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Start App
You can also start a mowing operation using the iMow App.
► Confirm by pressing the OK button on the control panel.
11 Installing the Perimeter Wire
11.1 Planning the Layout of the Mowing Area
When planning the layout of the mowing area and placement
of the perimeter wire:
► Study the installation examples at the end of this
instruction manual, @ 26. Consider restricted areas,
corridors, secondary areas, search loops and reserve wire
in your planning to prevent or minimize the need for
subsequent re-routing and adjustment of the perimeter
wire.
► Determine the location of the docking station, @ 10.3.
► Remove obstacles from the mowing area and create
restricted areas as necessary, @ 11.6.
► Join all parts of the mowing area by planning and installing
corridors or secondary areas, @ 11.8 and @ 11.7.
► Plan search loops if you use the "Passage" function
("Offset Drive Home"), @ 11.9.
► Plan locations for reserve wire at several points to make it
easier to subsequently adjust or modify the path of the
perimeter wire, @ 11.13.
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When installing the perimeter wire:
► Use only perimeter wire and wire stakes authorized by
STIHL.
► Install the perimeter wire in a continuous loop around the
entire mowing area with a maximum length of 1640 ft.
(500 m).
► If you install the perimeter wire around areas smaller than
120 square yards (100 m²), or if the total length of the
perimeter wire is less than 575 ft. (175 m), the STIHL
Small Area Module AKM 100 (special accessory) must
also be installed, @ 10.4. For more information, contact
your authorized STIHL iMow servicing dealer.
► Maintain the specified wire clearances specified below.
Measure the clearances using the iMow Ruler, @ 11.3.
– Patios and paths with a maximum height difference
between lawn area of +/- 0.4 in. (1 cm): 0 in. (0 cm)
– Corridors: 11 in. (27 cm)
– High obstacles (e.g. walls, fences, trees): 13 in. (33 cm)
– Narrow passages: 21.3 in. (54 cm)
– Swimming pools, ponds and falling edges: 3.3 ft. (1 m)
► Avoid creating angles less than 90°. These will be difficult
for the robotic mower to navigate, and could result in
unmowed areas.
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► Mowing areas must not overlap. Keep a minimum
distance of a ≥ 3.3 ft. (1 m) between the perimeter wires
of the two mowing areas of neighbor A and neighbor B.
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