Automatic
Software for connected spaces.
Automatic builds and supports Nodel-led software systems for museums, galleries, venues and public environments where media, devices and services need to behave as one.
Open-source control systems, custom integrations, practical training, and AV/IT consulting from the team behind Nodel.
capabilities
Nodel-first services.
We help teams design, deploy and operate Nodel-based systems, from software configuration and custom integrations through to consulting, training and productised deployment tools.
Nodel Software
Deploy, customise and extend Nodel for reliable control of media, lighting, devices, services and scheduled experiences.
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Products
Buy Nodel Nano and Mini hardware, reusable recipes, interfaces and deployment tools for compact, repeatable Nodel systems.
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Consultancy
Plan and review AV/IT systems with software, reliability and long-term operations considered from the start.
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Training
Give operators, integrators and technical teams the confidence to run, maintain and extend Nodel.
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provenance
Over a decade. Thousands of nodes.
museums victoria — commissioning partner, 1000+ nodes
> melbourne museum — running
> scienceworks — running
> immigration museum — running
also in daily operation — several thousand more nodes
> arts centre melbourne — running
> acmi — running
> australian sports museum — running
> …and many more — running
Nodel was originally commissioned by Museums Victoria and developed in partnership with Automatic. More than a thousand nodes run daily across Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Immigration Museum, with thousands more in operation at Arts Centre Melbourne, ACMI and Australian Sports Museum, among many other venues — coordinating media, lighting and interactive systems the public relies on every day.
architecture
Built around Nodel.
Nodel uses distributed nodes, actions and signals to coordinate programmable devices across a network. It is lightweight, browser-managed and open source, with REST integration and Python recipes for tailored control.
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Museums and galleries
Coordinate media playback, lighting, interactive devices and gallery status without turning operations into a black box.
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Venues and public spaces
Give technical teams dependable browser-based visibility into the systems that need to run every day.
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Integrators and project teams
Design connected environments with maintainable software, open interfaces and clear handover from the start.
engage
Have a Nodel project, integration problem or control-system idea?
Bring Automatic in early so software, operations and infrastructure are designed together.