u/Gunflint_RR2

Ive been running my 1+ consistently the last several weeks. Today was a first though. I was out getting lunch and I got an error that my track was jammed. I tried to just clear it in the app, but it wouldn't. I got back and found my right track had half way slipped off the rear wheel. I had to release tension to get the track restrung correctly. I have it mowing now and everything is working to spec.

The error occurred on my 30 degree hill, or more specifically a tree it was mowing around on that 30 degree hill. It has mowed this spot before with no issue.

My question - how do I gaurd against this error in the future? I mow that hill horizontally, without issue, other than this recent error. I can change it to mow vertical, but i dont know that it will address the issue. The track slip happened cutting around the tree, which is a compounding issue of making a tight turn at steep pitch.

Open to try anything as I want my bot to mow every 3 days, usually when im traveling.

I really like my 1+. It certainly hasn't been easy to get dialed in, but I'm almost there and it's giving me the cut quality and look I was hoping for when I bought it.

However, I had the charging station in my garage, which was terrific. It didn't get great RTK reception when docked, but it never had a problem docking. The issue was I couldn't keep my garage door open all the time so it limited how much I could use my bot when I was on the road.

So, I moved to what I thought was a great place. Now it's under my two story deck, almost directly under my RTK transponder 2 stories up. But under there, the RTK reception fluctuates between 5 and 50. The unit has real trouble finding the station at the correct dock angle. I have the channel only going 7 feet under the deck into the station, but that seems too long for the unit to be blind.

I think the answer is just to find a different place to dock. But I'm hoping someone has something to try. I thought maybe VSLAM would work in this situation, especially because when in the garage, it was a 3 to 27 RTK reading.

I really enjoy getting my 1+ up and running. It makes my 1 acre yard look great. However, a hole in the programming is an auto recall triggered by a error time out. I travel most weeks, and what is stopping me from using my unit every other day is the fact if say a branch wedges in my deck and the resistance causes an error, there is not a command to send the bot back to charge if the error isn't cleared in a reasonable amount of time. So, I could send the bot out, have an error and have it fully battery die in the middle of my yard and not be able to do anything about it because I'm out of town. The Beta group just started testing a 30 min recall for just that eventuality, which is perfect. But I'm wondering how long it will be to get a wide release?