# Second Docking station **URL:** \ **Category:** Support & Solutions\ **Tags:** lawn-mower\ **Created:** [July 29, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259 "2025-07-29T03:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rgloverii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rgloverii/32/956_2.png) [@rgloverii](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rgloverii)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/22 "2026-05-19T19:14:53Z")
I suspect you’d have to pick the active dock _before_ starting the Workplan. But let’s see what @bryan.wheeler has to say. ---
**Author:** ![patm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/patm/32/309_2.png) [@patm](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/patm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/23 "2026-05-19T19:17:01Z")
Help me Obi One @bryan.wheeler your my only hope??? ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/24 "2026-05-19T20:12:46Z")
You would have to activate the second docking station before starting the plan for it to use that docking station. ---
**Author:** ![patm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/patm/32/309_2.png) [@patm](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/patm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/25 "2026-05-19T20:20:46Z")
So if I activate the other dock, schedule the work plan in that area will it follow the path I created from the dock it is currently on to the other area and start working, then return to the second dock set up in that area? ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/26 "2026-05-19T20:32:34Z")
I haven’t tried that, but I suspect it would work that way. I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t. You can manually drive up to any dock and manually start charging. As long as it has a pathway off the dock, in theory it should have a way to calculate a path to the area of work. ---
**Author:** ![bbeier](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bbeier/32/341_2.png) [@bbeier](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bbeier)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/27 "2026-10-23T16:44:55Z")
Along these lines, if you have 2 cores & can only activate 1 DS at a time, how can you run both? Does the DC2 support multiple DS’s? It says, it will support multiple cores. ---
**Author:** ![B-Mod](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/b-mod/32/292_2.png) [@B-Mod](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/B-Mod)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/28 "2026-10-23T16:59:14Z")
Best would be two ds’s. But you could manually charge one, but that is a pain. Or charge one, then the other, but that is a pain and requires manual intervention also. ---
**Author:** ![bbeier](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bbeier/32/341_2.png) [@bbeier](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bbeier)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/29 "2026-10-23T17:19:37Z")
I actually have 3 DS’s now, just got another core making 2 cores total. I’m wondering if I can have 2 DS’s active at one time. ---
**Author:** ![B-Mod](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/b-mod/32/292_2.png) [@B-Mod](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/B-Mod)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/30 "2026-10-23T19:17:48Z")
This has been asked for by many, but as far as I know you can only have one active at a time. You can switch between them, but only one active at a time. ---
**Author:** ![bbeier](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bbeier/32/341_2.png) [@bbeier](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bbeier)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/31 "2026-10-23T19:22:02Z")
Then I’ll need to return my second core, since I won’t be able to run them both at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![B-Mod](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/b-mod/32/292_2.png) [@B-Mod](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/B-Mod)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/32 "2026-10-23T19:24:22Z")
You can have one core go to one ds and the other go to the other ds, that you can do. ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259/33 "2026-10-24T01:03:44Z")
You cannot currently have more than one DS active at a time per core. Each core needs its own docking station. You can enable and disable as many as you want though. You’d just have to enable the one you want to use before starting the work plan. Then it will use that one for recharges. Just make sure that you don’t try and use the same one for multiple cores at the same time. They don’t communicate with each other and they will attempt to dock. Especially if obstacle avoidance on that pathway is disabled. [Previous page](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/second-docking-station/3259.md?page=1)