Prototype of Monitoring System and Automation Regulator Sound, Temperature, Humidity, Lighting, Window at the Swiftlet House (RBW Smart System) Based on Webserver

Abstract

Swiftlet nest is one of the export commodities with high economic value. The benefits of swiftlet nest are believed to be efficacious in curing several diseases. It makes the swiftlet nest in the market sold at a very high price. The potential of Indonesian swiftlet nests is quite significant, reaching 1.155 tons with a value of more than 28 trillion rupiahs per year in 2019 and increasing yearly. Swiftlets live in a calm atmosphere. If the place where they live is felt to be no longer safe and comfortable, then as a colony, the swallow will move to find another location that is felt calmer. The swiftlet house is attempted to be similarly possible to the condition of the cave in nature, so the swallow wants to live in it. Swiftlet farmers' efforts are made to make swiftlet feel at home and comfortable staying in their RBW (Rumah Burung Walet is a swiftle house in Indonesian) buildings. However, these efforts often experience problems because no integrated system regulates and monitors RBW buildings to match their natural habitat. The system currently in circulation is still partial, only dealing with specific problems. For example, only adjusting temperature and humidity, only adjusting automatic window opening and closing to prevent predators from entering and automation of expensive swallow call sounds, limited features and frequent errors, lighting, and monitoring of the swallow swiftlet house via video cam. Based on various problems in the swiftlet house, the researchers made an integrated technological engineering prototyping with its operation. So that swallow farmers can utilize in the hope of producing a more effective and efficient technology than partial tools that have not answered their needs. The prototyping system is named "RBW Smart System." It can be used to monitor and automatically regulate sound, temperature, humidity, and lighting, and open and close the windows in the swallow house so that it is expected to improve the quality and quantity of swiftlet nests for their owners.