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Mowing direction: striping the whole property

Yarbo sets a mowing angle per area. Yardstick can keep every area pointing the same way, and turn that direction a few degrees after each run so you do not wear a permanent pattern into the lawn.

What it actually does It writes one heading to every work area, then steps that heading on by a fixed amount each time the master area finishes a run. Nothing about your zones or plans changes; only the angle the mower drives. Once this is on, your whole lawn is mowed in parallel stripes running one direction, and Yarbo stops changing the pattern on its own between mows.

Where it lives

Open Lawn striping from the top navigation. You can also open Mowing direction: Lawn striping → on Schedule. (The screenshot shows Mowing direction on the classic Scheduler page.)

Set it once, then forget it You do not need to run your mowing on a schedule to use it. Once it is set up and saved, it works however the mow starts: a program in the Scheduler, or a plan you start yourself.
The Mowing direction section: a switch, a compass dial showing the current heading, a master-area selector, and buttons for how far to turn after each run.
Mowing direction. The dial is the direction every area is currently set to.

Setting it up

  • Turn on “Keep every area pointing the same way”

    Until this is on, nothing is written to any area.

  • Choose the master area

    One area is the reference. Its current direction becomes the direction the whole property uses, and changing it re-points everything else to match.

  • Choose how far to turn after each run

    Never turn leaves the angle fixed. 10° through 90° steps it round after each completed run of the master area.

  • Save direction

    Nothing is written until you press it. Re-apply pushes the current heading out again if an area has drifted.

Why step the angle at all

Cutting the same line every week presses the grass down the same way and leaves visible wear. Stepping the angle a little each time spreads that out. At 10° a full circuit takes 18 runs, so no two consecutive mows look the same and the pattern never repeats quickly.

Only the master area moves the direction on Each time the master finishes a run, the whole property turns by the step you chose. Other areas cut at the angle the master last set, even days later. That is what keeps the whole property striped the same way rather than each area drifting on its own schedule.

Things worth knowing

  • It is an angle, not a compass bearing

    Yarbo measures the angle from each area’s own reference, so the same number can look different between two areas. The dial shows the direction the property is set to, and 0° and 180° produce the same stripes.

  • A Yarbo setting can disable it

    If route angle is switched off on the robot itself, Yardstick cannot set a direction. Check the Yarbo app if the angle never seems to take.

  • It writes to every area

    This is a whole-property setting. If you want one area cut differently, this is not the feature for it.

  • Changing the step does not move the run already queued

    The next turn is worked out and stored the moment the master area finishes its current run, using whatever step was set at that time. Changing the step afterward only changes the turn after that one — the run already queued still lands where it was going. Turn the step up from 10° to 90° partway through, and the master's next completion still only turns 10°; the 90° turn does not show up until the completion after that.

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The Scheduler

Programs and the link to Lawn striping.
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Area settings

Per-area speed, height and avoidance.
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Map editor

Editing the areas themselves.
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