Museum & Heritage Case study
Replacing an obsolete system across 60 million documents
Home to over 60 million documents spanning more than 200 years, the National Archives needed to replace an obsolete monitoring system with one that multiple staff could watch remotely, without depending on the building’s IT.
60M+
Documents
200+ yrs
Of history
36
Sensors across 9 floors
Ireland’s official state record
The National Archives of Ireland is the official repository of state records, responsible for preserving government records over 30 years old plus those of scheduled bodies, courts and tribunals. Its shelves are packed floor to ceiling, and every box needs the right temperature and humidity to survive.
A cloud system that scales
The ageing Hanwell telemetry system had reached the end of its serviceable life. The new Eltek system uses a cloud-based approach over the mobile data network, avoiding any dependency on Wi-Fi or ethernet, with 24 sensors across six floors in the main building and a further 12 across three floors off-site, all wall-mounted, with RP250GD repeaters extending range. Staff view the data on any device through Darca Command, and more sensors will be added as a new repository is completed.
The platform
The Darca solutions behind it
One connected platform, Collect, Connect and Command, configured for this application.
