SpotOn Virtual Fence User Manual page 6

7. Create a Custom Fence (continued)
Take your flags and begin walking the area you'd like to fence, placing a flag roughly every
10-20 feet. Remember, your pup will be guided by the tones; the flags are just a helpful
visual reminder for you as you test your fence and train your dog.
Hold the collar's antenna – the circular bump on the back – facing the sky until the collar
acquires GPS signal. You'll know you are connected when the letters GPS at the top of the
screen have changed from red to green... but be patient, this can take around a minute.
Now, press the left button to "create a fence," then the right button to select "custom."
Pick a flag as your starting point (it's helpful to start at a memorable landmark) and – with
the collar's antenna still facing the sky – begin walking the boundary you've created with
your flags.
When you've walked the boundary for most of your containment area and you're a few
feet from arriving back at your starting point, hit "end" on the collar. The system will
automatically snap a line to close the gap, and your fence is complete!
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HELPFUL HINTS:
1. When walking your fence, don't cross over a boundary you have
already created — since GPS needs a closed loop, your fence will
not save.
2. If you are under dense tree coverage and you notice the GPS
indicator changing from green to red, you may need to enable
Forest Mode to increase GPS sensitivity.
3. With the SpotOn Fence, you aren't limited to dry land or flat terrain!
You can create fences through water, rocky areas, or thick brush
using the Pause feature. Pause allows you to drop fence posts,
snapping a line between both points. This is also useful when
fencing large areas — especially those over five acres.
4. SpotOn comes pre-programmed with circular fences, too! Once your
dog is trained to the SpotOn Fence, these temporary fences are a
quick way to activate a circle around you and are great when you're
on-the-go or in a time crunch. Circle maps come in several pre-
set sizes, starting at 20 meters. To create a circular fence, select
"Create Map" then "Circle Map" and select the size. Since these maps
are only temporary, they do not take one of the spaces reserved for
custom fences.
5. If you have activated cellular service, you can name your fence
through the app. To do this, deactivate the fence and open the app.
Select the fence (Map 1, Map 2, etc.,) and overwrite with whatever
name you like!
Learn more
about Forest
Mode
Learn more
about Pause
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