Connect HELLA Aglaia Advanced People Sensor (APS) to Watson IoT platform

Preparation, Organization ID

Your account at https://internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/ should have an “Organization ID” at “Settings” , “Identity”, “Organization ID”. This ID will be needed to authenticate a device to your account at the IBM Watson IoT Platform. It could be used to distinguish between different customers or projects.

Preparation, API Key and Token

To get a secure API Key and Token, you will need to go to https://internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/ into “Apps” and click on the top right to “Generate API Key” . Add a Description and then choose the role “Standard Application” and finalize it by click on “Generate Key” . The generated token will only be visible once, so please note the “API Key” and “Authentication Token” , before you “Close” the view.

This key and the token will be needed for authentication of HELLA Aglaia APS devices at the IBM Watson IoT Platform to your account.

Setup the APS to Watson IoT platfom connection

Connect to the web browser setup of the HELLA Aglaia APS with your PC. Go to the “Network Communication Settings” and enable “Use Watson IOT”. Then the device sends available data to the IBM Watson IoT Platform server:

• To add the sensor to an IBM Watson IoT Platform account, enter the “Watson Organization ID” .
• To add the sensor to a group of sensors at the IBM Watson IoT Platform account, enter the “Watson API Key” and “Watson API Token” .
• To send accumulated counting data in these time frames, set the “Counting Data Interval”.
• To save all the settings in the device, click the “Save” button.
• To go back to the last saved settings, click the “Reset” button.

While saving your setup, the HELLA Aglaia APS will connect to the IBM Watson IoT platform and display a corresponding status message “Connecting to Watson REST API” below the “Save” button, followed by a “Connection successful” message once the connection has been established.

(If this fails, please check the connection of the sensor to the Internet, check if IP ports 443 and 8883 TCP are open to the Internet and not blocked by firewalls and please make sure the sensor settings contain the correct access IDs and token.)

APS device status inside the IBM Watson IoT platform

The Hella Aglaia APS at least send its status.

Because of the complex and extensive data a HELLA Aglaia APS could provide beyond multiple simple counting line data, it is splitted into multiple logical devices. The sensor itself is a “gateway” using type “APS-RS”. Data providers like counting line data are “devices” at this gateway.

Counting line data

This includes accumulated data of one counting line of the sensor. It is located at the sensor “device” entry of the counting line. Every counting line acts as a separate device inside the IBM Watson IoT platform.

The unique ID of this counting line device is generated by the name of the counting line in combination with the hostname of the device.

It will be sent at the “Counting Data Interval” defined in the “Network Communication Settings” setup, for example every 5 minutes.

more data

In addition to the feature of counting people passing lines, more data is available depending on the licenses installed at the HELLA Aglaia APS, such as:

• Zone monitoring –
  to detect and count people within a zone, including dwell times, and send alerts if a certain amount of people or maximum dwell time was detected.
• Wireless services –
  including tracking of wireless devices (such as smartphones)

Service requests regarding the HELLA Aglaia APS can be sent to the following e-mail address:
people.counter.support@hella.com

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