Deebot T8 AIVI can't dock
Hi all. I got my Deebot T8 home this weekend and followed it around the house while it built its first map. It appeared to finish after 90 minutes, and went to return to its dock. It got right in front of it, stared it down, and then spun around and wandered around the room for a while before giving up and asking it to be placed on the dock. Since it couldn't dock itself, the map was useless.
I tried again, and failed similarly. :(
Given the T8's generally awesome reviews, I imagine there's something off with my particular unit or configuration. Is there anything I should know about its dock-finding tech that I might be inadvertently interfering with? I'm guessing it uses some combination of IR or RF, and neither should be affected by the dock's current location (beneath elevated cabinets on a level floor).
Posted Aug 23, 2020, 6:13 PM UTC · edited
OK, I reset everything and started over, and it finally found the dock and hasn't missed it since. Now I just need to figure out how to divide spaces…
Tap the map icon, then tap on the map itself. You should have a bunch of options on the bottom of the screen. Something you should know is that the T8 needs to complete the map before you can utilize this feature.
Yup, found it.
My issue is that it can't seem to separate my dining room from my kitchen…I keep getting the dreaded "Please divide only the selected area" error. Fortunately, these areas tend to get vacuumed at the same time anyway.
Are you zooming in on the map? I drove myself mad before I found that I couldn't be zoomed in at all when dividing a room. Since then it has worked every time.
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Any luck with this? I cannot divide rooms for the life of me.