Where should the RTK station go for an Ecovacs GOAT O RTK mower?

Put it somewhere with the widest possible view of open sky and within reach of mains power. The Ecovacs GOAT O RTK (O600 RTK / O800 RTK) mowers work out their position from satellite signals, and the RTK station supplied in the box sends them corrections that tighten that position to within a few centimetres. If the station itself has a poor view of the sky, the whole system suffers.

In practice that means:

• away from tall trees, high hedges and the walls of the house, which block or reflect satellite signals;
• high enough to clear nearby fences, which is why RTK stations are often fixed to a wall, shed roof or post rather than left at ground level;
• somewhere it won't be knocked, mown into or moved, because shifting the station can throw out the mapped boundary.

The station needs its own power, separate from the charging station. Ecovacs UK sells a 10 m RTK cable, a power supply and a wall mount, but lists them for the O800 RTK and other models, not the O600, so O600 owners should confirm compatibility with Ecovacs before relying on them.

Where the mower itself runs matters too. Ecovacs pairs RTK with a camera (plus a 3D ToF sensor on the O800), but it doesn't say the mower keeps working without an RTK fix. Narrow side returns and lawns under dense canopy are the places most likely to cause trouble. Our installation guide walks through choosing a spot, and the RTK stations page covers mounts and cables.