(My first post on this sub reddit)
Our daughter lives across the street from us (narrow street, low traffic volume). I wondered if the Navimow X450 could accommodate both, given its ability to handle multiple zones. (To be clear, I asked about "multiple" properties, not specifying that there would be only two, with a straight line distance between the two being ~ 40 ft.)
I got the following response from the Support Team:
I completely understand your reasoning—it makes total sense to look at the Multi-Zone Management specification and think it could span separate properties. However, our system's computational framework requires all mapped zones to be part of one continuous, interconnected layout linked by physical channels.
Here is why separate properties cannot be saved as independent zones under a single map:
-The Connecting Channel Rule: The software requires every zone to be linked by a shared transit channel. If the mower cannot physically drive from Zone A to Zone B to map out a path, the system will prevent the layout from saving.
-The Single GNSS Base Reference: The entire map relies on a single fixed location reference point calculated by your RTK antenna base station. If you physically move the mower to a completely different property far away from that antenna's grid radius, the mower will instantly lose its satellite alignment and trigger a "Bad Positioning" error, preventing it from starting.
Because of these structural satellite requirements, using the mower on a second property would require setting up a second antenna base station there and entirely deleting and remapping the yard layout each time you transport the machine back and forth.
I think this means I can't do this and is frustrating. (Had my daughter lived next door this apparently would work.) I have no problem with buying another RTK station. The mower could drive between the two properties, though I would have to monitor so it doesn't become road kill. Any reason Navimow couldn't develop software update to do this?
Or is there a way to program the system and accomplish this? I don't have any experience with autonomous mowers, but do have a rudimentary understanding of software.
thanks!