This may be just my ignorance of mapping, but I have a pathway in front of my house that I use the blower module on. The blower would only need to make 1 pass to clean off clipping etc. the problem is that I have mapped it as a separate area, but it is very inefficient due to the area’s small size, so Johnny 5 just moves back and forth in small movements, while turning the blower off and on repeatedly. I’ve also tried to set it up as a pathway, but I can’t add it to the plan list to have it completed with my driveway.
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@ericmiller0774 I don’t have a blower. What mapped items does it allow you to create? A snowblower’s Sidewalk or a mower’s Deadend will do what you want.
Is there a way you could map it as a legitimate Pathway to get from Area to Area and have the blower turned on when taking it? That’s what I’ve done with a Pathway I’m using for the mower - I put it in a particular location on purpose to get a trickly little bit done next to the dog pen.
Would creating a larger blower Area and pushing the rover to be where you want using a No-go Zone (like a rectangle template No-go Zone) help?
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Thanks for sharing your experience! Could you please share your blower map with me? I’d like to take a look and see if I can offer any suggestions to improve the efficiency. If not, I’ll be happy to pass your feedback along to our product team for further review.
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I originally had the area circled in red setup as an area by itself. I’ve since deleted it and changed it to 2 pathways, but I can’t add the pathways to the worklist so that it can compete this area. I was trying to set up the blower map so that it would complete the driveway and then the front pathway.
Haven’t used the blower yet, but I assume that it doesn’t have a pathway setting to enable blower like the mower has one to enable the blades in the pathway?
Right now, I think they would have to add sidewalks or dead ends which are like super pathways. They can be open ended and would let you add them to the work plans. Hopefully Team Yarbo has a better interim solution for you. I’m not sure I see one if enabling the blower in the pathway isn’t a current valid setting.
If it is, you would just need to create a small area on the other side of the pathways for it to need a reason to go across that particular pathway and activate the blower.
Thanks for providing the detailed information. We will pass your case to our product team to see if there is any way to make it more efficient to deal with small areas. We will also pass your suggestion about adding pathways to plan list to our product team.
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