Autonoms Automatic Pet Feeding Station?

I came here in search of answers for the same question; my Sim was able to fill the feeding station, but it won't dispense food. The only options available are to turn it on/off.

Is this a glitch or am I missing something obvious?

Your Sim has to give it an upgrade. Click on the object and you should see a menu entry "Add smart sensor".
After that you can just turn it on/off. So turn it on! :)

Another ghost thread. I wonder if the OP is still alive. :?

I don't know about the OP, but I'm still here. I already have the option to turn it on/off, (already added the smart sensor,) food never dispenses from the object.

(I'm wondering why the object does absolutely nothing "out of the box." If some users have to upgrade it to get it to do anything initially, isn't something wrong?)

It's just useless in my game. I'd love to know if it's working for most people who bought it, so I know if it's strictly an issue on my end, (conflicting objects, etc.) or if it's a widespread issue like the leg of the Flute Forward dress completely missing.

I filled it up first before I turned the dispenser on. I'm kind of scared to add the smart sensor, in case if it doesn't fill up on its own :S

yeah it does not work for me too :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

It doesn't work for me either. I also don't like that you can't seem to fill it with gourmet pet food.

Mine is also not working no matter what you do with it.

maybe your pets are not hungry yet

Fill the Automatic Pet Feeding Station with food and the bowl will fill in 4, 6, 8, or 10 hour intervals to feed your Pet automatically. You can also upgrade the feeder with a Smart Sensor which fills the bowl only when your pet is hungry! Puppies, Kittens, Dogs, and Cats can use the feeder and up to two pets can eat from the machine at the same time

as the instructions says it fills up in intervals you have to set which time you want the smart sensor only fills when your pet is hungry.

I found if you upgrade first it does not work, i got my sim to fill and turn on (No Upgrades) and it worked fine, but the minute i added the sensor it wont work for me.