So, after it rains, there may still be inches of rain on the ground where I don’t want Yarbo to make ruts with the tracks. Therefore, it would be nice if I could skip work plans for one or two days after it rains.
Is it possible for you to make no-go zones around those areas?
I simply turn them on or off as situations require, and manage it that way.
Thanks for the suggestion! Just to clarify — would you like Yarbo to skip the entire work plan for 1–2 days after it rains, or only skip certain areas that tend to stay wet longer? This will help us better understand your use case.
I’d almost think an “enable no-go zone for XX days after rain threshold” checkbox would be what they’re after, and then automatically disable it after that many days below the threshold.
That checkbox would be added to no-go zones, obviously.
For me, the spots I’d like to avoid are right center of large areas, and I do not care to split those areas up for the sake of a puddle. In fact, making them their own area would probably be a disaster due to the amount of new turns that would be involved.
Steep hill that will be stripped bare by the tracks if wet
Steep hill that will be stripped bare by the tracks if wet
Instant mud pit if Yarbo enters, that dries out in stages
I turn them on before they flood or before they’re mud, and turn 'em off when they dry out. For me, making them a dedicated area, due to the number of turns involved if they do get cut, would not be useful. I’ll suggest it be a no-go feature.
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the feature request. I completely understand your use case in these scenarios and will forward it to our product team if there’s more interest in this feature.
I have a similar use case. There is an area of my yard that during the rainy season could get flooded with several inches of rain for several days at a time. My issue is two fold.
First, It would be FANTASTIC if I could create it as an “after rain no go” zone and check some kind of box to automatically activate the no go zone for X days after major rain events.
Second, If it DOES go out and mow through this area, it may have up to 4" of standing water. Will this damage the Yarbo core?
How deep of water can it handle if it runs through a puddle after a heavy rain?
I would think 4 inches would probably be ok, but not ideal. You can definitely drop a no go zone in that area and toggle it on and off as needed for now.
Being able to toggle NGZs in the HA integration would be super cool. I’ve seen a couple interesting projects for HA integration creating separate scheduling logic using soil moisture meters, rain gauges, and weather forecast data. I think that’s where I’ll end up eventually.
That would actually be really cool. Being able to adjust area settings seasonally too.
Posted the request to Github.