[Nhcoll-l] Changes to Onset/HOBO enviro monitoring costs

[Andrews, Tom]

Lisa,

We recently switched from the older style loggers to the MX1101 after Onset stopped supporting the old USB shuttle. We opted to not subscribe to their service and instead continue to have staff collect the readings once a month as part of our IPM program. Downloading the data via Bluetooth using the smartphone app works fairly well and we were pleased that it doesn't require a log in. This requires some additional staff time and either a dedicated device or staff willing to use their personal devices, but it's a significant savings vs. the remote monitoring. We have just over two dozen loggers spread across several locations.


Tom Andrews

Collections Assistant

Mayborn Museum Complex

Baylor University

254-710-1194





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Hello folks,
Onset recently announced its HOBOlink web climate monitoring integration service will be re-launching, and along with a new interface, there are planned cost changes for US customers. Notably, instead of $75/year for each active MX Gateway (the device that gathers logger bluetooth signals and sends them to the web), Onset will be charging $25 per HOBO logger per year that communicates with the HOBOlink website.

Our institution uses several dozen HOBO MX1101 loggers to monitor gallery and collections storage areas, which communicate via a small number of MX Gateways. The new fee structure represents a major cost increase to us, and I imagine others here who use HOBOs and the HOBOlink site to view and export data.

Is anyone else considering shifting to a different monitoring system? A different method of uploading data with existing loggers, to avoid these yearly fees?

I communicated with our Onset reps about how disruptive this change would be for us, and I suggest others facing price increases do the same - our rep indicated he'd see if there's enough desire for different pricing options for customers like us.


Lisa Geiger

Digital Collections Specialist | She/Hers

Mütter Museum and Historical Medical Library



The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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Philadelphia, PA  19103

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