30 - English
3. INSTALLATION
3.8 Installation of the guide wire
The guide wire is an extra wire that is laid from the
charging station, out towards a remote part of the
working area or through a narrow passage and is then
connected to the boundary wire. The same wire used
for the boundary wire is also used for the guide wire.
Up to two guide wires can be installed for 260 ACX. In
similarity to the boundary wire, the guide wire can
either be stapled down or buried.
When a guide wire is installed, Automower
®
can also
be set to follow the guide wire out from the charging
station using the function
Follow loop out (3-2-1)
, see
page 46.
Need of a guide wire
The guide wire may be necessary in installations
where the search methods Irregular and Follow
boundary wire are not adequate for the mower to
quickly and easily find the charging station.
A few examples of installations where a guide wire is
recommended follow below:
•
Narrow passages.
In passages where the distance between the
boundary wires is less than 3 metres, it is
recommended to install a guide wire through the
passage. This is a better solution than allowing
Automower
®
to follow close to the boundary wire
by setting a low
Corridor width
value.
•
The boundary wire runs along a steep slope
(steeper than 25 %).
When Automower
®
follows the boundary wire
that runs along a steep slope, the mower will
change direction and run away from the
boundary wire.
•
Numerous or large islands.
If Automower
®
is permitted to follow the boundary
wire it may circle an island roughly twice before it
leaves the island and once again searches for
the boundary wire.
