Hello Ruth,
We struggled with a convoluted start-up procedure for years. What we have
now are mainly kiosks and lights that are wired through switched outlets,
the switches are now by the back door. It's simple to turn things on when
you arrive in the morning and off when you leave.
Other items that cannot be powered by the switched outlets are controlled
with timers--simple devices available anywhere. Other than Daylight Savings
Time changes, those timers work a treat, turning on and off at prescribed
times. Finally, we replaced all of our "TV screens" with computer
monitors, which are smart enough to turn on when power is applied, TV's need
to be told to wake up. Content for the monitors is provided by BrightSign
players, which also go to work when power is applied, no button pushing
necessary.
Wiring gallery electrical outlets to a panel of well-placed switches might
be a big task post-construction, but it would simplify your lives.
Fortunately our exhibit hall was wired that way from the start.
Hope that helps,
Curtis Morris
Shiloh Museum
Springdale, Arkansas
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From: Ruth Lang [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2022 12:40 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Streamlining opening of museum exhibits?
Fellow listers,
Last fall, our Community Heritage Center opened. The museum has several
projections, a "hologram", TVs showing looped videos, 3 kiosks (Displays to
Go), and a realistic WWI trench with a command center room lighted by a
replica electric lantern. The gallery lighting and video routing are
controlled by a Crestron unit. When opening the museum in the morning, staff
turns on the lighting & video routing on the Crestron and all projectors by
remote control (4 projectors - 3 Epson, 1 Optima) and two TVs with a remote
control and pushing a button to turn on. We plug in the cord to the
background lighting of the hologram and the lantern in the trench. All
kiosks are turned on with a switch at the base. Although this process takes
about 10 minutes, our CEO desires something more streamlined so volunteers
and staff can press only a few buttons to turn on the exhibits, and not have
to bend to turn on the kiosks or plug in cords.
Any suggestions on how we can solve this problem would be much appreciated!
Ruth Lang
Community Heritage Center Coordinator
Clovis Veterans Memorial District
808 4th St.
Clovis, CA 93612
O: (559) 299-0471
F: (559) 299-2151
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