Foot-Fall Counter with the Bolt Cloud PRO

Step 1: Circuit Connection

• Connect sensor output pin to Bolt GPIO pin 0
• Connect sensor GND pin to Bolt GND pin
• Connect sensor VCC pin to Bolt 5V pin
• Power the module using the wall charger and micro USB cable

Step 2: Sensor Placement

Position the sensor outside the entry door to detect person entry. Test by walking through the doorway to verify sensor activation.

Step 3: Bolt Module Cloud Connection

Refer to the Bolt documentation for cloud connectivity setup procedures.

Step 4: Create Cloud Product

Create a GPIO input-type product on the Bolt Cloud platform.

Step 5: Hardware Configuration

Configure the product to monitor GPIO 0 pin with "TRIGGER" as the data collection rate.

Step 6: Device Linking

Link your device to the created product and deploy configurations.

Step 1: Twilio Account Setup

Establish a Twilio account and retrieve your SID, AUTH_TOKEN, and FROM_NUMBER credentials for SMS notifications.

Step 2: System Requirements

You need a Linux computer with internet connectivity and Python capability, or alternatively, a DigitalOcean droplet.

Install the required packages:

sudo apt-get install cron
sudo apt-get install python3.6
pip install boltiot

Step 3: Code Implementation

Create a file named footfall.py:

from boltiot import Sms
import requests
import json, datetime

SID = 'You can find SID in your Twilio Dashboard'
AUTH_TOKEN = 'You can find on your Twilio Dashboard'
FROM_NUMBER = 'This is the no. generated by Twilio. You can find this on your Twilio Dashboard'
TO_NUMBER = 'This is your number. Make sure you are adding +91 in beginning'
API_KEY = 'This is your Bolt Cloud accout API key'
DEVICE_ID = 'This is the ID of your Bolt device'

sms = Sms(SID, AUTH_TOKEN, TO_NUMBER, FROM_NUMBER)

print("Pulling data from the Bolt Cloud.")
response=requests.get("https://cloud.boltiot.com/remote/%s/fetchData?deviceName=%s" % (API_KEY, DEVICE_ID))
response_data = json.loads(response.text)
data = response_data["data"]
count = 0
today = str(datetime.date.today())

print("Going through the data.")
for count_entry in data:
    if not str(count_entry[0]).startswith(today):
        continue
    if count_entry[1] != "1":
        continue
    count = count + 1

print("Today's footfall is %s." % str(count))
print("Sending update via SMS.")
sms.send_sms("The footfall for today is %s." % str(count))
print("All done.")

Replace the placeholder strings with your actual credentials from the Twilio console and Bolt Cloud dashboard.

Step 4: Testing

Execute the code:

python footfall.py

Step 5: Automation

Set up daily execution at 23:55 using cron:

{ crontab -l; echo "55 23 * * * /usr/bin/python $(pwd)/footfall.py"; } | crontab -