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Lights after dark
Yarbo's lights come on by themselves while it works in the dark, on the schedule you set, and go off when it is done.
Turn it on
Open Settings
In Yardstick Anywhere, open Settings and find Lights after dark, just below Work Preferences.
Pick the Yarbo
With more than one Yarbo, choose it under Setting for. Each Yarbo has its own setting and its own times.
Turn the switch on
Yardstick also switches off Yarbo's Auto light mode, which would otherwise turn the lights off again during a job. If Yarbo is working right then, the change waits and the card offers to try again once Yarbo is idle.
Choose your hours
Lights on starts from sunset where Yarbo works, and Lights off from sunrise. Move either one up to six hours earlier or later. The card shows tonight's times. They follow the sun through the year, so the lights come on earlier as the days get shorter.
Every change is saved at once. Lights after dark works with every attachment.
When the lights are on, and when they go off
Your own Lights button
Press Lights in Yardstick during a job and Yardstick leaves the lights to you for the rest of that job. The next job is automatic again.
Yardstick cannot see a light you switch in the Yarbo app. Lights on during a job are treated as part of the job and go off when it ends.
Questions
The lights did not come on
- Check that Lights after dark is on for that Yarbo, and that it is inside your hours (the card shows tonight's times).
- A job has to be running. Driving Yarbo by hand does not turn them on.
- Check the card says Yarbo's Auto light mode is off. If it could not be changed, press the button there when Yarbo is idle.
- Give it a few seconds after Yarbo leaves the pad.
The lights flashed a few times as the job started
That is normal. Yarbo turns its own lights off while it plans its route and as it starts to work, and Yardstick turns them back on each time. They stay on once Yarbo is working.
Why did my Auto light mode change?
Yarbo's own Auto light mode turns the lights on and off by itself during a job, which would undo what Yardstick turns on. Turning Lights after dark on switches it off; turning Lights after dark off puts it back the way it was.
The lights stayed on at the dock
They should go off within about a minute of Yarbo settling on its dock. If they do not, email [email protected] with the time and we will look at what your Yarbo reported.