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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 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