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Professional robotic mower installation guides and real install walkthroughs from the Zippy Lawnz team. Learn how dealer-level setup unlocks more from your mower: RTK antenna placement, buried cable installations, charging station positioning, garages and accessories, no-go zones, and multi-zone mapping. See why the right installation is the difference between an average robot mower experience and a great one.

A Navimow X430 parked in its garage in a flower bed, beside a phone showing the Navimow app's Switch to Local RTK checklist How to Switch a Navimow to Local RTK (It Ships on NetRTK) Every Navimow arrives on NetRTK, and the antenna stays in the box. How to mount it, pair it, switch over in the app, and tell from the light that it worked. October 25, 2026 A Zippy Lawnz installer setting a Navimow Garage X over an X430's charging station in a mulch bed in Phoenixville, PA, flip-top roof open Navimow Garage S vs M vs X: Which Garage Fits Your Mower? Garage X fits the Navimow X4 and Terranox, Garage M the i215 LiDAR and H2, Garage S the i206 and i210 AWD. The fit chart, prices, and whether a garage is worth it. October 25, 2026 The Navimow app's map editor with an Add a VisionFence-off zone button, shown over a Navimow X430 parked under a low shrub at a Phoenixville, PA lawn What Needs a No-Go Zone on a Navimow? The 3-Inch Rule A Navimow's cameras see anything about 3 inches tall, so an outlet needs no no-go zone. What does, how to drive when you map one, and when to turn the camera off. October 25, 2026 A Zippy Lawnz installer setting a Navimow garage over the charging station in a mulch bed at a Phoenixville, PA home 5 Pro Navimow Install Tips Everyone Should Know Five Navimow X430 install tips from a dealer: a weatherproof power supply box, an RTK antenna above the roofline, VisionFence-off zones and no driveway crossings. October 21, 2026 A Segway Navimow MowGate installed in a black aluminum picket fence with a Navimow mower driving through the opening How to Install a Navimow MowGate: A Dealer's Field Guide (Free PDF) Step-by-step MowGate installation for wood, aluminum and mesh fences from an authorized Segway Navimow dealer — our wood-frame method plus a free 10-page PDF. September 23, 2026 A Segway Navimow docked on its charging station beside a brick house wall, next to a phone showing the Navimow app's Relocate charging station screen Where to Put Your Navimow Charging Station (and Why It Pauses) A service-call walkthrough: why a Navimow pauses while charging, how to relocate the dock in the app without re-mapping, and the sheltered spots that break it. September 18, 2026 The Zippy Lawnz Sky View tool showing live navigation satellites plotted on a compass dial over a mapped lawn See How Many Satellites Are Over Your Lawn Right Now A free tool plots every GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou satellite over your address — live, and hour by hour across the day. No account, nothing saved. September 11, 2026 A Zippy Lawnz installer unboxing the Navimow Signal Enhancement Antenna kit beside a Segway Navimow robot mower at the edge of a customer's lawn Navimow Signal Enhancement Antenna: Do You Need a Second RTK Unit? Navimow mows the front fine but goes yellow out back? That's the edge of RTK range. When a second antenna is the fix, where to mount it, and what it costs. September 4, 2026 An RTK antenna on a home receiving positioning signal beams from GPS satellites against a blue sky NetRTK vs Local RTK on a Navimow: Which Should You Run? Every Navimow runs one of two correction paths: NetRTK over the internet, or your own base station's direct radio link. How each works and when to switch. September 4, 2026 Zippy Lawnz installer beside a green backyard shed with a white WAVLINK outdoor WiFi extender and its four antennas mounted to the exterior wall Robot Mower Losing Signal? The Shed WiFi Extender Fix A Navimow X430 kept dropping connection — marginal RTK under heavy trees and one bar of cellular. Here's how a $160 outdoor WiFi extender on a shed fixed it. August 31, 2026 A Zippy Lawnz installer at the customer's front door with the wall-mounted Navimow RTK antenna beside the entry What a Professional Robotic Mower Installation Actually Looks Like We filmed a robotic mower install start to finish — RTK placement, wall-mounted power, mapping, and training — and why the install matters more than the mower. August 4, 2026 Mapping a robot mower boundary on a smartphone while the mower drives the lawn perimeter How to Map Your Lawn With a Navimow (And How Long It Takes) The 10-step Navimow mapping process a dealer actually uses — dock, RTK, perimeter, no-gos, channels — plus honest install times by lawn size. July 15, 2026 A Zippy Lawnz pro mapping a lawn on a phone next to a tracked robot mower beside a hedge 10 Robotic Lawn Mower Mapping Tips (Avoid Costly Mistakes) Mapping makes or breaks a robot mower — most problems trace back to it. 10 tips on dock placement, channels, no-go zones, virtual fences, RTK signal and more. July 5, 2026 A Segway Navimow EFLS RTK antenna installed outdoors with a clear, open view of the sky over a lawn Where to Install Your Robot Mower's RTK Antenna (4 Rules) Mount your robot mower's RTK antenna wrong and it drifts after a season. The 4 rules of RTK placement — open sky, height, rigid mounting, and reflective surfaces. July 5, 2026