Help with Yardstick

Yardstick talks to the Core directly over your local network, so the two have to be on the same network and able to reach each other.

• Confirm the computer running Yardstick and the robot’s Core are on the same network (same router, same subnet).
• In Settings → Your Yarbo, check the Core IP address is correct. This is the robot’s address, not the data center’s.
• Make sure nothing on your network (a firewall or client isolation setting) is blocking the connection between the two devices.

Once it connects, the status on the page turns to connected and recording can begin.

Open http://<computer-ip>:8477/ from any device on the same network, where <computer-ip> is the address of the machine running Yardstick. Both devices must be on the same network. The exact address is shown at the bottom of the Settings page.

That is expected. Yardstick can also serve securely over HTTPS at https://<computer-ip>:8478/. Because it runs on your own network, the certificate is self-signed, so your browser warns once. Choose Advanced, then proceed. You only do this once per browser.

• Check that Start recording automatically is on in Settings → Recording.
• Confirm the robot is connected (see “Yardstick can’t find my robot” above). Yardstick can only record while it can hear the robot.
• Recording captures a job while the robot works. If the robot is parked, there is little to record until it runs again.

Everything Yardstick records is stored in a database on the computer where it runs. The exact location is shown at the bottom of the Settings page. Use Settings → Backup to keep copies. Your data never leaves your machine, so backups are yours to manage.

Alerts fire only when something needs a hand, for example the robot is stuck or can’t find its dock. To receive them off the screen:

• Turn on the alerts you want in Settings → Alerts.
• For email, fill in your mail server details in Settings → Notifications, then send a test. See the email alerts setup guide for app passwords and the SMTP settings for Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo.
• For phone push, set your ntfy topic in the same section and subscribe to it on your phone.

Open the wall display and leave it full-screen on any browser: a TV, a tablet in the garage, a screen in the clubhouse or ops room. It shows progress, battery, speed, time left and GPS lock at a glance, and turns into an alarm the moment a robot needs help.

Yardstick handles as many cores as you run. In Settings → Your Yarbo you can name each core, add a new one in seconds, or retire one. Your subscription covers unlimited robots and cores, so there is nothing to reconfigure elsewhere.

The 30-day trial unlocks every feature with no payment card. After that, a subscription keeps them on. Your license is verified in a way that tolerates brief outages, so a short problem on our side will not lock you out of software you have installed. Manage or cancel any time; see Settings → License, or write to us.

Updates are included while your subscription is active. You can see exactly what changed in the changelog. If you are unsure which version you are on, it is shown in Settings → Software and help and at the bottom of the page.