Case Study: Museum of Krapina Neanderthals achieves seamless integration and simplified control for a realistic interactive exhibit with Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions

Museum of Krapina Neanderthals - Customer Case Study

The Museum of Krapina Neanderthals in Krapina, Croatia, operates a 1,200 m² interactive exhibit recreating Neanderthal life and faced the challenge of harmonizing diverse electronic subsystems—multimedia (computers, projectors, audio/video and scenting), building management (lighting, HVAC, metal curtains) and security (Siemens fire, Honeywell intrusion)—into a single, user-friendly control environment. Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions was engaged (with ECCOS inženjering) and deployed the ICONICS GENESIS32 HMI/SCADA suite to connect and automate these disparate systems.

Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions implemented GENESIS32 with Matrikon OPC and a Schneider Electric M340 PLC over the museum’s Ethernet, integrating protocols such as SNMP, C‑BUS/LON, DMX, HTTP and ASCII to provide data acquisition, visualization, alarming and real‑time status on a single PC. The result is centralized control and reliable coordination of multimedia, BMS and security systems, with automation scripts that reduce complex operations to a few keyboard commands—making the exhibit easier to operate for nontechnical staff and improving monitoring and responsiveness across the site.

Museum of Krapina Neanderthals