The stability manager needed a better solution, and initially considered hard-wired lab monitoring systems. At that point, two key concerns emerged:
- Hard-wired systems were very expensive and demanded annual maintenance contracts.
- The entire hard-wired system had to be installed at once, which meant that all stability chambers must be empty and inactive simultaneously.
The near impossibility of co-ordinating the downtime required, along with the high costs of the system and the downtime, sent the stability manager looking for a smarter alternative.
