iRobot 500 - Manual (Page 8)

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Virtual Wall Lighthouses ™
(models 535 and above)
Lighthouse Mode
In Lighthouse mode, the Virtual Wall Lighthouse helps Roomba navigate
around your home and allows Roomba to clean room-to-room.
Place lighthouses in the doorway between two rooms. Roomba will clean the
room it starts in, navigate to the next room, and then clean the second room.
When Roomba has completed cleaning, it will use the lighthouses to navigate
back to the home base.
With two Virtual Wall
Lighthouses in lighthouse
mode, Roomba will clean
Room 1 for approximately
35 minutes, then clean
Rooms 2 and 3 for 35
minutes each, and then
return to the Home Base.
Home
Base
Lighthouse
Room 1 Room 2
Room 3
Lighthouse
Place lighthouses
in the center of
the door frame
Virtual Wall Lighthouses ™
(models 535 and above)
Virtual Wall Mode
In Virtual Wall mode, the Lighthouse creates an invisible barrier that
Roomba will not cross.
Use the slider bar to adjust the length of the barrier. A higher range will drain
the battery faster.
In Virtual Wall mode, the Lighthouse blocks an area ranging from zero to eight
feet long. A small halo prevents Roomba from bumping into the Lighthouse
and a larger cone-shaped area blocks off areas of your home where you don’t
want Roomba to go.
Additional Virtual Wall Lighthouses may be purchased at www.irobot.com.
Virtual Wall Lighthouses are compatible with models 535 and above.
Distance
0-3’
4-7’
8’+
0-1.5m
1.5-3m
3m+
Range
Setector
TIP: Use Virtual Wall Lighthouses in Virtual Wall mode to block doorways or to
keep Roomba out of off-limit areas.
Start
Roomba
here
TIP: In Virtual Wall mode, iRobot recommends setting up the Virtual Wall
Lighthouse behind the door jam as shown on pg. 12.