Remote automated environmental control system for insect production

This article describes an automated environmental control system for insect production that can be operated from a remote location. The system uses tw o personal computers connected via a mail server, temperature and humidity sensors, a recorder, signal conversion interfaces, and a control program de signed by the authors to monitor and control the temperature and humidity i nside a silkworm rearing room. The operation of this system was verified us ing an actual silkworm rearing room. Using this system, optimal temperature and humidity conditions were automatically set according to a predetermine d schedule. In addition, real-time temperature and humidity values inside a nd outside of the rearing room were displayed on the remote monitor.