reachable”.

@momsmachines5476

16 күн бұрын

I would try it and see what happens. I’m curious to know!😊

@TheGhostLV

8 күн бұрын

@@momsmachines5476 Did you try it? I got error at some point that it shows "Too many waypoints", but there is only two paths on same road.

Very helpful videos with info I haven't seen elsewhere, thank you. You mention you had mounted the reference station on some steps as a temporary solution. Did you have to re-make all the zones when you put up a permanent pole or is it OK to move the reference station? I would like to have a temporary solution for my reference station too, so I can get started, as I will need professional help to mount it on my roof

@momsmachines5476

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment and questions. I went ahead last season and put in all my work areas with the reference station on my "temporary' location, which is on an aluminum ladder. I had planned to replace the ladder with a wooden post at the same location and height. Sadly (and pathetically!), I have not done this. I did remove the box which it sat on since that got wet in the rain and began to fall apart. This made it about 6 inches lower and doesn't seem to interfere with the mower's working ability at all. I was wondering about moving it to a totally new location as well. The owner's manual states that "the items on the map will change position if you move the reference station. Adjust the items on the map or do the installation again in the Automower Connect app." I might just have to move it and see what happens!!!! I remember reading or seeing a video from Husqvarna that does NOT advise putting the reference station on a building or house. I believe they did suggest this in the past, but no longer do. I hope this helps you.

@kgarden8960

2 ай бұрын

​ @momsmachines5476 Very helpful thank you. I have put reference station on a pole in the best possible position (just so I could get started, my previous Automower 450X with boundary-wire has got old and tired, wire needing repair etc. and I decided to replace it with 520 EPOS ... but the grass needed cutting NOW! so "temporary" for starters). The pole looks an eyesore where it is (I knew it would), so once the grass is under control I want to find best location. Interesting about roof advice; my understanding was roof would be best (might be different here in UK with building materials / building height and elevation of satellites in sky from our latitude ...). I've only had the EPOS a few days but compared to previous 450X it is SO much better. No wire problems, obviously, but the ability to set areas suits me really well, and pattern-mowing covered the whole area in much less time than random did (previously needed 3-days-continuous after break if grass had got long, new EPOS did the whole area in 24 hours). I have a large garden and complex lawn layout / paths etc. I started with mapping perimeter to create one work area, and then did stay-out zones for each flowerbed etc. but I need it to mow different areas in different directions - everything "on the wonk" doesn't look right! - but thanks to your advice I will hold off making all the work areas until I have permanent position for reference station. I will have loads of waypoints and adjusting each will be a lot of effort (unless there is a "Change all THESE by THIS much N-S and THIS much E-W", as I guess they will all be off-by-same-amount; but my experience of Husqvarna APP is that the last 10% of useful functionality is missing, and when I need it that takes 90% of MY time!) I had 5 existing Automowers (4 distinct areas with fences between), and the other area the boundary wire, with all the stay out zones, was too long, so had to split into 2 mowers). The other benefit, for me (which I had not anticipated), is that I can just take the new EPOS mower to one of my other mower zones, create a Work Area, and then I have "cover" for any of the other mowers which get sick / break-a-wire. I can see me replacing all the old ones with EPOS. But I will need to raid a bank!

Is it a water resistance mower? for example, is it okay to have a charging station in the open space where rain comes?

@momsmachines5476

8 ай бұрын

The mower can work out in the rain and on wet grass. The charging and reference station also stay outside. They just cannot be submerged in water.

@momsmachines5476

8 ай бұрын

I typically dow't let the mower run in the rain if its pouring down. I don't want the mower to get caught in a puddle. I also disconnect the plug ins when we have severe thunderstorms.

Hello, can you use the working path for numerous working area? Or one path per work area?

@momsmachines5476

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your question! From what I understand, you do one path per work area.

hey liz how many acres is your 550 cutting total? and how many days does it take to cut it all?

@momsmachines5476

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the question! The area my mower mows is about 2.12 acres.

@momsmachines5476

3 ай бұрын

It keeps the area mowed, so it goes out each day and mows different areas and is on an auto schedule. I couldn’t say how long it would take since it doesn’t mow like you would mow your grass once a week.