About Adler Planetarium
Adler Planetarium is home to one of the largest and most significant collections of historic scientific instruments in the world. The Adler’s collections include telescopes, astrolabes, sundials, rare books, historic photographs, celestial cartography, globes, orreries, and scientific works on paper.
The Challenge
Historically, members of the Adler staff manually recorded temperature and humidity measurements, typically taking 30 to 45 minutes each pass to record the values. Several options for automated data logging were considered, however, there were concerns with the complexity of the systems and the total cost to install and maintain.
After a quick trial of two wireless temperature and humidity sensors from Swift Sensors, Adler decided to deploy a full wireless sensor monitoring system throughout the museum. In total 81 wireless sensors are making 240 measurements in the exhibits viewed by visitors and in the collections storage rooms.
